Rockets Salaries, Cap Health, Roster Moves

I love that idea, its exactly what I was thinking, except I not good words use right, you are better vocabulator than I.

all joking aside, if we could do that, I would personally quit college and move to Houston.

 

How much is a lottery pick outside the top 3 worth? The Suns will be well over the Luxury Tax threshhold and their owner Sarver doesn't want that.

The most obvious and discussed solution for the Suns is to move Diaw. Rockets aren't in the picture on that. However what if there are no takers and his lesser role this year has Diaw labelled as a one season wonder?

The Rockets can offer an alternate deal. It won't get the Suns under the LT but it does get them close by shaving c.7M off their books.

Kurt Thomas, Marcus Banks, James Jones, and Pike
for
Howard, Sura, Head, and Lucas.

That'd be equivalent to saving $14 million.

Though Rockets would have LT worries of their own. If they can swing a deal with a team below the salary cap team looking for PG depth they could get away with it along with a non-guaranteed 15th man to help fudge the numbers.

Teams like Orlando (e.g Alston for Diener), Hawks, and Bobcats would have to be interested in Alston given his production, salary and experience.

Banks, Spanoulis, (Diener)
McGrady, Snyder, Pike
Battier, Jones
Thomas, Hayes, Novak
Yao

That'd leave 3 roster spots open. 1 for the draft pick and 2 for min. salaried players.

 

THe Rockets should just sign Chucky Atkins, and PJ Brown (maybe Jamaal Magloire). They should be able to get that done with the salary they are working with. Give Sura a 1 Million $ buyout. Dont re-sign Big Jake. Let Bonzi walk. Resign Hayes and Deke.

PG - Alston, Atkins, Lucas, V-Span
SG - Mcgrady, Head, Snyder
SF - Battier, Novak
PF - Hayes, Brown, Juwan
C - Yao, Mutombo

They would need to pick up a quality wing in the draft to back up Battier!

 

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Maybe one of the Hawks young guys like Josh Childress???