Will the Rockets use the Amnesty Rule on Howard?

Well I wish somebody else would have postd this so I wouldn't have to, but

I hope we sign Matt Bonner, so that we can have a Head and Bonner back court.

 

Simple Question
WILL JHOW be 100% this year

the heart thing scares me
for him and for the team

Rocket River

 

Is Walter McCarty still a FA? I always liked him. Cut Howard, sign McCarty or maybe somehow Reggie Evans or Darius Songolia, or even Brian Grant? Hold on to the expirings or 2 year contracts for trades, and whatever we don't trade we get cap room anyway.
just an idea

 

I hope he isn't playing in our backcourt.

 

nothing to do with the post but rather your sig. i think jvg has been one of the better "gms" we've had.

 

mooch or Baker... neither has any trade value (even as expiring contracts) - they are dead weight and Glvoer and Baxter would be better guys to put in spots 13 and 14 (I reserve spot 15 for Ward !)

 

No way is he getting cut. Until he went down last year he was our 3rd best player and 32 is not that old. He should have several productive years left assuming his heart will be fine.

Regarding McCarty he's not a bad player but he doesn't have much of a low post game/presence. He can nail the three, but I don't know if we need that out of our 4 spot.

 

In one word ....NO

 

Matt is a RFA - so Tdot will surely match since all we can offer him is the BAE starting from 1.67M. We more than likely cannot sign either Darius or Reggie either for the same reasons.

PS. Vitali Potapenko just agreed today to return to the Sonics.

The only other free agent on that list that can be of good value to us (much as Juwan did for us last season) is Othella. But it is likely we are out of his range since all we can offer is the 1.67 exception. I am sure he could get better than that in the open market unless he decides to give us the "home town discount" but Rudy, his beloved coach who drafted him, is not here anymore.

I'll say keep Juwan and if he had to retire for medical reason, we will be even in better shape (I pray he stays healthy) and if he can still play & contribute anything close to what he gave us in his first year here, then we will be in better shape with him than any of those listed "options".

 

I think Bonner is spelled with only one 'n'.

 

Jeez. McCarty sucks. You really want him?

 

Thank you micah1j.