Donatas Motiejunas now a restricted free agent, no qualifying offer for Terrence Jones

Are you serious?

If DMo is re-signed, he is the best combination of offense and defense, heck perhaps the ONLY combination of offense and defense, that we can roll out at the 4 or (gulp) 5 spot. I really, REALLY doubt that Wiltjer, an undrafted rookie who is bad at defense, ball handling, etc. is going to beat out DMO (barring health issues) for a rotation spot.

 

Good research there. Phoenix def scares me to overpay. Them and Portland seem to have a formula here for not necessarily chasing stars only but snagging these young players on contracts that seem high at the time, but could be great value in the near future.

A team like the Lakers and Minny don't really scare me because I think they will be focused on trades this year....especially with the Lakers and their pursuit of Westbrooks so IF I was their GM I'd be preserving cap to absorb salary in trades. But who knows.

These next two or three days will be very very interesting.

 

Just so you know except from Sergio Rodriguez another good european who was adamant about not coming over in the near future came.
Satoransky.
Pay? and they will come.

For PDX will depend on what they do with their own FAs. but dmo's versatility to play the C position makes him better for them than cmpared to matching Harkless ie.
Minny has a hole in pf but I dont' know what they will do. They did sign Cole I think.

There are other teams like Chicago who will need a pf but I didn't include them because they only have 10 million which I hope and suppose we will match no question about it.

Don't sleep on Toronto either if they manage to trade away Ross because their hole at pf is the biggest from "contending" teams.

 

Rockets are either going to get a steal of a contract or DMo is going to sign the QO. Not many teams out there that both need his skill set and also have the cap room to make a big offer.

 

I don't know I want to cry or laugh after reading those suggestions regarding where DMO position should be.... Even if DMO can play in C position it doesn't mean he is designed to do so.. It is almost same as cold/warm beer... You can drink warm beer, but it's taste not even close to real cold beer.

After getting Ryan Anderson there is no point for DMO stay in Rockets and be forced into center position. I hope he find other team who really needs PF.

P.S. Which teams potentially would like to get DMO? I can't find any info yet about him.

 

Dmo wont get man offers IMO. At his height he struggles on defense and rebounding . His jumpshot is inconsistent . His saving grace is a hook shot.

 

I don't understand this stupidity of we should let x player go to y team where he is best served. The only thing that matters is what is in the best interest of the Rockets. Whether or not D-Mo is better served/utilized elsewhere means crap. Until he is on another team, the only consideration is what can he do that is best for the ROCKETS.

 

Quoting this again regarding Llull

Those saying forget Llull and that he is never coming over.....never say never. Money talks. And Rodriguez changed his mind.

 

Right. Not sure there's a better option right now than trying your absolute hardest to convince Llull to come over.

 

I agree about Llull. Baring a trade for an established PG starter i just don't see a better option. While LLull is not a pure point guard, he can handle the ball well and knock down the open shot. But i've actually given up on him ever coming here and if it were up to me, he would have been traded a while ago.

 

Because team already signed another PF position player. Which means team will have too many PF position players. DMO pushed to C position? Really? Do you really want to do this? Instead of pushing players to not optional position Rockets should simply trade the player.

 

Right now DMo at the 5 is the best they could hope to do so that's why you'd do it. With DMo you have a guy that is good on both ends of the court and can play the 4 or the 5, where else is that going to come from? Also, Capela had endurance problems last year, do you really want him to be the only guy capable of playing the 5 on the roster?

 

Yeah, I'm not holding out hope that either (i) he ever comes, even though the $$ he'd be offered now is a completely different ballpark than it was just one year ago, or (ii) that he'd even be as "great" as hoped for if he did come.

But I think the upside there makes him basically what the Rockets have to be targeting first and foremost with their free agent money.

That said, if they decided to stand pat at what is effectively the PG or PG/SG spot, I can understand that. With Llull, you'd be looking at three players that aren't going to be able to log any SF minutes, and injury aside, will basically be competing for the 48 mpg as PG and 10-14 backup two guard minutes, so call it 60 minutes.

In other words, none of those three guys is versatile enough. Not as well regarded, but at 6'7 Gentile can be that SG/SF mix that gives you more versatility.

I'd be pretty concerned about that backup 3/4 spot.... especially considering how strong that position is across the NBA - Lebron, Durant/Green, Kwahi, PG, etc. yeah, I'm just naming the best, but I think it is valid, especially defensively.

If Moe Harkless could magically find a 3 point shot, he'd make too much sense.

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Plus, since this is a DMo thread... the Rockets front court is still a quagmire. With or without DMo, that's a pretty soft front-court. Not high on athleticism. No brute rebounders, defenders, etc. Not concerned offensively, but defensively it looks like a **** show.

 

Most people associate money with playing time . Should Corey Brewer have gotten playing time last year just because we gave him 8 mil ? We gave Ryan Anderson a lot of money . And for him to be worth the contract he will have to play a lot of minutes . He can play a good chunk of minutes even if he comes off the bench or splits time with Dmo at the 4 .

If healthy Dmo is better . The only thing Anderson does better is shoot . Dmo is better defensively and overall offensively due to his passing .

If we resign Dmo I'm sure there will be a competition for the starting 4 spot . If he's healthy I think Dmo will win it .

 

Rudy Fernandez also was offered 2/20 and Kuzminskas just agreed with the Knicks.
When the $ flows they will come.

 

I was so high on him in the draft, but feel like he hasn't developed as fast as people had hoped. Still he can play defense at least.

 

The Rockets never had the cash to offer Llull the full MLE even. Now they can start at 10-12M in the first year.

 

Maybe his back is really scaring teams off

 

What exactly makes him worthy of a MLE?

 

Lull ain't coming