Paging BimaThug: How much cap space can we have if we decline FVV, trade Cam/Reed?

Projected cap is 154.6M

Rockets salaries for
Sengun
Green
Brooks
Smith
Thompson
Eason
NateWill

Is like 117M
Add in pick 13 (4.2M)
Add incomplete roster charge x 4 = 4.5M

It leaves like 28M in cap space.
Assuming everyone else is traded away for nil return (will cost picks), or NG salary waived, or rights renounced.
So nobody currently on the team could come back.
(My numbers might be wrong, but 28M won't be enough anyway)

I don't get why you would pursue Turner that way. Seems lunacy to me.

 

I’m wondering if the Rockets can go the other way and pick up Greds option then extend him on a more reasonable amount. This was a 3yr/90m extension can look like a 4yr/134.8m deal. Giving Fred an annual value of 33.7m which feels fair for both sides.

 

Turner is a fun name but he doesn’t really defend the rim anymore, poor defender.

 

Rockets would be wise to hang on to Reed.

 

The team now minus free agents (FVV, Holiday, Jeff Green, Adams, Tate) for next year will be $140M. Add a rookie and fillers and it gets closer to $160M. The Rockets probably will go over the cap and sign FVV but I don’t see the Rockets giving FVV the team option for $45M next year. They will likely want to stay under $190M and restructure his contract to somewhere in the $20-30M range.

 

Why go to all the hassle?

Use some of the assets you are flushing and trade for him

 

Myles Turner? Nah. Sign and trade, maybe

The other longhorn is the dude.

I guess Myles would be okay as a fallback plan.

 

How much cap space would they have if they just traded the entire team?

 

My preferred big is Naz Reid, but he will be a difficult get. If not KD, then John Collins would be a great get. 37.5 career 3 pt %, good rebounder, 27 years old. 27m next year. Phoenix 25 pick plus expirings. Re-up Fred at 3 years. 90m Team options 2nd and 3rd year. Amen, Jalen, Tari, Jabari, Sengun 1st unit. Bench FVV, Dillon, Collins, Reed, Adams or journeyman center. Tari and Collins are interchangeable for starting unit. Go "small" at times with Amen, Jalen, Tari, Collins, Jabari.

 

Quentin Grimes as a Restricted Free Agent.

 

so your idea is to waive and trade our only 2 PGs?

 

Fred, Amen and Reed will probably be a better group next yr, but that doesn’t change the fact that if Fred shoots like he did this yr and Reed doesn’t take a real leap in year 2, we’re in big trouble at the point guard position. I’d rather take the risk out of the equation and upgrade the position all together this offseason. But while I’d like to see Fred in more of a 6th man role, I think he’s a valuable player and this down shooting yr is probably more of an anomaly. I also think Reed will take a leap. I thought he was starting to turn the corner right before his injury. And of course Amen will continue to improve his handles and everything else. So sticking with that group is not a terrible back up plan, especially if we don’t overpay for Fred, and add shooting elsewhere in the rotation.

I do think that if we are gonna extend Tari Bari and keep Dillon, we probably need to trade Cam because he’s just not gonna see the court enough. I’m hoping a package of our 2025 Suns pick, Cam and a future pick gets us a really good player. Honestly that’s pretty much the value the Spurs gave up for Fox.

Reed is not a throw-in. People are giving up on him way way too early, especially given his pedigree as a ball handler and shooter…skill sets we desperately need on this roster.

 

Yes.

Operating as an above-the-cap team is likely best for the Rockets.

 

Call me crazy, but any roster plan needs to end with a plus contributor PG on the roster, something I've been saying since the Rafer days.

Getting rid of Fred comes with peril.

 

FVV looks great when Amen is playing SG.