RE: Jazz get swindled in the trade because DL did things like give Favs the full
The rookie min this year is projected to be ~925K. The 120% scale figure for a #30 pick is just under 2M. So that's more than $1m in savings.
That could also shave the tax bill by something like 3.5M,. depending on where the final team salary figure lands. For a similar talent. https://t.co/SqXdb0LchV