The salary cap and why the Parsons contract is the new normal

15 million is the new 12 million.

 

compare batum's contract with parsons'
batum 11.8/58=20.3%
parsons 15/63=23.8%
parsons' contract is worse. to make it equal, salary cap has to be 74 mil, 15/74=20.3%.
the projected cap 80 mil is in 3 years, 15/80=18.7%, yes, it will be normal by then. However, it is not reasonable to pay parsons 15 mil per based on future projected cap.
F**k cuban, he did this to screw us because we got howard.

 

If the cap is 80 million in 2016 then Dwight will be eligible for a 5 year 161 million contract. 30 million a year is the new 20 million a year.

 

Good post. It's very possible even MLE level players would be getting 8-10 million a couple of years from now.

 

Nobody is comparing it to Batum's or players who signed years ago. The simple fact is that he got a max contract, and for a guy that's not even an all-star that is crazy anyway you slice it.

 

Yeah, we've been seeing this coming. And players want more. There's a storm brewing. We're due for a new CBA. If I was an agent, and my client was healthy and young, I'm not signing anything over 2 years. The cap on max deals is going up. Soon.

 

Carl Herrera. Quit overthinking this: no matter if cap goes up or not, you can't give 25% of your cap to Parsons. If you always pay your starters max, each year, you will run out f money

Your argument only makes sense is we get bosh or something and parsons. Then we are locked in for good or bad. But that's not a new take. Many ppl here say that

You can't pay Parsons max right now, with a trade kicker and PO, unless you need to keep a big salary on the books for trade purposes.

 

Quit looking at 25% in a vacuum. Take measure of this team and it's place in the hierarchy of the NBA right now and what the options are. If you don't match..you lose the talent and you DO NOT GAIN the cap space!! And your division competitor gets better.

This is a key strategic time for the Rockets because Parsons only counts as $2.8 million against the cap for 3 more days. We need to maximize those 3 days, acquire as much talent as possible, then match this offer and move forward. We can always trade him LATER for something of value.

 

^^.

You can't spend your cap on parsons now. You throw Way your FAncy options.
It is very clear you guys are going out of your way to justify a max contract to Parsonas, when three weeks ago non of you would have agreed to it

You guys are talking like amateur real estate investor who believe the cap will always outpace yearly salary raises. And players will always increase performace to match their raises

That only makes since if we get Bosh or another 3rd star. Then, yeah, break the bank on exceed the luxury tax to keep Parsons. But he is not a third star. So without first using your cap space on anothe player, you are pretty much throwing you FAncy options out the window for a long time

And don't think this cap money is free and the world is changing and you can spend all you want

If you believe that, I got a house with a ballon payment to sell you

 

In the end, the question is whether or not you want to waste another year of Dwight's prime. There is no one currently on the market that will give you the same contribution for a lower price. Deng and Ariza are the closest and they are looking for at least $12m per.

 

Not true. I thought about the possibility of Parsons getting a max offer. I figured it would be for less years and Morey would top it with long-term money at a lower cap figure. I don't have a problem with overpaying Parsons for a couple seasons. Parsons has given us 3 great years where he was EXTREMELY underpaid. What I'm having a problem with is Parsons actually going through and signing an offer sheet from Cuban. I think he could've gotten 5/60 or 5/65 from Morey and I think he should've waited. But it's his business.

I definitely think we should match. No question about it.

 

And also. This whole cap thing increasing doesn't mean jack **** if you don't have any more players on your team worth spending bird rights max money on

We will always have less cap than our competitors if we waste it

Do y'all understand that. You always have an advantage with more cap flexibility. No matter how you slice it. Quit thinking we are all going to have the same amt of money to spend in the candy store.

We wont

 

I await BimaThugs next blog post

"It's been a fun run working out the CBA and the Rockets cap situation. But due to new circumstances, I'm going to retire.

I just ran the numbers on the increasing cap. I no longer think the cap matters anymore, because all teams will have unlimited amount of money to spend. I also near Morey is firing his cap analysts staff, too. The cap doesn't matter any more"

 

Logical.

 

So what you are saying is, it somehow makes sense to use the entire increase in the cap to overpay one guy.

 

The problem with rationalizing his salary to the possible future $80m cap is: with the player option, we will not get that advantageous year. When you account for Dwight's option it matters even less. If the cap jumps to that number and neither has fallen off significantly in ability or for injury then both opt out and get dollars in line with the same percentage of the cap. If they fall off they opt in and likely are not worth those dollars. So if the argument is: Parsons is unlikely to be worth 25% of the cap now, but when it is $80m he will be worth more than 20%, then you are disregarding the fact he would just opt out at that point anyways and you don't gain that advantageous year. That is why the player option is a killer for him, even if the cap sky rockets.

 

This multiplied by 1 billion.

 

Crazy for you maybe. It's not crazy when someone can pay. It's Cuban's money after all. Call him crazy but it's his money.