awy wrote:cgf wrote:awy wrote:butler wants his 5 year max money. it'll be hard for houston to take on timmy's 20-21 contract.
He only makes 3-4M more than Gordon (if he waives his kicker), and the Rockets have been looking to extend Gordon beyond his 19-20 ending deal...despite their Butler pursuit *shrug*
in the case of them having 3 max level stars, they wouldn't be giving gordon 18m. timmy isn't a good fit for the rockets either so he's not a positive acquisition for them.
Again they've been talking to Gordon about extending his current 14M contract, despite their pursuit of Jimmy. So we're only talking about 3-4M (times tax payment) more than what they're currently trying to accomplish.
As for Timmy, I actually think he'd do great in that Gordon-microwave role off of the bench for them...especially with the way he's shooting the 3 this year.