With my flame shield on I'm ready to say it. This team is not what we expected and there is no path to get there with the current roster. How are we going to trade for a proven superstar??? I think its time we go young and start all over. The best teams in the NBA have star players, ones that they can count on game in and game out. We used to have something close, now we have nothing that even resembles that. The bottom line is the only way we're going to get a superstar is if we blow it all up and start over. We're in a ideal year to make the commitment to rebuild because when the year is over, having no large commitments other than Kevin Martin who could easily be traded, ideally for a draft pick. Flame me if you want, but at least think about it.
Blow it up Kevin martin is Mr.Efficient and fits the team high character image, so what he's a fake star player.
Trade away anyone not on a rookie contract and play for picks and experience. We could single handedly stock the entire league's contenders with the role players they need ofr their championship runs in exchange for picks and expiring deals.
What is there to blow up? This team is mostly filled with youth and draft picks. I think the correct battle cry for Rockets fans should be for turning our assets into an all-star. Iggy, Granger, Gerald Wallace, etc etc
Enes Kanter, Brandan Knight, Harrison Barnes AND etc will be the best players coming out of college imo. I'm a big fan of blowing it up and rebuild around some new/young/fresh talent at least you'd have a good jump. I think if Morey blows it up at least he could have it done in less than a year instead of waiting and waiting.
THANK YOU Seriously... this team is full of a bunch of young players and expiring contracts. The only person that really doesn't fit those two categories at all is Scola, and I honestly don't think the Rockets would get all that much for him.
I agree with this thread..this season is only going downhill and I agree we are desperate for a closer .. I say keep Luis brooks and martin and just trade the rest....garbage season...it sucks watching and wasting ur time watching a 2 hour game for nothing but ****...face it we aint gunna turn around we just suck ass ...it's rlly hard bein a rockets fan
we will need to make a move for anthony... battier/jefferies/ brooks/taylor draft picks..... we are desperate...
I disagree, Scola is a legit 20/10 player right now, there are teams that are contending that would kill to have this guy on their team. Players with lowpost games are at a premium in the NBA, they're are plenty of teams that would love to add a low post scorer to their front line. OKC is a team who currently has no low post threat, if we have to blow this thing up, I would look to trade Scola there. They have an abundance of young talent that they could give us in exchange, for the hardest working basketball player I have ever seen.... I think James Harden has all-star potential but really hasn't gotten the chance to shine having to play behind Thebo, and I really liked the defensive presence that Cole Aldrich has shown so far this season, he looks like a promising young center. My Proposed Trade: SG James Harden(3rd overall pick in 2009 NBA Draft) C Cole Aldrich (11th pick in 2010 NBA Draft) 2011 1st rd draft pick for Luis Scola Chuck Hayes
Indeed. We dont have the customary old vet with a long and bad contract to get rid of. Yes, perhaps we can get rid of our best assets for unproven players with an upside. But why? We have several of those already.
We need to just start over, again. I know we are young, but what we have isn't working. We just have to keep: Martin lowry hill lee and maybe budinger and Patterson Sadly. Make available to trade Brooks, taylor, Hayes, jeffries, Yao, battier, and miller I wonder, don't flame me.... Yao+Brooks for love+rubio rights I know salaries don't match. So yea.... :'(
Hell no!!!....Harden plays same as Martin.......Alrich , if was that good he would have been drafted higher.....I would trade Scola and Brooks for Bibby and Josh Smith if we can.....we need a steady real PG and a athletic PF who changes the game defensively
Personally i just want some tougher guys, some more competitive guys... would love to see james harden over here he is a PLAYER...but that would mean having to let go of Kevin martin. which is fine to me, i think harden is ready for a bigger role then he has in OKC. would love to get cole aldrich he is a very good big to have in this league, knows how to play ball and play his role on the team. & can score for his postion. young and still has so much room to grow, but defensively he will be a big addition. .... Harden Chase Patterson Aldrich Personally at the PG position i just think we are to small and frail. like i said need to toughness, to go along with some athletic ability....look at the premier guard in the NBA (deron 6'4 212, rose-freak athlete, westbrook-freak athlete/tough as nails/GREAT defender, rondo-6'2 w/ 6'9 wingspan)...all in all i think we need "ELITE LEVEL PG" cant get that through trade unless we attain the right to rubio, yes i know he is not a freak athlete but he is gritty & tough as any competitor at his position and he defends as well as being 6'4. what if we had Eric Bledsoe???? hes built different, has a thick frame and is strong, long arms. great defender. he will be good as he develops more if not then im would also be very content w/ Kyrie Irving that kid is SPECIAL....what ever we have to do in this draft we have to fine a way to come with him. not knocking the pgs we currently have but none of them are super stars, they just arent big enough to have the impact needed (BIG ISH FAN, love what he brings. toughness)....in todays NBA the PG position is crucial.
Too much talent to lose 60-70 games, which is what it would take to have a decent chance for a top three pick. Morey would have to trade Luis, Kevin, Brooks, Shane, essentially everyone except Hill, Chase, Bud, and Ish.
