Alright so If we really wanted Greene why didn't we just draft him at 25 and take Dorsey at 54? Did we want Dorsey that badly?
Well we know they obviously didn't want CDR since they could have easily got him too. I'm somewhat worried about Greene, hopefully he isn't a bust because he has alot of potential.
Guessing that the Rockets thought Dorsey wouldn't be around then, and that Batum was just good trade bait...but then I think he's good trade bait then just keep him, damn.
Probably because they didn't think Dorsey would be available. Really though, you might as well wait a couple days to figure it all out, there seems to be a lot of movements and trades going on.
portland wanted batum all along. they knew san antonio was going to take him. they told houston to take him for an early 2nd round pick. 33rd, and they took joey dorsey for houston. memphis wanted darrel arthur. houston wanted donte green all along, but wanted to get him for better value, not at 25 straight up. memphis drafts donte green, sends him to houston. houston sends batum to portland. portland sends 33rd pick to houston, and darrel arthur to memphis. houston sends 54th pick to someone else, i'm guessing memphis. portland gets who they wanted in batum by cockblocking san antonio. houston gets donte green for better value, and essentially moves up 21 spots in the 2nd round to get dorsey. memphis gets darrel arthur and an additional 2nd round pick. that's what happened pretty much, except that i can't be too sure what's happening with that 54th pick..
Agreed. Thought we are in win-now! mode. Greene wouldn't be of help any time soon. Why Dorsey? Is Landry gone?
Dorsey was drafted at 33, why do you think he would have been around at 54. Unless Im missing something, it seems the Rox basically turned the 25 and 54 pick into the 28 and 33 pick and they may get a 09 second rounder as well if the reports are true.
LOL I agree, that would be the only reason I can think of. And the 54th pick would go to Portland if this trade becomes official
I think batum and greene are redundant. why not just keep batum more athletic and ceiling higher. Greene kind of scares me. he supposely has horrible shot selection and i cant see how it would get better watching T-mac jack em up.
Well Morey did say we needed to get bigger. So besides two 7 footers at center we got a bunch of short players at SF and PF. Not sure how drafting these two guys helps us in anyway though. More likely to follow in the footsteps of Bryce Drew.
I guess the talent wasn't there, but it's looks like we'll have more point guard woes and Tmac grinding himself down to oblivion by handling the ball too much.
Because Chuck Hayes is proven, as low as his ceiling is. Whereas Dorsey is not. Unless Dorsey can somehow show that he has a little more offensive game than Chuck, I'd take proven over rookie. Unless of course Les wants to dump that 1 million odd on Hayes' contract and replace him with a rookie.