Good trade. The Rockets get a playmaker and the sg they are desperately in need of. Will the Suns agree?
I'd have to disagree. They are both young and have great potential. Landry maybe not as valuable as Brooks, but both have proven they are worth something. The fact that they are being used for potential trades proves they are worth something. If they were worthless, you wouldn't even attempt to dangle them infront of other teams. Notice we arnt trying to use Wafer, Hayes, etc.
No improvement from landry are you serious. The kid was hitting his jumpers with ease. I wanted to see him take a few more threes.
I'm a newb poster, the first half of my post was actually a quoted reply and if u read the second half of the post, I provide proof of their value.
I like Brooks and Landry, but IMO those two plus McGrady would be a perfect package for a team (a) trying hard to shed multi-year contracts for cap room in 2010, or just to save money period, (b) willing to trade established talent for youth and potential, (c) would exchange one really good player for multiple lesser players to add depth If we made a deal with a team that fits some or all of these criteria, I could see us getting back a really big-time player, or maybe two quality starters if we throw in cash, future picks, etc. It's also important to note that trading Brooks would weaken our starting lineup whereas trading Landry would not, so I wouldn't trade Brooks unless it involved getting a big-time established PG. With all that being said, these would be my targets (in order from most plausible to least): Nets - Tmac, Landry, and maybe Lowry for Carter and maybe a cheap body to stick in as backup center Bucks - (assuming Bogut is capable of playing with Yao for like 15-20 minutes per game, actually I'm not sure he is but whatever) a deal involving Tmac and Landry for Redd and Bogut Warriors - a deal involving Biedrins and Ellis (or one of their older high priced perimeter players if Ellis is too valuable to them) Suns - Tmac, Landry, Brooks for Nash plus somebody/something Hornets - Tmac, Landry, Brooks, Battier, kitchen sink for CP3 and/or Peja and/or Chandler
If we can trade away Horry and Cassell, trading away Landry and Brooks for a proven commodity is a no-effing-brainer.
exactly, anyone failed to see CL's improvement with his jumper is either blind or doing that intentionally.
Yes but you basically gamble part of the future of this team. After the Barkley trade, It took the Rockets sometime to establish a constant winning program. After the Barkley trade came the Pippen trade which cost nothing but after came just the Francis trade. It took awhile to establish the foundation of the team. Lets hope that Amare sticks with the team and health is not a problem.
Sometimes you gotta break a few eggs... Barkley didn't get us a ring but we were 2 games away from playing the Bulls in the Finals. That's a lot farther than we would have gotten if we had kept Horry and Cassell. Trading for Francis while blowing up a "potential duo" in Dickerson and Mobley didn't make some people on this board happy either since both were "young" and "had potential". Trading 60% of our starting lineup for McGrady wasn't a popular idea either but he's been able to become a famous and infamous Rocket during his tenure. Point is: if you can move potential for proven, you just do it.
He didn't have that 15-foot jumper his first year. Now he does, and probably knocks it down more consistently than Scola. Landry's not hit his peak yet; far from it.
Brooks has a ton of potentials, but not landry. So if we have to deal one of them, Landry walks first. we can get a backup C for him.
I don't understand the fascination with bringing Nash here? Did anybody see what happened when Terry Porter tried to slow down the offense? Nash's strengths disappeared. There is no way he can co-exist with Yao. They don't complement each other whatsoever.
Yes potential always takes a back seat to proven but make sure that the gamble does not take too much to recover if and when it does not go as plan. Long term projection or foresight must be taken seriously not impulsive moves.
If we trade Brooks, it has to be to help get a bona-fide star, AND we have to get another legit point guard coming in. Lowry shows flashes, but I am not convinced he can handle the point on his own, and he certainly does not spread the floor like Brooks does.
