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Regardless of how you feel, the NBA just screwed up the Rockets free-agency plans

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by zooch, Dec 9, 2011.

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  1. TheRealist137

    TheRealist137 Member

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    Chemistry doesn't matter when you are staring down Paul/Kobe/Dwight Rockets will never make the NBA Finals for the foreseeable future.
     
    #21 TheRealist137, Dec 9, 2011
  2. HMMMHMM

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    Yup.

    http://blog.chron.com/nba/2011/12/t...rn-steps-in-stabs-rockets-others-in-the-back/

    http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/09/s...oin-lakers-as-part-of-3-team-deal.html?src=tp
     
    #22 HMMMHMM, Dec 9, 2011
  3. HamJam

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    So maybe Paul is looking at this the wrong way, what with all his talk about suing Stern and the NBA. Maybe he should announce publicly that he is relieved and that he never wanted to go to L.A. If Stern thinks he is sending the guy somewhere he doesn't want to be BOOM, the trade gets approved.
     
    #23 HamJam, Dec 9, 2011
  4. greatpacha1

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    i wonder what will happen next....i was sad about the trade..but then optimistic...now just confused..
     
    #24 greatpacha1, Dec 9, 2011
  5. crimmy88

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    im so disappointed in the NBA right now
     
    #25 crimmy88, Dec 9, 2011
  6. ascaptjack

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    #26 ascaptjack, Dec 9, 2011
  7. MightyMog

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    Exactly....it doesn't matter who we get. I am glad the trade got stopped.
     
    #27 MightyMog, Dec 9, 2011
  8. zooch

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    I don't think you understand. The Rockets got screwed, and not by the Lakers or Hornets.
     
    #28 zooch, Dec 9, 2011
  9. HombreDeHierro

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    this is good for the Lakeshow actually


    they can just sign Paul in the summer straight up
     
    #29 HombreDeHierro, Dec 9, 2011
  10. ascaptjack

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    And we don't get Pau Gasol.
     
    #30 ascaptjack, Dec 9, 2011
  11. DVauthrin

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    I think the most flabbergasting thing to me is how many Rockets fans think this trade doesn't significantly improve the team. If you have the chance to get an elite big man in the NBA, you do it, especially when you have no size at the center position.

    The other thing I've learned is that this board overrates Kevin Martin. He's a nice player, but not worthy of the pedestal many put him on here.
     
    #31 DVauthrin, Dec 9, 2011
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  12. jayhow92

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    ^This.
     
    #32 jayhow92, Dec 9, 2011
  13. c1utchfan925

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    Yes thank you, another out of a few who share this perspective. The new rules, in regards to Martin and Durant specifically (who use it quite often), states that if you're trying to draw a foul with a defender's outstretched arm(s) it now results in an offensive foul (from what I understand). His incredible efficiency will really suffer because of this change.
     
    #33 c1utchfan925, Dec 9, 2011
  14. LCII

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    PG: Lowry/Dragic
    SG: Lee/Budinger
    SF: Budinger/Morris/T-Will
    PF: Nene/Patterson
    C: Gasol/Nene

    Sick team, bro.
     
    #34 LCII, Dec 9, 2011
  15. Hayesfan

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    and Chuck :)
     
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  16. ascaptjack

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    No Dragic, only Flynn.

    But yeah, best froncourt in the league.
     
    #36 ascaptjack, Dec 9, 2011
  17. tallanvor

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    If I was Morey I would strongly consider quitting my job. Works for months building a plan that was coming together just to have other owners come and pull this nonsense....

    He's probably really drunk right now and about to smash Stern's mailbox or take a **** on his doorstep. I would
     
    #37 tallanvor, Dec 9, 2011
  18. larsv8

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    Months of planning just destroyed.

    Gasol/Nene would of been the best frontline int he West.

    WTF are we even supposed to do now?
     
    #38 larsv8, Dec 9, 2011
  19. ascaptjack

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    Sign Dalembert I guess?

    But seriously, I was against this move if it was only Gasol we got.

    But to find out later that we would increase our chance of getting Nene in the process, I was ecstatic.

    Now what's out there?

    I doubt Nene comes to Houston. He supposedly wanted to play alongside Gasol and we would have offered him more money. Even if we amnesty Thabeet, we still won't offer more cash than the Nuggets.
     
    #39 ascaptjack, Dec 9, 2011
  20. wallyj12

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    Apparently the NO GM was ready to quit but had to be talked out of it
     
    #40 wallyj12, Dec 9, 2011
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