IYO, What Was the Worst Trade the Rockets Ever Did?

In retrospect, we got dry boned on the Eddie Griffin deal.

We didn't have any leverage with Pippen. If memory serves, Glen Rice was our only other option.

 

haha i think that was my reply that prompted this thread, but i definitely see your point on the pippen deal. not only did the players we receive suck, but we further screwed ourselves by offering cato the albatross of a contract that we did.

 

EG imo. simply stupid. talk about the potential he had but a little research would have revealed that he was never going to use it.

 

Moses Malone for Caldwell Jones.

Gag a maggot off a .... wagon.

 

I am not sure but didn't this give us the pick for either Sampson of Hakeem?

 

Definitely the EG deal. My God, to have had Richard Jefferson and just about anyone else in that draft OTHER than EG would have benefited this team for the next ten years. As it was, it put us into purgatory for half a decade.

 

horry for sean elliot

thank god they realized it

 

I'm not old enough to remember any Rockets transactions before 1991, so I would have to agree that the Eddie Griffin trade was the worst trade by far. Granted, we sucked enough to get enough ping pong balls for Yao, but if we didn't luck out and get Yao, that move right there could have set this franchise back at least 5 years. THREE 1st ROUNDERS.

 

Whatever we did to get Moochie back on the Rockets.

 

man that 2001 draft had some great late round pickups available or at the very least guys who coulda helped out the Rox.


14. Troy Murphy
19. Zach Randolph
25. Gerald Wallace
26. Samuel Dalembert
27. Jamaal Tinsley
28. Tony Parker
31. Gilbert Arenas
38. Mehmet Okur
42. Bobby Simmons

 

worst trade in hindsight or at the time?

in hindsight that eddie griffin trade really sucks but EVERYONE freaking loved it at the time.

at the time, i don't recall too many people thinking that trading mike james was a good thing and clearly it wasn't.

 

Actually NO.
Chuck did what we traded him for.. BEAT SEATTLE.

Chuck was a true Rocket warrior, sacrificing his salary to let that punk Quitten join. For that act of sacrifice for the goal of a championship, Chuck will always get respect from us real Rocket fans.

The worst trade that affected the universe was when the Spurs GAVE AWAY Rodman to the Bulls for Will Purdue, that solidified 3 more championships for the Bulls.

The worst thing the Rockets DID NOT DO was try to get Cassell and Horry back. How many more championships did Horry have to win that Rockets management would even offer him some cash?
How many more point guards do we have to get before even attempting to talk to Sam?

 

Pryzbilla trade wasnt smart.

 

Elvin Hayes for Jack Marin.

This thread can now be locked.

 

Glen Rice sucked when he was with the Rockets.
He was more like Glen Fried Rice.

 

1. Rights to Richard Jefferson, Jason Collins, and Brandon Armstrong for Eddie Griffin. Rudy's obsession with finesse shooting PFs killed us there.

2. Rockets trade Elvin Hayes for Jack Marin (1972, Bullets). Marin (over 20 ppg the season beforehand) fell into the crapper almost immediately and Hayes led the Bullets to a title.

3. Traded Moses Malone to Philly for Caldwell Jones and the pick that became Ralph Sampson. Sampson was good for 5 years and helped form the twin towers, but Moses & Dream would have been as formidable as Priest and McHale. Moses got the MVP and a ring as a Sixer.

I still have no problem with the Barkley trade. People love to forget how mediocre we were after championship #2 and that Horry and Sam weren't taking games seriously. They lost all hunger, were cocky, and it showed. Barkley nearly got us to another finals.

Evan

 

Eddie Griffin trade (I do not know much about Rockets before 1990).

 

He was just as terrible as Collier during his rookie deal. I'm not going to cry over a guy whose career year was 6 pts and 7 boards a game. He's never earned starter minutes in his career.

Evan