Why 2010 Free Agents should all be looking at Houston as a possibility

Not to mention the chance of getting side swiped and shot in the leg.

 

Unfortunately, there's a big reason why they should NOT be looking at Houston: money. We won't have as much cap space next season as you might think, if we want to retain some of our players (e.g., Scola), so we won't be able to compete with the salary offers of, say, New York.

 

Re-signing Scola and Lowry will eat up pretty much all of our cap space. If they decide to play for free you may have a point.

 

not to be a total debbie downer

but can we get through the other 80 games of this season first before we start talking offseason 2010?

offseason 2009 was painful enough

 

Hopefully seeing if we could get Joe Johnson. That man would be gold in our offense and could really lead us to championship when Yao comes back.

Starting lineup
Yao Ming
Joe Johnson
Luis Scola
Trevor Ariza
Aaron Brooks

Now only if we had the money to offer him a decent contract

 

The Carl Landry Exp... couldn't have happened to a nicer guy...

 

We will... Tmac is expiring.

 

no

it isnt that simple

http://bbs.clutchfans.net/showthread.php?t=168495

 

You forgot T-Mac in that list of yours. He'll be a free agent from the Houston Rockets? Let's steal him!

 

You should be required to at least have a basic understanding of how NBA free agency, trades, the salary cap, contracts, etc. work before starting a thread about it. This thread fails.

 

what about a sign and trade?

 

While you're right about re-signing Scola and Lowry probably eating into the Rockets' available cap space, I think you exaggerate the impact. The Rockets will still have some cap room available if they play their cards right (which may, unfortunately, involve playing hardball with Scola and Lowry in restricted free agency), but certainly not enough to attract a "max" caliber free agent.

And Rockets2K, thanks for referencing my thread.

 

Because he wants the FLEXIBILITY to sign a max free agent if the Rockets truly feel that is in the best interests of the organization.

What I have been saying from Day 1 has NOT been that it is impossible for the Rockets to get a max free agent. It has been that the Rockets cannot sign a max free agent AND keep this team together in any meaningful way.

Morey has put the Rockets in position to be ABLE to sign a max player. But to do so (barring a trade of Shane Battier for a scrub's expiring contract, which is highly unlikely) would likely require the Rockets to waive their rights to Luis Scola and Kyle Lowry and to not pick up the team option on Chuck Hayes.

 

I thought that Stephen Jackson's contract ran past 2010?
NBA Contracts

Code:

Golden State Warriors     Date  # of total signed years  salary  misc      FA
 
Stephen Jackson ....... 7/14/04,11/17/08  6+3       $38 million+??         '13

Both
ESPN Trade Machine
and
RealGM Trade Checker

indicate that his contract extends beyond 2010.

What is your source?

 

If I am a free agent Yao would actually be a reason I would want to stay away from Houston. NBA players don't live in a bubble, they see Yao getting injured every other year. Why would I want to sign with a team, bust my ass all season, only to see Yao go down again followed by my championship hopes?

Now some guys are clearly all about the money - like Ariza - and their focus are on minutes and shots so they can make a name for themselves. However, for a player that has set winning a championship as their goal - Houston would be a risky choice.

 

This is why I really think Morey will try and aquire someone via trade before the season's end. Relying on FA in 2010 is just to risky so trading for someone and signing to a long term deal this year will clear up whats going to happen next offseason.

 

In all seriousness - LeBron?

I am still not entirely proficient at analyzing salary matching, free agent status, salary cap, etc. But I do know that we have the potential to make some huge moves in the next couple of years.

I would really like to hear from some of the more schooled, veteran posters about whether or not we have a legitimate chance of signing LeBron James or another superstar caliber player, and how it would be done.

I would thank you all for treating this thread with the utmost seriousness.

 

Not a flying chance in hell. We simply won't have the cap space unless Yao opts out and we don't re-sign him.