[ESPN] Houston offering young talent + picks for Nene

I was all for Nene a week ago when i still believed in this season. But now.....

 

ya as long as we dont give any first rounders im cool with it. im assuming brooks, bud, hill and lee are being offered. The rest of the team is either too old or not enough "upside". id def try to keep patterson if possible

 

Why do we need a rental, our best case scenario is 8th seed and even that's a long shot. I hope we would not trade for him without his prior agreement to sign a reasonable extension.

 

This was probably discussed before tonight. If we can't get Melo + Nene we're probably just seeing what they want.

 

This is why I'm constantly lurking. Personally, I don't like Nene on Rox. I don't really like anybody who is name has been dropped. The only thing that could excite me about this season is gaining another 1st rounder. Maybe do something along the lines of trading our 13th, 18th and 23rd for 7th pick. What could go wrong?

 

I don't think we should pursue this, it could cost us two lottery picks.

 

With lottery picks? Nothing...they are sure fire Hall of Famers....

Sincerely

Kwame Brown and family.

 

I'd love this if we don't lose too much, along with the pipe dream that Yao might be his backup next year.
Bud, Hill OR Pat, jefferies, 2012 1st round, ny's 2012 1st. Anything more then its not really worth it. Hopefully keep Lee, Lowry and Scola and wouldn't be surprised if Morey is dangling Brooks, Battier and Martin trying to involve more teams in this deal. We may have 3-5 teams gettin in on this just so everyone will be able to say they came out on top in some justifyible way to their fans. Maybe this will be the megatrade we have been waiting for where we land Nene and Granger along with other fill in's.

 

Too much has to happen for us to get into the playoffs. Now i would much rather trade away our troubles( Brooks, Hill, Miller, Jeffries ) for a young center or two. Like Randolph and Thabeet. Throw them into the fray for the rest of the season.

 

Good comments all round. I agree no need for him unless a reasonable(no overpaid) extension can be done. Don't include Patrick Patterson for him. Nene is temperamental.

 

We can only offer one.

I'm thinking Morey is offering Hill, Budinger + NY pick.

 

This would be just fine. Don't think it's enough though.

 

Throw in T-Will or Ish if they bite. I doubt if they will though. Hill for Patterson might work. I don't want to go that route.

 

No Nene.

He doesn't provide the kind of shotblocking interior presence we need and is also an average rebounder at best...oh eater of capspace.

And I'm for rebuilding, not "reloading".

 

Meh

Nene doesnt bring anything to the table that they need really, he is a pretty poor rebounder, weak defender, and plays even smaller than his size

He can score, thats about it

 

I don't see how this would be a "rental" - we would have his bird rights, even if he opted out this summer. If Melo goes to NY, there would be no team worth a crap that would have cap space to steal him away from us. Here's our chance to get an upper level center that's very efficient, getting his points without having to have plays run for him. He's not a shot-blocker, but at least he is a good man to man defender.

And with Nene as our starter next year, we could bring back Yao to play the Mutombo role, with limited minutes, at a low salary with low risk.

 

I`d love this trade. I would like to keep Courtney Lee though. But send them Brooks, Budinger, Hill.