And the second issue is that after acquiring Nash in this manner, the Warriors will inevitably have to pay the luxury tax in advance.
After all, Mulin initially considered using Murphy or Deng Liwei to balance the salaries.
This way, the salary cap space taken by Nash would have originally belonged to Murphy and Deng Liwei.
And Davis?
In fact, before the benevolent Prince Baylor came to him, Mulin had already prepared to offer Davis, who had torn his cruciate ligament, a mid-level contract.
In other words, if the Warriors were to complete this trade as requested by the Clippers, Nash's contract, worth around ten million annually, would replace the mid-level contract Mulin intended to offer Davis.
Mulin is well aware that this could be the final straw to crush the Warriors' salary cap.
Bear in mind, the Warriors haven't completed a renewal with Qin Yue yet.
Therefore, if the Warriors have to pay the luxury tax before renewing with Qin Yue...
