Chase Budinger

If Morey gets us Kmart and a legit PF by tomorrow. Jedi Mind trick status.

 

I'm hoping Morey will make another move as well. We have too many guard and small forwards now.

 

chase isn't a 2, martin is...

It really isnt as clogged up as people think, since when did 4 rotational players for 2 spots become clogged? A starter and a back up in each spot...now we'll definitely have an overpaid back up somewhere and maybe that gets taken care of later during the summer, but for the rest of the season we should be ok with minutes distribution..

 

Battier will be heading out to a contender for an expiring and a pick soon.

 

scola and cbud or shane, and 1s rounder for amare....FTW!

brooks/lowry
martin/jt
ariza/shane or bud
amare/hayes
armstrong/anderson

 

Shane is a good value, what makes you think they would want to give him up?

 

to clear space for this summer. It will become a Ariza/Budinger combo at SF

 

to do what?

 

i have a feeling that battier is on his way out too if the martin trade goes down

 

Be ready to see a lot of Battier or Ariza playing as the "Stretch 4." Now that Landry is gone, I am assuming Chuck/Scola/Andersen will pick up some of his minutes, but one of the rather large wings the Rockets have will likely also pick up plenty of frontline minutes if matchups permit.


No matter what, unless Chuck+Scola play together a ton, the Rockets will probably have 4 3-pt shooters on the court for most of the game. It's gonna be very Orlando-like.

 

to get a 10-15 mil. PF.

 

Depth might stunt growth, but in a head office standpoint, it's never a bad thing. I've not given up on JT yet. He's showing flashes to be a great scorer, but whether he fits our system or not, that's still out there.

I think there's space for Martin AND Budinger in the Rockets' plans.

 

Yep, great point.

 

do we know for a fact that battier's 7 mill would just be added to the 7 or 8 we'd have?

 

they're repeats, but at diff positions...i just dont think getting rid of battier this summer makes a difference, depends on how much more money that frees up...makes more sens to do it next year at the deadline.

 

Since when is Scola NOT a legit 4?

 

not sure if that's going to work without a "howard-like" big...would make more sense if we kept landry istead of scola, but im not sure scola can get those guys open or score at will...landry may have fit better there..i guess maybe next yr with yao..

 

am sensing that too, I mean we all know that DM is great gm but giving up carl landry I really didn't expect it, I think he is really looking at Amare Stoudmire I really do, maybe a package of battier, Scola and other players....I don't know maybe am dreaming.

P.S. I'll miss you carl, love yo bro.