Budget Implication of the Martin Trade (as Reported)

Thanks for the numbers, I've been waiting for this thread to start!

 

Thank you sir. That was quick and appreciated.

It would be crazy if we could flip Thomas by tomorrow. Is this even plausible?

 

Trading for Jeffries would push us closer to ~60 million, which would kill our ability to re-sign both Lowry and Scola, as well as a 1st rounder. Unfortunately, I feel like this deal may be as good as it gets sans some 2nd rounders.

 

I'm guessing Battier will be on the move soon. That should clear out some space for 2010.

 

This is a very good deal; Kevin Martin's value is at the lowest level possible right now.

Sergio certainly has some value; he could be shipped off tomorrow to the Knicks or resigned next year.

 

I like this trade more than the knicks trade.

As I said on other threads, I don't want to wait very long. 2011-2012 season is very far.

I don't think the rockets will accept Jefferis since the rockets can make a noise next season.

 

I'm hoping against hope that Les will loosen the purse-strings, then flip Kenny Thomas for Jefferies, Hill, and NY's picks. Eat some tax money for a season, then set ourselves up well in the next couple of years.

Probably won't happen though.

 

Maybe Philly could get involved in talks now they have gap fillers and players to move. I think Kenny Thomas could be shifted to them as long as Speights/Williams was the asking price to take on Sam. Of course you'd be after Young, but that is doubtful.

 

I held out hope that the Rockets could do a sign and trade for a much better player than Martin in the offseason. But they just traded away their best trade chip (Landry), so that's not happening. Maybe the chances of that happening were always remote.

 

Okay so since I cant wait a few hours to see if we can possibly get more I crunched the numbers.

Here are the implications of the Kings Only Trade as it looks currently. As already suggested, we would have about 13 million dollars to resign Lowry, Scola and spend a little on a MLE player.

Code:

Yao Ming 	$16,378,325 	$17,686,100         
Shane Battier 	$6,864,200 	$7,354,500         
Trevor Ariza 	$5,854,000 	$6,322,320 	   
Brian Cook 	$3,500,000           
Luis Scola 	$3,383,333
David Andersen 	$2,314,815 	$2,500,000 	      
Chuck Hayes $	2,117,500 	$2,301,250         
Brent Barry* 	$2,062,800           
Kyle Lowry 	$2,034,996 	         
Aaron Brooks 	$1,118,520 	$2,016,692 	  
Jermaine Taylor $750,000 	$810,000 	      
Chase Budinger 	$725,000 	$783,000 	       
Pops Mensah	$82,550           
Mike Harris* 	$64,978           
Will Conroy# 	$43,319           
Garrett Temple# $26,91
Kevin Martin 	$10,180,170 	$11,100,005 	
Kenny Thomas 	$8,775,000 
Sergio Rodri	$1,892,035 	 
Hilton Armst	$2,801,198
Lottery Pick			$1,677,840 	 
TOTAL		$70,096,956	$52,551,707	

Now this next trade is if we flip Thomas/Rodriguez to New York for Jeffries/Hill/2 picks. Now this only gives us about 3 million to use on Scola/Lowry.

Code:

Kings + Knicks trade
Yao Ming 	$16,378,325 	$17,686,100         
Shane Battier 	$6,864,200 	$7,354,500         
Trevor Ariza 	$5,854,000 	$6,322,320 	   
Brian Cook 	$3,500,000           
Luis Scola 	$3,383,333
David Andersen 	$2,314,815 	$2,500,000 	      
Chuck Hayes $	2,117,500 	$2,301,250         
Brent Barry* 	$2,062,800           
Kyle Lowry 	$2,034,996 	         
Aaron Brooks 	$1,118,520 	$2,016,692 	  
Jermaine Taylor $750,000 	$810,000 	      
Chase Budinger 	$725,000 	$783,000 	       
Pops Mensah	$82,550           
Mike Harris* 	$64,978           
Will Conroy# 	$43,319           
Garrett Temple# $26,91
Kevin Martin 	$10,180,170 	$11,100,005 	
Jared Jeffries 	$7,466,600 	$7,883,800  - Including 2 million dollar trade kicker 
Jordan Hill 	$2,483,280 	$2,669,520 
Hilton Armst	$2,801,198 	
Lottery Pick			$1,677,840
Total		$69,379,801	$63,105,027

I am assuming Scola/Lowry will cost about 10 million to resign which puts us about 7 million over the cap. What we could do is try to dump Jeffries at the deadline using one of the assets from the Knicks trade as incentive. This would essentially get us 2 picks for free. If its not possible, the luxury tax hit wouldnt be too bad and we would still have two extra picks to help ease the pain :grin:

 

Is that true? I thought the 2011/12 season is a team option.

 

$51,397,624 using the salary figures from ShamSports.

If the cap is set at the projected $53.6 million the tax level would be approximately $65 million.

That's around $13.6M of salary space to re-sign Scola, Lowry, and to use MLE, LLE, and on vet/min free agents.

Figures taken from this article: http://www.nba.com/2009/news/features/art_garcia/07/08/salarycapinfo/index.html

Gersson Rosas mentioned that the Rockets could use a playmaker and a backup bigman.

Depending on what happens with NY, KT, and Rodriguez. The Rockets could be in possession of extra cap space which would allow salary to be taken on in a followup trade.

If Washington aren't under LT yet then offer the main pieces of 2010 1stR pick + Taylor + rights to Eliyahu for either Blatche or McGee where its structured mainly for the Wiz to reduce payroll.

Alternatively, the draft or vet min should cover that need.

On the other hand. A playermaker, IMO, will need to be an established player. Who's available, who can be signed for the MLE? This one's tricky.

Much has been said of the Spurs defense this season... Would they take 2010 1stR pick + Battier + rights to Eliyahu (One of Lindsey's pick?) for Manu + rights to Splitter?

 

If we still have the MLE, we could sign Udonis Haslem, Al Harrington, Channing Frye, or Marcus Camby. Those are all good options and the trade looks much better that way.

 

Frye has a player option for next season. In yet another season he's slumped his way out of the starting lineup.

If the Rockets intend to stay under LT... They have $13.6M of salary space to spend. -$1M, 1stR pick -$6M, Scola -$4M, Lowry = $2.6M of the MLE to use?

 

What could they do today before the deadline?

 

Brad Miller next year ...