[Chronicle] Rockets finally get Courtney Lee

...Because they just signed Ron Artest...?

 

They could have offered him a contract before then, come on now, let's use real talk.

Even Trevor said if the Lakers would have offered him a deal he would have stayed.

No worries, Morey moves his mistakes along very fast.

DD

 

Really? I would trade any player on the Rockets to get Brook Lopez and last time I checked he played for the nets.

 

You just made my point for me. If they had offered Ariza a contract then they would not have been able to sign Artest. He was their main target all along.

 

We have a more balanced rotation from this group.

Lee is more of a 2 while Bud is more of a 3, so our 2 depth is improved while 3 congestion is eased.

We also have offense/defense is every position now
Off/Def (not starting/back-up)
AB/Lowry
KM/Lee
Bud/Shane & Jeffries
Scola/Hill & patterson & Hayes
Yao & Miller / Hill & Hayes

Lee was a 40% 3-pt shooter in his first year (with a dominant center). But what Lee doesn't offer is Ariza's ability to fill the stat sheets with 8reb, 6 assists.

 

No, the point was that if Ariza was any good they would have made a move to keep him.

I don't like Artest, but he is much better than Trevor.

DD

 

you got it wrong DD. the lakers WANTED trevor, but trevor wanted more money. so the lakers say eff you, you ain't worth than the MLE so they offered it to artest before letting ariza's agent backtrack.

and then ariza's agent found out his worth so he snagged the MLE with us.

trust me, the lakers wanted ariza before ron. if ariza's agent agreed to the initial offer, ariza would have remained a laker. his agent was stupid to think ariza was worth more b/c of the finals.

 

If he does a solid job guarding the perimeter, I'm sold.

 

I'm not sure why I keep responding, you do keep making my points for me, but it is what it is.

My point is this: if you are going after a player as a free agent and are planning to pay him a reasonable amount of money, you do not offer new contracts to the player that is going to be replaced. The Lakers wanted to go after Artest, and so they're not going to offer the guy he's replacing a new contract until Artest officially says no.

I agree with you, I think Artest was a better player than Trevor when he had his head on straight. Artest was a primary option who didn't rely on other players to create the offense for him to contribute to. Trevor in next year's situation would have been fine though, having 4 other players create all the offense for him, and he would have contributed where he could while focusing mainly on defense and doing all the other little things.

 

So how's this going to work. Lee's not going to play at the 3... So shane's back in the line up?

I assume it's:

AB/Lowry
Martin/Lee
Batman/Bud
Scola/Hill
Yao/Miller

Not bad.

 

Chuck Hayes is our best defender! Battier is second.

I like the trade though.

 

So whoever Lakers offered must be good then? I thought you didn't like Artest?

I like the trade, by the way. Just don't understand your line of thinking.

 

i'm totally satisfied with our team. We have legit backup at every position now. We have given an opportunity to see Chase grow and get better, and Trevor in my opinion didn't live up to his potential. and with the NBA, if you aint a star, your window for proving it is small. Steps back in a career arent good.

 

I wouldn't even call the Ariza sigining a mistake. Morey brought in a player who despite his limitations, helped the Rockets stay competitive for much of what was a lost season.

But ultimately for one injury exception, we're ending up with a very solid rotation player in Lee and a $6.3 trade exception to make another upgrade. Not bad at all.

 

So much for Taylor getting minutes this year.

Great pickup Morey!

 

I know that anybody will look good in a highlight video. But for those of you against the trade watch this video of Courtney Lee. You can't tell me that Trevor Ariza has anything close to this type of skill set.

Courtney Lee

 

TA was fine'n'dandy post-injury/post-trade. Let us not hate on the guy; let's like Lee (and let him earn our love).

 

Another view would be that the Rockets traded away their second most sought after player (That's straight from Morey) when they've been hyping up the intent to acquire a superstar this season.