Rockets trade D-Mo, Thornton to Pistons for first round pick

Zach Lowe saying it's top-8 protected. I'm down with that. Hopefully Pistons go on a slump.

 

HOU fans are gonna be mad, but top-8 protected pick (via @TimBontemps) is solid return for injured RFA Rox didn't want to pay.

^^^^ y'all don't understand this, what we suppose to do pay a guy off a back injury hat has never played a playoff game before ? get a pick and see what's up in draft.

 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Just ran into DMo at team hotel. He said he heard the rumors of a trade but hasn't been told anything yet.</p>&mdash; Calvin Watkins (@calvinwatkins) <a href="https://twitter.com/calvinwatkins/status/700370259845500928">February 18, 2016</a></blockquote>
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This is bull****. Worst trade of the Morey era.

 

He was the only giving a **** about this season and actually trying

 

This makes me a sad panda

 

Ugh alright then..

 

Who cares? He'll just draft another Sam Dekker anyway...

 

2 of the only guys on the team who can create a shot

 

Any info on the protections on the pick yet?

 

I was a big DMo fan and had high hopes for him as stretch 5 for the team. But if your back's broken...

 

Agreed. That's the only way this makes sense

 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Better return than what Utah got for Kanter, and what OKC got for Jackson -- RFAs traded last year.</p>&mdash; Zach Lowe (@ZachLowe_NBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZachLowe_NBA/status/700371414109573122">February 18, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Has to be part of a bigger deal, we just cleared a roster spot as well.

 

No I'm not genius but time for the little child to eat crow as you've tore into any poster about how great DMO is.

 

Well, they're gonna make sure it stays protected.

To the more knowledgable posters, what does this mean if it stays protected? I don't think we lose the right on a pick, so does it move on to the yea afterr?

 

Maury has an eternal hard on for TJones sadly

 

And him and dwight had chemistry

 

DMo was our only post player! DMo why!!!?

 

So D-Mo just returns, our only hope of a big man and Morey trades him??? He's gotta be certain of getting a PF then and a shooter because MT was our only hope of being a consistent shooter off the bench..