[ClutchFans] Bargain-bin shopping: Where Rockets may fit with remaining free agents

First. Great Read.

Allen, Marion and Okafor would turn our bench of zero experience to a veteran bench. Still would not address back up PG but I would settle for that.

 

I'd be thrilled with Marion and Sessions. Perhaps we can snag 'Shard once he recovers

 

Good read but geeze is it slim pickins.

 

Players left are just fillers for 1 season. We not going anywhere this season. Save it for next year.

 

Great analysis, I really enjoyed it.

 

Question:

I thought we couldn't offer a contract with options unless there were two guaranteed years? I read that in the "Paging CyberseX" thread. Is this not true?

 

Thanks for the write-up, but damn, it's not very encouraging. Allen, Marion and Bledsoe all sound like long-shots, and everyone else listed there is ho-hum.

I really wish there was a veteran FA PG we could get. Sessions is the best of the bunch left, but I'd prefer a guy to get minutes at PG who has playoff or championship experience.

 

Marion is the only one that makes sense to me. As Clutch pointed out, back up wing was a big problem for us this year. With Marion, we'd be able to play small ball and not get killed on the defensive end.

I think if we offer him the rest of our MLE ($4.8 million), a partial guarantee for next season at the vet minimum ($1.4), and a prominent role on this team, he should be ours. IMO, that would leave us 2 significant upgrades away from contending.

? / Beverley
Harden / Daniels
Ariza / Marion
? / Marion
Howard / Okafor or Dorsey

Everyone and everything else could be used to upgrade at PG and PF.

2015 NOP 1st
2015 NYK 2nd
2015 MIN/DEN 2nd
2017 HOU 1st
Terrence Jones
Donatas Motiejunas
Clint Capela
Isaiah Canaan
Nick Johnson
Rights to Papanikolaou
Rights to Gentile
Rights to Sergio Llull

 

Another great read, The Cat. As several have said, what slim pickings! It's why I keep expecting Morey to either make a play for a restricted free agent, or what's more unlikely, in my opinion, doing a deal to acquire one, or acquire someone who can opt out next summer, and his team wants to get something for him before he does it. Still, we could do worse than getting Allen and Marion with the remainder of the MLE and the BAE, or vet minimum. We could use some veterans on the bench who have been there and can still contribute in a limited role.

 

Ray Allen
Elton Brand
Chris Douglas-Roberts
Rashard Lewis
Shawn Marion
Byron Mullens
Greg Oden
Jermaine O'Neal
Ramon Sessions
Ekpe Udoh

Others(of no interest):
Gustavo Ayon
Leandro Barbosa
Michael Beasley
Chauncey Billups
Andray Blatche
Shannon Brown
Rasual Butler
Jordan Crawford
Dante Cunningham
Toney Douglas
Francisco Garcia
Jordan Hamilton
Al Harrington
Ryan Hollins
Kenyon Martin
Jason Maxiell
Nazr Mohammed
Toure Murry
Emeka Okafor
Chris Singleton
Hedo Turkoglu
Charlie Villanueva
D.J. White

 

Morey with his flexibility crap, just sign some good players already!

 

Wouldn't mind Mohammed as veteran backup center for vet min.

We spoke about Beasley in another thread. The matter is, he would fit better this year than last year. Last year almost every player at the rotation was able to score. We needed other things. This year, without Chandler, without Jeremy, the team would welcome Beasley's scoring talent. If he's fine signing one year, could be interesting. Like I said, we're going to need scoring off the bench, badly.

 

Geez... aside from the Ariza signing, which was really just a Parsons replacement, it certainly is quite a letdown going from this...

... to bargain-bin free-agent shopping. Man, talk about lowering your expectations

I would like to see Allen sign here, though. With as many three's as this team takes, I would think that having a reliable 3-pt shooter is vital.

Thanks for the write-up Mr. DuBose

 

We won't get any of those players listed in that article except Garcia. Just wait and see.

 

No way, we're so messed up, not even Garcia wants to return.

 

I just don't see Allen being here. At the minimum, he would want a team that have a chance to make it to the conference finals. Unless we have Bledsoe (which I don't believe we have a chance to get or agree we should sign him), does anyone seriously think that by added Allen & others we would have a chance to reach that?

Session would be a good pickup, but with that history of his, I'm sure someone will offer him something that is better than what Morey has to offer.

Sigh....

 

i was able to find a roberto clemente sewn jersey at a thrift shop, so bargain shopping at the bin has its upsides. I just have to see it to believe it first. No doubt marion or ray allen mesh nicely with dwight howard's game.

 

Excellent Read

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