Duncan Not Happy in SA.......Houston A Possibility?

is it me, or does that post remind you a lot of Houston in '95 when they were headed to an early exit in the playoffs (at least everyone thought they were).

Heart of a Champion...versus Shaq's 1-24 record in elimination series. LA is going down!!!

 

Cato will be making $7 million next year correct? If you add Bryce and our pick that should equal Tim's $9 million right? Capologists please advise.

 

If we're talking salaries here, wouldn't Cato, Drew and our pick get the deal done at 9 mil per?

A man can dream can't he!

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The lottery sucks!

 

A pick doesn't count as any salary in a trade. However, we could easily use some of our trade credit to make up any difference in salaries, so Drew + Cato + trade credit is perfectly feasible. (not sure what San Antonio would think of it, though)

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San Antonio would think that's better than not getting anything at all in return.

I think Drew is gonna be a better PG in this league than Antonio Daniels, who is also a free agent correct?

I guess we could draft whoever San Antonio wanted and then do the trade after the draft. That way, the player would have a cap number which could figure in a trade.

 

I think

C Duncan/Olajuwon
PF Fizer/Cato
SF Anderson/Wizard
SG Mobley/Daniels
PG Francis/Norris

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I would love to get Duncan, but, come on, do you really think that San Antonio would trade him to someone in the same division.

Nope, no way. They would let him walk rather then give him to the Rockets. Man, I hope I am wrong.

DaDakota

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The Magic, who apparently have no stars and are stuck in rebuilding have out-performed the Rockets and will probably make the playoffs this year. They have a great coach and they have like 4 first round draft picks this year.

As for no-one else being able to pay Duncan the money??? - I don't understand where you're coming from on that one FDK. Given the right trade, ANYONE else CAN and WILL pay him the money.



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Good point about the Spurs not trading to a divisional rival too, Da Dakota.

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You guys!!!

This topic just makes me smile to think about the possibility of teaming Duncan with Francis!

How realistic it is, is not relevant.

A little bit of the Dream has rubbed off on us.

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If it really came down to it, and the Spurs were forced to trade Duncan, certain one of the other 27 teams in the league could come up with something better than Cato and Drew for arguably the best player in the league. They're going to go to the highest bidder. Players don't have the luxury of choosing where they get traded.

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"There are three kinds of lies:
Lies, Damned Lies, and STATISTICS..."
- Mark Twain -

 

i.e. scottie pippen

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johnny "red" kerr:i'm glad the bulls did'nt draft steve francis.

dan roan: why!!!!!

johnny red kerr:because he would forever be compared to michael jordan.

 

but scottie could have done worse. I like what we got from the trade, especially not having a triple nickel every night for $20,000,000.00 a year, but the Rockets certainly could have put Scottie in a much worse position.

The fact that they didn't shows they're merely the better diplomat than Scottie.

By the way, I in no way shape or form think that this means that the Spurs are going to trade their star player to a team 2 hours away. That's simply absurd.

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Duncan is a free agent. The scenario concerning him coming to the Rockets involves a sign and trade. Players don't get to pick where they are traded unless they agree to the sign and trade. He can simply walk away from the Spurs if he wishes.

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I think there are several things that could possibly enter into the equation (most of which have already been said). The most important factor to me is that San Antonio wouldn't want Tim Duncan going to a division rival (regardless of who they get in return). I am interested in seeing what happens to San Antonio during the playoffs. If they get knocked out of the first round, will they start looking toward the future? Of course, they would want Tim to be the primary piece of any "rebuilding," but I don't think Tim would want to do that. He could force their hand into trading him, but I think they would draw the line at trading with the Rockets. Also, one of the things Tim was concerned about in San Antonio was the arena situation, wasn't it? Would he want to go to a team that has that same problem? And another thing, one of the benefits to trading with the Rockets would effectually be taken out of the way -- being able to dump $4.5 million in salary via the Rockets trade exception. Let's say the Spurs signed Duncan to a $9 million contract with the intention of trading him (sign and trade), and the Rockets gave up Walt (about $4-5 million a year). They would still have more salary next year than they do this year. Tim makes between $3-4 million this year (if I'm not mistaken). That aspect wouldn't appeal to them. Unless I'm mistaken, the real benefit to another team trading with the Rockets would be in dumping some salary. About the only way a team could do that would be to trade guys already under contract.

I would love to be wrong, but I don't see any way that Tim Duncan is with the Rockets next year. However, that doesn't stop me from enjoying the dreaming either.

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I'll believe this when I see Duncan in a Rox uniform next year, but a Duncan/Cato frontline would be scary.

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