does it make any sense to leak that we are going to give fvv or lopez a ton of dough think about it what makes the most sense for stone to do this summer if fvv will sign a 4/80 with 1 or 2 yrs guaranteed that makes sense 2/80 guaranteed doesn't if lopez will sign 3/100 or less with 1 yr guaranteed that makes sense but just to go into free agency giving away 2/3 of your salary cap to fvv no dont think so that's a last resort type of thing and something that is designed to keep fvv and lopez from agreeing to deals back with toronto and milwaukee or at the very least causing toronto and milwaukee or some other team to overpay for them and then have other problems --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- these rumors put out by our front office are about attempting to paralyze the market waiting for our cap space to close --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- and they are designed to cause teams to rush to the phones to call stone after free agency starts to negotiate deals offloading salaries for new signings create cap space get out of the luxury tax lower luxury tax penalty create trade exceptions for future deals ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ it is to our advantage for these rumors to be out there of these ridiculous contracts ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ now what is the ideal way for us to use our cap space --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- the answer is by being a trade facilitator first we need to create roster spots and we need to merge some of our youngsters and young vets like martin tate christopher garuba into trades so we have roster slots -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- once we commit to signing a couple guys we've got more guys than we have roster slots that means the value of the guys we want to trade goes down because we have a glut -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- so i expect what will happen at 5 pm is a lot of talking and a lot more rumors but i will be shocked and disappointed in stone if we come out and announce some ridiculous gargantuan to fvv because it is the dumbest play we could make ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- do we need a vet point guard yes we can trade for one and likely collect assets with him from a team wanting to move salary off their books chris paul kyle lowry or possibly even trade some of our kids to miami for herro herro is an asset and can be then flipped later or kept monte morris is a possibility signing jevon carter cheap is a possibility signing a couple cheap free agents to replace some of the guys we want to trade is a possibility ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- best thing for this franchise is to calm down and let all the other teams exhaust their cap space then we wait for the very best trades and signings to use up our cap and then we should hold out cap space for trade flexibility at the deadline we are likely going to re sign boban to some stupid big non guaranteed deal for 4 years he will occupy a roster spot if he is not used in a sign and trade with a big contract that is actually a little contract that can be stretched if necessary then we'll have his salary and porter jrs salary waiting for team for a salary dump at the deadline plus the 25% or remaining cap space we don't use ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- the worst thing we could do is sign vets to huge guaranteed deals that do not have non guaranteed season that make them a great candidate for trades even for kyrie ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ misdirection it is what should be coming stone zigging while they zag misdirection
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I am thinking Udoka is playing an assistant GM's job. ------------------------------------- He means well. He is out of depth there.
Sounds like something out of a basketballholic newsletter. Rumors/interest likely real. Prepare for sticker shock/to be disappointed.
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So tell me how to spend the money to reach the SALARY FLOOR. The Rockets have to spend at least 40 million to at reach the floor.
If I had a dollar for every dash in this thread, I'd be eating filet mignon tonight with a side of ribeyes, New York strips, and a 16 ounce bowl of demi glace for dipping.
90% salary floor by the first day of regular season in order to receive luxury tax share is not until 2024-25 have to hit 90% by end of season if not whatever the amount is short is doled out to the players we will be able to reach 90% easily need to wait for best trades and value signings
