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In Defense of Tilman's Repeater Tax Fears

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by ChillyPete32, Jan 3, 2021.

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  1. ChillyPete32

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    #1 ChillyPete32, Jan 3, 2021
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    Who dafuq cares?
     
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    BHannes2BHonest 2 SOLID FOR WEIRD AZZES

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    In other news... the warriors are a 30-1 Vegas odds to win the title..

    ahead of the rockets 40-1 title odds lmao o_O:eek:
    I would love Oubre on this team though if that’s where you the going w this Pete
     
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    BHannes2BHonest 2 SOLID FOR WEIRD AZZES

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    I hope they don’t duck the tax because tilly will have an excuse to show all fans that even the rich warriors duck it

    smh
     
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    **** Tilman.
     
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    I hadn't checked the updated odds. What a joke. Even if we trade Harden depending on what we get back we'll much more than likely be better than the Warriors. Steph can't carry a team, Draymond is washed, personnel besides Wiseman otherwise is iffy and Kerr doesn't seem like he can adapt. Wiseman is legit, though.

    Oubre is making House look like All-NBA right now (but yes I'd like him assuming he can't continue to be this completely atrocious).

    Point I was making was that almost no owner would pay $68 million for that, which is why most of them try to avoid starting the tax clock unless they are title favorites, their owner has so much money they don't care, or they have a superstar using leverage to make them spend. Lacob will probably hit his breaking point soon just like Prokorhov did. Felt like a counterbalance was appropriate with a thread complaining about reusing last season's cups under the circumstances.
     
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    So the premise of this thread is that the Warriors are bad so going over the lux tax is..... bad? You seem to forget that they're missing 2 allstar caliber player to start the season this year.

    Either way its not about immediate short term sucess. Its about willingness to pay to improve the team. The warriors have shown that willingness. The Rockets have not.
     
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    The people who pay the bills.
     
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    So scared of the repeater tax that he didn’t pay it one single year and someone posted a thread defending that bs.

    @Deuce
     
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    Kelly Oubre shooting 4% from 3pt range is a hilarious stat. The dude is 1-25 from 3. :confused:
     
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    But the Warriors are paying the tax, thus they will win the championship...I was told many times last night that's how it works apparently
     
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    No thats not how it works. But paying the tax, atleast, shows a willingness to win. If someone doesn't want to pay the tax because he's too cheap to pay a starter on a 65 win team 1 year 15 million, maybe he shouldn't own an NBA team.

    No shame in being broke. But if you're broke boy atleast be honest. Don't tell the fans......we dunno how we get under the tax everyyear. Must be an accident lol.

    Its freaking insulting.
     
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    holy crap, that's actually insane

    you have to try to be that bad
     
    #13 KePoW, Jan 3, 2021
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    Taxman by The Beatles is one of my favorite songs
     
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    Klay and... who?
    He is the only all star caliber player they are missing.
    They make the play in and definitely improve but the west doesn’t seem to be getting easier.
     
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    You have to pay the tax first to fear the repeater tax
     
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    No, it shows a willingness to waste money to make stupid fans think you're doing more than you really are while sacrificing the future of the franchise
     
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    You had a 65 win juggernaut, two top ten players and a weak competitive landscape lined up over the next 5 years. There was never a better time to justify paying significant tax penalties to maintain that.

    Instead we got poor decision making and cheapness turning the organization into a laughingstock.

    **** Tilman Fertitta
     
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    Defending Tilman? Defend deez. Lulz.
     
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    and meanwhile stephanie & donkey aren't trying to get traded out because the owner's a scrooge b****
     
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