It could be for anyone bc who knows what Morey has coming up after this trade.. Udrih, Garcia, Landry Hopefully Cousins is involved :grin:
It might just be a salary dump. We send them Jeffries which they have the room to absorb and we send them 3 mil cash. The 3 mil covers Jeffries remainder of season cost. Maybe the Kings even buyout Jeffries for that amount. So it cost them nothing to do the deal and they get Taylor for free. Just a guess but I don't see anyone on their team they would be willing to give up that we would want for Jeffries.
interesting this looks to be from a while back HTML: 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That's what I'm thinking also. If they absorb Jeffries' contract then the Rockets will get under the luxury tax. So the final deal could be Jeffries + Taylor + 3 mil cash for conditional 2nd round pick (basically nothing).
Jeffries' contract becomes an asset the closer the deadline comes, in my opinion. I don't really see anything Sacramento would realistically give up that we could use Jeffries' contract for.
Huh, I guess the Rockets really were just showcasing Taylor this past week. As others have said, Sacramento is a good place for Taylor to get some playing time. Hope he works out there.