Rockets trying to trade Thomas Robinson to free up cap space for run at D12

[saltlover]

All of this debate is well and good, but can the C's actually take on his contract?  I'm fairly sure the China 3 can only bring back $3,003,958 in salary by themselves (for trading away purposes, their salaries are 854,389, which is the unreimbursed portion of their salary), but Robinson's contract is about 71k more than that.  Unless there's some weird loophole to exploit (trading the China 3 for Delfino and then trading back Delfino for Robinson, for instance, but I'm fairly certain that isn't allowed) then it doesn't matter what compensation we could give the Rockets aside from salary relief, since we can't give them the salary relief in the first place, barring a much larger and more complicated trade that seems unlikely.

[chambers]

I think theyre allowed to get a 1st rounder this year and stash him overseas, thus having no salary in the NBA against the cap.
Could be wrong. Maybe giannis or some euro freak with potential.

[LooseCannon]

Why does nobody want this kid?  Is he an off-court problem?

He's reported to be a locker room problem with a sense of entitlement about playing time.  If true, I doubt he will react well to being made to earn his minutes in practice, so it would be up to Doc to break him and force a change in attitude if the Celtics acquire him.

[LooseCannon]

All of this debate is well and good, but can the C's actually take on his contract?  I'm fairly sure the China 3 can only bring back $3,003,958 in salary by themselves (for trading away purposes, their salaries are 854,389, which is the unreimbursed portion of their salary), but Robinson's contract is about 71k more than that.

They can take back (1.25*outgoing salary)+100,000 if they are a taxpaying team.

[D.o.s.]

Why does nobody want this kid?  Is he an off-court problem?

He's reported to be a locker room problem with a sense of entitlement about playing time.  If true, I doubt he will react well to being made to earn his minutes in practice, so it would be up to Doc to break him and force a change in attitude if the Celtics acquire him.

This is probably my own biases, but I have a hard time believing that any player who had to deal with the last days of the Maloof era in Sacto is beyond saving (in the basketball sense).

[Moranis]

Apparently Houston is really making this known now as it believes it may be the front runner for Dwight based on his conversations with Harden.  They want no salary and a future first, which I think probably eliminates Boston, unless Boston can somehow get a trade exception.  Once again leads me back to Cleveland who has the cap room to absorb Robinson and two firsts next year.