Random Houston Rockets Trade Ideas - 2012-13

The way the offense is constructed he'd be a perfect back-up for both Lin and Harden.

 

Don't have to do it at all. If no one offers anything good, why trade him. Two years of Granger's prime beats some random 1st round pick or some scrubs with potential, especially for a playoff team.

 

Jeremy Lin + Carlos Delfino for Jameer Nelson + JJ Reddick

Rockets upgrade the PG with a piece that fits better alongside Harden. They also add Redick who is a younger Delfino who they can either keep or he can expire. The Magic save money right off the bat and look to Lin as a long term piece rather than Nelson who is older.

 

Lol. Morey isn't looking to make the team much older by trading Lin for Nelson. Nelson also isn't that much of an improvement over Lin despite experience. Smaller, worse on D. Rockets also better off with $3M option on Delfino than having to pay market price for Reddick.

 

Parsons + Ppat + Douglas + Aldrich for Granger.

Granger is a career 38% 3 point shooter averaging around 18 points a game. Would be great as a 3 or stretch 4 when going small. Would consolidate some of our assets into a better player and open up playing time for DMo or TJones. The only downside is that Granger is turning 30 this year so is a bit ahead of our youth movement.

 

Sir, you must have a higher opinion of Lin than I do.

Also I see your Nelson is old comment and raise you a Granger is also old.

 

Granger is gooder than Nelson. Also, age tends to be kinder to SFs than they are to 5'11" guards.

As for Lin vs. Nelson: The Röckëts are building around a young core, particularly 23-yr-old Harden, not about to trade a young PG with higher ceiling for a guy whose best years are behind him. Right now, the better bet is on the chance that Lin will get better and not that Nelson will recapture his former glory (or even retain his current level for very long).

 

http://www.nba.com/bulls/news/smith_130114.html

 

When I read the word "bulls" in the link and the first few words of the quote I immediately knew it was a Sam Smith made-up BS trade

I think this means I've read too many of Sam's BS trade articles.

 

Haha yeah, wild speculation, if that.

 

I'd do that trade. I have a question though. If Omer is traded, does he count as $5 mil in a trade or $8.3 mil? I know if traded his cap hit changes to his actual salary, so would his contract be worth $5 mil in a trade this season?

 

8.3 cap hit. If the other team was at the cap they would have to send back 8.3 mil in contracts.

 

http://rockets.clutchfans.net/2913/houston-rockets-salary-cap-2/

 

Following on the nba.com article above that Miami might consider trading Bosh in an Asik deal...

Bosh + Chalmers for Asik, Lin & Delfino works:

http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=aqxdbrs

Chalmers can hit the 3-ball opposite Harden much better than Lin.

 

I'd do that trade 5 times.

 

Yea but Miami wouldn't. Lin would kill their spacing - no line-up of Wade/Lin would work since neither has a consistent 3pt shot. Would mean a lot of increased minutes for Ray Allen and maybe more dependency on Cole, which I'm not sure they're at that point yet.

You think they would take Douglas...? :grin:

 

hall of famer in his prime from the reigning champion for Asik and smaller pieces. sounds legit.

 

I suggested that Asik/Bosh trade a couple of pages back... But I think the only way Miami does it is, if we include Parsons. Both players would be perfect for the Heat and they'd avoid cap hell. We would get our second star and actually utilize Bosh a lot more than Miami did. IMHO a win/win- I'd hate to lose Parsons and Asik though...

 

i don't know how desperate Miami feels about tax, but if they are ok with paying it, then Bosh to the Rockets trades don't sound realistic. Other than including Harden, I don't see any package that makes sense. Why would they trade a star for role players / prospects and break up a champion.

 

No kidding. I can't believe anybody is suggesting that Miami might trade a member of its big three. I do think they should consider quietly shopping around Dwyane Wade this offseason, just to see what they can get for the guy. His contract is a whopper and he's not exactly getting any younger, or less injury-prone, or better.