Regarding the FVV/Brooks signings, NBA rules force teams to spend to at least 90% of the salary cap. If they weren't signing FFV and Brooks, they were signing other players. So an owner's willingness to spend up to the salary cap really has no bearing on whether he's willing to spend over the luxury tax. As for his net worth, aren't you basically arguing AGAINST him spending money. The Rockets have have very little success since his ownership and the team value skyrocketed for reasons that has nothing to do with on court performance. So why would he spend more? The Warriors example doesn't really work because that team didn't become expensive until after they won multiple championships. I mean they even signed KD as a FA. Personally, I am hoping you are right and Tilman is a hell of a lot more generous than what he's shown so far. But I'm just saying if he decides to trade out players for youngsters or picks to keep things below the luxury tax, that you're prepared cause that's what he's always done.
Juwan Howard was also a 22yr old coming off 3rd team All-Pro, All-Star, a 22/8/4 statline when he was offered that contract. A lot of Rockets fans just remember the bleh Juwan Howard of the mid-2000s, but he used to be thought of as the next superstar.
After taxes and agent fees, would you prefer $4 million or $5 million? Mind you, the average NBA career is 4.8 years. I think that extra million definitely makes a difference for any athlete.
Yea that is true, if thinking singularly in terms of the player, you're always going to try to maximize what you can get. But if you're thinking like a GM or owner, is $4m all that much different than $5m in terms of the cap and overall operations? Not so much.
I don't care how Tilly spends his money or how much money Jalen Green makes. However, if this contract costs us Tari, I'll be mad as hell! Tari will ask for max, you have to be sure about it. If season ended today, most likely Tari gets DPOY and these guys get paid. See Gobert, Draymond, etc... Then, there is the issue of why Tari doesn't start? If at some point the brass decides to bench Jalen and put Tari in the starting line-up, his leverage for a MAX deal only increases... If they keep him on the bench, for leverage in the extension negos, well, that may create bad blood... Overall, things are getting a bit tricky with the Tari situation, and this ridiculous Jalen deal is the main reason for that. Best course of action was to wait for next summer and split the Tari/Green budget according to merit and contribution....
The unnecessary Jalen extension just looks worse every game. The big problem is that Tari and Amen are both better than Jalen, so they are both gonna ask for at least Jalen money. Stone set a very bad precedent when he near-maxed a guy who hadnt earned his money. He did the same thing with KPJ.
I don't think Tari gets DPOY if the season ends today. They're not going to give it to a relatively unknown bench player, no matter how well he plays in his limited minutes.
I was pondering that, handing out those contracts actually made those young players have performance issues......pause. Alperen at the start as well.
IDK about superstar but he would have been one of the stars, he underperformed. He also had a heart issue. Great Michigan Fab Five.
Tari has historic DRtg numbers and leads the league in steals per 100 pos… Voters look more and more at advanced metrics these days…
Amen is going to get the full max he is allowed. Of that, I have absolutely no doubt. Tari will have earned the full max if he becomes a starter and continues to produce. If Jalen doesn’t get his act together he is gone after this season. We will do everything we can to keep Sengun, Amen, Jabari, and Tari and still stay under the second apron. FVV’s 40M will be coming off the books either at the end of this season or next. Brooks is affordable as a backup if he isn’t needed in a trade. Stone set out a plan when he traded Harden. He has not faltered once on that and is why we are talking playoffs in the 4th year of a total re-build. I just pray our owner doesn’t get impatient and blow it up for an aging star like Durant or Giannis.
Both Amen and Tari would get consideration for an all-defensive team selection if they started. Defensive player of the year will be gift wrapped for Wemby. No way anyone coming off the bench would get the award.
Amen would be foolish to accept less than max. He would definitely get it as a RFA. You may be right on Eason. He is a great bench player sixth man of the year type. He will have to prove it as a starter to get full max. His type of energy for 30+ minutes a game and staying out of foul trouble is hard to maintain, but if he could do it he would definitely be max worthy.
I’ve said it all along, cam is better than Jalen. He’s bigger, faster, stronger, efficient and more athletic than green. Jalen Green has struggled and been so inconsistent for three seasons and yet he still gets opportunity after opportunity to start and prove himself. Cam has a couple of bad games and he’s sent to the g-league and people are already to move on from him. Whitmore should be playing over green but he won’t because doing so would be admitting the rockets made a mistake extending Jalen.
Jalen has low BBall IQ, but he was Smart getting this contract, might be the highest he ever gets. DD
