I would make Gasol a giant offer for two years and then have lots and lots of space available for Keving Durant. (So, he could break our hearts in 2016).
Re-signing him only makes sense, if we can get an upgrade at the 4 or a player like Deng first. I didn't include Melo, because there is hardly any chance of him joining us. I still feel that 15M plus is too much for Parsons.
That's what I'm saying ... we can out bid contenders, and we provide a better situation then the Lakers. Also, It doesn't look like Pau and Howard left off on bad terms. Based on some of his quotes from least off-season. We can also go down the Ryan Anderson path. He can stretch the court and has chemistry with Dwight. It's just all about his health.
I'm glad at least a couple of posters are trying in here, lol. And for all those who say we lost assets: Omer was traded for a good 1st rounder. Lin was a negative asset due to his contract and had to be traded for a low 1st rounder. We still have $18M to spend to ACQUIRE ASSETS. 1 Bosh = 2 or 3 other players on good deals. Bad deals become negative assets, so as long as the contracts aren't too crazy, we still can acquire more assets to maintain roster flexibility if the team sucks in the future.
Don't we still have the trade exceptions of 8.4 million each from the Asik & Lin trades to use for a whole year?
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I brought this up the other day as a backup. The Rockets MUST do this if they can bring him in and match Parsons in time. Anderson isn't Bosh defensively at the 4, but offensively is even better than Bosh.
Yeah i guess all is not a total loss. We have dwight and harden, and possibly parsons, those can be our big 3 and we can make a solid playoff run with those guys. Aything extra at this point is an bonus like a solid 4 or PG which we need right now.
I agree with half the board in letting Parson's walk. He is not worth $15 million a year. We should continue to develop Terrence Jones, sign Ryan Hollins as tall athletic backup. I would then offer Trevor Ariza a 3 year $36 million contract. I would also reach out to Jerryd Bayless as a offensive back up to Patrick Beverly. There are so many ways to improve our team and people forget that we already have 2 superstars. Our bench was absolutely horrible last year. Hollins can back up Jones and Dwight. Bayless is a great option for Beverly. We have Troy Daniels for Harden. We still have money to sign someone at the vet minimum....Oh, we also have our draft picks from this year. ***** Bosh, he screwed us again but we should tear a hole into their a$$e$ when we play them next season.
Morey just got knocked down twice in the eleventh round. Losing badly on the cards. Needs a knockout to win.
I say sign Ed Davis and Deng and match parsons should be able to get both for what we were willing to give Bosh. Remember Ed was once the reason The Grizz wanted to trade Zbo. Or Go get Rondo asap or Love there are no other options.
I don't won't Deng. His body is unreliable. He is always injured; his frail frame and magnetically injurious personality is something we don't want. I think he is as overrated as Parson's.
Just a nightmare offseason so far for us. Lose asik and lin for nothing, Parsons is getting paid and we either let him walk or overpay him. sigh
I really like Bledsoe, but our greatest need is a taller power forward and backup center to Howard. Beverly is doing a decent job at starting.
With the way the salary cap and a possible lockout in the near future, i believe Morey is in a win now mode. i can't blame him for going after the biggest free agents. Players are taking shorter contracts....I dont blame him at all. The biggest free agent on the market that we can possible get is probably Gasol. He had better numbers than Bosh last year.
Modify the NO trade to be for Ryan Anderson. Use the Lin money to sign Trevor Ariza. Match Parsons and Daniels Beverley / Brooks / Cannan Harden / Daniels Parsons / Ariza Anderson / Jones Howard / Motie 7-8 deep. Not sexy, but fills shores up your weaknesses.
