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Nene agrees with the Rockets

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by rocketpower2, Jul 6, 2016.

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Do you like the Rockets signing of Nene to a one-year, $2.9M deal?

  1. YES

    667 vote(s)
    94.7%
  2. NO

    37 vote(s)
    5.3%
  1. RasaqBoi

    RasaqBoi Member

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    How much money do the Rockets now have to spend on other free agents? & D-Mo.
     
  2. Matt78777

    Matt78777 Contributing Member

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    Hard to argue at 2.9. He's brittle so as long as Houston keeps his minutes down he should still be productive in small samples.
     
  3. malakas

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    he can't play well anymore.

    We MUST keep DMO otherwise Capela-Nene C rotation is ...worst in the league.
     
  4. Stack24

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    He only played a limited roll there, his Per 36 has been consistent throughout the years so I think he will be fine and give us some depth.
     
  5. YOLO

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    at that price ill take it definitely
     
  6. thesonofsam

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    bigbodymoe Contributing Member

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    This is an awesome signing, especially at that price point. What are you downers smoking? We're a much more talented team than we were last year
     
  8. CDrex

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    That's a legitimately excellent price for a guy who (health notwithstanding) has averaged at least 14.8 and 6.8 per 36 minutes for 8 straight years. The pricetag would indicate he doesn't expect to start, so yes. Very good signing.
     
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  9. alethios

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    We finally skirted "Basketball Reasons". Take that, Stern!
     
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  10. saleem

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    I can't complain. It wasn't possible to get anyone better. Let's hope that the new guys will remain healthy.
     
  11. mikol13

    mikol13 Protector of the Realm
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    @WojVerticalNBA: Sources: Nene deal: 1-year, $2.9M

    m.twitter.com/WojVerticalNBA

    Can't beat that I guess.
     
  12. justtxyank

    justtxyank Contributing Member

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    His athleticism has been sapped by injuries and he's lost a lot of lateral quickness and vertical ability. But oh well. Hopefully you are only playing him 10 to 15 minutes a game and maybe even some DNPCD.
     
  13. bobloblaw

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    He brings "veteran leadership" to the team. Hope he's healthy, as with our other signings. Now to sign a veteran PG.
     
  14. Stack24

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    We have 80M in contracts before this signing so this puts us at around 83M of the 92M Cap. But that is just based on looking at raw numbers here.

    http://www.spotrac.com/nba/houston-rockets/cap/

    They usually update really quick with new contracts.
     
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  15. AroundTheWorld

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    I really like it.
     
  16. mikol13

    mikol13 Protector of the Realm
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    We will either catch lightning in a bottle with these guys, or have the most games on IR.
     
  17. mockster

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    I don't get the hate?. Great pickup, we now have that back up C everyone was crying for. He may even start who knows.
     
  18. JayZ750

    JayZ750 Contributing Member

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    Some people are saying "room exception".

    Can someone explain what that means?? My assumption was that it just adds to their current salary base, reducing the amount of cap space they have left (short of being able to go over the cap to retain DMo)...
     
  19. Deuce

    Deuce Context & Nuance

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    Nene will be nice to have as an "enforcer" as well. Need some tough guys. Rockets needed to get a VET big behind Capela. Needed some muscle.
     
  20. mightybosstone

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    I could be reading too much into this, but isn't $2.9 million the exact number of the exception the Rockets have? If so, I wonder if they're about to make a move that pushes them over the cap or right up against it?
     

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