[All Your Leverage Are Belong to Morey]CBA won't let Landry go to another NBA team

I think we worry too much about losing Carl. Carl shined in the last couple of months, but that doesn't make him a star. He looks like a perfect fit in Rockets, but that doesn't mean he will achieve the same level of success anywhere else. Let's not forget that he is still a rookie. I have no doubt that we can lock him for the next 2 to 3 years.

 

That's true. We're worrying about nothing. Landry is a perfect fit for the rockets system where all he's really required to do is go grab rebounds, sit under the basket waiting for someone to penetrate, and dunk the ball.

Its harder to tell how he'd do if he was supposed to be a major cog in an offense and no ones going to pay big bucks for someone who isn't supposed to be a big focal point in an offense.

 

Great post...

Thanks for the info.

 

I think Landry will get a 3 year 9 millon contract. Up to maybe 3 years 11 millon, but not much more.

 

Don't laugh too hard.

The Rox simply didn't have enough money left for Landry at that time. They signed the beloved SF3, they signed Scola and had to take Butler's contract and cut him, they resigned Hayes, they had to cut Sura and Reed, they convinced Deke to take a minimum just so his salary wouldn't be counted agaisnt the LT, which Deke wasn't very happy. After all that, not much left for Landry, and I belive that was one of the reason why we didn't have a team option on him - you can't have both a low price AND an team option, otherwise Landry's agent would be a joke - he's very unhappy.

GM's work is not easy.

 

I am laughing hard actually!

If Morey agreed to guarantee Landry's contract, the Rockets will have Landry for 700K next season.

Morey tried to have flexibility this season to stay below luxury tax and that will end up costing Uncle Les millions next season. Luxury tax is coming! I am going to wait and see how Morey will lower the Rockets salaries below luxury tax next season.

 

Not sure if this is a repost...

http://my.nba.com/thread.jspa?threadID=300026744 - frontpage on nba.com

Much credit to the Rox coaching staff.. I overheard Bill W say something about gaining 4 in on his vertical?

 

Second round picks out of college get the rookie minimum. It would have been unusual if he had gotten more.

The lack of a second year option was a compromise. Morey wanted the flexibility of a partially guaranteed contract. Landry's agent refused. They settled on a guaranteed one year contract.

 

hoops hype claims he has a team option 2nd year.

That is incorrect?

 

Not to be an ass, but this has been covered already in numerous threads.

Clutch asked Daryl Morey himself what is the contract status of Carl Landry and DM answered one year and then he's a restricted free agent.

GM's word > some 3rd party bball site

More then likely hoopshype couldn't get the correct info on Landry so they just assumed he got the standard 2nd round pick contract like the other subsequent picks after him.

 

great post man...i hope landry will be a rocket for many years to come..i doubt it though

 

Those of you who are losing sleep over the thought of losing Landry, you are doing yourselves a disservice unnecessarily! Like several other posters stated before this, while Landry has shown to be a solid bench player, he is not yet a proven player on a season-long basis. Two months of brilliance shows us a lot of Landry's talent and reckless abandon on the floor, but he won't demand anything more than a 3-year, $7-9 million for now. Will he be underpaid? If he keeps improving and puts up 12 & 6 every night or better, yes, but that's not certain. And while Landry plays like a real big man with his strong finishes and tough rebounds, one has to admit that he is undersized at 4. He IS NOT 6'9"! And he will have to play his hearts out while defending bigger opponents. Nothing against Landry's lack of size: He more than makes up for it in his fierceness in attacking the basketball and rugged rebounding. Landry's an intriguing young player, and I am sure we are all glad to have him. Just don't worry, we'll still have him for at least several more years without paying Brian Cardinal price.

 

i agree