OFFICIAL: Omer Asik a Houston Rocket (3 year/$25.1 million)

In other words, as high as it would have been had the player signed for the full amount of the team's cap room (not to exceed the maximum salary), with 4.5% raises over the next two seasons.

Max salary is 25% of the cap. If it's about 60m, that would be 15m plus 2 years of 4.5% raises, so 15.1m is fine.

May need to check the actual text on the bolded part. Do the Rockets need to actually clear additional cap room (ie, to make it feasible to fit a max contract)? Maybe that is what Hollinger is referring to?

My early look at the cap says they'll need to cut some of the non-guaranteed guys (Livingston, etc.) to do this and keep Bird Rights on Dragic and Lee. They'll also have to rescind Bird Rights on Camby (they'd need to do this anyway given his cap hold). Of course, if Lee decides to go elsewhere and we don't match, that simplifies things.

 

Is it not possible this could be a valuable piece in that year with a team wanting expiring contract cap space for a free agent? Serious question.

 

Best post in this thread!

And I will say it again....if this prevents us from including Royce in a trade for that primadonna from Orlando, I am all for it!

 

Given that Dwight Howard was going to be a trade, this doesn't change a thing besides the part where we also sign DWill.

 

Would the last year of his contact actually be an asset to trade to a team that wants a big expiring contract? (In case he blows the first 2 years)

 

Asik/Camby >> Camby/Dalembert

Good move.

 

It only counts as $8.36 million for salary cap purposes.

 

Camby isn't considering signing here.

 

pl just dont seem to value defense, because this is kinda splashy if u ask me.. elite defensive C, cant stress how big this move is if we retain Asik.. we dont need an offensive guru at C more than we need a rim protector, sick of the layup drills for opposing teams

 

We're not planning on keeping Martin and Scola. That's a good chunk of the salary cap right there. We'll see if the Bynum rumors have any legs after the 11th.

As for the Dally/Asik comparisons, Dally was the model of inconsistency, some games he's mentally in it while others he's mentally in some Haitian canopy (or chilling on a trainers table). Asik brings it every time he's on the floor.

 

So 5 mil for 2 years, then a nice expiring contract for the last. I'm fine with it.

 

All you have to know about Asik: Last 3 playoff games where he started:

29 MIN, 5 PPG, 8 REB, 2.2 BLK .... Ghost

He only scored in double digits FOUR times last season.

 

buls wont match. they cant take that year 3 cap hit...

 

A little game of Hide and Asik.

 

So what? We don't want him to be a lights out scorer.

 

I like him, but over 8 million a year is a pretty damn steep price.

 

That's not him being a ghost. That's him being him. Those are in-line with his per 48 minute averages. Is there ever a time he's on the court that he's NOT the fifth best offensive option?

 

15 mill his last year is a joke.

 

Actually just the opposite, at least as it relates to the Rockets.

If the Rockets actually get him (ie, the Bulls fail to match), Asik's cap hit in the last year will be the average salary (8.3m or so), but he will actually be paid 15m. For the Rockets, it's ok since we've gotten a relative bargain for the first couple years at around 5m/season, and it's just making up for lost time.

For anyone else, to acquire him, they could only send out 8m in contracts for matching purposes, but would have to pay him 15m in actual cash flow. I doubt many owners would be very happy with that, so he's likely not very tradeable even as an expiring contract if we get him.

For the Bulls, you may be right, but there salary situation is so messed up as it is, they likely wouldn't be in position to swap expirings for extended contracts.

 

Yeah, but 8 rpg is far away from elite rebounder.