We have the assets to do two sign and trades for maximum salary

puff puff pass nikka.....

 

y would u play here?.... Yao has horrible injuries history.. stand pat... sign B Miller and hold out till the 2011 trade deadline..... we will then have all the EDGE...

 

Why are you here if you hate the Rockets?

 

Who knows...but after all that...who would we even have left?

The attracting thing that the Rockets have that none of those others do is that the Rockets have possibly the deepest team in the NBA...just without a legit superstar (Unless Yao comes back 100%)

 

He doesn't hate the Rockets, he just sees that this team is already stacked at each position except center. He knows that with a decent center this team is in the contention picture. You know, even though his name is HPD, i agree.

 

Basically comes down to needing ~25.6 million in salary to send back along with cheap assets to get it done. Each package needs about 12.8 million in salary to make it work under the CBA assuming the max contract starts at 16 million.

So essentially you could make these feasable packages

11.7m:
Jeffries (6.8)
Hayes (2.3)
Hill (2.6m)
Knick Pick

10.3m:
Ariza (6.3)
Andersen (2.5)
Patterson (1.5)
Knick Pick

You still need some smaller filler cash to get it done without gutting your core group. Easily do-able but it would take some crafty moves to make it work. But it leaves you with a ridiculous team.

Brooks / Lowry
Martin /
Battier / Budinger
Scola /
Yao /

+ take your pick of 2 max free agents

 

if that happens we'll all have to kiss morey's feet....

 

you could almost say any team have the assets to snt for 2 max salaries.....

 

Can't the Rockets get 4 max FAs?

 

I just heard sports writer Chris Mannix on the radio a while ago and he was specifically discussing the Bosh situation, saying that Bosh is adamant about getting that 6th year, which means a sign and trade. Mannix then went on to say that this brings Houston specifically as a strong candidate becasue of all the good assets we have. He also stated that Miami doesn't have that many attractive assets and that Pat Riley has been trying to push Michael Beasley on the league for a month now and Toronto is not going to like that compared to what Houston can offer.

As for getting two sign and trades...I guess there must be a reason Morey is mainly going after Bosh... First, Cleveland has been adamant that they will not sign and trade. Wade is likely staying in Miami and seems to be doing the heavy recruiting for his team. Phoenix is not likely to sign and trade with us. I hope Morey isn't thinking about giving Joe Johnson the max....but I think getting Johnson would only be to try to land Bosh, not just getting Johnson by himself. PLus, the Rockets would be better off trying to trade for Carmelo Anthony next year if the Nuggets get desperate and don't think Anthony will be coming back. The only other marquee free agent would be Pierce, but we'll see if Boston would even be open to a sign and trade or that Pierce would even consider Houston.

 

Yes, many teams have that, what they don´t have is players under contract after those deals, it is the same problem that teams with cap space have, what is the team after signing those 2 max guys???

Houston has the assets to S&T, making sure that after those deals, they still have an all-star in YAO, a great player in Martin, and quality young guys not to mention the addiction of 2 all-stars

Will they see the evidence??? Just wait and see....

PeAcE

 

None of the teams involved are going to take these players, Memphis-Laker
deals are not the league standard. They are going to want some value
other than cap relief. Thinking we would not have to give away Martin,
Scola, Battier, or one of the two points is a fantasy.

 

Like I said before, we are going after Joe Johnson and Bosh while keeping Martin, Brooks, Yao, Scola, and Lowry.

 

Morey's Plan A. Though I'd bet Lowry and Bud would be in those packages with Hayes & Patterson staying. But I don't think the sane among us would mind with two all-stars coming back.

 

Martin and Johnson play the same position. not happening

 

JJ can play the 3

 

Rockets will be in the same situation. As long as Rockets keeps Yao, they'd have ship out vertually all remaining talent to get 2 more max players.

Real max players have very high trade values. Think about this way, were you ready to trade Yao when he was healthy for just Cbud + Hill + expiring + a couple pickes?

Those garbage proposals mentioned by some clutch fans in various posts won't even work in fantasy basketball, let alone in real life.

 

Joe Johnson is two years older and way more expensive than Martin. Martin doesn't need the ball in his hands to score. Johnson does. We don't need Joe Johnson. Period. End of story.