Can The Rockets Afford a 3rd Superstar and Chandler Parsons?

I wish But he switched to Dan Fegan for his agent and that dude doesn't play when it comes to getting his players paid. And if Batum can get a $44 million contract when he has NEVER had a season better than Parsons and Iggy just got a $48 million contract _ Parsons should be valued in that range. Just my opinion though. Maybe Batum and Iggy are just that much better than Parsons.

 

I doubt that a guy that made less than a million in his first four seasons is willing to take a pay cut.

 

To be quite honest, I think maybe the Rox can afford 3 superstars+Parsons. THe problem is the team will stink after those four, we won't be able to afford any more than vet mins for the rest of the squad. It looks fine on paper, but the reality is if we went with this approach each of our "big 4" will have to play ridiculous minutes to win games.

Miami in their first year, for example, had one of the best records in the league but each of their big 3 had to play an average of 37 mins each game. That's not sustainable, if what you want is a Dynasty rather than a 2-3 window of contention then you should preserve your stars. One reason Dirk and TD have been healthy all these years despite being the only superstar on their squad is because they have had a deep team, we should think about similar lines esp. with Howard starting to have back problems of his own.

 

Dirk only has one ring and Miami has just gone to 3 straight finals winning 2... So....

 

You so cray.

 

With the new CBA, seems like all teams are out to cut cost besides the Russian. He has no fear of the new CBA but we'll see what happens after next season because it'll only get worse if they keep that team intact.

 

I hate to be the negative one here but you have major homerism. Parsons is a good player but I would take Batum over him any day.

 

les alexander said he is willing to go over the cap for the right player(s) if they get howard.

 

Unless you draft well, which the Rockets do.
We'd possibly still field a pretty good young bench with Canaan, Jones/Motiejunas and Smith plus Beverley and Garcia.

Rox would also get benefit of quality vets leaving money for a shot at rings like Miami has done with Allen, Birdman, Battier, etc

Bottom line a starting five of Lin, Harden, Parsons, Aldridge and D12 would smoke any other team even Miami

 

Les has said he has plenty of money so there shouldn't be any worries. Right, Les?

“I have enough money, but I don’t have enough championships,” Rockets owner Leslie Alexander said. “If you’re not in it to win championships, you shouldn’t be in it.”

http://blog.chron.com/ultimaterockets/2013/06/rockets-owner-ready-to-ante-up-for-big-playoff-run/

 

well why can't Parsons be our third superstar. we won't have enough of the ball going around anyway and having LMA would cause too much sacrifice from everyone. Harden could avg his 26, HOward his 20 and Parsons his 17 or something. makes more sense financially and basketball wise to ride these three

 

I would say 12 million for Parsons. a 4 year 48 million contract would do it

 

Like people have said before on here. Batum and Chandler are each on a comparable level in what they can do on the floor (In terms of Defensive ability and being a point forward in a way). If that is the case, which it is, why wouldn't Parsons get the contract that Batum has. Also, if you strike out the fact that Chandler is a Rocket and a fan favorite and just looked at overall game. I would take Batum. Sorry, I love Chandler as well but come on.

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Chandler is a perfect fit though and a HUGE cog in what we would want to do, make no mistake about it.

 

Just because Alexander is capable of spending more, and has shown a willingness to do so, doesn't mean that he has to.

Along with a potential core of Harden, Howard, Parsons, and a 3rd superstar, the Rockets also have the luxury of being led by a GM who has a demonstrated knack for finding undervalued assets. I wouldn't be surprised if the Rockets fielded a contender while avoiding a tax situation.

 

Parsons will likely only get about $8M. I certainly think Beverly as a starting pg, and likely to be proven by this point, will command much more than $900k. So will Brooks getting 6th man minutes. Both of them will likely be in the $4 and $3m range respectively.

 

Aldridge is nice and everything, but if it were my money and I were going to pay a guys $16 or $17m he'd have to be a legit 17/10 guy at PF. Aldridge doesn't have very good rebounding stats for his size. We don't need scoring. A PF who can shoot can be found much cheaper than that. One who can also get you 7rpg (LMA's career average)

 

This is a business. We won't overpay someone just because they're underpaid right now. That's just naive. As much as I love Chandler, Morey isn't going to potentially cripple our franchise just because he likes a guy.

If he grows a lot this season, then I could see him being worth close to $10 million, but at this point he's not.