Why trade a guys that stays healthy and can score on his own for someone who barely plays at all? Scrap this thread!!!
Bynum seems to have commitment issues too, I think someone going to overpay this guy and regret for years under the current CBA.
There we go... after watching practically every player on the Rockets go down with some kind of injury this season (and last season), the obvious solution to that problem would be to trade the most durable player on the team for a guy that has only played a full season once during his 6 year career. Genius
Don't u think McCheezey & Yao inguries are enough for the rockets that u want to get a looser Bynam (has been) for Scola. Man we are really getting desparate here.
What about the idea of trading Scola (and Battier) for Bynum as a way of looking forward to 2012? Bynum's contract has a team option then. Let's say you don't resign Brooks (you draft to replace him), you let all of our FAs walk this summer, and you don't add any FAs. Come the summer of 2012, the only people you have under contract are Kevin Martin and Kyle Lowry. At that point you could sign Chris Paul and Dwight Howard, then just fill in around them with draft picks and FAs looking for a ring, just like the Heat. A lineup that included Paul, Martin, and Howard could go head to head with the Heat. We know that Morey could find the perfect role players to fit in around them.
I would consider the trade good if he's healthy and good if he's not. If the guy is healthy he provides the interior presence the Rockets so desperately need. If he is injured, the Rockets struggle mightly without their solid scoring PF and drop in the rankings, helping them to secure a higher draft pick (aka Terrence Jones). It's like a win-win situation, because his contract for 2012/2013 has a team option. If he is semi-serviceable, he could be traded on a good contract at that time for someone like Dwight Howard once he realizes that Houston is where it's at.
Scola is a work horse. I'd keep him. We do need to get some D behind him. For that I hope we'll get Kendrick Perkins in the off-season.
First, I like Scola. Secondly, he is BYC for the current season. But for all practical purposes, nothing much changes unless there is a 2010 trade deadline miracle. ("Miracle" defined as Scola and Martin remain on the roster while another impact player is added). The Rockets are currently an unusual mix of vets and younger players. Without some serious improvement by the youth, a windfall trade "gift" or some historic Lottery balls (an unprecedented 10 to 14 turning into 1 to 3), they could easily waste away the best years of Scola and Martin (along with what little is left of Battier). Unless there is a "miracle", you'd have to consider Bynum and a "kicker" of some sort. Shannon Brown and picks w/o protection? Or adding Oden and Battier into the conversation? Remember, the Lakers are one of the older NBA elites, Kobe is pretty high-mileage and Ron-Ron is well Ron-Ron. As stated, I like Scola and see the concern. But all one-sided trades need time to play out. The loss of Pau Gasol eventually turned into Marc Gasol and the ability to sign Zach Randolph.
Absolutely what we need........that would give us two of the most injured centers in the league. If we can trade Martin for Oden, we would have them all. Maybe between the three of them, we could get 60 games. Get er Dun Morey!!!!!!
First, The Rockets would not need to give up Scola for Bynum. Second, The Lakers would not want Scola for Bynum. This is the trade that would get The Lakers attention, and yes it works under the trade rules: Andrew Bynum for Chuck Hayes, Shane Battier, and Aaron Brooks. This rights the ship for The Lakers and gives them a guy they will need to defend Tim Duncan, Kevin Garnett, Chris Bosh, enabling them to keep Gasol out of foul trouble. Battier and Artest take turns checking Pierce, Lebron, Wade, etc. It saves them money because they can re-sign Battier and Hayes for much less than Bynum. Brooks is the wild card. The Lakers don't really need a backup combo guard (though some analysts say they do). But it gives them a quicker element coming off the bench than Shannon Brown. For Houston, they just simply will not find a better Center (if he stays healthy) by playing the free agent market. All Morey is going to be able to find is guys like Gortat. Also, if Bynum doesn't pan out, he only has 1 more year on his contract, so it's really just 1 and a half seasons. They won't re-sign Hayes because if Chuck's agent is smart, he will tell Chuck to go play for a contender because he will never get the respect he deserves from The Rockets fans or organization who has done nothing but try to find somebody to replace him every year (Scola, Landry, Hill, Patterson). Chuck Hayes would be a perfect fit in LA.
i think you are better off trying to sign Nene, Perkins, Jordan, or Chandler before trading away your best player for a guy who's in street clothes most of the season; every season. If we trade scola, it should be for a guy with a lot less question marks than Bynum. If you want to take a risk on an injury-pleagued big-man with high upside, why not just throw a bunch of money at Greg Oden this summer and keep scola.
I don't understand how the city of Houston never learns from their past mistakes. So many Houston Rocket followers are desperate and would make terrible GM's. Now if a third team got involved and we ended up getting something else out of it then yes. It is worth the risk.
