Didn't work so well for the Knicks when it came to Lin. Remember, they said they would match any offer for Lin. But when faced with the prospect of salary cap & luxury tax hell, they ended up declining. A similar thing could happen in this case if some team feels like overpaying for Parsons.
Except no team can Arenas rule us with Parsons like we did with Lin and Asik. He isn't an early bird FA.
Still haven't recieved an answer to my question..... Can the Rockets trade for Melo before free agency starts?
You trade away a key guy that can contribute infinitely better if he had a better coach for seasoned guys like Melo, Love, and or Rondo is not too bad at all. Better than trying to trade up for Wiggins, Parker, or other obscure unproven.
Well that contract ended up biting us in the ass so maybe teams will learn from our mistake and be a bit more conservative.
Just to take this a step further, this feels to me like Morey has found a taker for Lin, a trade he is willing to do even if no max free agent acquisition materializes. I'm confident there's already takers for Asik. Parsons may not be worth $12-13 million per year. But he has certainly been worth more than the pittance he's been paid over the last 3 seasons. If Morey overpays him slightly it will simply be a case of making Parsons whole for what he really should have been paid. Yes, they can, as long as Melo opts into his contract for 14-15 and PJax agrees to the deal. But Melo has to opt in to the last year. He has to eliminate his opt-out. And just to take this a little further, what makes more sense than simply telling Parsons that we will give him some figure ($5million to $8 million) more than whatever the highest offer sheet that he receives if he will not sign that offer sheet but simply wait for our contract offer until after we have made our big splash offseason moves? The onus is then on Parsons. If he wants to play on a championship contender and be made whole for his first 3 seasons, he will get his offer sheets and not sign them. But if he goes ahead and signs his offer sheet, the Rockets will simply match and he is likely a trade candidate to parts unknown after December 15th. Which would you choose? Less money and being traded to Minnesota or Milwaukee OR more money and continuing your career where you started it playing for a championship contender with Harden/Howard/and others as your teammates? I think I'd choose not to sign offer sheets and wait for the Rockets to give me the extra dough for waiting on them.
LeBron is the best small forward in basketball history. Durant is the MVP Melo played mostly PF the last 2 years, but yeah he is better George is a walking train wreck but he is better Leonard is a maybe Gay is garbage Iggy isn't better than Parsons anymore Parsons was better than Batum this year, but Parsons got taken to the woodshed in the playoffs
Since it is only 3 days for rockets to match any contract from other team, a lot of teams will talk with Parsons's agent. I think there is a very good chance that we watched Parsons' last game as a Rocket.
Really? What are the details to this 3 team trade because your proposal clearly favors only 1 team in that scenario.
I wouldn't care if he looked more like Dunleavy or Collison. The fact is he was literally the only perimeter Rocket player that could score at the rim in traffic at the level the premiere perimeter guys like Durant or Lebron. I just think that Mchales coaching as well as having to help Lin also cover for Harden's man is hindering Parson's progression. He's good for $12 million a year on his next contract given these distinct skill sets.
The Rockets are another team that could impact the Celtics offseason -Jeff Clark @celticsblog http://www.celticsblog.com/2014/6/4...t-could-impact-the-celtics-offseason#comments
Assuming Love get's traded to Boston.... Houston Out: Asik, Lin, TJones, 2015 1st, NYK 2015 2nd Houston In: Melo Boston Out: Bass, Joel Anthony, One of their 1st round picks over the next 3 years Boston In: Asik, Felton NYK Out: Melo, Felton NYK In: Lin, TJones, Bass, Joel Anthony, HOU 2015 1st round pick, Boston's 1st, NYK 2015 2nd round pick
http://www.cbafaq.com/salarycap.htm#Q99 99. When Can't a player be traded •When the trade deadline has passed. Teams are free to make trades again once their season has ended3, but cannot trade players whose contracts are ending or could end due to an option or ETO.
Well, I think it can go two ways. One way would be Lin and Asik are dumped for space or traded away for some other great asset. The other way is we keep Lin and Asik and use the MLE to sign some midlevel guy. The one thing it does preclude is just waiting another year for cap space. The risk than is that they try to get the big name guy but strike out (very possible), and then we surrender our chance to try again next offseason by re-signing Parsons now. Yes. I don't believe we can really clear enough cap space to sign Melo outright. So, we'd have to trade Lin and Asik (with other pieces) for an S&T'ed Melo. In a trade, we'd never dip below the cap, so we'd keep the MLE. And then we just use Bird Rights to re-up Parsons. Parsons couldn't be part of the package for Melo, I don't think, because you can't have 2 S&T guys in a trade. Maybe that's part of the rational for making him an RFA.... Of course, that makes Melo a longshot, because we need NY's cooperation. I think that's true regardless of Parsons and the MLE though. Melo, Howard and Harden make so much money, they basically consume the whole cap by themselves. The only way we get Melo without dumping everyone is an S&T.
I love when guys get traded during the playoffs. Never knew it was possible until Webber for Richmond went down. Such an unexpected treat.
