Rockets trade Battier to Grizzlies for Thabeet, first round pick

Memphis radio guy interview on 1560
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rx1zOopDPjU/Sh9DeuCv4GI/AAAAAAAAApE/LcXqENt8IIk/s320/vernon.jpg

 

^^ This!!!! Thank you.

 

I meant the philly Rocket comment, we got Nothing to lose

 

Yao still looks much taller than this man? Is he really 7-3?

 

Yao's standing closer to the camera. It's the perspective.

 

he went to high school in Houston

 

How about hasheam "deja vu" thabeet..

 

Agree. Dropped the ball on this one!

Call me crazy but give me a potential Boston deal of Jermaine O'Neal + Erdan for Battier [+ filler or 2nd rd pick if needed]

 

The Memphis Pick Is Lottery Protected In 2013?!?!?!?!

Wow, they really raped us in this deal

http://houston.sbnation.com/houston...his-in-battier-deal-will-be-lottery-protected

 

Demarre Carroll (sp?) was thrown in by the Grizzlies.

 

This trade sux so bad we got the sh** end of it 2 first round pick do not mean a lot most the the time first round picks play for 2 to 3 yrs and there done. NBA is a whole never level over college

 

I am a huge Shane fan, but we are not going anywhere and Lee and Bud might as well play more. At least we got a project (though one that will probably fail) and a draft pick.

 

We are gonna still be crap for 3 to 4 more yrs could have at least traded for 1 or 2 decent player shane & brooks to Boston would have been a much better trade

 

Daryl Morey on today's trade's ... via Jason Friedman twitter

"These moves position us better in the future. The big move that helps us now and in the future did not materialize but we feel like this positions us better in the future to make that move."

Morey on Battier:
"A winner big time, on and off the court. Leadership, everything he brought to city and our team will be very hard to replace."

Morey on AB:
"a big time player for us over past few years. my first draft pick & every year got better. Great person, losing him very difficult."

Morey on Thabeet:
"Obviously we need a center on our team. Hasheem Thabeet is someone who has potential to develop into very significant defender a very significant center over time. Right now he’s not there. Right now, if he was there, we would not have been able to get him. Unfortunately, you cannot acquire 7-3 centers after they become good easily, if at all. So you need to take a chance on a guy who you think has a chance to contribute over time."

 

so lets say the memphis grizzlies didnt make the playoffs in 2013 ...does tht mean that the rockets dont get the pick? If that is true, then do we end up with nothing or does tht draft pick stay with us till the next time that they do make the playoffs

 

Yeah, what I thought too

But then again, (this is from a Bima post) we don't really want 3 rookies next year. I mean it's not like we are going to keep them all, plus I don't think the draft will be that deep this year.

It's better to spread out the picks

 

If it's lottery protected in 2013, it means less protection in 2014(perhaps unprotected?)

Doesn't really matter. It's an asset in 2013, 2014, or 2015.

 

good point. i was a bit disappointed, but you are absolutely right.

 

Morey's brain is kicked by donkey.

 

Hate to see Battier go,but it's a sell high move. Battier is 32 now,his biggest attribute defense isn't going to be there long.