Rockets should make a run at Carmelo Anthony in summer of 2011

Forget Melo bring in Durant

 

90% of the teams in the NBA would gladly offer Yao the max just to make their franchise profitable.

MJ would give his left testicle to have Yao and stop the financial bleeding of the Bobcats

 

I don't see why Melo would have any reason to leave Denver. I mean they will pay the man, Denver will still be one of top team in the West. Why leave?

 

This ^

--RB

 

OK can we all stop posting let's get [insert star player you saw play last night] threads?

 

Durant would be an AWESOME addition to this team. Also there is no way that Yao deserves a max contract when his contractp. His with injury history along with his Chinese obligations should make him a 7 - 10 million man.

 

Durant would be an AWESOME addition to this team. Also there is no way that Yao deserves a max contract when his contract is up. His injury history along with his Chinese obligations should make him a 7 - 10 million man.

 

Sounds like a Morey type move, always two steps ahead. While everyone is battling over 5 Max players this summer smart teams will look at 2011 when more reasonable deals/players will be there for the taking.

 

Is it me or does carmelo have a low BBIQ?

 

Yao will NEVER leave H-town, Les won't allow it.

 

Durant = Championship

 

if this is possible, lowry should definitely start

 

I like it. After 2011, the Rockets only have Ariza and Martin for $18 million in committed salary. They could definitely make a run at a premier free agent. I doubt Carmelo will forgo his player option in 2011. He would probably take a pay cut under the new CBA for 2011.

 

OKC will re-sign Durant. He's a RFA so there is no way they won't bring him back. Melo has a player option for '11-12 that I think he will exercise because over the new CBA. He won't want to leave all that money on the table.

As I mentioned in my other thread (which seems to have disappeared) I think our best chance to upgrade SF would still be Iggy.

 

That's what we said about Hakeem in 1995, after 2 championships.

 

Hakeem from a marketing standpoint is no yao ming.

 

What happen if the offer was


YAO for KD ?


would LES think.....

 

Bosh priority, then carmelo, then camby.

 

Brooks will actually need to be re-signed after next season, and will demand a huge raise if he keeps playing like this. Lowry and Scola are also getting sizable raises this off-season.

I'm thinking it looks something like this:

Lowry: $4M
Scola: $7M
Brooks: $7M
Yao: $12M
Martin: $12M
Ariza: $6.8M
Hill: $2.9M
Budinger: $0.8M
2010 first round pick: $2M
2011 first round pick: $2M
LLE-MLE free agent(s): $4M(?)

Total: $60.5M

So if we bring back Yao, we will be over the cap. If he retires or we let him walk (the latter is very unlikely), we will be only a little bit under it. Either way, we won't have room for a max free agent.