What outgoing salary structures existed for the Los Angeles Clippers in 2022-23?

Target: Eric Gordon
decision date Feb 9, 2023 · incoming salary $19.6M
16 one-to-three-player salary combinations clear the selected minimum-outgoing screen; 4 roster salaries are unresolved. Every route still withholds exact trade legality.
Exact legality withheldComplete dated salary treatment, aggregation, apron, exception, consent, roster, trade-restriction and draft-rule evidence.
Salary screen
Era-correct minimum-outgoing screen — a screen, not a legality determination.Rules era: 2017 CBA rulesGoverning lane: Taxpayer lane (125% + $100K)minimum outgoing $15.6MBetween the aprons (proxy)
A passing salary route is not a legal trade determination.
Outgoing salary routes
Salary routes found, but some roster salaries are unresolved16pass the salary screen
9fail the salary screen
25await a full legal review
0declared exactly legal
Amir Coffey + Robert CovingtonClears the selected minimum-outgoing salary screen$15.7M out vs minimum $15.6MLegality withheld
prior rotation shares: Amir Coffey 38% · Robert Covington 0%
Amir Coffey + Moses Brown + Robert CovingtonClears the selected minimum-outgoing salary screen$16.2M out vs minimum $15.6MLegality withheld
prior rotation shares: Amir Coffey 38% · Moses Brown 0% · Robert Covington 0%
Marcus Morris Sr.Clears the selected minimum-outgoing salary screen$16.4M out vs minimum $15.6MLegality withheld
prior rotation shares: Marcus Morris Sr. 41%
Moses Brown + Marcus Morris Sr.Clears the selected minimum-outgoing salary screen$16.9M out vs minimum $15.6MLegality withheld
prior rotation shares: Moses Brown 0% · Marcus Morris Sr. 41%
Amir Coffey + Marcus Morris Sr.Clears the selected minimum-outgoing salary screen$19.8M out vs minimum $15.6MLegality withheld
prior rotation shares: Amir Coffey 38% · Marcus Morris Sr. 41%
Amir Coffey + Moses Brown + Marcus Morris Sr.Clears the selected minimum-outgoing salary screen$20.3M out vs minimum $15.6MLegality withheld
prior rotation shares: Amir Coffey 38% · Moses Brown 0% · Marcus Morris Sr. 41%
Nicolas Batum + Robert CovingtonClears the selected minimum-outgoing salary screen$23.2M out vs minimum $15.6MLegality withheld
prior rotation shares: Nicolas Batum 38% · Robert Covington 0%
Moses Brown + Nicolas Batum + Robert CovingtonClears the selected minimum-outgoing salary screen$23.7M out vs minimum $15.6MLegality withheld
prior rotation shares: Moses Brown 0% · Nicolas Batum 38% · Robert Covington 0%
Amir Coffey + Nicolas Batum + Robert CovingtonClears the selected minimum-outgoing salary screen$26.5M out vs minimum $15.6MLegality withheld
prior rotation shares: Amir Coffey 38% · Nicolas Batum 38% · Robert Covington 0%
Nicolas Batum + Marcus Morris Sr.Clears the selected minimum-outgoing salary screen$27.2M out vs minimum $15.6MLegality withheld
prior rotation shares: Nicolas Batum 38% · Marcus Morris Sr. 41%
Moses Brown + Nicolas Batum + Marcus Morris Sr.Clears the selected minimum-outgoing salary screen$27.7M out vs minimum $15.6MLegality withheld
prior rotation shares: Moses Brown 0% · Nicolas Batum 38% · Marcus Morris Sr. 41%
Marcus Morris Sr. + Robert CovingtonClears the selected minimum-outgoing salary screen$28.7M out vs minimum $15.6MLegality withheld
prior rotation shares: Marcus Morris Sr. 41% · Robert Covington 0%
Moses Brown + Marcus Morris Sr. + Robert CovingtonClears the selected minimum-outgoing salary screen$29.2M out vs minimum $15.6MLegality withheld
prior rotation shares: Moses Brown 0% · Marcus Morris Sr. 41% · Robert Covington 0%
Amir Coffey + Nicolas Batum + Marcus Morris Sr.Clears the selected minimum-outgoing salary screen$30.6M out vs minimum $15.6MLegality withheld
prior rotation shares: Amir Coffey 38% · Nicolas Batum 38% · Marcus Morris Sr. 41%
Amir Coffey + Marcus Morris Sr. + Robert CovingtonClears the selected minimum-outgoing salary screen$32.1M out vs minimum $15.6MLegality withheld
prior rotation shares: Amir Coffey 38% · Marcus Morris Sr. 41% · Robert Covington 0%
+Closest failing routes (9)
Blocked by the salary screen: Amir Coffey + Moses Brown + Nicolas Batum — $14.7M vs minimum $15.6M
Blocked by the salary screen: Amir Coffey + Nicolas Batum — $14.2M vs minimum $15.6M
Blocked by the salary screen: Moses Brown + Robert Covington — $12.8M vs minimum $15.6M
Blocked by the salary screen: Robert Covington — $12.3M vs minimum $15.6M
Blocked by the salary screen: Moses Brown + Nicolas Batum — $11.4M vs minimum $15.6M
Blocked by the salary screen: Nicolas Batum — $10.8M vs minimum $15.6M
Blocked by the salary screen: Amir Coffey + Moses Brown — $3.90M vs minimum $15.6M
Blocked by the salary screen: Amir Coffey — $3.40M vs minimum $15.6M
Blocked by the salary screen: Moses Brown — $509K vs minimum $15.6M
Outgoing-player tray
The roster pieces the combinations draw from — and the basketball that would leave with each.
