rockets can trade him for zion Williamson in a straight up trade in a few years! Let pelicans give Williamson an extension then do a straight up trade!
Gordon has been a great fit. Exceptional spacer, aggressive basket attacker, and highly underrated as a defender. He can handle any switch and defends bigger guys inside. That allows us to play small without being totally abused. The one thing I wish he had, but he just doesn't, is court vision. When he's handling the ball, his teammates might as well not be there. But other than that, I've been really happy with him.
The rockets next big move will be for a big time 'forward'. The window is closing, but Gordon is the next trade piece since capaela is mr untouchable!
We should have offered him a 3/48 declining deal, or just walked. That would have been a very fair deal for both sides, we got screwed on this deal. Gordon will be turning 31 this year and Gordon's extension is for the next 3 seasons of him being 32, 33 & 34. He's has an injury past, and he's had wildly long shooting slumps the last two years with us.
To Tillman a 6-4 player looks the same as a 6-7 to 6-10 one I bet.... He's got the civilian stature person complex where he doesn't have a good judgement on the different heights and lengths combined with speed and skill affect the game of basketball....
How does that clause for the 4th year work if he is traded? E.g. if he is traded to the worst team in the league, his chances of getting the 4th year would go down significantly?
It is what it is. fwiw: he can’t be traded this year. And a title this year counts towards the 4th yr locking in.
Tilman loves this extension because we aren’t paying him any extra this season So those of you who said “tilman is no longer cheap because of this contract” don’t really have an argument .
Not exactly. Maybe he’s decided he doesn’t want to start year 1 of the luxury tax until next year, which may delay and possibly avoid the repeater tax clock. Should that make us happy? No, but it’s his call to make. And I for one don’t blame him. Do you have any idea how much teams have to pay when they hit the repeater tax? How do you think OKC owners feel? Look up how much they’ve paid in taxes. All for what? A few first round exits and then to blow up the whole roster.
it's going to be interesting to see how gordon's game changes. he's always been explosive to the rim and reckless at times... but if he can make his 3pt% more consistent it'd not only help the team, he could also adapt his game to help him stay injury free.
I agree on everything, although the knock on court vision is very fair but honestly he’s still a very good passer compared to most SGS. I think his role is more so to create points rather then look for an open man. When he gets the ball you can tell he goes tunnel vision and attacks immediately but occasionally makes some good dishs when he creates attention I’ve seen him make some really good assists but he’s obviously no where close to elite
http://insider.espn.com/nba/insider...nba-bonus-watch-supermaxes-incentives-2019-20 The financial incentive of the postseason Eric Gordon and Clint Capela | Houston Rockets Gordon recently agreed to a four-year, $75.5 million extension with Houston, and last season Capela signed a five-year, $80 million contract. Both contracts comes with postseason incentives. Capela will receive $1 million if the Rockets advance to the Western Conference finals, while Gordon will see the $20.9 million nonguaranteed salary in the final year of his extension become fully protected if Houston wins the NBA championship at any point during the contract. Gordon also will have to play either a minimum of 500 regular-season minutes or 750 minutes combined in the regular season and postseason. That $20.9 million becomes guaranteed if Gordon is named an All-Star for the first time in his career, too. Capela could earn $500,000 if he shoots greater than 65% from the free throw line and another $500,000 if his defensive rebounding rate is better than 30%. Capela improved his free throw shooting last season, increasing it from 56% in 2017-18 to 63.6%. However, his rebounding rate dropped from 27.8% to 24.1% http://insider.espn.com/nba/insider...nba-bonus-watch-supermaxes-incentives-2019-20 Houston Rockets A year ago at this time, Houston was $9.1 million over the tax threshold and faced with a $14.6 million penalty. Then the Rockets made five trades in four months while Capela fell short of his $2 million in incentives. That was enough to get the team under the tax line. This season, the Rockets start $358,000 below the line but they will go over if Capela meets his bonus criteria and Houston trades Nene for more than his $2.56 million salary. Despite the possibility of becoming a luxury tax team for only the third time since 2002-03, ownership has approved a budget that would allow Houston to take back money even if that means spending into the tax.
Yeah... with lots and lots of strings attached and completely at the whim of the owner on that particular day.... and that doesn't mean the owner won't groan about it (Paul) and then later try to force a change (Paul). Tillman cannot have his cake and eat it too. Either go all in, or don't but stop fluctuating.
