[Soon] Lowe: I get more of a sense that the Melo situation is gonna resolve itself soon

Hopefully the trade happens before my wedding

 

Lowe also didn't think the Rockets could get Chris Paul.

 

Hopefully the trade happens before my funeral.

 

Do we really need a new thread for this? Why not combine it with the other melo ones?

 

Come on, he gave them a bullet point in his FA winners/losers. Credit the Rockets if you'd like.

"• Houston swiped Chris Paul."​

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/19874801/zach-lowe-nba-free-agency-winners-losers

The Clippers reaped a haul for Paul. Credit Houston if you'd like; the Rockets leapfrogged the Clippers in the conference hierarchy, coaxed Paul, and supplied salary-matching contracts when the Clippers were helpless. But L.A. got capable players who double as trade chips. Milos Teodosic, an absolute delight, can play alongside both Austin Rivers and Patrick Beverley. The Clips are also one of many teams that talked with the Celtics about three-team deals in which they would snag one of Boston's cap casualty wings, sources say.

Gallinari is really good, even if he'll struggle to chase wings as he ages. He might have been the best player the Clippers could have obtained without cap space. He and Griffin can run pick-and-rolls together, flipping between screener and ball-handler, and post up mismatches. If you can't compete with Golden State on its terms, you might as well try something different: go big, and bludgeon. (Stop laughing!)

The Clippers could in theory reboot by flipping Jordan for picks, and sliding Griffin and Gallinari up a position. Rivers will have to do that some anyway to maximize Gallinari's value. But that lineup would bleed points on defense, and the market for centers -- even All-NBA centers -- is rough.​

 

#fluid #soon #it'sbeingdiscussed #thingschange

 

Haha. A bullet point about Chris Paul joining the Rockets in winners/losers article and the bullet point is really all about the Clippers outside of "Credit Houston if you'd like"

LOL

It's too much seriously.

"Credit Houston if you'd like."

Who are the winners and losers in free agency? Well the Rockets added Chris Paul, give them credit if you want to but I'm going to talk about the Clippers for the next 3 paragraphs.

 

Yeah, I saw this garbage. This and other mentions in that article, he seemed to be hedging his bets as far as CP3 and JH12 getting along / making it work. Fair enough (even though I don't see the issue), but seems to me he should just come out and at least say he was wrong in Morey's ability to get CP3. He had a lot of things to say about the Clippers. Even now.

 

Hopefully this trade happens before my reincarnation.

 

Right?

Look, any time stars pair up you don't know what to expect, but the Rockets added a top 10 player in the league, maybe the best point guard of all time and by most advanced statistics one of the 10-20 best players ever. And the reaction now is "Credit Houston if you'd like."

I can't even think of how to respond to that? I like Lowe and find him informative and entertaining, but that is just baffling to me. The article was about winners/losers and we snagged the player would have been the top free agent available and added an absolutely superstar to our team and we get backhanded compliment one liner in a 3 paragraph bullet point that's really all about the other team.

Hilarious.

 

Yeah we need barbosa and reliable big man... don't trust Capella or Nene health

 

You guys are taking Lowe's comment out of context. He's saying to credit Houston for the Clippers ability to rebound from losing CP3, not credit them for being a winner this offseason.

IF he has another piece written about the Rockets, as he alluded to in the podcast, it makes sense that he doesn't speak too much about them in the winnners/losers article. Now we just have to find this elusive article.

 

What year?

 

Houston is not moving Asik or Lin. Those are toxic contracts that no one is touching. I don't see how Houston moves them. - Chris Mannix
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Oh, they moved those contracts & signed Dwight? Credit them if you'd like but I don't see how this is gonna work.

Houston doesn't have the room for Chris Paul. They'd just to have to do too much maneuvering to get it done. I don't see. Spurs seem more likely anyways.
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Oh, they got Chris Paul via trade? Credit them if you'd like but I don't see it working out & Chris can be a free agent next year.

 

Spurs sign him? "Spurs are going to the Finals!" "Spurs>>GSW"

typical Houston bias

 

Those unathletic fat dorks.

 

Media conspiracy @Os Trigonum

 

I bet he can't get a source within the Rockets and it causes these low key temper tantrums.