I don't disagree with what you are saying in terms of current signed players. What I am saying is I'd rather have Hayes and Deke back over Foster (saying what we should do). Hayes is a better PF than Foster, and Deke is a better back-up center IF you only need 15 or so minutes. Both can be had for cheaper than Foster as well. So if we traded Alston for Foster and let Deke/Hayes walk, I think we would have a much worse team than we are on the verge of having. We would have used our assetts poorly. I want us to use Alston, Head and maybe Hayes (all somewhat expendable and with trade vale) alone or in combination to acquire superior players, not downscale into even more 1 dimensional types. Or at least get a guy comparable (SAR/Marshall) to Alston, a decent all around bench player, but in a needed position (PF).
Haslem would be a good addition to the Team but he isn't ideal for adelman system the way luis scola fits offensively which is the part of the game adleman emphasises the most. Haslem would be looked at by adleman like another kenny thomas,A guy who can hit a few midrange shots,can rebound and will mix it up a little bit,but not ideal in the passing game and the offensive things which is adelman's specialty and what he was brought to houston to do.You watch some of teh scola tapes and you see why adleman is high on luis and why they think he can contribute right now. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wml_-GtaB8s Around the 2:08 mark you will see how his team tau played him in their system.They ran numerous high post screen and roll plays with the big guy's either intiating the offense from the high post or the guards coming down with the dribble and they get into early offense as soon as the point guard crosses half court by the big guy's setting early screens which adelman talked about doing to get quick scoring oppurtunities.The system he played basiclaly is what adleman is bringing to houston by the big guy's intiating the offense from the high post and then constant screens,ball movement and body movement with the Bigs being required to be good passers to get the offense flowing. Adleman said luis would a good fit next to Yao because of his ability to pass the ball where you can run the offense through both guy's in this high post offense. This way you can't just focus on yao and deny him post entry because luis on the other side is capable as well in intaiting the offense. Sacramento kings offense :http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh-lKZe0SJo Lujis with tau : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wml_-GtaB8s
No Haslem or Doleac for us: http://www.miamiherald.com/416/story/184682.html Heat agrees to terms with guard Parker BY BARRY JACKSON bjackson@MiamiHerald.com The Heat concluded its nearly month-long search for a veteran point guard Friday when it agreed to terms with guard Smush Parker, two sources said. Parker started most of the past two years for the Lakers before losing his starting job late last season. Parker, 26, is believed to have agreed to a two-year contract for a portion of the Heat's $5.35 million mid-level exception. The deal is contingent on Parker passing a physical on Monday. Parker, 6-4, is considered a strong on-the-ball defender and skilled three-point shooter -- he shot 36.5 percent on threes last season (110 for 301) and gives Miami another outside threat to help compensate for the loss of small forward Jason Kapo no, who signed with Toronto. But Parker, who also can play shooting guard, is a below-average free-throw shooter (64.6 percent last season, 71 percent for his career) and always has had a poor assist-to-turnover ratio (2.9 career assist average, compared with 1.84 turnovers). His lo w assist numbers with the Lakers were partly a function of Phil Jackson's offense, according to a personnel director with another team. Parker, who essentially replaces free agent Gary Payton on the Heat's roster, is expected to back up Jason Williams, who has one year left on his contract at $8.9 million. Williams missed 44 games the past two seasons with knee problems and other ailments. A shooting guard at Fordham, Parker went undrafted in 2002. He became primarily a point guard in the pros and had stints with Cleveland, Detroit, Phoenix and a team in the Greek league. A native of New York, Parker joined the Lakers in the summer of 2005, and emerged as a surprise starter, shooting 44.7 percent from the field and averaging 34 minutes, 11.5 points, 3.7 assists, 1.8 turnovers and 1.7 steals in 82 games, all starts . Parker's numbers declined slightly last season (30 minutes, 43.6 percent from the field, 11.1 points, 2.8 assists, 1.9 turnovers, 1.5 steals). He lost his starting job to rookie Jordan Farmar for the final two games of the regular season and the playoffs. In five playoff games against Phoenix, Parker shot 2 for 13 from the field and averaged just 11.8 minutes. The Lakers did not try to re-sign him, but the Clippers showed interest recently. Parker's first name is Henry, but his father was nicknamed Smush, and Williams was given that nickname by his uncle, who died when Parker was 8. The Heat turned to Parker after unsuccessful earlier attempts to acquire Mo Williams, who re-signed with Milwaukee, and Steve Francis, who joined Houston. Miami also spoke with free-agent point guards Steve Blake (who signed with Portland), Jason Hart (Utah) and Jannero Pargo (who's still unsigned). Other point guards still unsigned include Brevin Knight and Earl Boykins. During the past week, the Heat also has been unable to pull off a trade for Houston's Rafer Alston (the Rockets were believed to want more than center Michael Doleac) or FC Barcelona combo guard Juan Carlos Navarro, whose rights are owned by the Washington Wizards. The Wizards have shown no interest in accepting a draft pick from the Heat for Navarro.
