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Chris Paul to the Rockets - Beverly is off the table

Ellis269 said:
I thought that you had to be with your original team to qualify for the new designated player super max contract? Doesn't getting traded away eliminate that possibility? Same thing that Jimmy Butler and Paul George were facing as well.
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I'm not really sure about this, but I thought it went with you in a trade, as opposed to losing it if you sign elsewhere as a FA. The whole point was to encourage FAs not to bolt from their original teams.
 
Cappy_Smurf said:
I'm not really sure about this, but I thought it went with you in a trade, as opposed to losing it if you sign elsewhere as a FA. The whole point was to encourage FAs not to bolt from their original teams.

If that is correct, Paul can still sign a 5 year deal next year due to Houston having his bird rights, as opposed to a 4 year deal this year, which gives him 2 more years. IDK if Houston is gonna want to give him that though, as he's not that young.
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If he's traded, they have Bird Rights. . . but lose the Designated Player extension. There's no way in HELL that they'll sign him to a 5 year deal. Chris Paul could have gone 1+1, and at least gotten more money and the ability to opt in if needed. As it stands, he's taking on all of the risk with this move. Unless he signs an extension, I'll contend that he should have tested the market.
 
dong2ha said:
good for me. clippers ticket price will go down. I guess I will get better ticket when they play the jazz!
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You're right! I used to see the Jazz from 2003-2005 in L.A. for $30 for two mid-level tickets. I'm hoping for this again. And hope they hurry up with the damn metro so I can take it to the games.
 
Maybe we should throw caution to the wind and make a play for George. It's a super team league.

Hayward George and Gobert would be fun as hell for at least a season. And if George left then at least we 'tricked' Hayward into signing that 5 year deal.
 
Ellis269 said:
If he's traded, they have Bird Rights. . . but lose the Designated Player extension. There's no way in HELL that they'll sign him to a 5 year deal. Chris Paul could have gone 1+1, and at least gotten more money and the ability to opt in if needed. As it stands, he's taking on all of the risk with this move. Unless he signs an extension, I'll contend that he should have tested the market.
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Coon's faq still hasn't been updated, so I don't have reliable info. Any links to such are always appreciated.

Anyway, like I said, Houston had to burn assets here as opposed to signing Chris outright. Sounds like you and Cy think he did this to save Houston money, despite the fact it burns assets. IMO, Paul did this for his own financial reasons, regardless of how risky it is.
 
Bawse Dawg said:
Maybe we should throw caution to the wind and make a play for George. It's a super team league.

Hayward George and Gobert would be fun as hell for at least a season. And if George left then at least we 'tricked' Hayward into signing that 5 year deal.
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I agree, but I would do it with an eye towards building a badass team around those three and convincing PG to stay. Gobert, Hayward, PG13, Hill, Mitchell, Exum and Jingles is a helluva start. Add a long-term PF and some cheap depth and they're contenders for years.
 
tfivas said:
He could've left for nothing, he did LA a solid.
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Not to Houston he couldn't. Houston had to clear salary to sign Paul. It was just easier to hand the salary to LA. The draft pick was a bonus, I suppose, but a meager one.
 
Stoked said:
Gasp, could he have done both the Rockets AND Clips a solid?

Those ideas are not mutually exclusive. Can we move on?
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I dont think the solid was done for the sake of giving the Clippers a solid. It was a side effect of the solid done for the Rockets.
 
Ellis269 said:
I agree, but I would do it with an eye towards building a badass team around those three and convincing PG to stay. Gobert, Hayward, PG13, Hill, Mitchell, Exum and Jingles is a helluva start. Add a long-term PF and some cheap depth and they're contenders for years.
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Well obviously keeping him would be nice. But if you are waiting for a commitment, you'll never get it done. Just give up what you must (doesn't sound like much, Favors Hood 1st rounder?) convince Hayward to stay, and hope George loves it here. If he doesn't, don't take it personally.
 
Cappy_Smurf said:
Coon's faq still hasn't been updated, so I don't have reliable info. Any links to such are always appreciated.

Anyway, like I said, Houston had to burn assets here as opposed to signing Chris outright. Sounds like you and Cy think he did this to save Houston money, despite the fact it burns assets. IMO, Paul did this for his own financial reasons, regardless of how risky it is.
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Thanks to Eric Pincus of Basketball Insiders, we have information on the designated player veteran extension (not to be confused with the disabled player exception), and it applies as follows:
Eligibility: only players entering their 8th or 9th seasons with their original franchise or if they were traded to existing team during first four years of career are eligible.

https://16winsaring.com/the-nba-cba-explaining-the-designated-player-veteran-extension-and-choice-615f76872fb9
 
Stoked said:
Gasp, could he have done both the Rockets AND Clips a solid?

Those ideas are not mutually exclusive. Can we move on?
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We could move on if we wanted to, but this is a sports forum where we talk about sports stuff. There are other threads if you don't like this one.:p
 
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