The reason the Horford meeting didn't get much press is because the Rockets are a tight lipped organization and Horford apparently wanted his side to keep everything under wraps. Normally the leaks come from agents. Even Feigen admitted earlier that he didn't have any news to report because Horford's team wasn't giving out info.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Boston Celtics are traveling to Atlanta to meet with Al Horford tonight, per sources. Isaiah Thomas and others will be there to pitch.</p>— Alex Kennedy (@AlexKennedyNBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/AlexKennedyNBA/status/748993372224884736">July 1, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
The "cheap" complaint is so stupid. There are complaints that can be made about Les and the organization to be sure, but cheap isn't one of them. He is a star chaser and that's expensive.
Why pay the luxury taxes for a mediocrity team. Plus that's smart business practice. Bwhahaha at you saying he's cheap because he's doesn't have pay the luxury taxes. But hey rich people can call each other cheap huh.
This. The only piece of information we have (that they apparently met today) is from Atlanta's beat writer for the AJC, and I'm assuming someone in the Hawks' front office is relaying whatever Horford's agent has told them. We haven't heard anything from Houston's side, and we should all be used to it -- Morey has been incredibly tight-lipped this entire offseason.
I think Bima is right and we are just getting Boshed by Horford <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/BenDuBose">@BenDuBose</a> Nah, Ben. Rockets will get Horford. An incumbent team would NEVER cave at the 11th hour and offer 5-year max to an aging forward!</p>— David Weiner (@BimaThug) <a href="https://twitter.com/BimaThug/status/748986180583034880">July 1, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
A sign-and-trade of Dwight for Paul Millsap could be setting up quite nicely.............. Just say'n
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-cards="hidden" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Evan Turner said Danny Ainge “seemed confident” about Celtics chances of signing Al Horford: <a href="https://t.co/HCO1yJtrTs">https://t.co/HCO1yJtrTs</a></p>— Adam Himmelsbach (@AdamHimmelsbach) <a href="https://twitter.com/AdamHimmelsbach/status/748999433921110018">July 1, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
So what was the reasoning for not paying Parsons? It was said that Parsons contract was going to be matched by the Rockets if they would have landed Bosh. When they didn't land Bosh they went and did a deal with Ariza for a cheaper price. Now my question is this..... If they truly thought that Ariza was the better player then why not go with Ariza as the first option over Parsons( when they thought they landed Bosh) Keeping Parsons should have never been an option then. Morey said that they would have paid and kept Parsons if they got Bosh. How was Parsons contract worth paying if we would have landed Bosh but not worth paying without landing Bosh.
please offer your definition of cheap... If not overpaying for mediocrity is cheap... then u r correct... but having paid the luxury tax on a couple occasions, and never flirting with the salary minimum, I would disagree...
The most attractive option for Horford is signing the 5 year max in Atlanta. Ainge's confidence hopefully says something about that.
The reason for not matching (for better or worse) was to maintain salary cap flexibility (NOT just to "save money") in order to add another star player. Had they been successful in getting Bosh, they'd have the star player they wanted and would have been more willing to SPEND MONEY on Parsons. Whether or not matching on Parsons in 2014 was a mistake is not necessarily an issue of "spending money". It's about whether the cap flexibility was worth losing out on a player of Parsons's caliber. Some people have a hard time differentiating those two issues.
