[ClutchFans] Houston Rockets Salary Cap Update: 2019 Offseason Pre-Draft Edition

Curious, does anyone know if we are under the projected tax threshold now? If we are, we should have the non-taxpayer MLE (9.2 mil) and the BAE available, or is it just the MLE? As well as a couple of minimum spots.

I believe if we are somehow able to utilize the non-taxpayer MLE and BAE we would then be hardcapped though. Either way, Morey has his hands full trying to round out this roster with or without Butler but the more roster building assets we have the better. As mentioned before, Morey has to redeem himself from that piss poor offseason last year.

 

With a big nod to @BimaThug i will throw out another possibility.

If they DONT get Butler but still move Capela into a teams cap space for a pick:

-they’d be comfortably under the luxury tax
-they could spend full mle and bae and still be under the luxury tax

This isn’t even about the hard cap in that scenario

 

Yes and have more flexibility in future trades. I have hoped that Capela can give us a young team friendly rotation player back + a 1st round pick. Not sure how likely that is but to me it would be ideal. Then you could possibly package Gordon + fillers + picks for a $20 mil type player on an existing long term contract. The problem is, expiring contracts don't seem like they will be as valuable next year as they were this past year since there are so many quality FA's this summer. I assume next summer FA will be pretty thin.

Thank you guys for the explanations. In my mind, we should make quite a bit of noise no matter which route we take. Definitely need to shake it up a bit and get younger, more versatile talent.

 

This feels like a Rockets move after striking out. Lux tax savings FTW

 

Can the Rockets trade for Love without including either Capela, Tucker or Gordon? I.e. Shump sign and trade for $13.2 million, Nene sign and trade, plus some of their $1 million scrubs?

 

No.

 

I wouldn't be totally opposed to that, depending on what we could get. Lined up ahead of time, of course.

 

I thought Capela crumbling in the playoffs was a huge disappointment, but trading him for a pick? I dunno...he's still a 16/12 player, which, strictly by the numbers is pretty elite top 10 center (maybe top 5?) in the league. How many other big men give their teams that much production during the season? I'm guessing very few. Again, yeah, he choked during the playoffs, but taking Clint out and replacing him with an unknown or worse would be taking a step back wouldn't it?

 

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He has to commit to play for this to work and the theory since the end of last season is that he will retire. We'll see of course.

 

He can commit to play signed, traded, dnd then waived. He cant force a team to not waive him.

 

I didn’t want to knee jerk but now that we are a week into free agency im pissed. This offseason is resembling last offseason. Wtf? We better do something soon because right now we are not better than last year. Just terrible watching all of these western conference teams reinvent themselves; we’re doing nothing. This offseason really sucks. Losing confidence in Morey.

 

But they were supposedly holding part of that MLE for Carmelo, right?

I’m frustrated because I think we are gonna run the same team out there and expect a different result. I like that we resigned those role players but that’s exactly what they are...role players. They just arent gonna move the needle against a now stronger and deeper western conference. They needed to add a difference making player to last year’s core; preferably someone with size in the front court. But they havent done that. Seems they are content to “run it back” and that’s upsetting to see when so many teams are taking risks and making moves to get better.

 

What is our current salary commitments total?
121million?

And what is the hardcap?