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PtldPlatypus said:
Ah, I now see my error. The part I quoted referenced teams above the luxury tax apron, which does not apply to Houston--yet. However, with the deal they've agreed to with Brewer, and Josh Smith's cap hold, I believe they would have to renounce Smith in order to match a MLE+ offer on McDaniels.
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Maybe that's true. I haven't looked into it.
 
So for Houston to match an offer sheet, they just the MLE, it doesn't matter what the average contract amount is. I guess that means we're not getting KJ unless they decide to use the MLE for something else.
 
I'm pretty sure the Rockets can offer Smith 120% of the $14M he earned last season.

They don't have to sign the contract with Brewer until that deal is done, but it seems like he signed for only $1M/season more than his previous deal? If so, they're at least $5M under the LT.
 
Denny Crane said:
I'm pretty sure the Rockets can offer Smith 120% of the $14M he earned last season.

They don't have to sign the contract with Brewer until that deal is done, but it seems like he signed for only $1M/season more than his previous deal? If so, they're at least $5M under the LT.
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But didn't they get Smith off waivers? 120% of what they got him for is nothing.
 
Denny Crane said:
I'm pretty sure the Rockets can offer Smith 120% of the $14M he earned last season.

They don't have to sign the contract with Brewer until that deal is done, but it seems like he signed for only $1M/season more than his previous deal? If so, they're at least $5M under the LT.
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Maybe that 120% of $14M is really 120% of the $2M that Houston covered of his salary.
 
B-Roy said:
I really don't see why we shouldn't offer him a max contract. There's literally no reason to not use all of our cap-space. If they match, who cares? We made them pay 16 million a year for Kanter.
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It wouldn't just cost us cap space this year; it would cost us cap space next summer and the summer after and the summer after that. We'd be stuck with his contract until 2019. As is we could sign two max free agents next summer. Or 1 max player and two solid starting level free agents. Stick Kanter here and it removes half of our flexibility next summer.

Why do you think Utah gave him away for expiring contracts? They had a big need for a 3rd big man and wanted nothing to do with this guy.
 
Draco said:
It wouldn't just cost us cap space this year; it would cost us cap space next summer and the summer after and the summer after that. We'd be stuck with his contract until 2019. As is we could sign two max free agents next summer. Or 1 max player and two solid starting level free agents. Stick Kanter here and it removes half of our flexibility next summer.

Why do you think Utah gave him away for expiring contracts? They had a big need for a 3rd big man and wanted nothing to do with this guy.
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EVERY team in the league has cap space next summer.

Look what Portland was able to do with $40 million in cap-space this summer. What did that get us?
 
B-Roy said:
EVERY team in the league has cap space next summer.

Look what Portland was able to do with $40 million in cap-space this summer. What did that get us?
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A future and 6 years of Dame
 
Fwiw, kanter left scorched earth in Utah. They basically knocked them out of the playoffs by beating them last game right?

Sweet revenge.
 
B-Roy said:
EVERY team in the league has cap space next summer.

Look what Portland was able to do with $40 million in cap-space this summer. What did that get us?
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Wait until we actually make the playoffs without Aldridge, Matthews, Batum and Rolo... Free Agents will realize our success was mainly on Dame and not the other players.
 
Denny Crane said:
I'm pretty sure the Rockets can offer Smith 120% of the $14M he earned last season.

They don't have to sign the contract with Brewer until that deal is done, but it seems like he signed for only $1M/season more than his previous deal? If so, they're at least $5M under the LT.
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OK--per this article here, the Rockets had 60.72 committed to 11 players going into the FA period (not including cap holds). Now, they've also agreed to new deals with Brewer (24/3) and Beverley (25/4)--combined salaries for those two for next year is 13.5M. Plus, the hold for Sam Dekker is 1.37M. So, their committed and agreed salaries for 2015 presently add to over 75M. Matching a non-tax MLE deal for McDaniels would put them over $80M.

Yes, they can use the non-tax MLE to match an offer for McDaniels, but it's important to note that would actually put them on a hard cap for the 2015-16 season; they would by rule not be permitted to exceed the luxury tax number. If they plan on keeping Terry and Smith, or signing (second-round pick) Montrezl Harrell, matching a McDaniels offer could make things very difficult.
 
PtldPlatypus said:
OK--per this article here, the Rockets had 60.72 committed to 11 players going into the FA period (not including cap holds). Now, they've also agreed to new deals with Brewer (24/3) and Beverley (25/4)--combined salaries for those two for next year is 13.5M. Plus, the hold for Sam Dekker is 1.37M. So, their committed and agreed salaries for 2015 presently add to over 75M. Matching a non-tax MLE deal for McDaniels would put them over $80M.

Yes, they can use the non-tax MLE to match an offer for McDaniels, but it's important to note that would actually put them on a hard cap for the 2015-16 season; they would by rule not be permitted to exceed the luxury tax number. If they plan on keeping Terry and Smith, or signing (second-round pick) Montrezl Harrell, matching a McDaniels offer could make things very difficult.
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You're making my head hurt. I sometimes think that the NBA employs the same people that write the IRS tax code to work on the CBA.
 
e_blazer said:
You're making my head hurt. I sometimes think that the NBA employs the same people that write the IRS tax code to work on the CBA.
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OK--I'll simplify.

Morey spend big money.
KJ could cost big money.
If Morey pay big money for KJ, NBA say:
"Morey, you no spend big money for anyone else!" :devilwink:
 
PtldPlatypus said:
OK--I'll simplify.

Morey spend big money.
KJ could cost big money.
If Morey pay big money for KJ, NBA say:
"Morey, you no spend big money for anyone else!" :devilwink:
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Oooooh! Thanks.

Now, about my 401k....
 
magnifier661 said:
Wait until we actually make the playoffs without Aldridge, Matthews, Batum and Rolo... Free Agents will realize our success was mainly on Dame and not the other players.
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Or if we make the playoffs without Dame, they will realize our success has nothing to do with our players at all.
 
PtldPlatypus said:
OK--per this article here, the Rockets had 60.72 committed to 11 players going into the FA period (not including cap holds). Now, they've also agreed to new deals with Brewer (24/3) and Beverley (25/4)--combined salaries for those two for next year is 13.5M. Plus, the hold for Sam Dekker is 1.37M. So, their committed and agreed salaries for 2015 presently add to over 75M. Matching a non-tax MLE deal for McDaniels would put them over $80M.

Yes, they can use the non-tax MLE to match an offer for McDaniels, but it's important to note that would actually put them on a hard cap for the 2015-16 season; they would by rule not be permitted to exceed the luxury tax number. If they plan on keeping Terry and Smith, or signing (second-round pick) Montrezl Harrell, matching a McDaniels offer could make things very difficult.
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Our only goal now should be to fuck with other teams.
 
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