Quote: Originally Posted by LongTimeFan That's not necessarily the case anymore - his whole post was built around bringing Artest back starting at 8mil.. we got Ariza instead, starting at 5ish (IIRC). Also, it was assumed we'd have no one else on the roster and be penalized for a lack of 12 players, where as now we have Budinger, Taylor and possibly Pops. I'd be interested to see him update the scenario, but perhaps after the trade deadline would be better so he doesn't have to keep updating. I totally agree with you... I did my own rough calculation and if we let TMAC Scola and Lowry go we would then have around 17-18 million with the estimated drop in cap space 3 million (8mil artest-5mil ariza) 7million (letting Scola wallk) 4 million (letting lowry walk) and then another 3-4 million cause his assumptions would have brought our total to 54 million with the expected cap to be around 57/58 million... Our lineup would look some what like Ming/Anderson/Hayes Bosh?/Landry/Hayes/ Ariza/Budinger draft top 15/Battier Brooks/Free agent veteran min or we could go the joe johnson route? and draft a big man or a PG
I have no idea what you posted, or how long LongTimeFan's post was. To let Scola and Lowry walk is a big risk. There will be tons of other teams with as much or more cap space than us. Letting Scola and Lowry walk, JUST to have a chance at these players is stupid. If Morey really wanted to be in the 2010 sweepstakes, he would never have signed Ariza. He'd also likely trade Scola at the trade deadline for some young cheap talent. Way too risky, IMO.
Not tons of teams. Around 8 total as of now. Rockets are one of them. Things can still change til 2010 however.
Uh . . . I DID update my thread. Check post #152. Here, I'll even link to it for you. http://bbs.clutchfans.net/showpost.php?p=4743200&postcount=152 Read and learn.
I posted this in the other free agent thread, I really think Morey just isn't going to risk going into the 2010 free agent bonanza bidding war. I think we will see one or two trades at the deadline to re-shape the roster somehow. I also think Scola's scenrio is going to be the key to everything because depending on what we see from him now to the trade deadline could give Morey the motivation to do what he has to. I am sure Bima's scenrio has changed a bit but the premise remains the same thus look for the team you see now to change but not in the way many people assume by the deadline.
So many posts/threads saying Bima's plan is flawed because Artest was traded, yet he revised his post pretty much the day he left.. Yet people look over it. Awesome.
I read it and if we let Scola, Hayes and Lowry go we will have around 15 million if all your calculations are correct.... and if they are correct the most we could resign TMAC for would be the 7-8 million that would be free from letting hayes and lowry walk and if we didnt (let them walk) how would we resign TMAC?
If the Rockets let McGrady Scola, Lowry, Hayes, and Dorsey go... They'll have $13,083,646 of cap space if the salary cap is set at $53.6 million Not including the players above the Rockets team salary will be $40,516,354 http://www.shamsports.com/content/pages/data/salaries/rockets.jsp The League's own estimate for 2010-11 is $50.4 million and $53.6 million http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=4312837
BimaThug is the Mel Kuiper of the NBA salary cap, except Bima actually knows what he's talking about. Don't question him. Ever.
(1) Hypothetically, the Rockets could waive their rights to T-Mac, Scola and Lowry, not pick up options on Hayes and/or Landry, or possibly even trade Battier in order to create more cap room. However, my post was based on the Rockets not being able to sign a max free agent AND keep this team together in any meaningful way. (2) To reiterate what rockets934life said, why would the Rockets do all of this (all of these moves would need to be made prior to the July 1 commencement of free agency) just for the CHANCE at a big-time free agent. What if no major free agent signs with the Rockets? And I can't say that I'd blame them. Who would want to go play with Yao Ming, Aaron Brooks and nobody else? To go "all in" when there is no certainty (not even probability) that a major free agent can be obtained is pure lunacy. (3) The Rockets can go over the salary cap to re-sign Tracy McGrady because the Rockets have Bird rights for T-Mac. He is the ONLY major free agent for 2010 for which the Rockets can do this. THAT is why, in my opinion, a "mostly returned to health" McGrady is their most viable realistic option at this point, as far as major free agent signings are concerned.
