2013-2014 NBA Season Thread

[Mexi]

PJR... Peter John Ramos lmao

lel

But i need a hyphen

 

[Teagz]

You can have Willie Cauley-Stein whenever he comes to the league.

 

[CameronCrazy06]

Can you play Al-Farouq Aminu at C haha

 

[elcheato]

Apparently if the Rockets pick up Chandler Parsons 964K team option for next year, he becomes an UFA the following year. If they decline the option, he becomes a RFA this summer.
 
This is actually an interesting dilemma.

 

[Mexi]

How have i not heard about this yet?

 

[elcheato]

 
The best part: he costs less than a million bucks this season, and he's under contract for $964,000 next year. But there's a catch, and it presents a conundrum that will shape Morey's offseason work to bolster the Rockets.
 
That $964,000 due in 2014-15 is a team option. If the Rockets pick up that option, Parsons will become an unrestricted free agent in July, 2015. If the Rockets decline the option, Parsons becomes a free agent in July 2014 -- a restricted free agent. That means that the Rockets will be able to match any offer sheet Parsons signs. Teams don't get that luxury with unrestricted free agents. Based on what other players of Parsons' age and scoring output typically get, Parsons can expect to sign something like a four-year, $36-40 million deal.
 
So here's the question Morey has to answer. Does the risk of potentially losing Parsons in 2015 outweigh the benefit of delaying his payday one year?
 
Morey actually addressed the issue in a recent talk with season ticket holders, saying that Parsons will make a lot of money. Morey has also recently said that the Rockets' top two players are championship material, but that the team lacks a third banana at that level. But Morey didn't show his hand on whether he's willing to let Parsons walk. Based on the Rockets' current roster, signing Parsons to anything above the mid-level exception would cause Houston to flirt with the luxury tax line in 2014-15. Anything around the $8-10 million he's more likely to make would put the Rockets as currently constructed into the tax. Those concerns go away in 2015-16 as Jeremy Lin and Omer Asik come off the books.

I imagine he'll pick up the option. Risky business

 

[Mexi]

Morey's going to get creative

 

[elcheato]

You overrate the dude a lot
 
If he had his way his one-two punch would be Harden & Gasol and they'd be fighting for the 8th seed
 
The Pelicans wouldn't have Anthony Davis, but they would have Goran Dragic

 

[Mexi]

Im saying
What if he trades parsons for pg help and turns asik or lin into a sf

Idk maybe they miraculously sign melo

 

[Big Bid'Ness]

 
Look who finally in a pic lol.

 

[RipCity32]

Figures we win on the day that Sacramento and LA both win. Oh well, at least we didn't lose a game on it. 

 

[bosoxlover12]

You gotta decline that option if you are Houston

 

[Thomas-Panda-Saxby]

 
Look who finally in a pic lol.

Westbrook is never in these photos lol

 

[CameronCrazy06]

Pretty sure that's Westbrook right behind Jeremy Lamb?

 

[Hurricane Season]

Raps have a pretty tough stretch coming up.  Bulls could take control of that 3 seed soon.
 
Bulls taking the 3 spot, and Indy finally figuring it out and locking up the 1 would be the absolute best case scenario.

 

[tyfreak]

Kings get the win against Pelicans last night. McCallum showed up nicely with 22-10 and only 1 TO. Cousins was dominate per usual. Think he ended with 35-15

 

[elcheato]

Kyrie cleared to practice. He's going to come back, the Cavs are going to come back down to earth, and Cavs fans are going to proclaim Dion is better and advocate trading Kyrie. 100% guaranteed.

 

[Hurricane Season]

Will the Kings' record prevent Cousins from getting any all-nba love?  Because we've been arguing who the first team center should be between Howard and Noah, but Cousins is far and away having the best statistical season at the center position.

 

[jonathanlambert33]

https://twitter.com/MasonGinsberg/status/450823709398274049

http://t.co/Tyg1rtdvhC

 

[buzzy]

Will the Kings' record prevent Cousins from getting any all-nba love?  Because we've been arguing who the first team center should be between Howard and Noah, but Cousins is far and away having the best statistical season at the center position.

Easy answer, yeah.

Also defense.