Marcus Morris Sr.$16.4MSalary resolved; player included in generated combinations
+Basketball that would leave
LAC had an observed replacement lineup for Marcus Morris Sr., but it came with a performance cost. The supported alternative was [Nicolas Batum, Paul George, Eric Bledsoe, Reggie Jackson, Ivica Zubac] at -3.2 adjusted net points per 100 possessions over 332 possessions.
rotation 41%Shooting at risk (12.5%)Replacement exists with performance cost
Robert Covington$12.3MSalary resolved; player included in generated combinations
+Basketball that would leave
LAC did not have enough reliable function-loss evidence to judge dependence on Robert Covington.
The database cannot reliably identify what the team loses without this player
Nicolas Batum$10.8MSalary resolved; player included in generated combinations
+Basketball that would leave
LAC did not have a sufficiently supported observed replacement lineup for Nicolas Batum. The database keeps the functional-loss evidence but does not invent a replacement plan.
rotation 38%Event creation at risk (26.4%)No replacement lineup is supported by the available evidence
Amir Coffey$3.40MSalary resolved; player included in generated combinations
+Basketball that would leave
LAC had a supported lineup path without Amir Coffey: [Nicolas Batum, Marcus Morris Sr., Reggie Jackson, Ivica Zubac, Terance Mann] at 1.6 adjusted net points per 100 possessions over 336 possessions. This is an observed option, not proof it is universally better.
rotation 38%Shooting at risk (12.7%)Observed replacement path
Moses Brown$509KSalary resolved; player included in generated combinations
Harry Giles IIISalary unresolved; player excluded from generated combinations
Brandon Boston Jr.Salary unresolved; player excluded from generated combinations
+Basketball that would leave
LAC had a supported lineup path without Brandon Boston Jr.: [Nicolas Batum, Marcus Morris Sr., Reggie Jackson, Ivica Zubac, Terance Mann] at 1.6 adjusted net points per 100 possessions over 336 possessions. This is an observed option, not proof it is universally better.
rotation 19%Event creation at risk (6.3%)Observed replacement path
John WallSalary unresolved; player excluded from generated combinations
Reggie JacksonSalary unresolved; player excluded from generated combinations
+Basketball that would leave
LAC did not have a sufficiently supported observed replacement lineup for Reggie Jackson. The database keeps the functional-loss evidence but does not invent a replacement plan.
rotation 60%Passing at risk (27.6%)No replacement lineup is supported by the available evidence
Draft capital
Reconstructed control, never confirmed tradability.WithheldPick rows exist, but same-day ordering, draft-date coverage or control resolution is too weak to use them as package assets.
1 first-round candidate row(s)3 second-round candidate row(s)0 conditional claim(s)0 confirmed tradable
No pick is called tradable without complete Stepien and encumbrance evidence.
Observed completed trade
What actually happened — shown separately; it never rewrites the construction above.Player and draft control package: 2 player(s) + 1 second(s) — outgoing cap hit $61.1M
This is a retrospective receipt and does not rewrite the pre-decision package screen.
basketball: Not scored or used to determine legality.legal rules: Rule-by-rule checks with unresolved inputs named directly.draft capital: Dated control candidates, conditions, Stepien and tradability remain separate.salary and cap: Package salary math and team financial-position proxy only.outcome and causality: Not inferred from a legal screen or observed completed receipt.availability and intent: Not inferred from package legality.price and market access: Not scored or used to determine legality.
Direct team link and basketball fit remain separate from salary construction, draft inventory, completed price, exact legality and transaction outcome.