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Last updated: 9/30/2019
Last updated: 9/30/2019
Last updated: 9/30/2019
Summary
Vonleh has never been efficient, as he has low been above-average in points per shot attempt (PSA) once in his career, according to Cleaning the Glass. The good news for Vonleh is that that year was this past season with Minnesota and Denver. Vonleh shot better around the rim and in the midrange this past season, but the sample size was pretty small. It's probably more telling that Vonleh played the fewest amount of minutes since his rookie year, as he couldn't establish himself as a reliable backup big for the Timberwolves.
Vonleh has a decent looking shot, so if he can continue to develop that and become a respetable pick-and-pop threat, he could extend his NBA career. Vonleh will be going into his age-25 season, so skeptics will believe they know he is at this point, while believers will convince themselves that he still has some room to grow.
Cap Considerations
Vonleh will be an unrestricted free agent with a $2.4 million cap hold and Non-Bird Rights. This means that the highest starting salary the Timberwolves could offer him using the Non-Bird Exception is $2.4 million. This could be enough to retain Vonleh, since he settled for the minimum of $1.9 million last summer. Alternatively, the Nuggets could use their Mid-Level Exception or Bi-Annual Exception to re-sign Vonleh if he demands more than $2.4 million.
Other teams will have multiple ways to sign Vonleh as even teams without cap space could possibly use any of the Non-Taxpayer, Taxpayer, or Room Mid-Level Exceptions to sign him. There's also the likely scenario that Vonleh will be available with a minimum contract this offseason.
Potential Teams: Wizards, Pistons, Nuggets, Raptors, Hornets
Predicted Contract: 1-year, $2 million ($1.6 million cap hit) with the Wizards.
Actual Contract: 1-year, $2 million (non-guaranteed) with the Bulls.
Vonleh signed a non-guaranteed minimum contract with Chicago, and was waived prior to the start of the regular season.
Last updated: 12/31/2020
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