Did anyone see this from TrueHoops? http://myespn.go.com/blogs/truehoop/0-30-5/Pau-Gasol-in-the-Big-Picture.html The Aaron McKie part of this is kind of genius. A lot of teams maintain the rights to players they have cut. They could renounce them, but they often don't -- just in case they want to re-sign them and use them in deals like this. As I'm told McKie's agent Leon Rose pointed out to the Lakers, his cap hold was the right size to make a deal like this work. Do the Rox have this possibilty with Sura and/or Butler and/or Reed? Could it, if it exists, help make a deal for a MMiller or AMiller, for example? Just wondering, and hoping someone really knows the real answer. Clutch?
I think this was more of a exception to the rule. The Lakers really pulled every string possible for that deal. Really to me it was a desperation move. They wanted to keep Kobe happy this off-season. I doubt that this becomes the norm in NBA trading.
exactly. you can hope for whatever you want, but the most you can expect is a cap move at the deadline to get under the LT.
No, the Rockets cannot do this with Sura, Butler or Reed, since the team waived those players in the preseason. Players like Aaron McKie and P.J. Brown were not waived by the Lakers and Bulls, respectively. Their contracts simply expired and they did not re-sign with another team. Therefore their old teams retained their "Bird Rights" and could re-sign them or sign-and-trade them to other teams at about 108% of their salary from last year. Since the Rockets waived Sura, Butler and Reed, they completely cut ties with their contracts, none of which had expired.
^correction: If the Lakers or Bulls had "full Bird Rights" on those guys, they could re-sign them for whatever they wanted, but luxury taxes would most likely prohibit them re-signing for a very high salary.
I wonder if Delonte West is available?...a very good defender and a good three point shooter...He is riding he pine for Seattle....
Later in the article it tells you who the Rockets have that they can do something similar with. I believe that Lampe was one of the names mentioned. Edit: My bad it was another article that I read that in.. maybe on AOL Fanhouse. I will look it up and see what it said. Edit 2: http://myespn.go.com/blogs/truehoop...-the-Only-NBA-Coach-Who-Could-Get-Traded.html There is the one I was thinking of.. the Rockets have Maciej Lampe and Jake Tsakalidis
I know Tsakalidis is playing in Europe. I'd assume Lampe is as well. If these guys are playing elsewhere in FIBA, the Rockets would have to buy out there contracts in order to be able to sign (and trade) them.
But the rockets can still trade those contracts to teams that wants them right? Although small individually, but the collection of those waived contracts combined with a bigger one, say MJ/rafer's mid-level or Snyder's almost expired 3 million, might get us someone good
Rox sign me for a day for 8 mil and I quit. Then trade me to the Griz for Mike Miller, all problem solved. Yeah, it's absurd, but just the same as what some of yall proposed. If Le$ is willing to pay LT, we dont have to trade for anybody, just sign them like the Yankees.
If it were only about $s. But, there are rules that must be followed before a team in the NBA can spend like the Knicks er, I mean Yankees. BTW - playoff basketball is a highly profitable incentive to loosen the pursestrings. But, a team needs to win a bunch for it to max out.
