Houston Rockets "Unprotected Players" Expansion List

The Expansion List

I went to a fan forum of another team, and found this list on there posted by a very respected and reliable veteran poster. Take it for what it's worth.

Dallas:
SG Tony Delk $2,925,000 2006
SF Tariq Abdul-Wahad $6,187,500 2007
PF Antoine Walker $13,500,000 2004p
PF/C Danny Fortson $5,247,619 2005p

Houston:
SG Eric Piatkowski $2,458,500 2006
SF Adrian Griffin $688,679 2005
PF/C Maurice Taylor $7,800,000 2007

Memphis:
PG Troy Bell $1,285,440 2006t
SG Dahntay Jones $1,063,680 2006t
SF Ryan Humphrey $1,143,360 2005t
SF Theron Smith $366,931 2005
PF Bo Outlaw $5,955,000 2005
C Lorenzen Wright $6,600,000 2006
C Jake Tsakalidas $1,580,702 RFA

New Orleans:
SF Jamal Mashburn $8,525,000 2005p
SG Courtney Alexander $2,178,841 RFA

San Antonio:
PG Charlie Ward $1,100,000 2004p
SF Matt Carroll $?? ????
PF Malik Rose $4,916,250 2008

Golden State:
PF Popeye Jones $?? ????
C Evan Eschmeyer $3,103,800 2006p
PG JR Bremer $? RFA

LA Clippers:
PG Eddie House $825,000 2005
C Predrag Drobnjak $2,812,500 2007
SG Kenyon Dooling $3,073,277 RFA
SF Matt Barnes $?? RFA
C Josh Moore $366,931 RFA

LA Lakers:
List not yet submitted - Rick Fox likely

Phoenix:
PG Howard Eisley $6,375,000 2006t
C Jahidi White $5,884,500 2005

Sacramento:
SF Gerald Wallace $764,600 2005

Denver:
SG Jeff Trepagnier $638,679 RFA

Minnesota:
???

Portland:
PG Dan Dickau $893,400 2005t
PG Omar Cook $?? ??
PG Eddie Gill $?? ??
SG Ruben Patterson $5,899,400 2006p
SG Qyntel Woods $1,172,160 2005t
C Vladimir Stepania $?? 2004p
SF Desmond Ferguson $?? RFA

Seattle:
C Calvin Booth $5,446,800 2007
C Vitaly Potapenko $5715,000 2004p
C Jerome James $4,545,000 2005
SG Richie Frahm $366,931 RFA

Utah:
SG Aleksandar Pavlovic $1,191,000 2006t
C Curtis Borchardt $1,280,880 2005t

Boston:
PG Chucky Atkins $3,900,000 2006
SF Jumaine Jones $1,500,000 2006
PF Brandon Hunter $366,931 2004t
C Michael Stewart $4,480,000 2005
PF Ernest Brown $? RFA

New Jersey:
SG Kerry Kittles $9,226,666 2005
SF Rodney Rogers $3,075,600 2004p
SF Tamar Slay $512,435 RFA

New York:
PG Moochie Norris $3,500,000 2007
SG Shandon Anderson $6,700,000 2007
SG Anfernee Hardaway $13,500,000 2004p
SG Allan Houston $15,937,500 2007
C Cezary Trybanski $1,600,000 2005

Philadelphia:
SG Aaron McKie $5,500,000 2006p
SF Glenn Robinson $12,000,000 2005
SF Greg Buckner $2,880,000 2008
C Todd MacCulloch $5,899,400 2007
C Derrick Coleman $4,500,000 2006

Toronto:
PG/SF Jalen Rose $14,487,000 2007
PG Alvin Williams $5,850,000 2006p
SF Lamond Murray $4,875,000 2004p

Bulls:
SG Eddie Robinson $6,767,540 2006
SF Scottie Pippen $5,408,700 2005
PF Antonio Davis $12,000,000 2006
PF Jerome Williams $5,600,000 2007p
SF Ronald Dupree $?? RFA
PF Marcus Fizer $3,726,994 RFA

Cleveland:
PG Kevin Ollie $2,704,350 2008
SF Ira Newble $2,704,350 2008
SF Jason Kapono $?? 2005
C Ruben Boumjte-Boumjte $638,679 RFA

Detroit:
List not yet submitted - Corliss Williamson and Mike James likely

Indiana:
PG Anthony Johnson $813,679 2004p
PF Austin Croshere $7,610,000 2005p
C Scot Pollard $5,309,563 2006
C Primoz Brezek $861,600 2005
PG Jamison Brewer $638,679 RFA
+ one other player

Milwaukee:
PG Erick Strickland $1,500,000 2005
C Brian Skinner $1,500,000 2004p

Atlanta:
PF Alan Henderson $8,273,125 2005

Miami:
SG Eddie Jones $12,320,000 2005p
C Brian Grant $12,234,063 2007
C Loren Woods $638,379 RFA

Orlando:
PG Reece Gaines $1,212,200 2006t
C Zaza Pachulia $620,046 2004p
SG DeShawn Stevenson $2,362,953 RFA
SF Britton Johnsen $?? RFA

Wizards:
SG Juan Dixon $1,123,500 2005t
SF Jerry Stackhouse $7,000,000 2009
PF Torraye Braggs $?? ??
C Christian Laettner $6,187,500 2005
PF Lonny Baxter $620,046 RFA

 

Pretty much the same list as the one on ESPN INSIDERS!

