First of all, I'm referring to the writer of the article, not to the OP. Second, I know exactly what the writer said. He first talked about the Rockets cap situation and how the Rockets would likely pursue Lebron in a sign-and-trade. But then later, in Item #7 of the article, the writer states that Morey can work magic that he doesn't understand and that he believes that Morey could, in fact, CLEAR CAP ROOM in short order. I'm simply trying to help people out by informing them that this is basically impossible. Why is there NO WAY that happens? As others have stated, Cleveland is not going to want to sign and trade Lebron unless they are getting a TON back. Even then, Cleveland might not make a deal, choosing instead to tell Lebron to screw himself and go take $30M less elsewhere. Whereas Toronto is pretty much stuck having to do a deal, I think Cleveland will need to completely start over and will not want to take back salary (as JayGoogle said) unless a player at least as good as Brooks is involved. Toronto has young guys like Bargnani and DeRozan to build around. Cleveland's got squat in the way of young players yet has a bloated payroll. They won't be quite as eager to take on a Jared Jeffries or even a Shane Battier. Also, I'm not so concerned about the front line if the Rockets are getting Lebron freakin' James to play on the . . . you guessed it . . . FRONT LINE. Plus, the Rockets still have a big man rotation of Yao, Scola and Chuck Hayes at the very least, not to mention David Andersen (purely for depth) and any other bigs added in the draft or free agency.
Why is it that every time we try to seduce a free agent to come to Houston. We always use the "international market card"... is that really our best offer? Is this town that bad to where we have to use foreign influence to attract potential FA?
Yea i get the feeling morey is smoke screening just like a lot of us thought we'd get the iggy and dalembert or caron and haywood. I know morey will get us something and it wont be what we all expect no one expected martin or even the last minute possible amare deadline trade. Lebron may be a looooooong shot but if theres a possibility of him being a future rocket with morey were in good hands.
Money and fans are appealing to an athlete, and anything to put someone over the top that separates it from the others in this aspect is a "card" that any team is willing to play if it holds it.
never heard it used as the only or best argument. international exposure brings current endorsements & future career options that should appeal to players & their agents. why not add to the list of reasons instead of nitpicking on a solid point?
Because first its from bleacher report which is bogus and secondly its dreaming past dreaming. You could swap the rockets with any other team and its the same. The mavs,spurs,thunder, or whomever else it is and it doesn't change. It doesn't matter where james goes, any team with him is a contender. Just like shaq and duncan in their primes, james is the same way. You could take any teams best player and sub lebron and that team is better and that includes kobe. So really its about where he wants to go play. Playiing with the rockets is no more appealing or puts him any closer to a ring than playing with a boatload of other teams.
Why not David Lee? With all the rumors talking about Rockets getting Chris Bosh, I wonder why do they not go after David Lee. He is still improving with potential, plays almost the same way as Chris Bosh, but he can play center. He hustles and is another Scola, younger and more athletic. Sure, if you guys wanna talk about Chris Bosh being an all-star and david lee is just a role player, I think that can be debatable. Thoughts?
hahaha i love scola, and i do not want to see him get traded. but i do not want to have a player who demands max money without proving anything (chris bosh). i can understand lebron and dwade demanding max money (nba finals and nba championship) but what does chris bosh do to demand max money? i would rather use the mle and sign and trade for various second-tier FAs then putting all the eggs into one basket
We really don't need any free agents. What we need are more young players to accomodate the veteran presence that we have. If we were able to get multiple top tier picks in this draft, we would make out like bandits for years to come.
We don't really have the cap room to offer him unless we use the MLE on him. Bosh would have to be a sign&trade, which I think would be a stupid idea (for previously mentioned reasons)
You think David Lee will get the MLE? Dude's getting 10 million, minimum, particularly with his offensive stats being inflated thanks to D'Antoni. No interest in him anyways, as he'll get that money, and unlike Bosh, isn't that much better than Scola.
David Lee is not a true shot creator. He scores a lot of his points on offensive rebounds and off drive and kicks in a uptempo system. Bosh is a shot creator and would command a double team. Bosh is also a better defender than Lee. It will be interesting to see what kind of money Bosh is asking for. I'm not sold on him being a Max money guy either. Close to it, but not max. Only D Wade and LeBron should get max. Suns might have to overpay Amare to keep him.
