If I'm the Rockets, I'd be seeing if Boston has any interest in trading Sam Hauser into our NT-MLE. Hauser is an elite shooter who isn't horrible on defense. He's just starting a very reasonable long-term contract, and his salary is just low enough for the team to dodge the tax with another small move before the February trade deadline.
Several CF posters - myself included - have argued this very point. Good to see a cap savvy poster as yourself advocates it. That being said, wouldn't trading Landale (+ other... like Nate) been an option to acquiring Hauser? Or offering a couple of SRPs?
The allure to Boston would be shedding as much salary/tax as possible. They'd have to mostly guarantee Landale's contract to make the money work on a salary-matching trade. Boston would not want that unless real picks are included.
Yeah - yeah - totally that guy is all about paying the tax to contend. He said that in July, in the off-season after we topped the Western Conference. Then went in to the following year and traded players, first and second round picks to duck the tax.
Give Cam to Philly for nominal considerations for them not to match a full MLE offer to Grimes. If we still wanted to stay under the tax, I believe we would have to fill the roster with several 2nd round picks (their impact on the cap is smaller than vet min guys)
If Boston is wanting to give him up for just cap space or minimal value then this is definitely the move.
I love the idea, but my only qualm is if we are going to trade for a guy on an 8-figure AAV for 4 years, I’d want to be 100% sure that he’s in our playoff rotation. The role we are trying to fill is at best the 9th man in the rotation and hopefully 10th because Whitmore develops, that’s why I’m big on the 1 year aspect of this
Love this idea. He'd be the perfect addition to our roster as a wing! For the Celts, what would they need to ditch $ wise before February? Something like $4-5M? I imagine they could potentially flip Simons on for a lower paid player
You want to avoid the repeater tax issue and if you can offset that by an additional year, I think it would be wise than going over. The new CBA is really started to leave its footprint and we are seeing teams operate very differently.
So 1) 2 SRPs (2026, 2027) for Hauser. 2) Waive Landale + Holiday? 3) Sign some ring-chasing vets (VM) FVV - Shep - VM Amen - Hauser - Nate KD - Cam - VM Bari - Tari - Uncle Jeff (VM) Alpe - Aquaman - VM Rox 94 lineup: FVV - Hauser - KD - Bari - Alpe Run & Fun lineup: Shep - Amen - Cam - Tari - Aquaman 4) Ship
