I agree with your list except for Beverley.. Canaan and Brooks (and Beverley's offense) makes him expandable. And Morey ain't trading Brooks... Brooks could have took more money to play somewhere else where he could have got consistent playing time... A move like that _ makes future free agents skeptical about dealing with Morey...
He does, currently. Dude has back spasms and McHale still runs him 38 mpg....except when it's against Utah: "Ah, we can win this one without ya..." Plus he recruited Howard so heavily... Yeah, unless it's a Don "I'm Gonna Make Him an Offer He Can't Refuse" Corleone trade, Parsons is next to untouchable.
There's only 3 guys that are near untouchable. Harden, Dwight and Parsons. Beverley is a good player for his contract, but he's far from irreplaceable. And Canaan? Uh, no. Just No. If a team wants Canaan in a package that Morey likes, Canaan is gone. As for the *most* gone, that's Asik. And then possibly Lin since he's the only large contract piece that can be put into a deal other than Harden and Dwight. The rest are pretty much contract filler if Morey finds something he likes.
I wish everyone played with the same fire and desire as AB and Bev did tonight. They are the reason the Rox weren't totally blown away and still within six.
I think it will be better if we trade Harden for Melo Harden/Asik for Melo/Shumpert, play Melody @ pf
Good under the radar thought. Kanter is interesting as there seems to be an issue in Utah with him and Favors playing together. Not sure if he'd fit in better next to Howard.... but that would definitely be the patented Morey out of left field trade. I'll throw out another name just to stir discussion: Ricky Rubio Morey seemed to have a huge draft crush on this guy and tried hard to move up for him. I think Lowe or someone just did an article on how he's the worst shooter in the history of the NBA:http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/10070788/the-young-nba-players-looking-make-leap-greatness I wonder if Morey would still be interested. Similar player to Rondo less attitude but that shooting.....
Morey did like Rubio. I would bet he still does. Don't see any way Minny trades Rubio though. And if they were to trade him I don't think we're a fit. We probably wouldn't be willing to give Minny as much as some other team would.
if trades falls through, youre looking at projection line up: Beverly/Lin Parsons/Shumpert Carmelo/Garcia Jones/Casspi Howard/Dmo
Random Houston Rockets Out: Asik, Lin, Jones In: Monroe, Charlie Villanueva, Robin Lopez Detroit Pistons Out: Monroe, Villanueva In: Luol Deng, TJones Chicago Bulls Out: Luol Dent In: Jeremy Lin, CJ McCollum Portland Trailblazers Out: Robin Lopez, CJ McCollum In: Omer Asik Not perfect for all team. But works from salary cap perspective and interesting at least.
