How do the Rockets know that all of the callers calling in inquiring about acquiring the #1 pick are targeting Ming? All the premium on secrecy and disinformation make that seem illogical. I can see that the Rockets would insist on having discussions about intentions with the Top 5 picks or so (in order to know who will still be on the table for them) but beyond that seems useless. Do all of these GMs really lay all their cards on the table in this way?
It's very logical whom the Rockets will be drafting. The Rockets need size and rebounding. But where it gets that other teams are revealing their cards is that teams with established point guards are trying to land the first pick from the Rockets. And from the Rumor mill, the Bulls want to land the top pick from the Rockets as well. We all thought Chicago wanted Williams all along. Then why do they want to move up to where the Rockets are? Why? Williams will be there for the Bulls to take. The Rockets aren't dumb. They are realists. The NBA has two characteristics that make it sucessfull, basketball skill and SIZE. Everyone know that. All of you posters know that you nor your kids will likley never see a dime of NBA money because you're either too short 6'1" or not talented enough. Ming shooting outside jumpers would be unblockable. UNBLOCKABLE, UNBLOCKABLE, DID I mention unblockable.
People may be looking to trade up for williams, because they know they have to get ahead of krause to have a chance at him. Krause may realize this, and be trying to seal the top pick so nobody but himself has a shot at jwill. As it stands now there are several teams that would like to trade ahead of him, my warriors included.
I don't think CD would have said they were getting calls for Yao if he weren't, in fact, getting a significant number of calls from other GMs directly or indirectly telling him they were interested in Yao. I'm certainly aware you don't trust anything that comes out of anyone's mouth this time of year and that it's all spin, spin, spin, but in my mind, spin is mostly about what types of information you let out and what you don't. I don't think CD would say directly they're getting a lot of calls for Yao if it wasn't so.
I'll bet St. Jean is wishing right about now, that he hadn't matched our offer to Jackson. What goes around comes around.
giddyup- this is a special circumstance, because, as doc rocket said earlier when he said everyone is calling for Ming, they're asking how the negotiations are going. They want to know what the Rockets are going through, to have any idea if they would have a chance in getting Ming. If it weren't for the fact that so many Chinese sports beaurocrats were trying to dictate where he may or may not go, no, I imagine that the GMs would not tip their hand.
They would actually have to specify who they wanted to trade for, since the Rockets can't trade their #1 in advance (because of the obligation to Memphis). Houston would have to know who to pick with the #1 pick to fulfill their end of any trade obligation. Obviously this is all moot, because picking Yao Ming is a "no brainer" and we'll have a 21 year old 7'5" Center that will change the entire league. Of course I could be wrong, I'm just going on what all of the experts are telling me. Here's to giving Ming time to develop; you know, what we allow other players in the draft to do. GO MING!
<i>They would actually have to specify who they wanted to trade for, since the Rockets can't trade their #1 in advance (because of the obligation to Memphis). Houston would have to know who to pick with the #1 pick to fulfill their end of any trade obligation. </i> All we have to have is a first round pick in the next two future drafts, it doesn't even have to be our own picks. As long as we hang on to #15 or get an '02 or '03 first rounder in return, then we can trade the #1 pick prior to the draft. The idea of teams wanting to know about the amount of red tape and road blocks makes the most sense to me.
Right, but we made an offer to Jackson that GS matched...and then traded him....I believe thats what hottoddie was referrin to
The GM's aren't tipping their hands to us or the media. They're tipping them to CD, which is what happens in trade talks. It's Doc Rocket who tipped us off, while telling us that regardless of whatever others were hearing the Rockets were serious about Ming and only Ming. I'd say the China trip and the letter we sent to the Sharks bears that out.
I always thought the Rockets would have to draft the player the other team wanted and trade his rights to them. If not, that's still the smart way to do it, it seems to me. That way the other team can't pull a fast one and pick someone else. They would have to tell us in advance the player they want.
