Sure it does. Harden gets one next year. With Parsons the negotiations will begin in 2014 after they extend him for the third year on his rookie deal. I would guess that he will be testing out the FA market in 2015.
What are you talking about? 1 - Rockets (at the time of this post) have tons of cap room available to them in the summer of 2015 2 - Rockets will own Parsons, bird rights 3 - Rockets will be the only team in the league that can excede the salary cap to resign Parsons. Why? Because they own his bird rights.
If it was in the contract, some players can get raises based on meeting certain expectations or performances or a pay raise clause if they're traded. But since he was a 2nd round pick, most of those players are happy to get a NBA contract to begin with.
Lots to say on this topic, including why most of you (including many of this BBS's most intelligent posters) don't quite fully understand the Parsons contractual situation. Before I even saw this thread, I was going to make this a blog entry in the coming days. Hence, I don't have the time (or the inclination) to fully articulate the Parsons situation tonight. Sorry for the "blog-tease" but I wanted you to know that I at least know this is a subject of interest to many of you.
It's complicated? I've always thought it was just a matter of the Rockets giving Parsons a much higher per-year salary than typical 2nd round picks, and in return the Rockets get their team-options. A win-win situation since the Rockets have extra capspace(or MLE in previous years) to absorb the extra cap hit. While the 2nd round rookie earn more money from the get-go. But then again, I don't really get into the nitty gritty details of the CBA.
Yes he deserves a raise but he'll get it once the contract is up. For now, he should be thankful considering he was a second round pick and wait till he can collect on his millions.
OK Bima got me thinking. I then spent a half an hour going through the CBA Salary Cap FAQ. After having no success determining the offer sheet ramifications of a second round pick (and yes they do differ considerably from a first round pick) I decided to just wait for Bima to publish the bible on Parsons. Yes you can call me a wimp.
And the average salary is around $1.6M. Which would put the average pro athlete's income at about $8M over their career. Divided by 50 years that's $160,000 a year for the rest of their life, not even including endorsements, capital gains, or any other work they might do later in life (coaching, etc). If he manages his money well the average pro athlete has no cause to complain.
900k aint enough for me too. when someone gives me one million i respond with "well why not two millions?" when they give me two million i respond with "well why not 10 million? whats wrong with that? ima whoop yo ass "
parsons will be another guy we totally forget about and never hear from once hes traded.. you guys do this every year..
He's not getting traded unless an opportunity for a true superstar magically appears (it doesn't look like there are any likely opportunities for that this season).
Richard Jefferson and the Spurs were able to work out a "gentleman's agreement" a few years ago so it's not that extraordinary. The Rockets should forgo their unofficial policy of not offering extensions to non-star players and give Parsons an extension that includes an increase in salary before he hits the open market and somebody overpays for him.
How do you know that? We've had several fan favorites quickly fall out of favor and get traded (Brooks, Lowry, Landry, etc). Given how much Morey likes to wheel and deal, I wouldn't be surprised to see him gone before his contracts is up.
Im talking about how from what I can see based on what NBA websites show, Parsons will not be a restricted free agent at the end of this contract. So therefore it limits their ability to match an offer that allows them to pay market value. And in response to the OP's concern about giving him what he's worth right now, if they wanted to pay him more, they would have to not pick up his option for the following year, and risk losing him in free agency. Am I wrong about that or am I missing something?
Morey said a few days ago in the Rocketscast interview there will be a lot fewer trades now and that we're much closer to solidifying the core we will go forward with. He also said that he feels Parsons has more potential to be unlocked. He implied that the Rockets will look to be more active in the free agent market and less active in the trade market going forward. One gets the strong impression that he will hesitate to trade members of the rotation unless it is for a second star player. I'm not saying Parsons won't be traded eventually, I just don't see it happening this season unless some star player shakes loose.
His performance warrants it, but it would be incredibly stupid for the Rockets to do so when they're still trying to have enough cap space to sign another max contract and other free agents.
