According to KILT 610 AM, the Rockets and Olajuwon have moved closer to a deal in the past 24 hours but that no deal is imminent. Kinda a switch, huh? ------------------ How the hell should I know why God would allow the Holocaust. I don't even know how the electric can opener works. - from Hannah and Her Sisters
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Trying to show me up are you! Good news! What's up with all these talks about Dream and Toronto!? ------------------ "Instruments are like women: After a while, you want to make love to another." - Nicolas Godin of the musical duo Air
July 18, 2001 Rockets Counter Toronto's Offer Hakeem Will Return to Houston By TRG The Toronto Raptors traded Charles Oakley to the Chicago Bulls to clear some cap space and immediately tendered an offer to Hakeem Olajuwon. The Raptors offered Hakeem a three-year contract worth roughly $17 million, but the offer would not go unanswered by the Rockets. The Rockets have had little interest in the big name free agents this summer, which opened up some serious cap money to be used in re-signing their own free agents, starting with Hakeem Olajuwon. The Rockets had a 2-year deal worth 7 million on the table for Hakeem, which was less than Hakeem felt he could play for. He made a statement that he would probably not return to Houston, which was made solely for the purpose of hiking his price up. It worked. The Rockets are now offering Hakeem the amount of money he wanted, for the term that he wanted, and Hakeem will now re-sign with the team that has shown him unsurpassed loyalty for 17 years. Hakeem will sign with the Rockets for 2 years at $10 million per year, and the team gets an option for a third year. This will easily be the last contract of Hakeem's career and will see him finish where he started: right here in Clutch City. ------------------ Keep Mo Ta & now we have Ta Mo
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I'm certain that the Toronto deal is legit. I'm sure they put an offer on the table but it probably just influenced negotiations in Houston. ------------------ How the hell should I know why God would allow the Holocaust. I don't even know how the electric can opener works. - from Hannah and Her Sisters
It's over now. Dream is a Raptor. ------------------ Draftsource.net-- the premier source for draft info. Profiles, rankings, mock drafts, and more! The Mo Taylor Fan Site
So, now the Rockets can offer Mo 6 million, while offering Moochie and Shandon exceptions, right? ------------------ Protrolls.com! Keep the ???? alive!
IMO I still smell the work of an agent! Fegan is playing one end against the other! I just hope it doesn't explode into someone's face! ------------------ I figure the odds be 50/50, I just might have something to say.
That's what I'm thinking Jeff, I just hope that it doesn't force the Rockets to overpay him and hurt them in the process. ------------------ "Instruments are like women: After a while, you want to make love to another." - Nicolas Godin of the musical duo Air
I figure the odds be 50/50, I just might have something to say. [This message has been edited by mc mark (edited July 19, 2001).]
------------------ I figure the odds be 50/50, I just might have something to say. [This message has been edited by mc mark (edited July 19, 2001).]
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2 yrs, $20 million!?! For ~30 games of 10/7? Insane. Stupid. r****ded. (Insert adjective here} I can appreciate everything Hakeem's done for the city but c'mon? How can we accomodate MoTay, ShandaMan, or Mooch, if we're tossin' Dream this kinda dough. I won't say this is sickening because I understand business is business but my respect for Hakeem dips to new lows everyday. ------------------ Hey now, Hey now, don't Dream it's over...
If the Rockets sign Dream to a $10M deal, they don't have enough to pay Taylor unless he'll take a 1 year deal for about $4.5M or a multi-year deal starting at $3M per season. Norris and Anderson have early bird rights, so they are not a cap issue. ------------------ How the hell should I know why God would allow the Holocaust. I don't even know how the electric can opener works. - from Hannah and Her Sisters
Why is Moochie an early bird? ------------------ T-Pooh and BahDakota went up the hill, to make a bet on a Foreward. When it all came down, they were nowhere to be found. Now they should be drawn and quartered.
Jeff, I'm not following the Mo pay you mention. The 1yr part is odd. And the $3m is too low. Ii is simpler than that: 1. The Middle Class Exception is for $4.5m and up to 6 yrs. Mo can sign for that at anytime, which always us to pay Dream $17m for one year, if we are so inclined. If Mo takes the MCE, we don't need *any* salary cap at all, everyone just signs via Bird rights. 2. If we intend to pay Dream >$9m and Mo' greater than the MCE, we are going to have to renounce Shandon. Thus, lose his Bird rights, and force us to sign him with the MCE.
Are you sure that this is actually happening? All the other websites are reporting "Hakeem-to-Toronto" stories. ------------------ Protrolls.com! Keep the ???? alive!
