hmm..can Memphis match if we offered Marc the highest we can give right after the 3way trade is approved?
No, that is quite untrue. If they took Patterson and Lee instead of Martin, we would only have to dump two players on the Lakers, who would be happy to take them. Jordan Hill would be one of them I suspect, seeing as they need bigs...
Does Martin have to be traded for this trade to go through? according to my research, kevin martin makes about 10 million for the upcoming season. so, thabeet makes 2011 Salary: $4,793,280 patterson makes - 2011 Salary: $1,823,280 budinger makes 2011 Salary: $780,871 lee makes 2011 Salary: $1,352,640 hill makes 2011 Salary: $2,669,520 plus dragic and a 2012 pick, im sure the hornets can accept that instead of martin? if we can keep martin too, the rockets ARE GOING PLACES.
Oh, I see your point. however, if you were hornets gm, why would you take jh or Tbt over kmart? Neither jh nor Tbt is good enough to make the rotation.
Look, the Hornets won't have to take any of those guys. The Hornets would get (Scola, Dragic, Lee, Patterson)... From there the Lakers would only have to take two of our guys not including Thabeet. Say (Flynn & Hill), and the deal would work after we used our amnesty on Nene. We could keep Kevin Martin and sign Nene
literally up at 5 in the morning holding my breath for this trade to go down and for us to pick up Nene...please tell me this is not for nothing.
bro iv stayed up to 5 in the morning for the last 3 days waiting for us to make a move. =/ my eyes are bleeding rockets red...
Not aware of Grizzlies' salary cap. But i know Rudy Gay's contract is huge. Then there's Z-bo's. Offering Marc Gasol $16mil would surely hurt their pockets. If they have the budget, i think they would eventually choose to match. Not if we have Pau, speed dialling his lil bro and asking him to join forces in H-Town then we have a clear shot at Gasol Bro's wearing Rockets red. :grin:
Expect the announcement this morning. Should be in a couple of hours or so. Unless Lee or Patterson becomes a deal breaker. Which i doubt.
Hahaha it's going to be worth it! Expecting a starting lineup with Lowry, Martin, Morris, Pau, Nene lol have to stay positive at this point... Also trying to decide for myself who I would rather keep between Patterson and Morris regardless of team need...I know Patterson has at least played some minutes and has shown he is talented, hardworking and tough but Morris just screams Melo/Pierce to me haha
Hornets want young players. Who's the oldest among em? Scola at 31. So it leads me to believe they would choose to retain Martin (28) in the deal rather than Scola.
So if we sign pau we will have enough money for nene with the gained money from losing contracts in the trade? I know thats the main reason for the trade. we dont want pau to be our 5th since hes not a lowpost C. How much exactly, because NJ offered Nene like 60 mil for 4 years. max contract basically.
lmao this trade is going down like james brown... HORNETS JUST ADDED 9 SCRUBS TO TRAINING CAMP :grin:
As much as I dislike the idea of Luis being traded he's as good gone. Martin on the otherhand will possibly stay because of the size of his salary. This is if they're trying to even out the salaries which was not the case in the rejected deal and Ariza is bundled to the Lakers. I'm so hoping the Hornets push for Jonny Flynn. I think Dragic can be a key bench player for the Rockets in a combo guard role.
