Allan Houston to Get Net Contract Offer

[NJNetz]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Allan Houston has an open invitation to join the Nets, at least in training camp. The team has invited the 6'-6" shooting guard to camp on a "make good" basis, a non-guaranteed deal that would get him $1.2 million if he is still on the roster October 29. Although Houston would have friends on the Nets--Olympic teammates Jason Kidd and Vince Carter--and a short commute, he reportedly has similar offers from two other teams.</div></p>

http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=e...lZUVFeXk2</p>

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[pegs]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (NetIncome)</div><div class='quotemain'>

Too early to tell. At 13 players, the Nets are $218,000 below the luxury tax threshold. Adding ANY player without another roster move would put the team over the luxury tax. Assuming the Nets add only Houston and don't buyout or trade any other player, the team will be $1 million over the tax threshold. But last year and the year before, the team went into the season more than $2 million over the threshold and after trades (Jackon/Johnson for Nachbar and McInnis for Robinson) they got under it. Vet minimum deals count toward the threshold. </p>

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oh, thanks. Rod's a good GM when it comes to money, I'd trust him to get us under if we started the season above the lux.</p>

i just don't really want houston to be the one (or only one) to put us over. i'd much rather have either hite or benson, both those guys seem like they have the potential to be pretty good players, and maybe have a good season.</p>

 

[ghoti]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (peg182)</div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (NetIncome)</div><div class='quotemain'>

Too early to tell. At 13 players, the Nets are $218,000 below the luxury tax threshold. Adding ANY player without another roster move would put the team over the luxury tax. Assuming the Nets add only Houston and don't buyout or trade any other player, the team will be $1 million over the tax threshold. But last year and the year before, the team went into the season more than $2 million over the threshold and after trades (Jackon/Johnson for Nachbar and McInnis for Robinson) they got under it. Vet minimum deals count toward the threshold. </p>

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oh, thanks. Rod's a good GM when it comes to money, I'd trust him to get us under if we started the season above the lux.</p>

i just don't really want houston to be the one (or only one) to put us over. i'd much rather have either hite or benson, both those guys seem like they have the potential to be pretty good players, and maybe have a good season.</p>

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Perhaps Allen Houston is the shooter to replace Nachbar, who the Nets will trade during the season to get under the luxury tax.</p>

It's a downgrade on the court, but that's business.</p>

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[ghoti]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (peg182)</div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (NetIncome)</div><div class='quotemain'>

Too early to tell. At 13 players, the Nets are $218,000 below the luxury tax threshold. Adding ANY player without another roster move would put the team over the luxury tax. Assuming the Nets add only Houston and don't buyout or trade any other player, the team will be $1 million over the tax threshold. But last year and the year before, the team went into the season more than $2 million over the threshold and after trades (Jackon/Johnson for Nachbar and McInnis for Robinson) they got under it. Vet minimum deals count toward the threshold. </p>

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oh, thanks. Rod's a good GM when it comes to money, I'd trust him to get us under if we started the season above the lux.</p>

i just don't really want houston to be the one (or only one) to put us over. i'd much rather have either hite or benson, both those guys seem like they have the potential to be pretty good players, and maybe have a good season.</p>

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Perhaps Allen Houston is the shooter to replace Nachbar, who the Nets will trade during the season to get under the luxury tax.</p>

It's a downgrade on the court, but that's business.</p>

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[SportsTicker]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ghoti)</div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (peg182)</div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (NetIncome)</div><div class='quotemain'>

Too early to tell. At 13 players, the Nets are $218,000 below the luxury tax threshold. Adding ANY player without another roster move would put the team over the luxury tax. Assuming the Nets add only Houston and don't buyout or trade any other player, the team will be $1 million over the tax threshold. But last year and the year before, the team went into the season more than $2 million over the threshold and after trades (Jackon/Johnson for Nachbar and McInnis for Robinson) they got under it. Vet minimum deals count toward the threshold. </p>

