I've been considering getting Gasol as a way to perhaps lure baby Gasol over here. Hispanic community is huge here, moreso than chicago/memphis. If thats the case, I think you go hard for Conley+Pau. Horford would be good too in this case. Thats probably a lot of money so there would have to be some moves made. Though I do not know what the Gasols think about Harden as a player. I also don't know if they truly want to play together or if thats just what people say. Conley Harden Ariza PGasol(Horford/PGasol) Horford(MGasol) I think running Horford at the 4 would be decent, especially if you could pull off the 2 year plan to snag Mark Gasol. I would love to get Ibaka instead for that commanding defensive presence, but Al and Serge put up very similar numbers so it could work out well. http://www.basketball-reference.com...m=1&p1=ibakase01&p2=horfoal01&p3=&p4=&p5=&p6= >Edit< Okay cancel this. I thought that Conley and Gasol had signed similar contracts to play together but Gasol actually just signed and is booked until 2019 lol We dont have that long to have Harden playing his best ball.
I feel with how the Hornets season is about to end and with the so called injury of Batum the chances of him leaving have gone much up. Much better use of our money than maxing out Barnes. Barnes will get paid around 22 per and Batum will get paid around 26-27 per. And imo much more gettable than Durant and Horford.
Overall i have the felling that we sign Durant AND Horford or we miss them both...that said, i like Batum a lot and i think he's better than Barnes, but do you trust him at this point? He has been injured a lot in those past two years, and i'm not sure he's that solid mentally, especially after a new contract, eh...what do you think?
Superstars are underpaid because of the max contracts. So yes right now durant horford batum derozan and conley will all get the same money. A max for a 7-9 year vet. That doesnt make Batum more gettable for us because there will be multiple teams offering him that money. What may make him more gettable is him wanting to leave Charlotte even though he had a great regular season and the Hornets can give hin the most money and years.
I didn't quote the entire post. But, I think there is a decent chance Harden gets traded. This would be the time to trade him and get the most in return. If we can't coax any big time free agents to join Harden this summer, then the Rockets may feel that Harden isn't the type of player that other star players want to play with. If that's the case, then I can see the Rockets looking to trade Harden. I'm not saying the Rockets would give away Harden for little in return. I'm saying they might consider trading Harden if they can get a great haul of talent in return. The one thing that can't happen is for the Rockets to just let Harden walk in two years. If we can't hit the free agent jackpot this summer, I will be very nervous.
I like connley next to harden. He's great defender and has several offensive abilities to compliment harden; can play off ball, can hit the three, I'm not positive but I don't think he is too turnover prone, he can set up an actual offense and run it especially when harden is sitting. I think he should be a target in the offseason as well as a probable swing and miss on durant, but damn would I like connley harden durant together.
Pau would compliment harden imo as well don't know how much he will be asking to be paid or if he has decided to play in Memphis already
How much caproom will Houston have if: 1. Howard Opts out 2. We don't bring back Jones, DMo, Smith, and Terry? $30 million?
It could happen... Pat and Sergio Harden and McDaniels Ariza and ? Beasley and D Mo on a good contract A knife fighter and Capela
Corey Brewer- Owed $7.6 mil next year. MUST TRADE! Sewer cannot be on this team next year. Sewer cannot be on this team next year.Sewer cannot be on this team next year.Sewer cannot be on this team next year. Trevor Ariza - Owed $7.8 mil. Not the same Trevor. Useful but could trade. Especially if we are swinging for the fences with Durant as our new superstar starting SF. Trevor could be a good bench piece, daresay next year's Brewer. Patrick Beverley - Owed $6 mil. PG upgrade a huge need. Could still be here next year as back up. But only that. We need something new (DAMMIT) for a starting PG. KJ McDaniels - Owed $3.3 mil. S#&T or get off the Pot, Rockets Brass. Trade asset or bench piece? I dont care but if he is here next year then you better use him. Terrence Jones - No qualifying offer offered. Bye Donatas Motiejunas - Try to keep. Make an offer. Sam Dekker - Trade asset. Owed $1.7 mil. Disgusts me if he is around next year chilling on the bench making more than Beasley. Josh Smith - Later dude. Thanks for the memories Jason Terry - Later dude. Thanks for the memories Clint Capela - Pick up Team Option. Owed $1.3 mil. Keep him. Montrezl Harrell - Owed $1 mil. Keep. Michael Beasley - Pick up Team Option. Owed $1.4 mil. Keep. 6th man, instant offense off bench. Andrew GOudeleock - Owed $1 mil. Trade asset. Try for Durant. Durant - $24.9 Mil. Morey says we are poised to go after an additional max contract after Durant, so chop up that $24.9 between 2 players to address the PG & big man holes. Can we secure Conley & Horford for $12ish a piece? Horford was $12 last year and Conley was $10. I think there would be teams offering Conley more. Like the Knicks could offer him $18. Cap is around $89, Luxury Tax $108 Beard - 16.7 Durant - 24.9 Conley - 14 Horford - 11 Bev - 6 Capela - 1.3 Beasley - 1.4 Motie - 8 Trev - 7.8 -------- 91.1 Conley/Bev Harden/ Durant/Trevor D-Mo/Beasley Horford/Capela Need to find matching salaries to ship out Sewer and a few others to round out the roster. It won't be light work....we have lots we need to trade out. Lots we need to land. "Superstar" holes to fill, PG hole(s) to fill, Big Man hole(s) to fill... ....this is the cut off on my thought train...
Any way we could trade for Blake Griffin? Realistically, the clippers will want to push for a free agent. We could trade for him to help them free up cap space using Ariza and young players, and sign Whiteside and Batum. Bev Harden Batum Griffin Whiteside Idk just a thought. Probably not possible?
I think Blake will be great here but no chance for us, Celtics, Sixers have a lot more than us to trade IF the Clippers are going to rebuild, if not they will look to trade him for another all star in same position, so we're ****ed anyway.
I don't think Ainge is interested in Ariza, Crowder is a similar player but younger and cheaper... On Bradley frankly, i don't see a reason to trade for him, he's basically a younger Beverley, at this point yeah, he's a bit better defender and shooter but he's expensive than Beverley...all in all i don't think it's worth to trade for him, but that's just me...Smart on the other hand...
Yeah nevermind. Looks like Horford and Conley will both get near max kind of deals most likely. Rockets Organization has a ton of work to do this off season.