True, but lets say they still want to get Alston, that leaves them with thre expensive PG's. With Willams, Alston and smush. thats a recipe for disaster. i think there done with dealing with us. if they knew we were interested, noway they would have signed Smush.personally i think we'll keep Rafer now.
With Heat's cap situation why did they do this deal? With D-Wade (when healthy) their need for a true Point is mitigated. What trade(s) must Pattt R have up his sleeve?
I think cameout of desperation. this moves reeks of desperation. besides willams, they have a pretty young Point guard in gray.They want to keep Wade as a fulltime shooting guard which makes sense. so they needed a backup for Williams. With Francis(choosing us), Knight rummored to denver, and pargo to europe, it left them with little to no option. smush was the only PG left. They still have nearly 3 mill left on there Trade Exception, so they might offer it to someone like ruben patterson or matt barnes. since posey is pretty much gone.
Smush signed for about 2.5 million per year so that is hardly expensive. Rafer has a reasonable contract at 4.5 million or so. Williams is at 8 million or something but he is on his last year so that isnt bad either. Besides, with a starter that gets hurt so often (Williams), I dont think they want Smush Parker and Chris Quinn being their only two PGs. It wouldnt surprise me if they still want Rafer. I think they hope we blink first and take Doleac and we hope they blink first and give up Haslem.
Maybe, but i hope we dont blink and giveup rafer for a useless 3 mill expiring contract like doleac. he brings nothing that Butler wouldnt brng.
Here's the current salaries of the Rockets: Note these are the EXACT figures and the ones that should be referenced not the ones on Hoopsyhpe.com I am basing this on what seems fairly obvious, that Bobby Sura, Mike Harris, John Lucas III, and Justin Reed will not make the roster, and that Chuck Hayes, Carl Landry, and Dikembe Mutombo will make the roster. Then figuring the cap amount to stay under the luxury tax which is set at $67,865,000, which Les Alexander claims he wants to be the "hard cap." So then figuring the salaries to fit under that, figuring fair market value for the free agents and subtracting Rafer Alston, you get: Bobby Sura $1,000,000 after being cut, this is his limited salary protection buyout http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2654216 Mike Harris $50,000 after being cut, this is the set NBA limited salary protection buyout for a non-guaranteed training camp deal Justin Reed $798,328 exact amount of his full salary is $1,437,500, the lowest buyout number to cut him should then be set at the league minimum, which would equal $798,328, the Rockets would have to pay Reed $854,957 next year and have it count against the cap as well John Lucas III $500,000 unless he is traded, this is his limited salary protection buyout, so if he cannot be traded this is the cap hit http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2654216 Steve Francis $3,056,000 his portion of the MLE - which equals $6,356,480 total over 2 years $3,056,000 the first year $3,300,480 the second year (player option) this because Scola's salary of $7,452,000 over 3 years http://www.boston.com/sports/articles/2007/07/22/this_time_its_not_about_him?mode=PF starts at $2,300,000, so Francis then starts at the remaining $3,056,000 of the MLE Mike James $6,082,776 his new salary after the 8% trade kicker added in - $5,632,200 plus the 8% trade kicker Aaron Brooks $972,720 Tracy McGrady $19,014,187 Luther Head $1,122,000 Kirk Snyder $2,358,432 Shane Battier $5,883,600 Bonzi Wells $2,284,200 Feigen doesn't know what he's talking about saying $2.8 million, Wells made $2,115,000 last year, therefore he makes $2,284,200 this year Steve Novak $687,456 Luis Scola $2,300,000 his portion of the MLE - which equals $7,452,000 total over 3 years http://www.boston.com/sports/articles/2007/07/22/this_time_its_not_about_him?mode=PF this means his salary starts at: $2,300,000 for the first year $2,484,000 for the second year $2,668,000 for the third year Carl Landry $427,163 this is the amount of the rookie minimum and what he will cost to sign Yao Ming $13,762,775 his real salary, the one on Hoopsyhpe.com is a year off, for references check realgm Larry Coon FAQ http://members.cox.net/lmcoon/salarycap.htm or even