Dwight update: Not close to a trade with Rockets

I wish Houston would just walk away from this in a public manner so we could all move on.

Our future is already bright. We need players that want to be in Houston.

 

Doesn't this part of the article imply that multiple rookies would be included in a deal?

 

Or can at least accept being here.

 

Haha we can prob offer only draft picks and martin and thats as good as it might get for them.

 

Wow wtf??? If this trade goes down, it could be one of te worst trade in NBA history, even worst than kwame brown trade.

 

http://blog.chron.com/ultimaterockets/2012/07/rockets-turn-their-attention-to-finding-big-man-to-pair-with-lin/#6370-1

Rockets turn their attention to finding big man to pair with Lin
Posted on July 18, 2012 at 10:58 pm by Jonathan Feigen

The plan all along was to build around a point guard and a center.

After an unprecedented decision by the NBA commissioner, a tumultuous season and a near-complete overhaul of the roster, the Rockets are back where they were in their first offseason without Yao Ming: planning to build around a point guard and a center.

The names have changed. For now, there is just one, Jeremy Lin, the point guard they let go and will spend $25.1 million to bring back to Houston. The strategy remains.

The Rockets showed their hand last season when they agreed to trade their top two returning scorers, a young point guard and a first-round pick to get Pau Gasol. They were willing to give up almost anything necessary to get the centerpiece center to pair with the point guard, Kyle Lowry.

That was not the extent of the plan. They also were confident they would be able to bring in Nene. But the Rockets’ mission, stalled when NBA commissioner David Stern would not sign off on the deal, was clear.

After all the changes since, the Rockets have their point guard. They will continue their odd recent pattern of replacing every starting point guard with his backup — from Rafer Alston to Aaron Brooks to Kyle Lowry to Goran Dragic to Lin, who spent 12 days in the Rockets’ training camp.

The well-documented planned next step is to get that center. The Rockets expect to sign Bulls restricted free agent Omer Asik to an offer sheet Friday. Talks continue with the Orlando Magic about a trade for Dwight Howard, with the Rockets offering a combination of their recent draft picks and the pick they acquired from the Toronto Raptors in exchange for Lowry.

They also could take on some of the Magic’s burdensome contracts, with roughly $9 million of cap space available even if the Rockets add Asik to Lin, not including the room that could be opened by trading or releasing players with non-guaranteed contracts.

The Rockets have taken the Lin and Asik contracts into account when negotiating with the Magic, according to a person with knowledge of the process. They still would have room to make that deal after using the amnesty provision to remove Luis Scola’s contract from their books.

That flexibility could make the Rockets a trade partner even in a Magic deal with the Lakers because Los Angeles has no cap room to take on extra contracts and the Magic would not want Andrew Bynum as the centerpiece of the deal if he, like Howard, is unwilling to accept a contract extension.

Retool to rebuild

Even if the Rockets do not land Howard or Bynum — and the odds are against it — they were determined to retool the roster to make it ready for a deal whenever the next centerpiece star becomes available.

Either way, they soon will have to move from collecting prospects and trade pieces to building their team.

That now will require building around Lin and his strengths. The Rockets won’t have to change the offense much. It was nearly as heavy in pick-and-roll with the point guard handling the ball and triggering the offense as Mike D’Antoni’s offense was when Lin took off with New York. The Knicks, however, made it work with outstanding floor spacing, with D’Antoni finding another former Rockets player, Steve Novak, near the end of the bench next to Lin.

Own version of Parker?

Novak had by far his best season and was rewarded with a four-year, $15 million contract, but he also helped Lin earn his deal by forcing defenses to spread the floor, allowing Lin to go to work in the middle of the floor. The Spurs have allowed Tony Parker to similarly slice through defenses.

The Rockets, however, have relatively little range shooting, particularly out of the frontcourt. If they get Asik, Howard or Bynum, they will have a big man on the block or rolling to the rim. They likely will prefer to have another frontcourt player on the perimeter and someone who must be defended in the corners.

Putting that together will not be easy. The Rockets have collected prospects — Marcus Morris, Chandler Parsons, Donatas Motiejunas, Jeremy Lamb, Royce White and Terrence Jones — the past two seasons in the hopes that someone in the group would grow into a breakout star.

Lamb, Jones and Motiejunas have been especially impressive in summer league, but none seems likely to be a player who changes defenses. And if there is a deal, several could be moved anyway, forcing the Rockets into more retooling.

The Rockets, of course, would love to have that problem. Until then, they’ve at least taken one step in that direction.

jonathan.feigen@chron.com
twitter.com/jonathan_feigen

 

Well considering a few weeks ago we were willing to trade all 3 picks + Lowry, I have always assumed that we were willing to trade multiple rookies.

 

Feigen is using a double negative here, so is he saying that the odds are against getting one of them or the odds are in favor of getting one of them?

 

I'm cool with it as long as Lamb isn't included.

 

This is ****ing hilarious. The Magic and the media are throwing out more smokescreens than the Centurions in Mass Effect 3.

 

This... this is a great comparison. Hahahahaha.

 

At this point, it is just annoying. I'm sure all of us are ready for this to be over.

 

He's saying odds are that we will get one of them.

 

kudos for a mass effect comparison

 

Im hoping to wake up one morning and see a thread that says "Howard drama is over"

 

http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/sports_magic/2012/07/dwight-howard-my-back-will-be-ready-for-the-2012-13-season.html


howard-my-back-will-be-ready-for-the-2012-13-season

 

Absolutely

Whether we get him or not, I don't really care. I'm happy either way. Just end it.

 

I can't help but think that Morey knows his offer is the best on the table and he can adjust it to meet other options that come in. There really is little left on the table for Orlando and the longer the Magic wait, the worse their deal will be. I mean do they really want to have a malcontent on their roster all year?! Hopefully Morey gets the deal closed after we sign Asik...I think we are all getting tired of this $(]% getting dragged out...

 

I have no idea what Feigen is saying there and don't really care. His analysis is solid but he's been wrong plenty of times on the actual reporting part itself.

I agree, I just want this to be over. Sick of it dragging out. Can't imagine how Morey must feel.

F***ing Hennigan man. Just pull the trigger.

 

It would be sad after all this talk about Howard and Bynum we end up with Pau Gasol... My heart would drop