yeah just going through many of the names that got inflated contracts that year who are even worse than ryno tells you alot and yes now that the money is dried up as time has gone by, it sucks for the guys who couldnt cash in at the right time
I’m not trying to defend anyone. I am just being factually accurate. Morey was told to spend the money and sign big free agents or face the consequences. Anderson turned down more money to sign with Houston as well. If you want to rip Morey for something, rip him for passing on Leonard in the draft when he knew damn well he was more gifted but didn’t want to wait for him to develop.
Some recent reports said he was happy in Minnie just disappointed by Wiggins's and maybe KAT's effort. He might just see it as an opportunity to step up his leadership skills—especially in a contract year. I'm curious if there's a three-way that could potentially help the Rockets get Wilson Chandler while sending Ryno to a team willing take a bad contract for picks. Denver wants to shed salary so maybe there's a way for Morey to take advantage of that situation.
I don't know how anybody can really think a guy like Morey would sign Ryan Anderson with that contract by his own decision.
His 40 million until contract expiry limits the moves houston can make, made worse by the extensions you give capella and Paul. It is a huge problem and to pretend otherwise is being naive.
If we can't get on Butler or any appealing 2019 free agents right now, my main hope is that Morey can flip Anderson and a minimal asset(s) (top-25 protected 1st and a 2nd/prospect, at worst) for a player that can at least play against the Warriors. Players like Bazemore or Carroll who are on bad but lesser contracts compared to Ryan would be optimal. Hopefully, these kinds of players could be had for much less than if we need to dump the entirety of Anderson's contract on to them. Look at the Kings. If we could get Shumpert and Temple from them for Anderson and a top-20 protected 1st, it would be amazing.
Break up one bad contract into two bad contracts, each of which is probably more moveable. Maybe something like Anderson for Dellavedova and either Henson or Snell.
@The Cat posted a piece few weeks ago about Butler saying he doesn't want to wait for young players to develop some sort of winning mentality etc, and that he wants to win, i'm sure he'll give everything for the Wolves this season, but i can definitely see him leave next summer if not asking for a trade at the deadline if things don't go well...looks like the West is going to be a bloodbath next season. Rockets Warriors Lakers Jazz Pelicans Blazers Nuggets Wolves Thunder Grizzlies Spurs (if they don't start a rebuild) Dallas (they'll try to be in the mix, not sure about their roster, but they have one of the best coaches in the league) Some good teams will not make the playoffs, Wolves might be one of those, you never know.
If they can can resign everyone and swap Ryno for Schroeder or Bazemore then it’s a good offseason. Hell, Ryno’s for anyone who can be play against GS is a win. I’d be interested to see who people thing the Rockets can get while getting rid of Ryno? Melo is an obvious candidate if they can find a third team but I don’t see that happening. Hopefully, they can replace Nene with Mo Speights. I like Nene but he is too limited. Lastly, they have to find a serviceable veteran backup PG. CP3/Schroeder? Harden/Gordon Ariza/Green PJ/Luc Capela/Speights Pretty good IMO
Trade Ryan Anderson and our 2019 1st round pick for Tyson Chandler and Jared Dudley; Use the MLE to sign Tyreke Evans; Use vet min to resign Gerald Green; and Match any deal on Capela. PG: Paul / Gordon SG: Harden / Green SF: Evans / Dudley PF: Tucker / Edwards / Zhou C: Capela / Chandler / Nene
Everyone complaining about Ryno ….. its unfounded. He's NOT hindering Morey from signing any potential FA's …. They are over the cap with or without Ryno and can only sign players via exceptions like the MLE / BAE or bird rights (it is an exception). The only thing Ryno affects at this point is how far over the cap / into lux tax territory they are. Because the team is over the cap , having a piece on such a large contact that you don't mind shedding isn't such a bad thing , it gives you a LOT of options via trade which you wouldn't otherwise have without that big dollar value and the shorter the deal becomes … the more of a positive asset it becomes. You guys need a lesson in cap management / flexibility 101.
Butler is a Tibs kind of player (almost prototypical) and Tibs is a GM-coach. For that reason alone i would guess the chances of a Butler deal have to be very low.
Would be nice if we could play with house money and have one of our draft picks/RGV players have a break out season and crack the rotation. One could only dream .
Plus Anderson quit on the team. He didn't really even try. Every time he got the ball he passed it to someone else, and the few times he shot it he threw up a brick. His contract is an enormous anchor on us. Cost us Lebron and we will probably end up having to buy him out. I think it would be cheaper to buy him out then have his huge cap hit against the luxury tax if we sign CP3 and Capela to max contracts.
Agree. The question might be would you give up a 1st (which will very likely in the high 20s) to swap Bazemore and Anderson? My guess is no. The offer would likely be Zhou Qi and Houston's 2020 2nd...which Atlanta would say no to.
