[Official] Rockets decline option on Troy Daniels (and Parsons)

Agree.....surprised about Daniels. Only opens up $300k in cap space.

We wouldn't do something like this unless we absolutely knew we were getting someone.

 

Is Daniels a RFA? I guess he is in our longterm plans.

 

of they just really believe in him and don't want to let him become unrestricted next summer.

better to match a low ball offer for him now than let him prove himself next season and earn more money, and potentially leave as an UFA.

no one knows who he is, no one will offer anything more than the minimum. rockets can lock him up on that parsons deal (4 years near the minimum with team options for years 3 and 4).

i think by making parsons and daniels RFAs they are showing how much they want to keep them, rather than looking at it as "they declined their offers, they don't want them anymore."

 

Not too sure about that. I remember everyone saying the same thing when we amnestied Scola. Morey is swinging for the fences here, but there's no guarantee. If we strike out, Parsons and Daniels (and the Asik pick) should be pretty decent trade chips in the future.

 

Or multiple someones.....:grin:

 

It's happening gif, please.

 

But that's just it.

Daniels will be a RESTRICTED free agent next summer.

Different calculus than with Parsons.

 

I think this is Morey using this year's competitive market to his advantage. There are so many wing players this year. Parsons is probably 3rd or 4th beat small forward this offseason. LeBron and Melo are obviously 1 and 2. Hayward could be ahead of Parsons on some boards.

Daniels is still unproven, so he may not get an "all-in" deal. If he plays next year like he did in the playoffs, then we can kiss him goodbye after this contract.

That or there is a wink wink deal in place for a FA that will require every penny we can free up.

 

I always get angry when I hear these moves, but then I step back and realise we have morey who always makes the best moves he can for the rockets moving foward, so relax CF's this is a calculated move

 

I don't think anyone will make an offer to Troy Daniels.

And I hope no one offers Parsons more than $10 million per!

 

Garcia opted out.

 

Bima,

Isn't Daniels' cap hold now $588,216 (120% of $490,180)?

 

So why do you think they did this? Isn't the cap benefit very small? Daniels is more than worth the min...

 

No other team will offer Daniels a contract. Morey wants to tack on an unguaranteed year or two for future trade purposes.

 

This convinces me that there it is even more unlikely that we bring over Capella.

 

I was 100% certain that we were getting Dwight when we used the amnesty on Scola but it didn't happen. That summer he got traded to LA and we didn't get Dwight til the following season. So I guess we did get Dwight but it wasn't exactly one right after the other.

I say this to say that I'm not so sure this means Rockets are getting somebody for sure but I hope you are right.

 

I think it is the exact opposite. I think this signifies they don't feel good about adding a top guy (by someone I mean LeBron, Melo, or Bosh) and thus are trying to lock up Daniels now, when they can match. This means you can't trade him as part of any deal and you lose $200K in cap space.

Still a lot of possibilities with guys like Lowry, Monroe (probably not a great fit, but a talent), Bledsoe and Deng, though.