[ESPN.COM] Rockets expected to persue Nick Van Exel

hoang17 · Aug 4, 2005

FOXSW just had a little blurb during the astros game saying that the rockets are close to another signing...more info should come within the next 10 minutes. my guess it's van exel for the LLE

themocitydon · Aug 4, 2005

Desert Scar said:

Glad to know Head is a washed up old fart.

The only problem with some of our recent signings (e.g., Ward) is they were way more than the vet minimum and for multiple years.

For the vet min I'll take someone like NVE over Barrett (young but sucky), Ward (old but less game), Rod Strickland (old but no game), or probably any other possibility at the vet min.

I might consider a 1 year LLE (1.6 mil), but I probably only offer NVE the vet min for his tenure (like 1.1 mil). Why give up the LLE exemption for 2 years and the lux tax just for the extra 500K, doesn't make sense? It would be better to do a 2 year vet min deal (like 2.3 mil) than any part of a deal with the LLE.

If NVE comes here it is for the vet min, why not. For a 1 year vet min, it could hardly be bad for the Rockets. If NVE insists on 2 years (player option on year 2), still probably worth it. But that is it, no LLE. The vet min is the best we can do in this situation, and it might be enough.
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is luther head that bad??? damn! whoever makes the rockets draft choices needs to stop!!!

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