So the rockets just exploited a loophole in the CBA and I'd love to get some opinions about it.
Of course, Daryl Morey cooked this up.
sports.yahoo.com
Without quoting the full article the rockets created a trading chip out of nothing. basically the rockets having bird rights to Nene gave him a contract full of likely bonuses, the total being to the tune of 2 years in 20 million dollars. These bonuses are related to combination of the number of games he plays and number of wins the rockets have. Because of how many games he played last year and how many wins the rockets had last year, his bonuses are considered likely and thus he now counts as a 10 million dollar contract when it comes to trades.
However the rockets can easily control how many games he plays. Thus the rockets can trade a guy worth 10 million dollars in cap space but is actually only getting paid the veteran minimum. Basically creating a trading chip for themselves.
While I think it's a a great idea my thought is that it intentionally tries to manipulate the CBA. Furthermore would the players union have a huge issue with him being intentionally held out of games in order to not meet his bonuses?