Rockets waive 3 today

If we decline options on players are they then restricted free agents at end of year?

DD

 

No, any first round picks whose options are not picked up will be UNRESTRICTED free agents at the end of the season.

The Rockets will, however, have Bird rights on all such players.

 

keep greg smith sign him with the vipers or rockets but keep him we might need him later

 

Dammit! I wanted Blakely to make the team!! Oh well, we still have Smith and Linn left. Wonder how long they will last. I would look to keep Smith so that we have enough big men to throw at opposing 5's. So my final roster to start the season would look like..

Lowry/ Dragic/ Flynn(Linn)
Martin/ Lee/ (Taylor/ Linn)
Bud/ T-Will/ Morris
Scola/ Pats/ Adrien
Hill/ Thabeet/ Smith

 

I hope they waive Adrien soon.

I'd much rather keep Smith and Lin.

 

Taiwanese my friend, oh well they look alike right???

 

Chuck Hayes contract has been voided because of health issues

 

FYI, I've come across some information about the new CBA that changes my answers to the two bolded issues above.

(1) Apparently, the new CBA has done away with (or otherwise modified) the rules about how first round picks playing overseas count against a team's cap. It appears as though the new CBA allows for teams to retain such players rights WITHOUT having them count against the cap.

Hence, Donatas Motiejunas counts as $0 against the Rockets' cap.

(2) I have been informed that the deadline to exercise team options on first round rookie scale contracts (in our case, for Thabeet, Flynn, Hill, Williams and Patterson) has been pushed until mid-January.


I'll let you know more once I learn more details about these issues under the new CBA.

Sorry for the earlier misinformation.

 

Bima,
What about Dragic? I thought he was in the same boat as these other guys for option decisions?

 

not surprise at all

regular 12 active players are pretty much lock
C - Hill, Thabeet
PF - Scola, Patterson, Morris
SF - Budinger, Williams
SG - Martin, Lee
PG - Lowry, Dragic, Flynn

13th - Parsons
14th - ??? my guess would be Smith
15th - ??? maybe Hayes or Lin

 

Nope. Dragic is closer to Budinger's situation.

This is Year 4 of a four-year deal that Dragic (a SECOND round pick) signed with Phoenix.

The Rockets exercised their team option on Dragic for 2011-12 prior to the June 30, 2011 deadline.

Dragic will be an unrestricted free agent next summer.

 

I hope that Saunders guy makes it to final 15. Screw Lin, Taylor and Parsons too. They are not even worthy of keeping as inactive.

 

Couple of those were on the Media day photos...
guess don't mean anything

 

Bima, did you Morey follows YOU? (added you to twitter)

 

NBA Superstar Jeremy Lin is still on the team!

 

We already have Flynn, Dragic and Lowry. There are no room for Lin.

 

I actually LOL while watching this comment.

 

They cut Saunders last week.

 

Then how did that work for Lowry, when they did not pick up his option?

Or was it different.

Thanks for taking my call..



DD

 

Come to think of it, Blakelt was screwed. They have had him on the roster since the last couple of games from last season and he has never played a game.