 

Well, maybe it is. The source doesn't matter, right?

 

Could we start a petition to oust Chad Fraud? He will end up really hurting ESPN.

More and more of their NBA coverage is handled by Fraud and his "insider" (sic) crap. If we could just show ESPN the following logic, they might change course and save their ship:

Choice 1 -- pay extra fee, receive crappy information
Choice 2 -- go to other websites, get okay information for free.

Duh.

 

I agree the Bobcats might take Pike. I'll never understand why he wasn't a good fit here - defense, sure a weakness - but how can you explain a career 40% 3 pt shooter getting open looks and his shot looking so bad? It was such a logical acquisition for us, and ugh...

 

I didn't see any other PF on that list worth taking other than Taylor. MoT has has always played solid on offense when he hasn't been hurt and this past season he really showed his potential...and that is being the 3rd or 4th option. If he is the 2nd option on the Bobcats, he'll be more effective...esp. in the in east.

I'd say his only glaring weakness is that he doesn't board...but he DOES play defense pretty well despite what most think of him around here.

I'd take MoT if were them. He's only over priced by about 1-2 mil. He's reliable instant offense at the 4 spot, that isn't easy to come by.

 

it's hard to think of a mock draft that fits under the cap restriction with these players....i will have to pray for the bobcats.

 

Time will reverse itself to allow the Rockets to trade Ralph Sampson for Michael Jordan before the Bobcats take Mo Taylor and his big-ass contract.

 

Answer -The Rockets had Steve Francis as the starting Point Guard, he could not play the position as a playmaker, so setting other players up like Pike was a problem. Hopefully that will be rectified this offseason.

 

Pike lost his shooting touch...damn!

 

Can an unlimited number of players be left unprotected? I guess the Rockets want to keep Cato.

 

don't you get tired of typing the same thing over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over

 

interesting list and obviously short on good PF's and C's.

With this unconfirmed list, I'd consider :

PG Bremer
SG Jumaine Jones
SF Qyntel Woods/Gerald Wallace
PF Fizer
C Skinner

Bobs retain most of their cash (Fizer at 3.5mil and rest at 1mil) and get a decently exciting team. Bremer, Jones and Fizer can light it up, Qyntel Woods or Gerald Wallace have some potential with huge athletic abilities... some flying slams from Wallace to ignite the crowd. And Skinner came off a great season finishing top in block categories for some defensive presence.

They'd have most of their money to use after the season with this list.

 

where is weatherspoon????

protected?

 

At first, I was surprised we protected Spoon over MoT, but after looking at their remaining salaries, it's a bit more obvious.

MoT
2004/05 2005/06 2006/07
$8.45M $9.1M $9.76M

Spoon
2004/05 2005/06
$5.9M $6.3M

 

im pretty sure they have to take something like 14 guys. but i could be wrong.

 

Jeff Van Gundy--loves former Knicks
Clarence Weatherspoon--former Knick
Maurice Taylor--not a former Knick

Makes sense to me. So when do we get to draft Xavier McDaniel???

 

Why we left unprotected Griffin? He's a very cheap player. Is he still injured?

 

I think the core of the Bobcats will be:

Gerald Wallace, Qyntel Woods, Reece Gaines, Keyon Dooling, Drobnjak, Jerome James, Sasha Pavlovic, and their #4 pick (either Livingston or Deng).


That's around 7 picked players. The 7 of them make around 20M.

I believe their cap is 64% of our cap, and that's around 28M. So they have 8 more million. They can, for example, pick Jerry Stackhouse and deal him somewhere for 2 good players. Their roster is up to 9 players, minus the #4 pick. Let's say they deal Stackhouse and their #4 pick to the Clippers for the #2 pick?

Then they're looking at:

James/Drobnjak
Howard or Okafor/Drobnjak
Gerald Wallace/Pavlovic
Woods/Gaines
Gaines/Dooling

They can do a lot of running with that kind of team, and they'd be pretty damn athletic as well. Not the best team in the world, unless their draft pick explodes immediately and averages a solid 20/10.