Trade Radar · open rumor · Wednesday, September 23 · 2 d ago
Rockets Notes: Smart, Durant, VanVleet, Sengun
via hoopsrumorsRead the original report ↗
Texas native Marcus Smart wanted to play closer to home as he enters the latter part of his NBA career, but he was also displeased with the offer the Lakers made ahead of free agency, Varun Shankar of The Houston Chronicle writes in a subscriber-only story. Without going into detail, Smart called L.A.’s offer “disrespectful” […]
Confidence
44%
| Reporter starting tier | 45 | unattributed report |
| Corroboration | +0 | nobody else has reported this yet |
| Age | −2 | 2 days old · a rumor loses 1.2 points a day, up to 25 |
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Who it involves
Houston Rockets
$205.5M · in the tax · 16 contracts · cap sheet
Los Angeles Lakers
$204.0M · in the tax · 18 contracts · cap sheet
What would have to happen
Build it in the Trade Machine →Marcus Smart → Lakers
Send out at least $2.91M
The Lakers are in the tax, so to take on $6.06M they need to send out $2.91M or more under the 200% + $250k rule.
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