One of the cap gurus wrote an article today. They mentioned Detroit could get to $20 million in cap space. So now some fans are saying use the $20 million to sign someone new, then use the MLE to keep Beasley.
That is not how it works. You can not double-dip like that. You would take the $20 million number and subtract the MLE from it, which is $14 million. So instead of just having the MLE to spend, the Pistons would get an extra $6 million for a total of $20 million.