What do you guys think about Brandan Wright? He seemed to be a gamechanger for Dallas against us. He could be useful if we trade Asik. We could use that 2-3mill exception for him. Thoughts?
Doesn't rebound. Good scorer, but always get feeling that he just isn't helping his team win even when he is putting up good numbers.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>NBA's salary cap set at $58.679M, and luxury-tax line at $71.748M for '13-'14 season, league announces.</p>— Ken Berger (@KBergCBS) <a href="https://twitter.com/KBergCBS/statuses/354788278551068675">July 10, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>The non-taxpayer mid-level exception is set at $5.15M; taxpayer mid-level at $3.18M; and "room" exception at $2.652M.</p>— Ken Berger (@KBergCBS) <a href="https://twitter.com/KBergCBS/statuses/354788931696463872">July 10, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Next year we will be capped but not at the tax, so we might be able to get a pretty good veteran player with our MLE. We will also be able to sign and trade for a max level player with Lin + Asik + other filler if any other stars want to join up in Houston.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Maximum salaries: 0-6 = $13,701,250; 7-9 = $16,441,500; 10+ = $19,181,750.</p>— Larry Coon (@LarryCoon) <a href="https://twitter.com/LarryCoon/statuses/354788590737297410">July 10, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Houston Rockets Salary Cap Update: Once Robinson & White trades are made, Rockets will have $19.87M in cap room before waiving anyone else.</p>— David Weiner (@BimaThug) <a href="https://twitter.com/BimaThug/status/354795941569630208" data-datetime="2013-07-09T21:55:18+00:00">July 9, 2013</a></blockquote> <script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>...If James Anderson and Tim Ohlbrecht are both waived, Rockets will have $20.59M in cap room, more than enough to sign Dwight to the max.</p>— David Weiner (@BimaThug) <a href="https://twitter.com/BimaThug/status/354796374153363456" data-datetime="2013-07-09T21:57:02+00:00">July 9, 2013</a></blockquote> <script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Jeremy Lin, Omer Asik, Terrence Jones and the NYK 2014 2nd round draft pick for Al Horford and Jeff Teague. Who says no?
Atlanta receives: Omer Asik, Terrence Jones, future 1st, 2014 2nd (NYK) Houston receives: Al Horford Does Atlanta consider that? That's a lot of value.
Why does Atlanta trade Al Horford? If we trade Harden for Horford, maybe Ferry will consider that, but......
This belongs in the trade ideas thread. We are giving too much away, especially T-Jones and the picks. Asik straight up for Horford is the only way I'd do this and even then I think Asik > Horford. Atlanta will never give up Horford, they are building a team around him.
So, after trades, releasing Ohlbrect and Anderson, we sign Dwight and cap looks like this I believe: Player: Yrs. ('13-'14) Current ('13) Howard 4 $20,513,178 Harden 5 $13,701,250 Parsons 2 $926,500 Lin 2 $8,374,646 Asik 2 $8,374,646 Jones 3 $1,551,840 Motiej 3 $1,422,720 Beverley 2 $884,293 Smith 1 $884,293 Cap Hold $490,180 Cap Hold $490,180 Cap Hold $490,180 Total $58,103,906 Cap Room $575,094 Tax $13,644,094 We can use that extra $575,094 to lock Canaan up to 4yr deal with team options on last 2 yrs, much like Parsons' contract. Don't know if he will get all of it, but since Rockets won't do anything else with that room, we will assume he gets $1,065,274 (490,180+575,094). That puts cap room at $0. Then we sign Casspi and Garcia to their minimum deals, and finally our cap looks like this: Player: Yrs. ('13-'14) Current ('13) Howard 4 $20,513,178 Harden 5 $13,701,250 Parsons 2 $926,500 Lin 2 $8,374,646 Asik 2 $8,374,646 Jones 3 $1,551,840 Motiej 3 $1,422,720 Beverley 2 $884,293 Smith 1 $884,293 Canaan 4 $1,065,274 Garcia 2 $1,265,977 Casspi 2 $947,907 Total $59,912,524 Cap Room -$1,233,524 Tax $11,835,476 That is 12 players. The only thing Rockets have left are the room exception of $2,652,000 and minimum contracts. Neither of which will come close to the tax level. Obviously, I will let Bima check this all out, but I'm pretty sure this is right. If not, I apologize.
No The Parons deal was 1 mil a year. Canaan's deal will come in at half that <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p>...If Rockets do, in fact, waive Anderson & Ohlbrecht, then sign Howard, they'll have ~$570k to sign Isaiah Canaan to a long-term deal.</p>— David Weiner (@BimaThug) <a href="https://twitter.com/BimaThug/statuses/354797169464709122">July 10, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
