New York Post writes, that Layden is still after Cato. Hope he gets him I would take anything with a shorter contract. Even with the Michael Doleac signing, Layden, who returns from vacation today, is still trying to trade for a center and also a point guard. Earlier this summer, he had conversations with Houston about Kelvin Cato. Free-agent centers Michael Olowokandi and Rasho Nesterovic are still unsigned but Layden would have to do a sign-and-trade. Greetz Micha³
The Knicks have nothing I want- short of a future 1st round draft choice. i like Othella Harrington, but we are loaded at the 4.... Scott Layden makes Dave Checketts look like a genius. Now that Layden has Shandon Anderson and Howard Isely back-he should make a deal for malone and Stockton.....
i'd go for a 3 team deal: we send ny cato and rice ny sends sprewell to the clipps and the clipps send us odom ny gets a real sized sf that they have been after. and they finnaly get a center. the clipps dont have to worry about contract talks with odom next year. afterall they will have to worry about brand and miller too. we get the point foward that makes our offence and fast break work. we still have the exception to sign a backup center.
Actually they've already had Rice they are the ones who unloaded him to us. Do you remember that 2 years ago. I think that Kenny should be the one to go. Don't get me wrong I love the guy's game but he is unsuitable for reasons that we have all disgussed before. I can sort of see why NY would want him when he shows up he is a very good center, and in addition to that Cato could compete with any center in the East.
Yeah, it would have to be a three-team deal, because I don't see anyone on the Knicks that Houston would want. If the Rockets traded Cato I can think of three positions the Rockets would need to fill on the roster. I rank the "need" in this order. 1.) a decent center who can start while Ming gets used to the NBA, and who can backup Ming when Yao comes into his own. 2.) A younger, healthy, proven NBA starting small forward 3.) A backup shooting guard As you can see the #1 need would be a decent center...and we would have just traded him. I would only trade Cato for an equal-value center or in the unlikely case a really good, young small forward. The only problem is that I think Nachbar could end up being the starting small forward, so any trade for someone like Odom could prove to be a mistake. I never thought I'd say it, but I don't think the Rockets should trade Cato.
How about Kurt Thomas? He is a PF but can play the 5. He'll be a good back up for Ming. And I don't want Odom on our team.
If we can trade big for big, then good-bye, Cato. Otherwise, we need him, even if he is an expensive backup; and he won't be a backup for most of this year. If Layden is gonna overpay for someone, he should overpay for a center.
I say we start Collier and let Ming come off the bench immediately, the rockets could trade cato for anything cheaper, and they cant go wrong with that, Ming would start immediately after he gets a little pt, collier could backup.
yea i hear ya on the collier thing, but i'd rather let Ming start ASAP, throw him in there, its the only way he'll get used to the game quicker. get rid of cato atleast.
Here's a good one I thought of: Hornets get: Jason Collier Latrell Sprewell Houston gets: Elden Campbell New York gets: Kelvin Cato George Lynch Houston draft pick 2005 protected Teams: Campbell/Ming MoT/Griffin/T-Mo Rice/Nachbar/T-Mo Mobley/Torres Francis/Mooch Cato/Doleac McDyess/Kurt Thomas Lynch/Weatherspoon Houston/Shandon Ward/Eisley/Frank Williams Magloire/Traylor/Collier PJ Brown/Moiso Mashburn/Augmon Sprewell/Alexander Davis/Wesley Thoughts?
Cancel that. What would stop New York from doing this directly: Sprewell Ward Kurt Thomas for Campbell Lynch Wesley Magloire/Kurt Thomas/Travis Knight PJ Brown/Kurt Thomas Mashburn/Augmon Sprewell/Alexander Davis/Ward Campbell/Doleac McDyess/Othella Lynch/Spoon Houston/Shandon/Wesley Wesley/Frank Williams/Eisley They could still put together a package like Eisley and Othella for a backup PF.
WoW! You must be in very bad shape to think we should not trade cato! I would trade him to NY for a twix candy bar. Maybe only half a twix. That butt-wipe is garbage.
Honestly though, Cato could freakin DOMINATE in the East. Hell, if Marcus Camby was anywhere NEAR a serviceable center over there, a guy with as big a body as Cato could shove munchkins like Jermaine O'neal and Ben Wallace around for some rebounds. If you look at his stats, his career highs in rebounding, points, field goals, free throws, assists, and steals all came against Eastern Conference teams.
Did the article actually say Layden "is still after Cato" or that he's still talking to the Rockets about Cato or are you assuming this because he spoke to the Rockets earler this summer in regards to Kelvin?
