Seems like the Rockets' primary goal in trading for Gasol is to create room for and find a player to complement our leader Chuck Hayes. Makes sense, Chuck Hayes is short, strong and tough. Pau Gasol is the anti-matter to Hayes. (If they collide, it could trigger a reaction that destroys the known universe, I believe).
Now that the team has a starting center it makes more sense for him to be here to backup the bigs. DD
Houston is giving N.O. N. Y. first round pick and a second round pick, but N.O. will give back 3 million . So now they can sign Chuck, and either Ne Ne or Dalembert
With those three on board, forget about developing Patterson, finding another center, trying to strike gold with J Hill, Thabeet, Greg whatever his last name is, we would be golden for the foreseeable future.