No offense but you'd make a horrible GM. Giving up Landry, Brooks, 3 mil and TWO 1st round picks just for Bosh and Toronto players that are at best serviceable is just nutters. Even if it does ease the cap situation, you'd be giving up the Rockets future for years with this deal.
Really, you think so? Considering Bosh is 25 and Calderon is 27 and the 2 picks we give up will be late 1st rounders which Les and Morey have already proven that they will buy; early second rounders as well. I don't think our future would be taking a hit like you think.
He does know how to play D. The result of him not playing D in MIA is him not being able to trust his young teammates on D. If he could be on our devensive minded team can you imagine how many steals he would rack up with all his explosiveness + quickness. He, Lebron, & Kobe all worked on their D in the Olympics and that gave Kobe a 1st team All-Defensive selection which i believe should have went to Lebron (unless he was one also).
I dont know if its just me, but these rockets remind me a lot of the pistons from a few years ago. A bunch of quality players who know their role in the offense. My issue with bringing in a big name player would be out of fear of what happened to the pistons this season with iverson- who would we have to give up and how would our playing style have to change to accommodate that guy. Another question is about how much money we're under the cap to be making moves like that.
Oh please, that's such BS, the only reason he would want to leave is if he believes the Raptors are not going anywhere... the good thing about him is, he's going to let the mgm team in Toronto know what his plans are, therefore if he does want to leave he's most likely going to get traded.
Don't hold your breath on it. Big Name Free Agents want $$$, Playing time, and they want to be the go 2 guy. We don't have the $$$. Playing time is a lil iffy. Last but not least with McGrady and Yao this big name free agent would just be in the shadows of the two.
You are blinded by your love for him. He won't resign in Toronto. The only reason he would tell Toronto he wants to be traded is so he can get re-upped by his new team for the max, instead of losing one year off his deal.
Dammit, if Tracy comes back willing to play and Aaron/Kyle keeps on developing, we don't need nobody. This Rockets team is STACKED. All thanks to our genius GM Daryl Morey. I was shocked to see AB blossoming into Tony Parker right before my very eyes in game 6.
I think people are missing the boat a little on potential free agents in 2010. A guy like Wade would be nice, but I don't think we would get the most out of him. Our team isn't built for a 2 super star system. Adelman thrives coaching in the 1 star, 4 above average role player line-up. So I think we should go after an above average role player (or 2). My idea was to dump Tmac's contract on Chicago for a Gordon and/or Hinrich. Hinrich can play the 1 and the 2. Just one of these guys would be nice, but if we could get both thats great too. Chicago would ship Hinrich because of his being over paid and essentially a bench player at this point. Gordon might be shipped if we take back a contract (Hinrich). What do you think about this 8 man rotation: Brooks Lowry (Gordon/Hinrich) Artest Battier Scola Landry Yao We could afford to send them back a Landry or a Wafer also depending on what they send back. These are the types of deals we should be looking for.
brooks/lowry mcgrady/wafer artest/battier scola/landry yao/decent backup center with size/hayes championship caliber
Dump T-Mac's contract in 2010, get either Michael Redd, Joe Johnson or even Ginobili. I wouldn't mind any of those 3 guys since they would be clear cut upgrades over McGrady anyway. We can't get D. Wade, but we can get an all-star caliber wing player which were the 3 guys i Just listed.
About the money thing T-Mac's contract is up during that free agency, AND by signing with the Rockets, you open up a big market in China. I know some Rockets players are popular over there and have had jersey's sold and deals signed. I think signing over here isn't that bad an idea if you want money
Ginobili... really? Lately, this guy's been just as injury prone as McGrady. Get younger, that should be our goal.
If we can get S-Jax and Biedrins from Golden State for T-Mac, it´s enough to me. i think Brooks has earned the chance to play a year as a starter and show what he can do, same for Lowry as his backup. I don´t know what will happen to artest but to think of this... Brooks/Lowry S-Jax/Wafer Battier/Artest Scola/Landry/Hayes Yao/Biedrins That should be a very very though team.
You can dump TMAC's contract, but doing so won't help us get any of those players. Redd is just as injured as TMAC. I don't know why Ginobili would leave San Antonio. I already told you you'd have to do a sign and trade to get Johnson and would have to give up at least Artest, either Scola or Landry, and probably a 3rd player as filler to do it.
cmon guys.. can't you wait until NBA finals is over?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