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oh, thanks. Rod's a good GM when it comes to money, I'd trust him to get us under if we started the season above the lux.</p>

i just don't really want houston to be the one (or only one) to put us over. i'd much rather have either hite or benson, both those guys seem like they have the potential to be pretty good players, and maybe have a good season.</p>

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Oh please. the only way I can see that happening is if Magloire becomes a killer and they realize thatthey wont be able to pay everyone's salary come July.</p>

Nachbar, if he plays like last year, will require near MLE money or MLE money. </p>

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Perhaps Allen Houston is the shooter to replace Nachbar, who the Nets will trade during the season to get under the luxury tax.</p>

It's a downgrade on the court, but that's business.</p>

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The only way I can see that happening is if Magloire becomes a killer underneath and the team decides it wants to clear some money for him in 2008-09.</p>

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[Ming637]

Allan Houston could play a nice role off the bench, but the question is whether he could still move like he did when he retired. The Nets a fast moving team with Jason Kidd, Richard Jefferson and Vince Carter, but Allan could spread out the defense and become a threat behind the perimeter. I really did not understand why the Celtics did not go after Allan Houston who is 5 or 6 years younger than Reggie Miller is. They're both similar players, Allan would be a lot more productive at age 36 and he's been close as Reggie to winning the title, so he's got the experience.

 

[Legacy]

Nachbar and Houston will kill teams when they come off the bench and could really help out guys like Vince and Richard. It will also take more pressure of off Nenad Krstic and hopefully even Jason Kidd and Jamaal Magloire who aren't big scroing threats.

 

[NJNetz]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'><u>Allan </u><u>Houston</u> always will be remembered as a Knick. But that doesn't mean he wouldn't like to wear the uniform of one of the Knicks' biggest rivals - the Nets - someday soon. Though Houston has received invitations from several teams to attend training camp, he is seriously weighing the Nets' offer. "There is a possibility with the Nets," Houston's agent, Bill Strickland, said yesterday. "The Nets are a real consideration."</div></p>

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/basketba...l?ref=rss</p>

 

[Real]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Asian Zero)</div><div class='quotemain'>Allan Houston could play a nice role off the bench, but the question is whether he could still move like he did when he retired. The Nets a fast moving team with Jason Kidd, Richard Jefferson and Vince Carter, but Allan could spread out the defense and become a threat behind the perimeter. I really did not understand why the Celtics did not go after Allan Houston who is 5 or 6 years younger than Reggie Miller is. They're both similar players, Allan would be a lot more productive at age 36 and he's been close as Reggie to winning the title, so he's got the experience.</div> </p>

Our fast break days are long gone.</p>

 

[xcalibur]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Real)</div><div class='quotemain'>

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Asian Zero)</div><div class='quotemain'>Allan Houston could play a nice role off the bench, but the question is whether he could still move like he did when he retired. The Nets a fast moving team with Jason Kidd, Richard Jefferson and Vince Carter, but Allan could spread out the defense and become a threat behind the perimeter. I really did not understand why the Celtics did not go after Allan Houston who is 5 or 6 years younger than Reggie Miller is. They're both similar players, Allan would be a lot more productive at age 36 and he's been close as Reggie to winning the title, so he's got the experience.</div> </p>

Our fast break days are long gone.</p></div>

yet people still think we run and kept bringing up how slow magloire is and how he cant run the break with us. that made me laugh. theres only a handful of guys that run: kidd,rj,wright,boki,sean(will),boone those are the guys off the top of my head. then you have guys who run halfway and stop like vince, then you have guys like krstic who run but because of their size just arent that fast. plus, one of the main reasons we dont run like we used to is because our defense is bad at times. we dont create turnovers like we once did and when we do turn it over its basically just kidd running against 3 defenders with rj most of the time. every team gets to run once in a while, we used to use the fastbreak as a play, but now its just something positive that we do once in a while. hopefully we hammer the point home and get vince to RUN OUT the break and not slow down/stop. even if you are not gettin the ball you gotta drag a defender with you if they are paying attention. we are not a running team, we just have one of the best fastbreak point guards on a non-fastbreaking team. </p>