will you stick around to play if scola is the second best on the team? Houston has to gut their young core because orlando wants young players and draft picks havent you been keeping up with the new? Morey will be stupid to wreck our team for him. He will just leave and join a real team that already has established winning core while we sit back and look at draft picks. You guys piss and cry now, imagine if our teams was like the bobcats
First off his most likely destination is the Nets which is a team that does not have an established core. Second, even if he leaves we won't be the Bobcats. We won't be paying $27MM in salary to three players like Diop, Maggette, and Thomas and we will still have our first round draft pick the next year even if we do suck because we can't trade it. The Bobcats are just an unbelievably terribly managed team. I'll take Morey making my pick over MJ any day of the week.
First, trade Flynn and Hill to NJ (two expiring contracts) in exchange for Farmar and Petro and their unprotected first round pick in addition to re-acquiring our own 2012 first round pick. This helps clear the cap space they would need to sign Howard in the off season. Absent moving these kind of salaries, it would be nearly impossible for the Nets to sign him. Second, trade Martin and Williams (and, if *absolutely* necessary, the NYK pick) for Al Jefferson and Raja Bell. Third, trade Scola, Dragic, Thabeet and our own 2012 first round pick for Gasol. New roster: Lowry / Farmar Lee / Bell Parsons / Budinger (+ we'd still potentially be in position to draft Harrison Barnes by way of the NJ lotto pick) Jefferson / Patterson Gasol / Dalembert / Petro
Getting Josh Smith and Danny Granger (throw in draft picks where needed): http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=7nbcg2b Rockets line-up: PG: Lowry/Dragic SG: Lee/T-Will SF: Granger/Parsons/Morris PF: Josh Smith/PPat C: Dalembert/Craig Smith/Thabeet
Simple. Painful, but simple. Orlando basically gets back an entire starting lineup and they get salary relief on Turk. Rockets wind up: Dragic/Flynn Lee/Budinger Parsons/Budinger Scola/Hill Howard/Hill That team is a championship contender. Even better if we replace Dragic with D-Will in the offseason, or even Steve Nash for that matter.
There's nothing wrong with that deal. It makes a lot of sense. And we may actually be able to do better than that when it's all said and done.
The only players under contract next season: Lee (RFA), Bud, Parsons and Scola ... space enough to sign D12 and DWill, I guess.
And Turk... don't forget Turk. I would hope to negotiate a buyout with him though. I don't like him as a player. I honestly like the guys I listed better
And if Howard and Dragic walk...like they most likey will...the 2012-13 team is: pg - open sg- Lee sf - Parsons/Budinger/Turk pf - Scola c - open I thought you were against tanking? And you are spending 1/2 the team's salary on Scola and Turk. That's not tanking...that's just sucking...
I'm against intentionally tanking for the sole purpose of getting a draft pick. I'm not against going all-in to acquire a franchise superstar and trying to win a championship right now and gamble on extending him in the offseason. Also, you're forgetting: PG - Llull SG - Lee SF - Parsons/Budinger/Turk PF - Scola C - Motiejunas +whoever we selected with NYK draft pick.
Sorry but I really don't see that team as a true contender since you are banking on Hill playing serious minutes at the 4 and 5 and Bud playing serious minutes at the 2 and 3. Someone (or both) is going to get lit up in a series. And on the team above...1/2 your cap is on Scola and Turk. I dare say you will spend @8 resigning Lee. @7-8 on Montiejunas - who's playing out of position but what's new for the Rocks. @3 for the pick. @3-4 on Llull. You have @10 money left over to fill the holes. Best case scenario - is you put the Rockets back on the treadmill. IMO - that is a huge gamble on something that isn't that close to a sure thing and leaves the team in shambles for the future.
True but now you have room to sign 1 to a max and Les has to pay for Scola AND the max player. Personally I don't think he will unless that team is going to bring him home the gold.
Budinger and Hill would probably be starting in Orlando. They're solid bench players. Will probably never be starters but they're fine as rotation players on a championship contender.
