While we are waiting for on-going free agency meetings and negotiations, I realized I didn’t provide a full breakdown of what an Al Horford max contract would look like now that the salary cap is projected at $94 million.

Here are the details:

Hawks

Year 1: $26,541,176

Year 2: $28,531,764 (with a yearly increase of $1,990,588)

Year 3: $30,522,352

Year 4: $32,512,940

Year 5: $34,503,528

Total: $152,611,760

Another team

Year 1: $26,541,176

Year 2: $27,735,529 (with a yearly increase of $1,194,353)

Year 3: $28,929,882

Year 4: $30,124,235

Total: $113,124,235

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