Tilman: must be under the tax 1 of next 3 years

Meanwhile in OKC...

More important than having a good GM is having a good owner. We don’t - and he’s not going anywhere, ever.

Time to get used to this.

 

dafuq does this even mean? He's indirectly saying that at best we have a 2 year window or else he's going to become sellers.

 

Having quality ownership is one of the biggest advantages in the NBA

The Rockets no longer have that

 

This is probably in reference to the repeater tax, right? It's an extra tax on top of the luxury tax if you're over the threshold too many years in a row, right? I'm too lazy to look it up at this time.

 

Expect another player (or two) to get dumped to squeeze under the tax. Rockets will not be players in the buyout market.

 

Because Les always went over the salary cap.

 

Man I liked him at first but he sucks.

 

petition to bring back les

 

lol i predicted this earlier today.

I knew Tilman was going to blow up team if we don't win it all next year.

Enjoy Harden while he's here because he's likely not retiring a Rocket.

 

Nice to know we have an owner imposed cap of $10M over the luxury tax and that we're dodging the repeater tax come hell or high water. Who needs money to compete, amirite?

 

It does suck in a way, but it's not like the highest payroll wins every year. This owner is different, but he's had some success in life. His way might work.

 

Leslie consistently made Morey go under the tax line how is Fertitta worse?

 

Lol at anyone that is looking down on this. Since when did Les ever pay so much in luxury tax over a number of years? It would be stupid if the Rockets get themselves into repeat offender territory. Unless you are winning back to back to back championships, not many teams will be playing that game.

 

This isn’t anything new, he said the same thing this summer. In fairness to him, I don’t believe many teams have gone into the repeater tax territory often.

 

for real. People acting like Les was crazy spending. Morey always had to find ways of getting beneath the line. Les knew these next few years he may have to start paying luxury tax so the old man sold high to avoid the tax.

Some of these posters have short term memories. Lol .

 

lol. I was just thinking the same thing :

From https://www.houstonchronicle.com/sp...titta-Rockets-to-tread-carefully-13254353.php

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"I know we're in it a lot this year," Fertitta said of the tax penalties. "It's a horrible hindrance. It's just brutal. You can take $5 million and look up and it cost you $20 million. At some point, you have to be smart and you can't get in the repeater tax, which happens when you are in the luxury tax three years (of four).

"At some point, you have to do some things so you're never in the repeater tax. It's something you have to be cognizant of. At the same time a team is built on superstars. If you have the top four or five players, you can always see other players move in and out. It is a chess game playing with the luxury tax. This year, in order to get back to the Western Conference Finals, we're going to have to be in it many millions of dollars."


Fertitta, however, said he would not shy away from paying the tax penalties for the right team.


"I am here to win championships," Fertitta said. "I'm not going to let five or 10 or 15 or 20 million dollars make the difference. If you do win the championship, that's easy money back. Now, if we are in the luxury tax every year and barely getting in the playoffs and a first-round game is a struggle, I'm going to find me a new general manager."

 

Exactly. And it was Les that wanted to sign Anderson.

 

This may happen. Should have posted this here.