[Sacramento Bee] Rockets Have Expressed Interest in George Hill

Can Chuck Hayes shoot 3's yet?

 

That is putting the chemistry at certain risk.

They took a flyer on Anderson and Eric in the offseason when we did not know where we stand. Now years ago.

 

Eric and Anderson came easily into the fold after Dwight, Brewer, Jet, and J Smoove, so I disagree there as well. We needed an upgrade in shooting % and spreading the floor a bit to compete. Eric the buy-low ex-star to give Harden "help" creating. Anderson the Morey man-crush, star-crossed albeit...

 

I think when you have the best team in the NBA, some checkers might be the way to go.

Trading your third best player for Vets riding pine (for the worst team in the NBA) is certainly some 3-D Chess though, so kudos.

 

We don't need another big Tucker and Luc are our other bigs. Even Ariza, Nene and Green can play PF. Worst comes to worse there is joe chee.

 

The Rockets are already stupid by paying Anderson 20M a year. They have already invested 20M in a 5M a year bench player so that contract doesn't matter anymore.

The Rox play skill based bball not position bball, we have guys like Ariza Tucker Luc and Green playing 3-4 positions. The only thing that matters is talent and Hill is a lot better than Anderson and is much more moveable thats why you do this trade.

 

Thats not a great problem...what is great about losing your players because you can't pay them?

EG is cheap for his talent, his contract is a steal because he is playing at 2nd option level. If AG is as good as you say some team will offer him a poison pill deal and we lose him for nothing.

If Aaron Gordon is as good as you say will his team trade him for a pupuu platter? 2020 pick and rights to Lull? Lol!

I'd love to trade Joe Chee, Nanu and Anderson for Kevin Durant, that would make houston older but the Rox need to go all in this year.

 

A Hill/Koufos swap for Anderson/Black solves our trade deadline issues. I cannot understand what all of you are getting hung up on about Hill other than you don't fully understand the CBA implications of why we are doing this or the way minutes are distributed and not positions. Hill is effectively a shorter 3&D wing that happens to be a PG. He fits our system perfectly. He solves our depth issues at 1 through 3 positions if you have to look at it like that. Koufos solves our 5 depth. The 3/4 is occupied by Green/Ariza/Tucker/Moute. In other words, we got this. The 1/2 is filled by Beard/CP3/EGo/Hill. No one would have a better backcourt depth. We would be good in the front court sacrificing height for athleticism. Considering the only teams where that is a problem, I am fine if we have the 5 depth.

This trade works on the court and solves our Ryno problem for probably not much additional. We should be all over this if viable. Hill is an expiring contract next season and a solid contributor that can solidify us down the stretch and save minutes. We then have the ability to use him for LBJ with picks or turn him into something else. We go from toxic asset in Ryno to slightly positive asset with Hill without screwing up our assets.

We are not trading EGo as the result of this. I cannot understand how that thinking got involved in any of this. No team can have enough positive defenders who can create, shoot, and distribute the ball and play multiple positions. People are complaining because we want to trade our 3rd string PF for a starting PG in the NBA. If anything, the cost to showcase Ryno had a consistent negative effect on our defense, rebounding, and offensive efficiency. A guy that gives you 10 good games in a 100 game season just cannot be on the floor. Players have to be able to contribute in some form at all times when they are on the court. We are losing a slow, passive, poor defender who failed to rebound consistently or create or make a positive impact on offense. He is around an inch taller than Ariza. We are not losing anything.

 

Oh the irony that Ryno is the reason Gordon signed with Houston, and now Ryno could be the reason he will be traded from houston

 

What if we trade:
Ryan Anderson/ Eric Gordon for Ilyasova/Dedmon/Schroder
http://www.espn.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=y8kv6ako

and then flip Schroder/filler for George Hill instantly. Hill being a better spot up shooter/combo guard.
Sac can try a Schroder/Fox combo-tandem-thing for next year.

Houston would upgrade PF with Ilyasova over Ryan A
Shore up the backup center spot with Dedmon.
G Hill provides backup PG/SG with experience.
Houston stays under the luxury tax by sending some small contract fillers like Black to Sacramento.

Not that we couldn’t flip Schroder this summer. Keep him. G Hill just a smoke screen.

 

How is Ilyasova an upgrade over anderson? Their stats are exactly the same... 25 Min a game, 10 PPG, 5 rebounds and 1 assist. Anderson is also a slightly better 3pt shooter this season if not for his atrocious home stretch.

 

$6 mil expiring contract >>>> $19 mil, $20 mil, $21 mil or whatever.

More open shots with Houston

 

Reading through the thread, I don't think a lot of you guys appreciate what Eric Gordon brings to this team. The only guy I trade is Ryan Anderson, even if that means moving Luc to the 4 and not having a real PF on this team, but hell no to trading Eric Gordon.

 

There is no way in hell that Mike D'Antoni is allowing a Gordon trade. No F'ing way.

 

I appreciate Eric Gordon.

I’m guessing you don’t appreciate Gerald Green enough.

Because of Green, Gordon becomes available. The great value of Eric enables the Rockets to trade Ryan.
Morey has been fighting for years to get his chess pieces in position to get a star like LeBron this summer.
Ryan is not going to be the obstacle that blocks that. Yes, Morey gave Ryan that contract.....as a means
to an end.

Rockets would be:
PG) CP3........Harden/G Hill
SG) Harden...George Hill/Gerald Green
SF) Ariza.......Gerald Green/Luc MaM/Tucker
PF) Ilyasova..Tucker/Luc MaM
C) Capela......Dedmon/Nene

Small-Ball centers: Ilyasova/Tucker/Luc MaM

 

Dude...we just got WORSE.

 

I'll take that deal. A Hill/Gordon back court coming off the bench is a killer. Probably a top 10 back court in the NBA

 

Trade Machine says different

2 plus wins. Dude

Before bringing in Hill.

 

I appreciate Green as a player that I like using when others are injured and when you need a spark of the bench. Eric does so many things better than Gerald, better driver, better distributor, drawing fouls, etc. Eric is a freaking starter in this league playing 6th man for us while Gerald is just a decent role player that will have some really good moments and some really shitty moments. Eric is a lot better defender as well and doesn't get lost in switches. Gerald is trying, but he isn't that good of a defender.

I think you are overrating Gerald.

 

Green does not make Gordon available I like green but he doesn't bring to the table what Gordon does for this team no way no how would i trade gordon because i have green