I think Morey has his reason for not doing the deal. I believe in Morey. At least his amazing insight has brought us nice young players such as Brooks and Landry.
Rip/Sheed for Tmac Billups/Prince for Tmac Billups/Sheed for Tmac Rip for tmac I would do any of those trades in a hearbeat!
I hate to trade away Rockets players that have contributed heavily to past success. But, damn, that deal is too good to pass up. T-Mac would probably have an easier shot of advancing past the first round in Detroit anyways. It's good for him, and (I think) good for us. Rasheed would be an expiring contract, so we free up about 10 million for the summer. I see no good reason for us not to do that deal. I'm really doubting that Dumars offered it.
Way too early to trade one of your big pieces. Seriously, the 22 win streak was just last year with T-Mac leading the way. He may not have shot well, but he impacted each and every game. Rockets have a history of starting off the season slow so I'm not that worried. For as bad we we've played, we still won games.
who said anything about morey turning the deal down? How do we not know that det decided to turn it down?
after he joins pistons, tmac will go back to three where he feels more comfortable. Prince and Rip for tmac, sounds nice doesn't it? with great mid-range shooting skills to post up, Rip's gonna be more helpful than tmac.
I doubt Sheed and Rip for Tmac giving up two starters for an aging star who has seen better days, I could see one or the other but not both of them. Morey would be crazy to turn this down.
dang thats a scary good lineup. if it gets offered then that would be hard to reject. i love tmac. hes the heart and soul of this team but if we could pick up 2 great starters with all star ability then we need to pull the trigger.
OH Man, Rip AND Sheed? I so would have done that. IMO Tmac is done, and he isn't going to go any higher.
No way.. I'd still take TMAC over chauncey and sheed. Regardless whether TMAC is worth his $17 million contract, Chauncey isn't worth $10 plus million or whatever he makes.
thats like an all-star team (minus rafer). of course you do that trade. i seriously doubt detroit offered that tho. unless isaiah thomas got a new job in detroit.
I wouldn't do it for rip and rasheed but billups and rip would've been good either way billups would have to be included for me to make the trade and if that was on the table I would have to think about it. Imagine billups artest yao rip n battier now that sounds like a bad squad right there.What yall think
Why would the deal be off the table? Rip got extended; but I think he can still be traded. If the trade went down now, it would make more sense in the overall scheme of things; Detroit would not have the luxury of Rasheed coming off the books next year but would be WAAAAY under the cap in the summer of 2010. With Rip already extended, the deal would make more sense; Detroit's intentions would be pretty clear, and they would have done right by Rip. From the Rockets' perspective? They could re-sign Sheed for a few years at a more reasonable contract (he IS almost 35), giving cap room to re-sign Artest. Downside? Artest-Sheed-Rip = big talent, but even Rip gets a ton of technicals.
