Athough useful, this would be extremely painful on our tax situation if we took back a large salary. Hard to see something like this without a Anderson deal that has us saving a large sum of money setup (which makes the Ariza s&t kind of unnecessary). If somehow Morey could work this to our advantage it would be awesome.
Kind of hoping we see a repeat of the Josh Smith negotiations with us where the standoff leads to the player saying, “Screw this, I’ll play somewhere else for cheap”.
Capela (and the rest of the restricted free agents) are probably out of luck (in getting the deals they want). https://static.nytimes.com/email-content/MSB_3554.html?nlid=77721223 Q: What is the maximum contract that Clint Capela can be offered by another team and how likely is it that the Rockets match? STEIN: Too much has been happening in free agency for this to have received a lot of attention outside of Houston. But Capela tweeted a sad-face emoji on Sunday night, which would suggest that the early stages of his negotiations aren't going great. Yet that's the way it often unfolds in the world of restricted free agency. Especially in an off-season like the one we're witnessing, in which teams are being very judicious in their spending. You typically have to overpay in restricted free agency to persuade the incumbent team not to match. In this climate, though, no one is overpaying anyone. The most that an external suitor can present to Capela, according to the indefatigable @AlbertNahmad, is a four-year offer sheet worth $110 million. The Rockets are the only team that can offer a five-year deal, which at its maximum would be valued at $148 million. Houston, however, is facing serious luxury-tax concerns because of the huge contracts possessed by James Harden and now Chris Paul. The Rockets understandably haven’t made a can’t-refuse offer to Capela yet because of those tax worries, but there is also no indication thus far that a team out there is on the brink of luring him out of Houston. The Mavericks and the Lakers, two teams widely expected to explore their Capela options, went in different directions. The Hawks can still create up to $24 million in salary-cap space. The Bulls can get to the same ballpark. Yet neither of those teams are expected to bid for Capela. Nor would they probably interest him. It’s early, though. Restricted free agency cases rarely get resolved as quickly as Aaron Gordon’s was in Orlando ($84 million over four years). It’s probably too soon for such loaded, panic-inducing emojis. But if Capela, even with more time, can’t find a team that gives him an offer sheet that forces Houston’s hand, he does still have one last option: He can threaten to accept Houston’s $4.7 million qualifying offer for next season, which would make him an unrestricted free agent in July 2019 in a much more favorable marketplace. The Rockets naturally want to avoid that outcome, so it’s way too soon to declare any kind of stalemate. _____________________________________ Other notable restricted free agents: Dallas Yogi Ferrell Boston Marcus Smart Chicago Zach LaVine (Kings reportedly have 'serious' interest) Cleveland Rodney Hood Golden State Patrick McCaw San Antonio Kyle Anderson Milwaukee Jabari Parker Houston Clint Capela Portland Jusuf Nurkic LA Clippers Montrezl Harrell
No way the Kings jump in...they drafted Bagley. Bulls have a lot of money tied up in centers and they just drafted Wendell Carter Jr., so highly unlikely. Atlanta could be interested, but they already have Dedmon, Plumlee and Muscala, so they would be looking at some internal friction. None of those guys are the "answer", though, so maybe? They only have $19 million in cap space and already have 16 players with guaranteed contracts. The absolute "worst" contract they could sign Capela to would be 4 years, $82 million with a player option in year 4 and a 15% trade kicker...Morey would match that on the spot. I've thought for a while that a "fair" deal for Capela was 5 years, $100 million...no options either way. My guess is we are trying to see if we can get him for cheaper...maybe 5 years $80-90 million. Every little bit matters from the Rockets perspective, since they are looking at the repeater tax in a few years.
To the first point, I, you, most of the (NBA) world believe Melo is gonna get stretched. IMO if SP were smart (I think he may be 'too smart by half') he'd get it done quickly to allow Melo to get paid more than the vet minim, if possible. Once s-t-r-e-t-c-h-e-d we'll see what LeBron er LaLa er Melo does.
I'm not sure the Rockets would mind Capela taking the QO. That, plus trading or waving/stretching Anderson could drop them below the luxury tax.
ATL could easily trade Dedmon for cap space and offer Capela the max. They are by far the biggest threat for Capela on paper.
Fair enough, but when the Rockets match, then they have neither Dedmon nor Capela. Maybe they are fine with that...no idea.
Yeah, but that would also make him unrestricted next summer, and that might bring in play some bad blood, i don't really think the Rockets want to risk that.
Not true. Capela has no obligation to sign a sheet he doesn't like. He (his agent) could have already baulked at a few (verbally proposed sheet offers) already.
No bulls don't have big contracts tied up in Cs. Rolo is expiring (aka trade bait) Portis is RFA next summer likely to be let go after last year's punches, and Asik has one more year after this one. But I agree. Out of all the 3 teams the most dangerous is the Bulls. And it will determined a lot on Lavine. If they match then poor Capela won't get any offersheet at all. If they don't there is still a chance that the Bulls give him one.
DIdn't the Bulls just draft Wendell Carter? No reason to block up his minutes with Capela if they tried to sign him. I don't see how Sacramento or Atlanta are viable options either with Bagley and Collins both being Power Forwards who have to utilize the paint to be productive on offense.
hahah xiki yes exactly. If you ask me are the Bulls capable of employing advantaged strategy that shows any kind of above average intelligence and critical thinking my answer is NO.
teams aren't stupid I guess, they know it's a gamble with Capela especially he has benefited from playing with Harden his entire career
I don't think Lebron will have much to do with it at all, the Lakers have made it clear that they are punting this season and Melo has seen what it's like being on a team next to better players on teams not going anywhere....he'll catch all the blame. I don't think he puts himself in that position being a bench player on a bad Lakers team.....but we'll see. He's made the foolish mistake Lebron made this year before and he saw how that plays out. I suppose I should have phrased it "Teams would be doing the Rockets a favor if they got Capela to sign an offer sheet"
Bobby says that the Lakers are punting this season but ESPN is out on a campaign today to prove that these signings are going exactly as planned. Personally I think there is one of two things. Either ESPN takes their readers as naive idiots, OR the Lakers FO and Lebron are r****ded.
