Help me understand.... Chandler Parsons

roslolian · Nov 4, 2014

robinjaswal23 said: ↑

Should've traded Parsons for something..
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Maybe you should do a little more research before you post impossible stuff like this? Parsons was a restricted free agent, the only to trade him for something was if you had someone willing to do a sign and trade, how many teams out there are willing to give us assets to pay Parsons the max?

Posts like these which complain about stuff they don't understand always drive me nuts lol

jscmedia · Nov 4, 2014

bmd said: ↑

The first thing you need to know is that there is a rule in the NBA which states that teams are allowed to go over the cap to re-sign their own players.

So for example, say a team is just barely under the salary cap. And the contract is up on a player on your team who was making $1 million dollars per year. He played great for your team, and he is now going to be worth way more than $1 million dollars. Teams might want to pay him $10 million dollars now. But since your team was so close to the cap, you can't re-sign him for $10 million dollars or your team would be over the cap.

So the NBA allows teams to go over the salary cap in order to re-sign their own players so that they don't have to let their own players walk because they can't afford them.

So, in Parsons' situation, his contract was up. The Rockets created a lot of cap space to sign a high-salary guy like Bosh. Here is what the Rockets' salary situation looked like:

They had current players under contract, and free space to sign a guy like Bosh.

If they signed Bosh, they will now be maxed out:

But what about Parsons? Now there is no money to pay Parsons... especially because he's going to get paid a lot this year. Well, remember, teams can go over the cap to re-sign their own players. So it would look like this:

So the Rockets were trying to sign Bosh AND go over the cap to sign Parsons. That was the ideal scenario.

So, what would happen if the Rockets struck out on Bosh and then decided to re-sign Parsons? It would look like this:

Parsons would fill out the empty space and the Rockets would have no room to sign any big-money players. That means, they would be stuck with their team. No 3rd star. Parsons would be the third star.

And with the contract that was offered to Parsons, it would be VERY hard to trade. So the Rockets wouldn't even be able to trade Parsons for a better player in the future if they wanted. They'd be stuck.

So what did Morey do? He let Parsons walk and picked up Ariza for half the price on a much more flexible contract, and signed players for minimum deals or 1 year contracts. That way, they have a replacement for Parsons, and still have the cap space and flexibility to try again to get a really good free agent after this season.

If they would have kept Parsons, they wouldn't have any ability to go after a free agent this year or anytime in the next several years.

That's the gist of it. My pictures aren't entirely accurate, either.
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Why even a child can understand this ! Therefore I understand this.

Louka · Nov 4, 2014

a lot of you sound like [lazy] idiots

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Louka · Nov 4, 2014

^^^ says the guy who uses improper phrases like 'a lot'

Stevie852003 · Nov 4, 2014

Really appreciate the answers fellas! In the end I think it worked out for the best... Ariza is a hell of a 3rd option and still got money to play with

Sadboy · Nov 4, 2014

Parson is not a Rocket anymore, this goes to the dish.

Roc Paint · Nov 4, 2014

Hippieloser said: ↑

Tried to rep bmd. Too soon.
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I just sent Clutch some rep.

caneks · Nov 4, 2014

The talk of signing Parsons back is a lie, imo. It does not matter whether this team can bring a third star or not.
How much cap space can you save by declining his last year on that contract, hmmm?

conquistador#11 · Nov 4, 2014

his exes don't understand him, how could we? maybe his bffs can shed light.

JuanValdez · Nov 4, 2014

Stevie852003 said: ↑

I may sound like an idiot and I'm sure this has been discussed on here already... but can somebody explain to me why we could have kept Parson if we landed Bosh and why we couldn't just keep him anyways??
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I'm impressed at how helpful most everyone was in this thread. Usually, everyone would just call you an idiot.

roslolian said: ↑

Maybe you should do a little more research before you post impossible stuff like this? Parsons was a restricted free agent, the only to trade him for something was if you had someone willing to do a sign and trade, how many teams out there are willing to give us assets to pay Parsons the max?

Posts like these which complain about stuff they don't understand always drive me nuts lol
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Usually, people who lament not trading Parsons are thinking about a trade deadline trade before he entered free agency or picking up the 4th year option and trading him. The counter-argument there, I suppose, would be that'd break the deal with Howard's agent. To which I'd say **** him.

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