basketball-reference.com and check raises http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/m/mingya01.html Jackie Butler $2,376,000 Dikembe Mutombo $2,500,000 the going NBA rate for backup centers is half the MLE, which is $2,678,000, but Mutombo will take less, accepting the team's remaining cap amount to stay under the luxury tax, which is the same thing he did two years ago when rather than taking half the MLE (then $2,500,000) from Dallas, he took $2,000,000 from the Rockets. This year there will be $2,500,000 left over then in the cap not counting Rafer Aston, and Mutombo gets a good raise over his salary of $2,210,000 last year, and would make more than Jackie Butler. Chuck Hayes $2,678,000 this is half of the MLE, which is the current going rate for backup power forwards in the NBA - this equals $8,877,490 over 3 years $2,678,000 for the first year $2,959,150 for the 2nd year $3,240,340 for the third year The total salary then is: $67,853,637 So, as it stands right now, the Rockets can cut Sura, cut Lucas III, cut Harris, buyout Reed, sign Landry, give Hayes and Mutombo what they are asking for, keep everyone on the roster except Rafer Alston, and come in just barely under the luxury tax to make Leslie Alexander happy. This naturally means then from figuring the exact salaries and cap hits above that Rafer Alston absolutely must be traded to a team that is under the cap, and that no players are taken back, giving the Rockets a draft pick and a $4,650,000 (Alston's salary plus 100K) trade exception instead. The best option then without question is to deal him to Charlotte for a draft pick and a $4,650,000 trade exception. Dealing him for Sean May or any other player puts the team over the luxury tax, which severely hurts the teams revenue (a minimum of $6 million in operating cash). Getting a big trade exception of $4,650,000 could also be very useful next summer. There is absolutely no way that Alston will be traded for another player unless Alexander is paying the luxury tax, or unless Hayes and Mutombo are not signed, and that would leave the team with only 4 bigs, which is entirely ridiculous. Since Charlotte needs a point guard and is under the cap, then the Rockets need to deal him so they can sign Hayes, Mutombo, Landry, keep the 15 players they want, stay under the luxury tax, and acquire a draft pick and a big trade exception. This means that basically Rafer Alston being traded for a draft pick and a big trade exception to a team that is under the cap is holding up re-signing Hayes and Mutombo, and in fact their being re-signed is dependent upon it.
BB Scientist. Very good anaylsis. That said you assumptions about Hayes and Deke could be be off. I would not be surprised if Hayes got just over LLE money and Deke might even take the vet min. You could be right on, but I would say you have very conservative figures for both, we could save a couple mil there. I also question whether Landry will be signed and Reed cut. But if you are correct we can save about 600K buying out Reed I could see it. Even better would be moving Reed as well as JL3 to an under the cap team. Also, my preference is to not sign Landry and let him play professionally elsewhere while we retain his rights. You do make an excellent point about Alston to Charlotte. If they take Alston + another excess player (Reed or JL3 or Snyder) I'd only ask for a 2nd rounder (their 08 or 09 from NO). Seems fair to both.
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You know people are overrating hayes when call him a better rebounder then evans. Reggie Evan>>>Hayes.
That might be the amount the Rockets COULD buy him out for, but in order for that to happen Reed would have to agree to it. Reed has a guaranteed contract for the full amount (I assume you're right about that being $1,437,500). It's not like a bunch of teams are knocking down his door to sign him giving him an incentive to be bought out cheap. If the Rockets are going to buy him out - it's going to have to be for the full amount of his contract. Why would Reed agree to take less than that? We can't force him to take the $798,328 when he has guaranteed money. So while I don't see Reed being on this team, one has to hope he could be a throw in or something on a trade - otherwise his full salary is going to count against the cap (after we buy him out) even though we get nothing out of him.
