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Originally Posted by hayth.james.g
This has been in the works for the last week. It's pretty much assumed that if Bosh comes then Lin has to go. It's pretty much a given that Houston CAN retain Parsons while adding Bosh. The question is if they are willing to pay that kind of money for the next 3 years while being WAY over the salary cap. I haven't seen the assumed math on what their roster would look like, but I can only imagine the damage keeping Parsons would do in year 3 of being over the cap.
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If they match Parsons and miraculously get rid of Lin without taking back contracts
roster
Howard 21.4m
Bosh 18.0m
Parsons 15.8m
Harden 14.8m
Jones 1.6m
Motiejunas 1.4m
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73mill
2014-2015 cap and tax thresholds
No tax - 63.1m-76.8m
150% tax - 76.9m-81.7m
175% tax - 81.8m-86.7m
250% tax - 86.8m-91.8m
325% tax - 91.9-96.8m
So they'd have four guys that put them over the cap, and they'd have to fill 6 roster spots with less than 3.8mill to stay below the tax. Also, I assume they'd want to keep their core together, so that'd mean that they'd most likely pay tax for the next few years. After three years, 150% tax becomes 250%, etc. etc
Morey likes winning, but I'm not sure they'd be willing to pay that kind of tax. With those guys on the roster, it's hard to believe that they could fill that many spots that cheaply and still be competitive, particularly without a starting PG.