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The Rockets have exercised the 4.3M Qualifying Offer to Courtney Lee, officially making him a restricted free agent, giving the Rockets the right to match any deal that he signs.

The questions for Courtney Lee are now:

1) Which teams will be interested in signing him?

2) How much will he be offered?

3) What is the "walk-away" point for the Rockets? The most they will match.

4) Is he expected to be the starter next season?

All depends on what happens with Kevin Martin.

texasholdem wrote:All depends on what happens with Kevin Martin.

this is true. I think Martin is gone, I'm a fan of lamb and always have been but he is going to have his ups and downs even if he reaches his potential. We need to resign lee and let him start while lamb develops behind him. If players like iggy get hype because they're great team players, play great d but struggle on offense why doesn't lee? Walk away point, ehhhh I say 8 mil.....

lee wants slightly more than mle
we just drafted lamb
he should be the future
i'm willing to let him walk away

Can we do a double sign and trade with Chicago for Asik?

texasholdem wrote:Can we do a double sign and trade with Chicago for Asik?

depend if they think rose will be back to superstar form

texasholdem wrote:Can we do a double sign and trade with Chicago for Asik?

Not according to Larry Coon

texasholdem wrote:Can we do a double sign and trade with Chicago for Asik?

No need to give Chicago value back on Asik.

they need to decide if they really need to match this deal.

They're already on hook for a lot of money.

Sign and trade him to Chicago for the Bobcats pick.

Will Chicago have any cap-room? and he would have to agree to Chicago's terms first. If he's offered and signs with a different team then you don't have a choice.

With both Kevin Martin and Jeremy Lamb in tow, where does Courtney Lee fit.

He would be an amazing fit on the Wolves. If we were able to get Batum we'd have around $4 mil left. We also have the MLE exception ($5 mil per). If we can dump Wes Johnson and JJ Barea along with the Memphis 1st we'd have ~$12.75 mil in cap-space. Enough to offer Lee around $6 to $7 mil per year?

Morey is a sneaky guy. I'm not sure which you guys are heading but would Morey likely match that offer?

We aren't moving Lee.

Martin or Lamb much more likely to go than Lee.

A S&T isn't happening with Chicago. Bulls can only offer Asik the MLE over the length of the deal, Houstons offer is much more lucrative and the only way Asik see that kind of money is to sign the offer sheet.

I hope Chicago matches - I'm a huge Asik fan who has been watching him since his Turkish basketball days.

LarsV8 wrote:We aren't moving Lee.

Martin or Lamb much more likely to go than Lee.

I hope we don't move lamb. I really want to see what he can do.

LarsV8 wrote:We aren't moving Lee.

Martin or Lamb much more likely to go than Lee.

LarsV8 wrote:We aren't moving Lee.

Martin or Lamb much more likely to go than Lee.

Don't really have a choice.