Why do people keep thinking we lose T-Macs contract we can sign someone for the same money? Please look into the different salary caps. While Morey thinks this team is a chance to win a title he wont be looking for 2010 cap rooms so we will keep some contracts and probably trade off expiring ones (Head, Francis) for decent role players who may have 3 years left. I honestly can't see us being a big player come 2010 as it really requires Morey to decide now that is his plan and start working towards it... as the Knicks are.
My question is and I am sure it has been brought up before, how much money will T-mac and Yao want in their next contracts? They've both had max contracts and will be on the downside of their careers, both injury prone, etc. How much money would they command on the open market?
the cavs don't have all those guys in cleveland signed for much longer, so i dont think its certan Lebron will want to stay, especially if they don't win a ring within the next two years, which they probably wont. Zydrunas, wallace, wally, varejao, and pavlovic all have contracts that expire within 2 yrs. I wouldn't say Amare is that likely to come to houston, although have some nice young guys so does phoenix. Lopez will be a solid defensive center. Dragic looks good so far. Diaw is the same age as Amare (26), and barbosa is 25. with shaq and nash's salary off the books in 2010, the suns will have room to sign another all-star, which would be easier and more convenient for amare than relocating and learning a whole new philosophy.
The knicks did it to have a chance to get a big FA, mainly lebron, but its not a sure thing for them or any other team out there. Their team is going to be extrmely thin by then, so they're hoping to get two big names that year. I can understand players wanting to go to NY and to the Nets than Houston, since NY is a big market and the Nets are a good market with nice young players, but Detroit??? Detroit doesn't have anything on houston, not location and not talent. Stuckey, prince, and Rip will be the most talented guys they'll have and rip will be 32, prince 30.
i see what you're saying, but Tmac is the bigger question since his contract runs out at the end of the 2009- 2010 season, Yao's contract doesn't run out until the year after that. I think if and how much houston re-signs Tracy for will be based on how the rockets are doing that season, as well as the 2010 free agent class that summer. As for Yao, resigning him depends on what moves houston makes the summer of 2010 and how the Rockets do in 2010-2011.
Jalen Rose said he guarantees Lebron and Chris Bosh will sign with the Knicks in 2010 (Said a "credible source" told him so). When they showed Knicks highlights he said "all I know is Nate Robinson wears #4 which will be Bosh's and Q. Richardson wears 23 which will be Lebrons). I thought that was hilarious!
even if rox takes out tmac 20m off the books, it does not meant rox have 20m to sign a FA... can someone educate this guys......
Yes, have. Personnally I've nothing againest the guy named as Alvin Choo, but I have to figure out one thing that we frankly suggest those who have little knowledge about this league Shut Up. See what kind of rosters will be still left on our book then:Yao/landry/scola(ifsigned)/brooks/Battier/hayes/dorsey. 1.2(aaron)+2.4(hayes)+17(yao)+7(shane)+3.4(landry)+1(dorsey)+9(scola deserves)=41. while: salary cap (06-07):53.13 salary cap (07-08):55.63 salary cap(this season): higher than these two salary cap of season 09-10:even higher. Not to mention that of 10-11. If we don't re-sign scola then (scola's contract expires together with tmac's and rafer's. I know it's a pity to let him walk but I'm afraid we'll have to let him walk. Isn't it too talent-wasting to move scola off the starting 5? we'll be likely to sign stoudmire or Bosh to upgrade our PF, for defense in particular.) we'll have a considerable salary space to sign even two superstars. We won't have just 2m but 4 million salary space to sign free rosters. (I bet the salary cap will be 70m or more at that time, so we'll have nearly 4m space). I have dreamt of our tirpple biggers in Yao/stoudmire and Wade (hell lebron, no way shall we get him. he's the target of over 20 teams but we are not pretty competitive among these teams) but there's still one question. there's no question about our salary space but ... the question is... will those guys join a team who has lost most of its talents?
I don't think we're going to bring any of the big guns to Houston. Best to look for a medium name. I say offer T-Mac a lower salary when his expires. If he refuses, gotta let him go. Can't pay him that much money. Then, we go for a medium name. If T-Mac accepts the paycut, (assuming we have Ron), we'll have a really strong team. Also, unless the franchise plans on ditching Yao, it is a MUST he stays healthy the next two seasons. There's no way Wade, Bosh, LeBron, CP3, Pierce, etc. etc. would even sniff at Houston as a possible destination if Yao has been injured the past few seasons.
extremely thin? By dumping their players now Knicks will tank the next 2 seasons and get lotto picks. You think Lebron wouldn't want to play with say, Chris Bosh/Amare/Wade, Blake Griffin and Ricky Rubio?
1. Utah has the Knicks' first rounder in 2010. Unprotected i believe. 2. Even if they did have both picks, those guys aren't going to come in and produce at a high and efficient level right off the bat. Lebron doesn't have time to babysit and wait for them to mature and contribute every night. He'll only be almost 26 by then, but will have already played 8 seasons in the NBA. He wants MULTIPLE championships, and i don't think 2 or 3 is what he has in mind. Young picks would take about 2 yrs to mature AT LEAST, making lebron 28, and 10 yrs in the league. Since much of Lebron's game is based on athleticism, not as much as Tmac's but similar to, he's more likely to slow down earlier than other high school-to-NBA guys like Garnett and Kobe. He doesn't have the post or perimeter game to stay a superstar once his athleticism takes a hit. Maybe at 28 he'd still have 5 or 6 years in the league as a superstar and could win several rings within that time frame, but to place all that on some young draft picks, that's too much of a gamble for lebron. I don't see him going into a situation where he doesn't think he'll win 4- 6 rings.
I don't see him going to a situation where he has to babysit noobs but 4-6 rings? There's no way LeBron is going to win 4-6 rings unless he ends up on the most stacked-yet-functional team in the history of the NBA. Also, I thought his goal was to become the first athlete billioinaire (or 2nd, because Tiger probably hits that mark first)?? I'm sure he'd go to a slightly less talented team in a major market to achieve that goal.
I didn't say he WOULD win 4-6 rings, i said he'd want to go somewhere he THOUGHT he could. He'd probably only end up with about 3, but thats a lot better than going to a place where he only thinks he can get 1 or 2 and only end up with 1, or worse, zero. However, i disagree he'd only get 4-6 with the "most stacked-yet-functional team" ever. Boston's trio will be done within 3 yrs, that leaves only the lakers as a real powerhouse. young teams like portland and orlando may rise up, but i don't see anyone being unbeatable except for Los Angeles and that will last at most 5-6 yrs more, while lebron has more yrs left in him than that. If he gets on a solid team they could possibly sneak in a ring or two while the Lakers are still intact and then win 2 more after that. Won't be easy, but not that unlikely or impossible. As for becoming a billionaire, Tiger will become that by doing two things, Winning and being popular, and you get popular by winning. A major market won't do much if you're not winning. If you win, regardless of where you are, people will pay to have you in their ads and will wear your jersey/team gear. Teams will break the bank to pay you and along with rings comes playoff bonuses. He's also more focused on going global. Its not difficult to become popular in the states in a smaller market, but to be a global icon you need a lot more than New York. That's why he's traveling overseas to do promotional tours and just trying to make himself visible out there. He'll be playing in the olympics for the rest of his career more than likely, which will boost his popularity overseas tremendously for years to come. He's even learning Mandarin.
