http://www.yaomingmania.com/blog/2007/07/23/yao-excited-to-be-reunited-with-francis Where fans of Yao Ming and the Houston Rockets can find out the latest on Yao Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:27:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 http://www.yaomingmania.com/blog/2007/07/23/yao-excited-to-be-reunited-with-francis#comment-1682 none Tue, 24 Jul 2007 04:12:38 +0000 http://www.yaomingmania.com/blog/2007/07/23/yao-excited-to-be-reunited-with-francis#comment-1682 $5 million for 2 years is a really low contract for an All-star player, what's going on here??? Steve must feel like he wants to prove something to Houston, not a good sign? Either that or the Rox got a hell of a bargain. Yao is getting something like $75 million for 7 years right? So he'll be getting 4x as much per year as Steve... <em> Don't forget that Portland paid Francis $30 million dollars on the remaining two years of his contract and let him go. So really he's making an extra $15 million per season, and just got the money paid up front by another team. This is very similar to how the Mavericks bought out Michael Finley's contract a few years ago, then he signed for cheap with the Spurs. So in essence, the Rockets did get a 'bargain.'</em> $5 million for 2 years is a really low contract for an All-star player, what’s going on here??? Steve must feel like he wants to prove something to Houston, not a good sign? Either that or the Rox got a hell of a bargain. Yao is getting something like $75 million for 7 years right? So he’ll be getting 4x as much per year as Steve…

Don’t forget that Portland paid Francis $30 million dollars on the remaining two years of his contract and let him go. So really he’s making an extra $15 million per season, and just got the money paid up front by another team. This is very similar to how the Mavericks bought out Michael Finley’s contract a few years ago, then he signed for cheap with the Spurs. So in essence, the Rockets did get a ‘bargain.’

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