NBA salary cap shrinks, but Rockets looking good (for 2010)

looks more and more like tracy hasn't played his last game for the rockets.

 

here's to hoping we get lucky....

 

If you inferred that from this...

then you're delusional.

 

I really dont like Soloman very much if at all but he does make valid points...I can see the Rockets keeping TMAC all the way and the more I look at it I ask myself is there anyone out there that can give us with TMAC still can even at a reduced rate? Battier is the key now, if we can move him to get younger and faster then the Rox will be ok but if not then thats it no more moves for right now.

 

Yeah, as much as I hate to say it, I bet we see Tracy again. Unless we can somehow magically trade him for a young star (which who in their right mind would trade a young start for tracy), it would be a waste, especailly since Yao is out the whole season.

 

Solomon needs to read the clutchfans before he writes stuff, that 31m does not include Scola and Lowry, the 2 rookies, and whatever rookies we sign next year.

 

No to samantha dalembert

 

oh boy

 

the $25M he says we can spend next year doesn't include the cap holds for lowry and scola. roughly $6M each. unless he assumes we want to waive our bird rights to them, meaning we can't sign them once we're over the cap.

i dont see that happening.

aybe lowry signed to around $3M, clearing up the other $3M being held for him on the cap, thus making the total cap space available around $15M. now what to do with scola?

 

I don't think expecting him back by midseason would be delusional. Last I heard he was ahead of schedule and was aiming for the beginning of the season. Yes I know we're talking about T-Mac, but he'll definitely play for us again sometime next season if he isn't traded.

 

Definitely play for us sometimes next season? How do you know? There is not definitely here, both Tmac and Yao could be out for NBA for a year or life, or come back to the team to play again, but even Morey can not be sure at this point of the time.

 

tmac IS going to play next year. it's a given. AT THE LATEST, he'll be back by midseason. it's a contract year.

for yao, it depends on what type of treatment he takes. if he gets surgery, he'll be out the whole year. if he goes the traditional way and let it heal, he can play next year.

 

Yep, Solomon is assuming that the Rockets go to war with Yao Ming, Shane Battier, Trevor Ariza, Aaron Brooks, $25M in cap room and NOTHING ELSE.

Somehow, I just don't see that happening.

 

I figure he got it from this:

 

Solomon is almost a crappier version of Blinebury... and that's not too good either.

 

WHAT!?

 

2009/10 is a washout season, bad s**t happened, the worst case scenario.

To me, the best strategy is to accept it and get in the best position we can to overcome it. I think that means just playing out with what we have (plus a veteran's minimum center), letting Tracy's contract expire and if he can get on the court for a final hurrah, great.

You tender Lowery for a lowball/semi-fair contract and hold off till the last second on Scola trying to judge the wind in the Chris Bosh market. I'd be fine with keeping Scola and spending our cash on a marquee scorer.

If Yao comes back for 10/11, you're right back in the thick of it, if not then you've got a second load of cap space to work with.

A three year plan is not too bad when you consider the extent of the bad breaks that befell the team.



Great hops but no BBall IQ

 

Looks good only if you don't re-sign Scola, Lowry, and whoever.

 

If Solomon did his homework or read some of the more informed posters on here, he'd know that the cap room we're supposedly going to have is nothing more than a mirage. We'd pretty much have to renounce the rights to Lowry and Scola, trade away Battier, and pull other moves (according to Bimathug IIRC, who did an excellent post on how our cap situation is in another thread) just to sign ONE max contract.

Solomon's comedic approach to journalism might make it seem as though he's just "one of the guys" but, in fact, it just makes him look as credible as the next hack that writes for the Chronicle.