I know we applied for a disabled player exception worth around 12M. I wonder if that is still being reviewed or if that has been granted already. It's weird that we haven't heard anything about the NBA approving or denying our request for almost a month now. https://www.si.com/nba/rockets/onsi...-disabled-players-exemption-for-fred-vanvleet
It will happen, but it is nearly an irrelevant issue. We cannot use the exception to add anyone, as we are hard capped at the second apron, disabled or not, he is accounted for his total salary towards the cap, the exception does not alleviate anything.
So there's absolutely no way the Rockets could do anything at all this season? I thought I read that we can simply dump a smaller contract and get out of the second apron.
It is just unlikely Rockets dump a salary to create room. Rockets are seeking it just in case something unlikely happens as unlikely things sometimes happen.
No. It is if in the ulikely scenario that Stone finds a way to cut salaries, Stone can spend the money on another player instead of Fertita saving the money.
I'm available. Dump Amen for some future picks and sign me. $12 mil may not move the needle for y'all but I'll break some knees for that money.
The Rox are already under the second apron. However unless they can dump FVV 25M contract they cant really use that 12M, and FVV has a no trade clause so he prob aint going anywhere.
They are not over the 2A, they are hard capped at the 1A which they are $1,255,588 below. They cannot exceed the 1A under any circumstances. The injured player exception is irrelevant, they can't use it.
My Mistake, yes, either way, we are capped and cannot use the DPE for anything, it would be, more like for tax purposes. A vet minimum signing would be sometime after January when they become low enough to fit into the current Salary Cap up to that apron, and that would be able to be used with said DPE or just money. Either way, we will not be adding anyone of multi million dollar value.
TF gets to keep money if DPE is not used the same as he gets to keep money if they don't have DPE. The DPE can only cost TF money if used. Not using DPE is the same as never having it.
Thank you. So what sized contract do we have to drop in order to get out of these trade a vet min signing restrictions?
Any contract we trade out, we then can take in a contract of the same size, call it a dollar for dollar type trade. Almost for certain, we will trade no player this year, and will just take on a 15th contract when a veteran is bought out, and then use the remaining salary cap money we have to sign them. After a certain point in January, we can take on a minimum deal that is prorated. Next year, we will not be hard capped to being the season.
I don't know but apparently according to most national guys FVV, DFS, and Eason are not Houston players. Everything I watched about the Cavs win mentioned how the Cavs were missing players but no mention on the Rockets.
So you're saying we can just dump for example Ja'sean Tate on the Nets right now (for nothing in return) and all these restrictions go away? And that would cost us a couple of 2nd rounders at most I imagine since Tate's contract is tiny. Then we can make any trade as we normally do? If that's the case, I don't know why we're making such a big deal about these restrictions.
Not sure if I'm misunderstanding you, but to be safe... Even if they drop a small contract like Tate, they are still hard capped. Nothing they can do lifts the restriction on them this year. Moving a contract just gives them that extra room under the limit to add another player. It's not like if they drop Tate they can then go add an MLE player or something. If they drop Tate in a trade for nothing they'd have Tate's exact salary added to their room under the hard cap.
