[外電] Mavericks gamble on Chandler Parsons,
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When you sit down at the table in the NBA’s free-agent card tournament, you
know bluffing is part of the game.
We are about to find out if the Houston Rockets actually have a winning hand.
The Mavericks called their bluff Thursday. Shortly after midnight, they
signed Chandler Parsons to a three-year offer sheet worth $46 million. When
it was reported later in the morning that Houston general manager Daryl Morey
would match the offer, the Mavericks began investigating sign-and-trade
possibilities.
When nothing could be worked out, the Mavericks went ahead and submitted the
offer sheet to the Rockets by mid-afternoon. Houston will have until 11 p.m.
Sunday to decide whether to match the deal.
“It’s just the price of NBA poker,” Mavericks president of basketball
operations Donnie Nelson said. “You throw a card down, and you got three
days to see if it’s going to get matched.”
There are other moving parts that could impact the decision.
The Rockets have made a maximum (or near-max) offer to Chris Bosh, who
Thursday was waiting to see if Miami will keep LeBron James. If Bosh bolts to
the Rockets, they believe they still would be able to match the Parsons
offer, although they would have to find ways to slash payroll by getting rid
of Omer Asik, Jeremy Lin and others.
Essentially, they would pare their roster down to Dwight Howard, James
Harden, Bosh, Parsons and Patrick Beverley. They then would have to fill out
the roster with minimum salaries.
If the Rockets don’t get Bosh, then they may be less inclined to step up for
$46 million with Parsons. They could then use that money on another small
forward, such as Paul Pierce or Trevor Ariza, and retain some financial
flexibility for the future.
One certainty is that the Rockets will wait as long as possible before
announcing whether they will match the offer. That would tie the Mavericks’
hands in executing any Plan B scenarios until at least Sunday evening. And
if the Rockets do match the offer?
It wouldn’t be the first time the Mavericks have gone down this road. They
signed restricted free agent Marcin Gortat in 2009 to an offer sheet and,
despite already having Howard at center, the Orlando Magic matched the deal.
In 2002, Michael Redd was a RFA target, but the Mavericks’ offer sheet was
matched by the Milwaukee Bucks.
Not all restricted free agents stay put. But the majority do. So it would
behoove the Mavericks to have alternatives at the ready.
“We’ve got a lot of grease boards in that office up there with lots of
different scenarios,” Nelson said. “I can’t tell you which scenario is
going to pan out, but one of them is going to pan out. We will have a small
forward with the Mavericks next year. Guaranteed.”
It just might not be Parsons, in spite of the Mavericks’ best efforts.
If that’s the case, then Plan B goes into effect and Pierce, Ariza and Luol
Deng come into play.
不意外的啟動Plan B
人選也如之前說的
Deng Ariza
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