I seriously don't understand the infatuation with Dwight Howard

I am not sold on him either, but when he is right he is the best in the business at the moment, so the team would be stupid not to go at him if you are trying to win a championship.

DD

 

Rashard Lewis - 17.7 PPG, 5.7 RPG, 2.6 APG, 40% from 3, 83.6% from FT
Hedo Turkoglu - 16.8 PPG, 5.3 RPG, 4.9 APG, 35.6% from 3, 81% from FT
Jameer Nelson - 16.7 PPG, 5.4 APG, 1.2 SPG, 50% from field, 45% from 3, 89% from FT
Rafer Alston - 12 PPG, 5 APG, 1.8 SPG

Defensive role players off bench like Courtney Lee and Pietrus.

No help?

 

Clutch and the crew must have a lot more patience then myself. I would be banning people for starting dumb ass threads like these.

This is not your f'n twitter account.

 

I'm not purposing that deal. I just threw Aldrigde out there as a better fit than Howard. I was just proving to that idiot that a deal was POSSIBLE since he said the salaries wouldn't work.

I don't think Portland would mind Lin as a 6th man, BTW.

 

Well, they're adults, so that makes sense.

 

Hey, I'm on board for Aldridge as much as the next guy (apparently the next guy is the OP). All I wanted was clarification on how the Rockets can field a lineup of Asik/Aldridge/Parsons/Harden/PG TBD the OP had wanted without giving up what Portland needs (a center) or something of value (Harden and/or Parsons). But I guess the OP wanted to use Lin as trade bait all along and send him to a team whose PG needs were filled when they drafted Lillard. But what do I know, I can't read.

 

So dealing Lin, our young players, and 2 draft picks is now possible in landing Aldridge JUST because salaries line up? Okay.

 

So you are pushing for the Rockets to sit with the cap room they have to wait so we can do this entire thing again next summer? At this point you have to take a chance on a player, and he seems to be the best available option.

 

Watch out pwny, someone might not think you can't read and/or that you're an idiot.

 

And you must be too dumb to see the other 1,000,000 Dwight Howard threads.

 

While I realize the bolded is your opinion, that just isn't happening. POR doesn't need to tie up their cap on a position they have their future franchise player in. They'd want a SG or a big man, and the only big men we can provide are Asik or our young PFs.

Teams that might actually give up some big men in exchange for us getting LMA might be Utah, who have a ton of budding young big men. POR also wants Noah...I wonder if sending Asik and young PFs and a pick to Chicago while Noah goes to POR and LMA to us would get it done...hmm...

My point is, any deal w/ POR would involve Asik...almost certainly. Both for need and salary matching purposes. Getting Howard then gives us the flexibility TO move Asik, whereas if we did not have Howard, we could not move Asik w/o getting a similarly competent center back.

 

I like Aldridge too but there's no way Portland would accept anything short of a package that includes Parsons, Asik, Harden. Now if Aldridge was a FA this summer, I would be on the Aldridge train instead of Dwight's.

But Dwight is the ultimate prize this year. We have space, and he seems more keen on signing here than LA.

 

lulwut? You think they would not accept anything short of Parsons + Asik + Harden? They're over there asking for Noah for LMA, so you're effectively saying you think Noah > Parsons + Asik + Harden??? In value?

Or even Parsons + Asik + Harden =< value than LMA? Whaaaaaaa

 

I'd be surprised if they saw the floor together. I know Dwight supposedly said he'd like to play with Asik, but I'm not sure how that works out.

I stated the alternative. See what the #5 pick in last year's draft and Jones and D-Mo have. Those guys were all highly rated coming into the NBA and they haven't gotten a fair chance. They've only played 1870 minutes between them. It might not be necessary to bring in an expensive (and often injured) cancer.

Maybe not impossible if Robinson, Jones and/or D-Mo break out and Lin still provides value to Portland as a 6th man. Or we add 2nd tier guy this offseason that provides value.

I understand why the FO is going after Howard, I just don't like it. I don't think it'll work out. But you gotta try. I just think the guy's toxic and a pouting baby. I don't think he has what it takes to will his team to a championship. Of course you need help but you need your top dog to have that in him.

 

Fellas, fellas, PLEASE! Can we all try to be at least a TEENSY bit more mature here? Hmm? No need to be so mean or insulting here, we're all big boys now, and OP is free to start as many stupid threads as he wishes (not that I would know about that), mm-K? TIA

 

Nothing wrong with what he said. He can clearly read and understand what I wrote.

You should take notes.

 

Howard had much more talent/help on that Orlando team than Aldridge has ever had in his career. Also, Howard came out of an easier conference.

 

Teams need back-up PGs, right? Lin and Lillard could also play together in a small-ball lineup, right?

Lin could hold value to Portland.

 

My fault. Left out an OR in that post.

How one word makes all the difference in the world lol