Report: Houston Rockets will not match Mavericks’ Chandler Parsons’ offer, he’s Dallas bound By Kurt Helin The Dallas Mavericks gambit paid off. They signed Chandler Parsons to an offer sheet as soon as they could (in a bar after midnight, apparently) to put pressure on a Rockets team at the time still waiting on the LeBron James/Chris Bosh saga to play out. When everything shook out Houston was left without a third star. However, getting that third star is their goal so they will not match the offer for Parsons, reports Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo Sports. The Houston Rockets declined to match a three-year, $46 million offer sheet for restricted free agent Chandler Parsons, clearing the way for him to join the Dallas Mavericks, league sources told Yahoo Sports…. Houston ultimately decided the contract would be too crippling for the franchise’s cap flexibility and make it more difficult to construct a championship roster around Dwight Howard and James Harden. Houston is executing a sign-and-trade agreement with Washington as part of its four year, $32 million deal with free agent forward Trevor Ariza, a league sources said. Parsons tweeted that the Rockets told him what was happening. Just heard from @dmorey and Mr. Alexander. Nothing but utmost respect for them, the fans and city of Houston. THANK YOU for your support!— Chandler Parsons (@ChandlerParsons) July 13, 2014 Houston will always have a special place in my heart and I will never forget the memories. My teammates, I love you, thank you.— Chandler Parsons (@ChandlerParsons) July 13, 2014 The structure of Parsons’ deal was going to tie the hands of the Rockets going forward, something GM Daryl Morey did not want. Dallas, with Dirk Nowitzki, is all about winning right now. Without Bosh the Rockets still see themselves as constructing the core of their roster. Dallas now has a very interesting and dangerous roster — Monta Ellis at the two, Parsons at the three, Nowitzki at the four and Chandler Parsons at the five. There are questions about Raymond Felton at the point and if he can bounce back after an ugly season with the Knicks (the solid Devin Harris backs him up) and the Mavs depth with Vince Carter bound for Memphis. Still, this is an improved Mavs team (one that already took the Spurs to seven games). For Houston… this has been a rough offseason. This is still a good team with James Harden and Dwight Howard and nice players around them like Patrick Beverly and Terrence Jones, not to mention the just-signed Ariza. They didn’t land the stars they wanted, but it’s better for them to be patient and get the guys they want than to overspend on others. Patience can be good. But Parsons will be missed.
Posted on: Sun, 13 Jul 2014 22:45:40 +0000
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