[BimaThug] how the rockets can avoid the tax while signing buyout guys

haha pretty much my thoughts in my previous reply to you.

 

This was so hilarious that I had to make a James Ennis "appreciation thread".

The bitterness was so sweet!

 

We were up 3-2 in Game 5... which means we won at least one game on the road (which was Game 4).

The West is too tight to worry about playoff seeding at this point, right now being in the top 5-6 teams would be enough for the Rockets to accomplish their goal... which coincidentally they're still top 5 at this moment, even with the trade (or non-trade) fracas this deadline has caused on this board.

 

I hope Capela hits all his incentives!


#EatAtLandrys
#LoseItAllAtTheNugget

 

Tilman has a 140 foot play boat. Why not sell it? You gave 20m to University of Houston basketball . 10m to Houston Police, 2.2b for the Rockets. Now you can't fund your Basketball team. Looks like you need to sell something.

 

I don't think home court is that big of an issue with this team. It would be nice to have, but not at the expense of limping into the playoffs tired and injured. There has to be some balance there. GS learned that the season they set the record for regular season wins but lost in the Finals.

I think it's just going to be as simple as live by the three or die by it. Hit them and we win. Miss them and we are done. I don't trust our defense this year so as soon as we go cold shooting, that's when the season ends.

 

Either we do this THIS YEAR or Next year

Rocket River

 

Is this 15th the rest of the way, or ending the season at 15th overall? In order for us to end the season at 15th overall we would have to have a drtg of 102.3 the rest of the way, which is not really possible, the best defensive team in the league right now is at 103.7 drtg.

 

That's a ridiculous statement. You always want home court advantage. The Rockets p-ssed it away in 1993 and lost a heartbreaking Game 7 in OT on the road in Seattle. They played their asses off to get the 2nd seed in 2015 and their reward was Game 7 at home against the Clippers. Of course there are exceptions. The Rockets won Game 7 at Phoenix in 1995. They lost Game 7 at home in 2007 and 2018.

But to act like home court in at least the first round is no big deal is absurd. You really think they're gonna win on the road against Portland, OKC, Denver, and/or Golden State?

 

If you look at things a bit deeper, they really aren’t that bad. First, other than Matthews, who chose Indiana because he’s going to slide into Oladipo’s starting spot, there isn’t a buyout candidate the Rockets would want by Feb. 21 (no thanks on Kanter or Gortat). Plus, because of the All-Star Break, the Rockets only have three games before Feb. 21.

 

Oh sh**!



Pretty ballsy of you both. Obviously, I'm rooting for @YOLO on this one.

 

the only team that still is the team to beat is GS. Portland-you mean the same team that lost to AD and the pelicans, OKC-you mean the same team that lost to a rookie led utah jazz team, Denver-you mean the team that Houston just pretty much owns since jokic became a starter.

Relax. hca is not that dramatic. and certaintly outside of GS, those teams arent some powerhouse that hou can't beat without hca. the sky isnt falling

 

Buy-out doesn't? Didn't know that.

(Let's get together and discover all we don't know. Got plenty of time?)

 

lol nah. I'm not even against @justtxyank The rockets are absolutely going to need make a significant improvement in their defense, if they're going to make a deep run. I think they will to a degree and was just curious what the turnaround would qualify as. It seemed we were pretty much on the same page in that regard

 

Yes against Portland, OKC, and Denver. Obviously not against Golden State but that would mean we'd be an 8th seed, which contradicts my last post (top 5-6 at the least).

HCA is nice to have but with a "veteran" team like the Rockets, health takes priority over HCA.

Again, you need to relax. We're barely to the All-Star break (next week) and you already have your panties in a bunch about HCA and Clint Capela's incentives at the END of the season.

 

The CBA doesn't allow restructuring salary downwards.

This was a Player's Union demand so that owners could never pressure players to take paycuts mid-contract... Union wanted the Amnesty Provision and Stretch Provision. Owners also didn't really like the idea of allowing competitors to essentially get out of bad contracts without a clean-separation buyout.

 

Thanks! At work and can't read twitter.