[Marc Stein] Houston Rockets could join Chris Bosh chase

Trading Lowery, Scola, or Chase would be okay with me, but to include A. Brooks or Landry for Bosh would be a bad move. Especially those who are saying to trade both Brooks and Landry for Bosh. Bosh is likely leaving Toronto so why give up so much for him? Toronto has no leverage here.

 

Zero chance that we wind up with Iggy, CP3 and CB4 but I'd like trade too haha.

 

Just kidding. I'm not sure there is a stat. I know there is a difference between a double team because you're a turnover box and a double team because you're killing us. Unfortunately, there isn't a stat.

 

kill this rumor!!!!!

 

I think leebigez has it right. Toronto is quite deep. They don’t need a bunch of guys. They need the right guy, and Colangelo isn’t afraid to gamble. Yao is the only player I see him trading Bosh for, and he would be a good fit in Toronto for a number of reasons. I’m not completely up on his injury situation but depending on the risk Colangelo may want some draft picks thrown in as well. I think there’s also a chance that Jack would be available to go with Bosh, but Toronto would probably want a PG in return as well.

 

I wouldn't mind Morey trading Brooks or Landry but if he were to part with BOTH of them Bosh better be signing an extension the minute he steps off of that plane at IAH. This isn't a Randy-for-hire year/situation by any stretch of the imagination.

Scola/Cook/Ariza or Battier should get it done. An expiring contract and two starters who brings the Raptors what they don't have--rebounding and defense

 

Yao For Bosh

We have a ton of cap room for next year

 

Toronto is not a deep team. They might scoff at the players we might offer but they are by no means a deep team.

 

Yeah, if there is a deal out there for bosh it would be better to use landry in the trade then brooks.

 

That may be part of the thinking. Houston many be able to go after another name FA with the rest of their cap room.

 

The rest of what cap room?

 

As much as I love Yao having the huge cap room for 2010 would be awesome.

It's just hard to build/rely on a guy who is never healthy and nearing the age of 30.

 

Bargnani/Rasho/O’Bryant
Bosh/Amir Johnson/Reggie Evans
Hedo/Wright/Weems
DeRozan/Belinelli/Jack
Calderon/Jack/Banks

 

The rest of that ton of cap room RocketMania1991 was talking about.

 

I assume we are gonna keep Bosh, who will make what Yao would have made next season, back to square one with the Myth of the Rockets and the 2010 Free Agency, no? Show us how the "ton of cap room" math works.

And if Yao is doomed to be injured, why would Toronto give Rockets Bosh for him?

Another one of those "Our guy sucks, so lets trade him for someone better but lets not even worry about the other team's motivation" kind of garbage.

 

Maybe Morey has a trade-for-Bosh-and-then-let-him-and-Tracy-both-expire then sign a Lebron or Wade up his sleeve.

 

I could be wrong but if you trade Yao for Bosh, then let Bosh expire..you still have his bird rights but there is no cap hold on him, so you get the $$$ off the books from McGrady expiring (about $8 million) and the $$$ off the books from Bosh/Yao....about $14 million....which gives you about $22 million to spend.....

So you could sign someone like Wade etc......for $15 million.......resign Bosh for $15 million (putting you back over the Lux Tax line) but not as much as taking on someone like Dalambert, and not at all if you trade someone like Battier for a trade exception....

Interesting, if I am doing it right, probably should ask Bima or NikeStrad...to be sure....

DD

 

I don’t mean to speak for RM1991, but I’m assuming he was looking at Sham’s page and thinking along these lines. It’s a bit of a guessing game what the cap will be next year, but let’s say that it drops by $2 million. That would mean that the Rockets would have $12 million to spend if they picked up all their options. That’s a decent chunk of change right there, but with another trade or two and perhaps by declining some options they could move that number up quite a bit more.

Who says Yao is doomed to be injured? I follow the Raptors a lot more than I follow the Rockets these days, btw. I’m a Canadian and there are just a lot more Raptors games on TV here than Rockets games.

 

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