Can the Rockets Afford the King?

As we’ve all seen, the rumor-mongers are out in force saying that LeBron is only considering four teams this offseason — the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Los Angeles Lakers, the Houston Rockets, and our very own Philadelphia 76ers. It’s exciting! But just because we’re one of four teams — for simplicity I’m going to treat the rumor as fact here, so just imagine that appropriate caveats are placed at the beginning of every sentence — doesn’t mean we have a one in four chance! It could be a lot higher or lower than that. We can get a better handle on the problem by looking at the competition. So, I was planning to write a piece about how it’s virtually impossible for the Houston Rockets to fit LeBron under the cap. But then I saw Tim Cato did a better job than I ever could. If you’re interested in the subject, click here and read the piece; it’s awesome. In fact, even if you don’t want to read it, click on it anyway so he gets credit for his efforts. Because now I’m going to attempt to summarize the situation, and I wouldn’t understand it nearly so well if it weren’t for Cato’s exemplary work.

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