Why doesn’t DeMar DeRozan just sign with Houston?

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Why doesn’t DeMar DeRozan just sign with Houston? 

Post#1 » by MessiahUjiri » Thu Jul 4, 2024 7:14 pm

This is a simple but obvious question:

Demar wants to make money and win, but this market has dried up.

Rockets want to ostensibly make a playoff run now that their youth is stacked, and they have a whole bunch of cap space still left.

If DD were to sign there, they could play a platoon of youth / vets.


Fred V / Sheppard
Brooks / Green / Griffin
DeMar / Amin / Whitmore
Jabari / Eason / Tate
Sengun / Adams / Green


I think that’s sneakily good enough for a second round.
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Re: Why doesn’t DeMar DeRozan just sign with Houston? 

Post#2 » by LarsV8 » Thu Jul 4, 2024 7:33 pm

We have no cap space, and want to keep cap open for next summer.

Hard to see where the minutes would be as well.
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Re: Why doesn’t DeMar DeRozan just sign with Houston? 

Post#3 » by psman2 » Thu Jul 4, 2024 8:14 pm

Houston already has good vets, no point giving a bunch of minutes to a floor raiser like DDR when the ceiling with him playing a big role is low. Much better to let the young guys play and battle among each other and let the cream raise to the top. Houston is already in a huge crunch for finding enough playing time for all their youth, DDR just makes no sense there.
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Re: Why doesn’t DeMar DeRozan just sign with Houston? 

Post#4 » by babyjax13 » Thu Jul 4, 2024 8:27 pm

I'd like to see him in Golden State if they trade for Lauri.
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Re: Why doesn’t DeMar DeRozan just sign with Houston? 

Post#5 » by Scoot McGroot » Thu Jul 4, 2024 8:38 pm

MessiahUjiri wrote:Rockets want to ostensibly make a playoff run now that their youth is stacked, and they have a whole bunch of cap space still left.



Houston is somewhere around $22m over the salary cap for next year.

It’s basically just Utah, San Antonio, and Detroit left with any meaningful cap space.
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Re: Why doesn’t DeMar DeRozan just sign with Houston? 

Post#6 » by MoreyWins » Thu Jul 4, 2024 9:57 pm

Why do people confuse Houston wanting to make a playoff run with having interest in B-level and C-level stars? Seriously, you wouldn't entertain these ideas if you were talking about your favorite team.
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Re: Why doesn’t DeMar DeRozan just sign with Houston? 

Post#7 » by ChettheJet » Thu Jul 4, 2024 11:50 pm

babyjax13 wrote:I'd like to see him in Golden State if they trade for Lauri.



That would be great but with everything GSW would have to give for Lauri, would they have a clean pair of socks left to trade for Demar?
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Re: Why doesn’t DeMar DeRozan just sign with Houston? 

Post#8 » by Moses ShamMoses » Fri Jul 5, 2024 12:35 pm

Scoot McGroot wrote:
MessiahUjiri wrote:Rockets want to ostensibly make a playoff run now that their youth is stacked, and they have a whole bunch of cap space still left.



Houston is somewhere around $22m over the salary cap for next year.

It’s basically just Utah, San Antonio, and Detroit left with any meaningful cap space.



Maybe he'll go back to the Spurs for a 1-2 year deal? How much can they offer? I could see him interested in teaming up with Chris Paul and Wemby for a couple years to see what they can do.
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