Lawson, Howard, Afflalo to New Orleans Gordon, Lopez, Calderon, Anderson to Houston Asik, Jones, Holiday to New York Rockets line-up: Bev/Calderon Harden/Gordon Ariza/Brewer Anderson/DMo Lopez/Capela
First off, our return sucks, second why tf would we give NOLA Dwight?? He and AD will murder us, they're in our division!
Don't need a big trade. Lou Williams, Bass, and Young for Lawson(wavied), Jones, and Dekker. Lakers (obviously tanking) gets two young prospect and get out of Young's contract.
http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=j6pn2ph A.Hordford J.Teague N.Young D.Russell J.Randle Houston In Lakers In James Harden Atlanta In Howard & T. Jones
Feels pretty obvious that any trade Morey makes will be with keeping cap flexibility in mind for 2016 FA. I don't see Morey taking on any long term contracts unless it is a star player.
I kind of really like this trade. One team nobody talks about much is Miami. Kind of makes sense at this point of his career to form an old man star trio with Wade & Bosh. http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=zluccdb -Then for Philly, Gogi actually is a great fit there. He might not be thrilled about it, but its a great situation for him actually, and while losing Noel hurts their defense and athleticism around the rim, but from what I've seen lately I think that Jerami Grant can replace alot of what Noel does, and Holmes looks like a keeper too that needs more minutes. Add in another top pick this year or two and that team could take off quick next year. -For Houston getting Noel in the deal is probably about as good as you can get. Nice young 5 who for Houston would do much of the same things Dwight is doing honestly, and he's got some room to improve. And he's cheap. McBob is a nice inexpensive PF with some passing ability. Kind of perfect for the Rockets. While Noel & McBob don't have the star presence that Dwight has, they sort of fit a James Harden run and gun team almost more. Noel can play fast, and still protect the rim & Rebound. McBob has the skills lacking from the 4 spot over the past couple years. The Rockets aren't a contending team with this trade, but they might be a better offensive team that fly up and down with the best of them. ........... and honestly... if a Dwight Howard deal is going to get done, its probably going to be done by getting creative with a 3 or 4 team deal. Just not too many suitors out there, but I think Miami sort of makes sense, and they aren't getting nearly adequate value for Dragic now. He's never going to be great for them playing alongside their vet group playing the style they do. -If Miami feels they need a better PG help to replace Dragic you place Marshall w/ Ish Smith & Canaan and the deal still works. Canaan is a very close player to Chalmers, and maybe you bring Ish off the bench. I dunno, but they probably get better value and two better fitting PG's to play on their roster with this trade.
The logic is that mediocrity is an amazing thing and we should all be nostalgic for 2010, the high point of the Houston Rockets franchise.
Depends on if you're right or not. I'm eagerly awaiting that first rounder from Toronto, Sistah Narcy.
The one trade to rule them all. Houston in: Amir Johnson, Jeff Teague, Jerebko, Sefolosha, Olynyk, Bos 2016 1st, Dallas 2016 1st and Phili 2016 2nd. Houston out: Howard, Ariza, Beverly, Thorton Boston in: Horford, Splitter, Thorton Boston out: Amir Johnson, Jerebko, Olynyk Bos 2016 1st, Dallas 2016 1st and Phili 2016 2nd. Atlanta in: Howard, Ariza, Beverly Atlanta out: Horford, Splitter, Sefolosha, Teague Why Houston: Pros: Get Teague to be the combo guard that hopefully finally works next to Harden. Enough talent with Amir and Olynyk to maybe stay in the playoff hunt this year. Maybe we take Lee instead of Amir if they feel they are getting enough value elsewhere. The draft picks. Saves money this year. Some Rockets fans would rather just have Horford over the picks/Olynyk but I don't want a weak rebouding C locked up one a huge contract or walks in FA. I would rather have the minor assets and cap room. Cons: Lose out on Howard this year and having the inside track to resign him next year. Ariza is a fan favorite and his loss really hurts, would likely have to make another trade to get a decent SF. Bev fits with Harden and is one a decent contract. Have to pay 4m to Sefolosha next year. Why Boston: Pros: Gets their man in Horford and keeps most win now pieces minus Olynyk. They have way too many draft picks this year and have to move them and most GMs are going to want more from Boston just because they have so many...it is human nature. Danny can stick to his guns but it is going to be hard to consolidate all the draft picks and get good value in return. Just look at what happened last year when they tried to move up. Most teams would not even give up a good 2nd rounders now for Rosier, Hunter, and Young: Your roster cannot fit more c level prospects on it if you are transitioning into a win now team. You need more vets and contributors. Cons: Give some draft picks/Olynyk and take on Spliiter is the cost of getting Horford. They could pawn off Splitter with some on their other minor draft picks now or in the offseason. Why Atlanta: Pros: If they don't trade Horford then they either resign him for 25m plus or loss him for nothing in FA. Atlanta has already seen what the best possible team is with Horford as the best player. If they resign him then they are going to be a mid-range playoff team only over the next four years. Howard fits better with Millsap and solves a lot of their rebounding problems. Ariza slides into their 3 spot perfectly and is a great decreasing contract. Bev also would be a great backup PG to Schroder. Get to dump Splitter's useless corpse is a huge plus too. The team is more balanced after trade and Howard would be playing for the best coach he has had in years. IF he is traded to Atlanta then his agent will already have the framework of a new deal in place. I think he is mature enough to want to come home and play and lead the Hawks now. He wanted the big markets earlier to help his brand but that ship has likely sailed., but now I think he just wants to win and get paid because that is the only way his brand ever has a shot at improving. Cons: I think Horford/Howard swap is even and actually improves lineup balance for Atl.The biggest risk in Howard's contract. If they can agree to something like a 5/130m contract then I think the risk is worth it. They lose Teague but replace him with maybe better fitting pieces going forward.
Howard, Thornton to Blazers Plumlee, Crabbe to Houston Plumlee has one more year left on his deal then he will be a RFA, Crabbe is expiring but has a cheap cap hold and is a RFA. Opens up a lot cap space for Houston going into free agency with our center position filled for only 3 mill between Plumlee and Capela. #flexebilty Who says no?
I do. I dont like this deal and think we can do better than that. Theres nothing that soecial about Mason. And Crabbe who I like is gonna get paid a lot. Young good defensive wing? Just watch. Call Jordan. Charlotte is barely in the playoffs and Batum Lin and Marvin Williams expire and they will want to resign all of them. By getting a legitimate star which this team lacks they cement a place in the pos and the chance to resign batum and williams rise dramatically. This is probably the team Morrey has the most leverage with. They are win now in difficult position with the Mkg injury and desperate to resign their fa. Take two first from them. Or one first and zeller or kaminsky. Thats much better than plumlee and crabbe imo.
Its more so about the cap space it opens up. Crabbe's cap hold is tiny, like 1.7 mill. We could also ask for their lotto protected 1st this year, since they would make the playoffs we'd get a mid 1st. We'd also likely miss the playoffs which gives us our own little pick Trade Ariza, Jones and KJ for picks and expirings, dump Brewer with a pick Go into free agency with Harden 17 Beverley 6 Motie 6 Plumlee 2.3 Dekker 1.7 Capela 1.3 Harrell 1 + 2 first That roster + enough cap space for 2 max contracts makes that trade a win for me.
