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Dwight would just opt out of that 5th year anyway. It's been alleged that he says himself that most people opt out of 5 year deals, and the extra year isn't that important. Plus Rockets have no reason to do a SnT, which has been stated they want to sign him outright. If he gives them indication that he wants to be there, they can move pieces beforehand.
dwight wants the most money, and he is getting that in LA, i dont think he gives up the extra 30 mill tbh
While maybe true, over a four year deal in Texas vs Cali, he'd save 8 million in taxes. I believe he'll opt out of the 5th year, sign a new max deal.
lol nice find with the taxes tbh, dont you think he saved enough when he was in orlando tbh, This er is an attention too, and no bette place than here... hope this guy grows up.
There is no financial incentive for Howard to do a sign-and-trade with Houston. He doesn't get to keep his Bird rights. But for the Lakers and Rockets, an S&T agreement may be in their interests.
For the Lakers, they'd obviously have a chance to get something back for him. Even if it's just draft picks and a trade exception, that could be pretty valuable in getting some decent bench players back from bad teams in the middle of the season. If the Lakers lose out on Howard, they probably will suffer from another bad season, which may encourage them to blow up their roster. Getting back picks and saving salary would be worlds better than getting back mediocre players on long-term deals in such a scenario.
For the Rockets, trading for Howard would allow them to potentially sign another player to a big deal. If they sign a player like Josh Smith, then use some assets to trade for Howard, they could potentially get both players. This would work much more easily if they signed Howard and traded for Smith, but timing and Atlanta's front office may not allow that to happen. Also, it's possible that offering the Lakers some compensation would prevent them from offering Howard a max deal. It would be almost like S&T-ing for an RFA instead of just trying to sign him to an offer sheet. If the Lakers have some reservations about Howard's long-term future, then a couple of assets may push them toward letting him go in lieu of giving him that much money.
Well in regards to the taxes, he could be potentially looking at two max deals, and the last max deals. 13.3%. Texas, to the contrary, has no state income tax, meaning the $30 million difference in potential earnings suddenly becomes a bit smaller. Thus, if Howard earns $118 million over the five-year life of a new deal with the Lakers, he will pay approximately $15,700,000 in state income tax over that span.lol nice find with the taxes tbh, dont you think he saved enough when he was in orlando tbh
http://www.forbes.com/sites/anthonyn...for-houston/2/We’ve already determined that Howard will play 49 games in states with no income tax, meaning he will play 33 games in states with a tax. If we throw in another 5 playoff games located in taxable jurisdictions, we get a total allocation of duty days of 38/270, meaning 14% of Howard’s total earnings of $87.6 million over the life of his contract – or $12.3 million — will be subject to state income tax. At an average rate of 5%, Howard will pay approximately $600,000 of state income tax over the four year period. This means that by signing with the Houston Rockets, Howard could save approximately $15.1 million ($15,700,000 less $600,000) in state income taxes on his next contract
So he wouldn't be losing 30 million.
This. It's possible he comes back to LA but I'd bet the farm (I dont really have a farm though) on Houston. The Rockets look like the best team on paper, hungry team. Lakers are old, washed up bags.
My only issue with him leaving to the Rockets is they are not contenders with him. They need more help, so if he thinks that his Ben Wallace like offense will change the Rockets chances then hes got another thing coming.
How are they not contenders with him? The West will be absolutely wide open. And Harden (almost by himself) took the team to the playoffs for the first time in 4 years. Dwight/Harden pick n roll would be in lethal.
Well for one, I truly believe this is Lebron's league for atleast another 3 years. Which is why I'm ok with Lakers rebuilding now, nobody is beating Lebron and the NBA wont allow it.
Aside from that, Dwight is a cancer man. I have been crossing my fingers for Dwight to LA since 2008, and all the warnings about him in Orlando carried over to the Lakers. Normally, guys that are cancers or controversial players seem to magically become heroes in the Lakers (Ron Artest, Shaq). Dwight has issues, and someone needs to fix this guy mentally before you can expect him to change a team.
Does it really matter??? He ain't winning in LA or Houston...... so who really gives a
stay in LA Coward
please
stay in LA
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He would fit in with Harden in Houston since they like to pay $50k for STD laced pros utes/porn stars
You're right....both times in this sentence
LOL...what do you want, a medal of achievement?You're right....both times in this sentence
Reverse jinx is a mother er isn't it???
LOL...what do you want, a medal of achievement?
Reverse jinx is a mother er isn't it???
LOL...what do you want, a medal of achievement?
Reverse jinx is a mother er isn't it???
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