http://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/09/hou...st-from-an-overturned-burning-vehicle?ref=yfp And he just saved someone from a burning car!
Glad this is finally done. Harrell has good potential. There is room in the NBA for a guy with some talent and tremendous hustle. I predict he will become a fan favorite.
Basically means we have to send out virtually the same salary or more in trade that we take in. That's the biggest factor. Can't exceed $88.74 million on total team salary.
Welcome, Monstrousle. Hey at least some actual Rockets news. I am still worried if he can dunk frequently over NBA big men. He did seem to have a bit of a fade away medium jump shot.
That's a concern with every player. Montrezl was in the top 3 in the NCAA in finishing around the rim, and might be the all time leading dunker. He probably won't finish 70%+ like he did in college, but he's fine if he stays above 50% in his rookie year.
This is what I was guessing when they let Hayes go. If winning now was the priority, they'd have signed Hayes, avoided the hard cap, and ditched Harrell. This is a move for the future.
Really like this, was getting worried. The guy is a "very high motor every play" beast and has a 7'4" wingspan. I expect a lot from him. Between Harrell, Capella and McDaniels we have an excellent core of young possible star guys. We will be relevant in the West for many years to come.
There is not a single player on the roster that I don't like. I would hope to heck they don't change it. I don't think we have ever been better through 14 guys.
Invoking hard cap is just Les's way of being able to be cheap. It will allow him not to spend 90 million on the team and say he spent all that he could. Just another in the long line of examples of Les being cheap. /sarcasm
I hope this helps you out Jimmy. The term "hard cap" means there is a total team salary amount we absolutely can't go over, under any conditions. The NFL has only the "hard cap" (which works the exact same way); but in the NFL, teams are allowed to re-structure player contracts (by adjusting money from one particular year to another) at any point during the year to create cap flexibility. The NBA has by default a "soft cap" aka "flex cap", so additional salary can be added to the point of going into the "luxury tax" to acquire talent. But with the soft cap, player contracts can't be re-structured at all while on the active roster. In the 2011 lockout, the owners wanted the hard cap so: they wouldn't have to pay as much per season as they do now (before the new TV contract was ever negotiated), big-money talent can be spread out across the league for parody purposes, and no "super teams" can be created (biggest examples were after James, Wade, and Bosh colluded to join in Miami and the trade that should have sent Chris Paul to the Lakers).
Completely disagree. Signing Harrell and not signing Hayes were moves for flexibility, both now and in the future. By not signing Hayes or Woods, the Rockets now have 3+ options for their remaining cap room. They can sign up to 2 vets to 1 year deals right now, sign a few vets later on, or use the remaining $1.9 million of their MLE to sign a player (this all assumes Montrezl signed for the rookie minimum). Having all these options gives us the potential for a Josh Smith type scenario. If the right vet shakes loose via waiver/buyout, then we can pounce.
Read second sentence you quoted. Rockets have made several moves with the end result being a hard cap. All the moves this offseason compose a win now mentality as indicated by invoking a hard cap. Signing Harrell is only a piece.
