[FOX]Can the Houston Rockets sign Kevin Durant next offseason?

No chance.

But perhaps we can grab his twin brother Zevin Durant if we hope hard enough.

 

Who is Greg Chin and what is Hoops Habit?

Fox Sports needs better sauces.

 

Redundant title.

CAN they? Of course they CAN.

Will they? Whole other question.

 

im going to say no.

thats 3 max players. Who else is going to feel the 2 other spots and bench..

39 mil + 22 mil for durant = 61, and there cap is what 89? to me

Ariza,Brewer, Lawson trade for cap and 2 #1 draft picks...

WHo do you put around them at 28? Dmo would get probably 12 mil.. So

then thats 16 left. Bench would be horrid, and your regulars would suffer from mins. I dont know that Durant-Harden-Howard combo is so deadly, you probably wouldnt need a bench. Id go for it... for sure.. If you think those rookies you can bring in could contribute right off the bat.. You would have a 2-3 year window to get a champioship in 17, 18. who knows..

Howard - Capela, Rookie
Dmo - Harrell, Rookie
Durant - Dekker
Harden - KjMcdaniels
Beverly - Rookie

 

No.

Spoiler

Sources say Kevin Durant is offended they gave his number to Montrezl Harrell.

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Sources say that since half of Clutchfans believe James is leaving for LA in 3 years, Durant has no interest in joining/playing here.

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In before "He doesn't like Dwight" ... "He called Dwight a pu%#y!" ... "We don't need/want him."

 

Durant is gonna go home and play with Washington

 

Like i said in the other thread, only if Dwight opts out and either leaves or takes less. If Dwight opts in, no way.

 

It all depends on what happens to the cap and whether or not Durant wants to come to Houston. If he wants Houston, Morey is gonna do whatever it takes. If Durant wants the entire team to stay in tact, or at least the major players, then that might be out of our control.

I say we try to trade for him during the season so we're just re-upping. Even if that means trading Dwight.

 

Riveting article

 

I really think we have a good shot of landing him.

We are undermining that Harden-Durant-Lawson relationship.

Also, I think he considers Texas more of a home than any other place. The guy has the best shot at winning a ring with us, and I think Dwight takes a paycut.

 

Delusional?

 

My sig hasn't changed for a long time, no reason for it to change any time soon.

 

I', less concerned with Morey being able to make the money work than I am about Durant being fully healthy .... Morey could easily find a way to make it work cap wise and probably keep one of DMo / Jones.

Signing Durant would make Ariza / Brewer expendable .... assuming KJ is viable as a backup behind both Durant & Harden. That's better than 16m right there .... and may net you an asset or two in return.

 

".....Yes we can ..."

 

Fine with me. I want him here(provided his foot is ok), but if not, then I hope he goes East.

As for the Rockets being able to sign him, of course they will be. Morey would dump Ariza and Brewer in a heartbeat(like the Spurs did with Splitter) if the organization knew Durant wanted to come here.

 

Wouldn't it be nice if Dwight opted out and signed a 1-year deal for around $15 million?


Just say'n.

And now the avalanche of "It'll never happen" posts.

 

It wouldn't (won't?) be easy, regardless of what FOX thinks, but Daryl can Trump the other contenders without raising an eyebrow, finding a way if Durant wants to join his buddy James on a contender here in Houston, and if Kevin is healthy and has the desire, Mr. Morey will work his magic. Were that to happen, I'd party non-stop for a week. (At some point, if DD reads this, I'll paper your trees, dude. Be prepared!) Ain't easy in my current state of decrepitude, but I'll manage. How I hope we can land a healthy Durant!

Still, and with respect to the OP, my 8 year old "grand-nephew" could have written that blurb in his sleep. At least I think that's what you call your nephew's son. He's a grand kid, regardless, and loves basketball.

 

Not saying that they will or won't sign Durant, but your calculation is off regarding D-Mo.

We wouldn't sign D-Mo until after we signed Durant so his $12M (using your number) wouldn't count against our cap space. His cap hold would count against our cap space at 250% of his salary or about $5.5M.

Once Durant was signed, then we'd be able to exceed the cap to sign D-Mo since we had his Bird Rights.

 

If Dwight opts in (assuming it isn't because he had some bad injury that saps his contribution greatly) then the Rockets still can easily make the numbers work. All they would have to do is release Lawson, trade Brewer or Ariza and McDaniels, and renouce rights to Jones or DMo. Obviously you do that in about 2.5 seconds, if Kevin Durant wants to sign. And then you still have a great starting lineup, plus Capela, Dekker, (hopefully) Harrell, and someone (ideally Lawson coming back) with the room exception. That is the best team in the NBA before considering the vets that would flock.

Give him $18-20M a year for 5, if he will take it, and that would be beyond nice.