The guy can barely walk now. Major foot surgery last year with a foot that gave him chronic problems. Sadly I think he either comes back half the player he was or is done.
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they would've matched anything we'd offer him, unless we grossly overpaid him. good defense, decent shooter. no other offensive skills, 28, and he's a wildcard.
Tucker was a 29yo restricted free agent. He wasn't going to get paid paid and the Suns weren't going to let him go.
I wouldn't wait past tomorrow night for LeBrons choice and the impact it would have. Plan B has to be dealing Lin and signing Deng or Ariza before Parsons clock expires and then matching Parsons. I'd keep Asik as well. Rockets would then still have both exceptions to use and sign another good bench piece or two like Jordan Hill, etc Rockets would be in pretty much similar ground as they were before they landed Harden in a trade. Asik, Parsons, Deng/Ariza, Hill, Picks, Prospects, Young Players all available at the trade deadline. Beverley/Brooks/Canaan Harden/Anderson/Daniels (Deng/Ariza)/Parsons/Garcia Jones/(Hill)/Covington Howard/Asik/Motiejunas Want too just stick it to Cuban and having a good young marketable player like Parsons with a contract that can cover a good chunk of a S&T for a superstar (packaged with picks and filler) is too valuable of an asset. Could potentially be talking Love, Randolph, Aldridge and who knows what PG's at the trade deadline pair that with Harden, Howard, Deng/Ariza and Beverley or Jones and you have a championship contender
if we keep asik, we only have like 8 million in cap space. that wouldn't be enough to sign deng or ariza imo. on top of that, there's almost zero percent chance morey signs deng or ariza AND matches parsons. we'd be paying upwards of 25 for 2 guys playing the same position.
This. Fegan and parsons know that houston HAS to match if they want to retain the momentum they've built over this past year. Yes, you can prob find another SF that can play the role that parsons plays on this team but you can't afford anyone AND sign bosh. Parsons is your only option unless you really downgrades the position. Parsons is not the most physically talented guy but he knows the houston system and that's more important to this team right now than most people think. I'd be very surprised if houston doesn't match.
I'd go 1 year deal fr whoever you sign in free agency to replace Parsons if we have to replace him. I'm not a fan of handicapping the franchise by locking a guy in long term.
Paul Pierce is asking 18 mill for 2 years and I would go that route but we will not need to because we are getting Bosh and matching Parsons. Wait for it tomorrow....book it!
I think replacing Parsons in the short run, shouldn't be that difficult. I really like him, but I am one of the few who think he may be a bit overvalued, right now. Perhaps, more so, will be if it hurts in the long term. Parsons, has seemed to improve each year...if he were to continue on that path, boy might be really good. But, I think his lack of athleticism will always hold him back from being a upper tier all star type. We all see how awkward he is trying to create with the ball.
Do we have to give up trade exceptions before we can use cap space? Logically speaking that has to be the case, otherwise this is just a loophole to expand payroll rapidly. Someone please confirm this.
Im a huge Paul Pierce fan. He's older but fairly durable with a great BB IQ of which this team needs desperately and could really help in mentoring Harden. Would be a huge pickup IMO with or without Parsons on the roster.
