He was clearly the second best player on that team. He's being cut because he's having surgery and his contract was non-guranteed. Once he gets healthy it would be interesting first of all to see where the rockets are defensively and if we need more help if Bzdelik doesn't whisper in MDA's ear for Lance, who can still be a lockdown defender.
I'm sure he is at 34 years of age with around 13 million per year AFTER this season and 13.5 the following. Les is all over that.
If you deal for Tyson, do you also deal Capela in a seperate transaction? No reason to have 3 Centers...
Not at all. You keep Clint he becomes the back up. He is what 20? He's got room to grow. Nene is the emergency big.
The only problem is his salary, I wonder if Suns will take Dmo sign and Brewer for him. Hell, for that deal I'd throw in our unprotected pick.
As stated a few times but clearly not read by more than half the people commenting on this thread, Stephenson is having groin surgery and would miss a very big part of this season. Hardly any teams pursued him this offseason and he essentially was a walk on in the Pelicans camp this year. This means there is virtually no chance Houston would even think about signing a guy who: -nearly no one in the league wants -will be unable to play for half the season -is a headcase even when healthy -plays a position we already have some depth in. ...move on to the real point of this thread which is, "what is it going to take to prevent Corey Brewer from getting minutes on this roster?"
We need to sign him and then waive him just to show DMo sometimes it's better to take that contract the team gives you.
Since there is no reason to talk about Stephenson... I like the idea of Chandler. Nene hasn't been good, Clint still shows his age, etc. But how much does Tyson really move the needle? I mean he'd be great to have if the Rockets had an obvious #2 guy next to Harden. Healthy Bev, healthy Chandler, Rockets clearly get better and probably are locks for playoffs... maybe even with a decent enough seed can give their first round opponent some fight. But they don't get much better than that, and Tyson has a big contract for 2 more years. If DM can manage the salaries this offseason to fit in whatever he wants, if the Rockets aren't giving up much, and if DM feels pretty good that it's the best deal he'll get with the assets being offered, then yes, a trade to do for sure...
