Houston trades: Kelvin Cato $6,048,000 to Chicago Houston trades: Dan Langhi $465,850 to Chicago TOTAL: $6,513,850 Chicago trades: Charles Oakley $7,526,750 to Houston TOTAL: $7,526,750 TRADE ACCEPTED Due to Houston being over the cap, the 15% trade rule is invoked. Houston had to be no more than 115% plus $100,000 of the salary given out for the trade to be accepted, which did happen here. This trade satisfies the provisions of the Collective Bargaining Agreement. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- That would be my dream come true. Could you imagine Oak and Willis defending Shaq??? Plus we could send Langhi to a team that could use a shooter.
How about Cato for one of those blow-up clown punching things that have sand in the bottom. At least the clown wouldn't get called for fouls flailing his arms around and he'd set awesome picks.
This trade does not satisfies the provisions of the Collective Bargaining Agreement but will satisfy all Rockets fan.
Throw in Walt, and maybe we can get Miller too. j/k, Walt's the man. Crisco calculated that he's actually the best player on the team, if you throw out all of the games except that first game from last season.
On a serious note, I think this looks like a good trade to me, depending on how long Oakley's contract is. Essentially right now we are getting absolutely nothing out of Cato and Langhi combined. Oakley will at least give us some production. The only issue is it leaves us with one player who can truly play center in Willis, and he is quite old. But I'd rather have two power forwards out there most of the time than Cato anyway.
<b>Houston trades: Walt Williams $5,000,000 to Minnesota Houston trades: Glen Rice $8,800,000 to Minnesota Houston trades: Kelvin Cato $6,048,000 to Minnesota TOTAL: $19,848,000 Minnesota trades: Kevin Garnett $22,400,000 to Houston TOTAL: $22,400,000 TRADE ACCEPTED</b> Sounds good to me...
That is why I wouldn't do it. Even though he is a nice player, I don't think he can get us over the hump.
Not sure whether or not I'd do this trade b/c of potential chemistry issues in the locker room with Oakley, however if Cato's trade value has increased enough to find a taker, I'd go for it. This is assuming ofcourse that the Rockets dont have to take a big contract of an unproductive player in return. The appeal of this possibility is that Oakley is in the last year of his contract and would provide some more veteran beef inside; however, the downside of chemistry clashes and such may be too much of a risk. Ive watched Cato closely this season and feel he has improved as was supposed to be the case. However, I dont feel the improvement is enough to really warrant hanging onto him at all costs.
I like this trade better. Houston trades: Tierre Brown $332,817 to Chicago Houston trades: Kelvin Cato $6,048,000 to Chicago Houston trades: Dan Langhi $465,850 to Chicago Houston trades: Walt Williams $5,000,000 to Chicago TOTAL: $11,846,667 Chicago trades: Ron Artest $1,241,760 to Houston Chicago trades: Eddy Curry $2,678,400 to Houston Chicago trades: Marcus Fizer $2,754,120 to Houston Chicago trades: Brad Miller $4,400,000 to Houston (plus Trade Kicker $690,000) TOTAL: $11,074,280 TRADE ACCEPTED
Why would Chicago do this trade? they have Brad Miller, who's doing wonders for them so far. Plus, they're trying to give Curry some playing time. As well as Fizer and Chandler. With Miller and Cato, there might not be enough playing time. This would be great for the Rocks, because I'm comfortable with Willis starting at C backed up by Collier. KT and Oakley at the 4. That's a tough, experienced, solid rotation. but it doesn't benefit Chicago unless we take Fizer and give them KT and a draft pick. Then we'd have a balanced trade.
