<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'></p> <div class="bi">Difficult Cut</div> <div> <span style="font-style: italic">Oct 23</span> - Just because forward Mike Harris was the first cut of Rockets training camp didn't mean it wasn't difficult.</p> </p> "The one we made today was very difficult," coach Rick Adelman said. "He's going to play in the league. It was just all numbers. Just one of those things where there's nothing you can do about it, and I feel bad for him. He's done everything we've asked of him. Hopefully, he's going to catch on with somebody and catch on in the league." -- <font color="#000000">Houston Chronicle</font></p> </p> </p> [*]For now, Harris was caught in a numbers crunch. But it was not just the roster numbers that sent him to waivers. He is due to make the minimum for an undrafted player, $427,000. But by NBA rules, his contract would count as $770,000 on the salary cap. That means, keeping Harris and cutting someone with a guaranteed contract would leave the Rockets $770,000 further from finding their way back under the tax threshold line. </p> If cutting him eventually gets them under the luxury tax line, it could save millions. If they would have been over either way, cutting him would save $1,197,000. -- <font color="#000000">Houston Chronicle</font></p></div> </div>
