[Examiner.com] Could Gortat end up with the Rockets?

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Useless article.

 

this author is dumber than dumb.

 

jsmee2000, did you write that article? I'm sorry, but they can't sign and trade him like that.

 

See Gummidge's post.

 

I saw similar articles and wondered if they could do such a sign and trade but Nike confirmed that no such thing was possible but we could trade for him only after Dec 15th...I would consider it at that time for sure.

 

While some of the information is incorrect (or not properly researched), I think part of it has merit. I don't think anyone believes the Magic matched Gortat with the intention of letting him play 12 minutes a game for the next 5 years. They did it to be able to get a return on their valued asset. They have a roster to fill and are already over the cap. Their draft picks are going to be late for several years.

This is actually not a bad deal for the Magic in that they can get a pick or two, a backup center more in line with their needs and clear up cap space for next year. Morey probably didn't like the idea of using the full MLE on one player, not the dollar amount itself. Would be a smart move for both sides, and the Magic may have known they have a deal to their liking in place that they can pull the trigger on as soon as December 15th gets here. Of course, Gortat has to agree to the trade for the first year, but after that it's open season and they can trade him to the highest bidder. In that regard, if a team like the Rockets comes knocking, he might be inclined to accept rather than get banished to Sacramento or the Clippers next summer.

 

hahahah nice one orlando they trick dallas into thinking they won't match gortat and goes and steals brandon bass from them and turns around and matches gortat...genius otis smith

 

I don´t see it that unrealistic, when i saw the magic matching firt thing i thought was, he or bass would be on the trading block.

If you also consider that Von wafer is in the Magic Plans and that we have a spare bigmen in Cook or Dorsey, it is not so difficult to speculate that we are going to sign and trade Von Wafer along with (god help us) Brian Cook in exchange for Gortat.

Let´s be Real, if we manage to sign Wafer for say, 9 millions 3 years, and we trade him along with Landry for Gortat, while being a difficult move to swallow it would also have sense.

 

What Landry drama? I realize everything that happened with the Bobcats signing him to an offer sheet and then us matching, but when did we try and trade him to the Bobkittens???

 

They already have better and younger PFs in Ryan Andersen and Brandon Bass.

 

If Morey wasn't willing to spend the full MLE on him now...what makes this write think that Morey is actually going to go after Gortat now he's got THAT contract?! And that contract is good for a team that has no proper C, but Morey is NOT going to go after that contract

 

Since the Rockets will need to pay someone to be a C at the start of the season it makes even less sense to make a trade in December for Gortat and then pay the higher salary that Gortat got via the DAL offer. I am guessing if not Pryzbilla then some PF/C, but Gortat won't happen.

 

As I tried to point out, using the entire MLE (which was all the Rockets had at the time) was probably the larger hanging point than the dollar amount. And offering that meant that they would have had all of their money tied up waiting for him to sign in addition to the 10 days that the Magic have to match. Meanwhile, any quality free agents are signing with other teams. The Rockets likely would have wasted two weeks and come away with nothing. There is a lot more to being a GM than adding and subtracting.

The Rockets made an offer that they were comfortable with at the time.
They showed their interest in Gortat on the first night and I'm sure they hope he will remember that when they offer a trade to the Magic on December 15.

 

What I'm not clear on is whether the sign-and-trade restriction only applies to the team that tried to sign the player to the MLE in the first place (in this case, Dallas), or is it for all teams (including Houston).

The assumption on the board is that it is the latter and so Gortat cannot be traded until Dec. 15. The Examiner reporter seems to believe the former.

 

when the season is over, when the sun went down. In this darkness of offseason, dumb writers surfs up and starts their journey for a new year...

 

I think the Rox might give us a Center for XMAS...just have a feeling we will sign Oberto and then trade for Gortat just a feeling.

 

The author of the article got it wrong. Restricted free agents cannot be part of sign-and-trade at all. The good part for the Rockets is that while anybody can offer a contract, the team that the player signs with will become ineligible for that player's services for one year when his current team matches. Had the Rockets offered the full MLE, Gortat would have signed, the Magic would have matched, and the Rockets could likely cross themselves off the list of potential landing spots for Gortat.

While the premise of the sign-and-trade is wrong, the offer that the author proposes is one that would actually put the Rockets in an excellent position to land Gortat at a later date (December 15 and beyond). There is a lot that can happen between now and then, but I don't think this subject should be completely dismissed.

 

Gortat could be traded at the earliest on December 15th. Additionally, he is a BYC player. However, Orlando has a huge trade exception from the Hedo "sign and trade", making it easy to trade him in "two simultaneous deals". The team acquiring him would need to send out salaries between 75% and 125% of his salary for this year. Look for him to be moved before the February trade deadline.