10 reasons why Chris Bosh should consider the Houston Rockets his top choice.

Besides, I don't think the Rockets can absorb both Bosh's and Turkoglu's contracts without completely gutting the roster, which I doubt Morey would do.

 

As for Hedo: When we were discussing getting Iggy, Morey made it pretty damn obvious that there was no way in hell that we would take back Brand's contract. Hedo's contract is just as bad (paid less, but for an extra year.) There is no way we would ever take Hedo.

 

No way Morey will give up Brooks. He and Martin form a dangerous combination when teams are doubling Yao. And i don't want Scola to leave...he is as good as Bosh in his own way... just that Bosh is more athletic due to his height and can help block shots and rebound better than Scola. And i don't want to give up Battier either because he is the BEST DEFENDER in the entire league. And also can't give up Lowry...he is a bulldog that can't be beat!

So basically if we can get Bosh for draft picks and fillers without the names i mentioned above....by all mean do it!

 

We can absorb it. Les is not going to be too happy with paying luxury taxes, but we can do so from a personnel standpoint.

Rockets get: Turgolu, Bosh (27 mil combined)
Raptors get: Salary fillers in Battier, Jeffries, Hill, Andersen, Hayes (21.6 mil combined), which should work under the 125% rule. If the Rockets sign our 14th pick and throw in Budinger, I think we could work out a deal without Hayes.

The Rockets resulting 9-man rotation

Yao
Bosh
Ariza
Martin
Brooks
----
Lowry
Scola
Turkoglu
Taylor

That's incredibly solid. And this is all BEFORE the Rockets add a potential MLE player and/or bought 2nd rounders.

So no, we won't gut our team. We'll be gutting Les' checkbook at an insane level though. My guess is, Lowry in such a situation would get the boot, and we replace him with Llul, a 2nd rounder, or a very cheap FA.

 

You just proved my point exactly, Bosh is a significant upgrade over Scola. We need desperatly a shot blocker, and plus, we probably won't even include Scola in the S&T due to the complications of Scola's restricted free agent status.

Also, you must be nuts if you think we will get Bosh for only draft picks and "fillers"

We will have to send back at least one of our young assets such as Hill or Budinger. Brooks, IMO, will be the deal breaker. Other than that, everyone is fair game. I would prefer us to give them Ariza or Battier, but I wouldn't doubt that one of them will be included in the package.

 

Different scenarios. Turkoglu can actually play. He's not worth near his contract value, but at least he's not hurt more often than Yao.

But most importantly, Bosh >>>> Iggy. If Turkoglu ends up being the difference between whether the Rockets get Bosh or not, Morey would definitely think long and hard about it.

 

I would try to keep Lowry at all costs. IMO, he is the backbone of our bench.

 

I'd prefer us to get Hedo or Calderon if Toronto want to ask us to take back one of their bad contracts, but if Lowry does get the boot, which I sincerely doubt because he is Morey's guy, I would ask Toronto about Calderon.

Although, a Brooks-Calderon point guard tandem would probably be the worst defensive tandem in the NBA.

 

It's just a hypothetical, throwing it out there as a way to save Les money. Obviously, we can keep him if we want. Leslie Alexander just has to go Mark Cuban on the league and think the luxury tax is for sissies.

 

I don't think it was a rumor, but a fact. Bosh threw his whole team under the bus, not just Hedo, for not stepping up.

It didn't help though that Hedo was a party animal and didn't play a couple of games because he was hung over.

I think Bosh will come to Houston regardless because of our wonderful coaching staff and being that he will most probably be the instant #1 option on our team.

He wants to come to a winner, Houston is the best place to be.

 

He sure has proven that he can. Just look at how he gave Morey the green light in taking back Jeffries' contract and Martin and his contract.

Les knows that next season is our best chance at the title and building a Championship Contender costs money. Look at the Lakers, Cavs, and Magic, who are well above the luxury tax.

 

Agree. I also think Jefferson is a much better fit and more of a physical type player than Bosh. If the price is right I would much rather have Jefferson.

 

Looks like the Raptors fans are looking for less than what many on the clutchfans board think we'll have to give up!!! And they want picks & expiring (flexibility), not mid-level talents and/or long contracts ... if this is what the GM wants also ... must favor the Rockets over Miami, Chicago, Dallas etc.

 

Assuming we re-sign Scola, Lowry this year, and Yao & Brooks next year ... this would mean we have our top 8 players on long-term contracts. Don't think DM is for that ... kills flexibility & balance.

 

Assuming we can do a trade of:
Jeffries + Hill + Llull + Rockets 2010 pick + fillers + one of Knicks 2011 (swap option) / 12 picks for Chris Bosh ...

Then equation becomes:
[Out]
T-Mac (potentially out of league) + Landry + Dorsey (potentially out of league) + Rockets 2010 pick (14th) + $2m (used to purchase pick for Llull) + cash considerations in trade with Kings ...
[In]
Martin + Bosh + one of Knicks 2011 or 2012 pick (assume the other one goes to the Raptors) + Rockets get out of luxury tax for 2010 via trade with Kings

Which roughly simplies to:
[Out]
Landry + Rockets 2010 pick (14th)
[In]
Martin + Bosh + Knicks 2011 (top 5 protected) or 2012 (top 1 protected) pick

Which would mean:
DM is good at maths :grin:

 

And it is a win-win trade:

Toronto gets to rebuild quickly with 2 low-teens 1st round pick in 2010 (Rockets + their own), the 8th pick in 2009, potentially another pick in 2011/12 (eithers knicks or Rockets), Llull, and an expiring in Jeffries which would give them total $18m in expirings for next season to pull off a big trade.

Rockets get bosh without giving up its core players, and still have a potential lottery pick from the Knicks in either 2011/12.

 

If we aqcuired Bosh, he, Scola and Hill would all have long hair at the PF position.

 

Become a championship contender?
or
Payroll flexibility?

Yeah, I'm somewhere between 100% to 100% certain Morey chooses the path that leads to championship contending status.

 

the raptors fans doesnt know that the rockets doesnt own the 2010 1st Rd pick of the Knicks, the jazz owns that pick.

 

thank you. i think its some kind of blind homoerotic obsession.
Chris Bosh = Shareef Abdur Rahim . their legacies will be identical in 10 years.
An old Ginobili would help this team win more games than Chris the underachieving primadona Bosh. not saying hes not one of the top PFs, just very overrated. quit playing 2k10 lol