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    Rockets sign Jabari Smith Jr. to 5-year, $122M extension

    It would have taken a hell of a lot more than Detroit's pick back. Here's a list of our assets on draft day 2021 ranked by some guy named Dave in...
    Post by: HI Mana, Jul 3, 2025 at 3:49 PM in forum: Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves
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    Rockets bring back Clint Capela (3 years, $21.5M)

    I'm hopeful that's the case, but he was willing to do that once with Golden State, won the championship, and was still unhappy in the prime of his...
    Post by: HI Mana, Jul 2, 2025 at 2:11 PM in forum: Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves
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    Rockets bring back Clint Capela (3 years, $21.5M)

    Assuming only 7% cap growth for 2026, if the Rockets run it back entirely and give Durant a max extension (35% of the cap), I have them down at...
    Post by: HI Mana, Jul 1, 2025 at 2:54 PM in forum: Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves
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    Rockets bring back Clint Capela (3 years, $21.5M)

    One thing to consider here is that the Rockets are showing every indication that they're going to blow past the second apron next year and the...
    Post by: HI Mana, Jun 30, 2025 at 10:43 PM in forum: Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves
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    Rockets bringing back garbage

    This is already in the NBA CBA; players have access to a monthly pension that they can take starting at age 50, that the NBA and the players fund...
    Post by: HI Mana, Jun 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM in forum: Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves
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    Rockets sign Jabari Smith Jr. to 5-year, $122M extension

    I always figured that Jabari would be extremely motivated to lock in a long term deal, especially considering that he essentially lost his...
    Post by: HI Mana, Jun 30, 2025 at 3:48 PM in forum: Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves
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    Dorian Finney Smith to Rockets?

    For those saying he's too old, whenever he signs this offseason, he'll be exactly one year younger than PJ Tucker was when he signed a full MLE...
    Post by: HI Mana, Jun 30, 2025 at 1:18 PM in forum: Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves
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    Cam on the trade block

    Strictly from an asset management perspective, if the Rockets want to maximize Cam's trade value, converting him into a future protected first...
    Post by: HI Mana, Jun 27, 2025 in forum: Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves
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    KD reportedly at 112 for 2 yrs extension

    I'm pretty sure the LLM that generated this incorrectly pulled from a bunch of articles written last year talking about how Jimmy Butler was...
    Post by: HI Mana, Jun 26, 2025 in forum: Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves
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    Fred extension - 2 year 50 million

    The taxpayer MLE is $5.685M, and can be for a maximum of two years. You're allowed to use it as long as you don't exceed the second apron for the...
    Post by: HI Mana, Jun 25, 2025 in forum: Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves
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    Our window...older stars and the chain reaction

    Let's remove Anthony Davis from this comparison, he was acquired in his age-26 season, entering his prime, far from an "all-in move," he was...
    Post by: HI Mana, Jun 24, 2025 in forum: Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves
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    Will the rockets trade back into the draft?

    While its generally good practice to spend any resource that is going to expire (in this case, the $7.24M that the Rockets are allowed to send out...
    Post by: HI Mana, Jun 24, 2025 in forum: Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves
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    Trey Murphy lll should be our target!!

    The main issue with this is that a lot of the early career underutilized high potential prospects..are already on the Rockets and are already...
    Post by: HI Mana, Jun 18, 2025 in forum: Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves
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    Consistent criticisms across space and time

    In 2017, Tilman Fertitta was handed a fully-formed, 65-win Rockets team with an outstanding GM, a veteran coach, and a roster that was by far THE...
    Post by: HI Mana, Jun 16, 2025 in forum: Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves
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    With the 10th pick in the NBA Draft the Houston Rockets Select...

    Here's the exercise: Assume that you keep the core 7 + Brooks for 2025 - 2026; you then have around $48.7M under the luxury tax to sign whomever...
    Post by: HI Mana, Jun 12, 2025 in forum: Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves