Lakers @ Houston

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Originally Posted by Joe Joe

The NBA is not a hard cap. The Rockets have gone way over the cap signing their own free agents. Even if the Rockets let McGrady walk with a few others, they would not be able to offer max contracts. The best bet for Rockets improving is through a trade.

Dork/genius Elvis has been able to make moves and get under the luxury tax level the last couple of years....he might not have pulled it off last year, but he got close. Les has also agreed to pay the luxury tax if necessary, so we while we might not have cap room, we should have room in the budget if we aren't paying T-Mac.