Go hear for the answers to all of your questions: http://www.sportstalk.com/nba/stuff/salaries/salaries_1-14-00.shtml ------------------ ------------------ Hakeem: "Exit Suugar Lan"
please please tell me the page is mistaken. hakeem not a free agent til 2004..please tell me he is a free agent after this year what is up with the 2004 thing i think i've seen that before also ------------------ Shane "Save Our Rockets" "Life without basketball in Houston........without an arena that is what it will be"
NBAtalk.com is skewed a lot. Hakeem's contract does undoubtedly expire after next season, no need to worry. ------------------ Member of the pro-Collier/Langhi movement. IN RUDY WE TRUST!!
And as long as we're talking about salaries, can someone detail (or point out a website that does) exactly how the Rockets money is currently tied up? Or is that info somewhere here on the vast information source that is Clutch City? ------------------ Rokkit
I'm hopeless at salaries and shuff so can you tell me why the Rockeys can't afford any free agants? Other then Cat I mean! ------------------ I'm tha hip hop attracta, rapper slash acta, right back at cha!
The salary cap. We're over the cap, so we can only sign people with our exceptions. Go to davo's page. His info is much better- http://rocketdavo.tripod.com/ ------------------ The more lefties on your team, the better. Collier is Seven Foot and Left Handed. How can you go wrong? Trade or bench Kenny Thomas.
So what is the difference between the Rockets and the Blazers? The Blazers have heaps of players with big contracts..........what is it that makes us over the cap? ------------------ I'm tha hip hop attracta, rapper slash acta, right back at cha!
The blazers are also way over the cap,and I mean WAY over so there is no difference.The only teams under the cap are the magic,chicago,clippers and there are some others like toronto,indiana and detroit that can get under the cap if they dont re-sign their own free agents. ------------------ "Dont ever understimate the heart of a champion" Rudy T,1995
Yes, Hakeem is a free agent next year (will retire) and then the Rockets should be way under the cap to sign players like Lewis and others. What's up with the mucho dinero Walt Williams is getting from us. ------------------ ------------------ Hakeem: "Exit Suugar Lan"
So if they are way over the cap then how can they offer Brian Grant 7 years $120,000,000 ------------------ I'm tha hip hop attracta, rapper slash acta, right back at cha!
Bird rites. ------------------ My girl wants to ... party all the time! party all the time! party all the time!
Miggidy, The reason why some teams (like the blazers) are way over the cap is this:. The NBA Collective Bargaining Agreement is structured to encourage teams to re-sign their own free agents, especially players that have gone three or more years without changing teams via free agency. The most lucrative of these "encouragements" is the Larry Bird Exception, whereby a team can sign a player up to the maximum allowed (usually between $9-$11 million) even if they are over the salary cap. Using the larry bird exception ,it is easy to see how a team like the blazers (and the rockets) can be so far over the cap. Especially teams who either pick up players via trades, who still have bird rights, and whose contracts expire in the near term(Steve Smith is a good example of this) or sign rookies to maximum deals after their original contracts expire. The kicker is, in order to discourage teams being so far over the cap, a "luxury tax" will be introduced starting soon that will basically taxes teams for being over the cap. For complete detailsm go to the Larry Coon Salary Cap FAQ. I don't have the URL handy but you can find it via my page below. ------------------ Current Rocket's Salary & Contract Info
