[CHRONIC] Four Rockets players on edge awaiting roster cuts

greatest way for these guys to look at it. QFT... if conroy doesn't stick here i hope he can make it somewhere else.

 

Cook's contract is worth too much to cut him. Look for him to be packaged in a trade at the trade deadline.

 

I think Pops is going to make the team.

 

wow. i didn't know pops was 6'9 till i seen his basketball reference page. so he could possibly make the team on size alone. he also can be the defensive stopper we possibly need.

 

Looking back at the Rafer/Lowry & Cook trade, most would agree that the Rockets are very happy in what they are seeing out of Lowry. The problem is that we had to absorb the contract of Cook. IMO, if we can't dump Cook, we may lose out on some promising young players. We may have to offer a team a 2nd round pick and or cash to take Cook off our hands. The one good thing is that Cook is on his last year of his contract, seems like this would help some teams clear cap space for next year. If we can't move Cook, maybe another player like Dorsey could be moved. Another option would be a 2 for 1 deal that would free up an extra roster spot. Come on Morey, get it done.

 

I don't believe NBADL works the same as baseball minor leagues. If they send J Taylor to Rio Grande Valley he would still take up a roster spot, but I could be talking out of my ass.

 

I'll say it again. GS needs bigs. Jackson for Cook, Mensa-Bonsu or Joey, Barry and maybe Taylor. Problem solved.

 

Jacksons contract is too long and for too much money.

 

3 more years maxing at just over $7M. Not bad for a good sixth man.

 

That makes the most sense. J-Taylor has disappointed me a bit this preseason.

I do like Conroy's game a lot, though, and I'm a fan of keeping three PGs on the roster, especially when you really only have one true PG as it is.

 

Yeah - it makes a whole lot of sense - except it doesn't, because it's impossible under the NBA CBA.

crimsonghost is right.

 

But we need bigs too?

And I doubt giving another team our crap for a genuine player is going to pan out pre-season. Perhaps halfway through the year if someone is looking to dump salary (which then raises the question of whether the player we'd be acquiring is a franchise level player - since they'd be taking up most of our available cap space for 2010).

 

keep pops, the two 2nd rounders, and don't give up on dorsey just yet. i say let conroy, temple. and beck go.

we need size, to go with speed which we already have. pops would be a great compliment to our current roster.

scola, landry, pops, hayes, dorsey, cook all bring different aspects, cook's on his expiring contract, if we can somehow trade it + a future second rounder for a relatively unknown player who can blossom here, that would be great.

how about that C from the j*zz, that european guy? Koufos.

 

koufos + ronnie price

for

cook + 2nd round pick

 

hes also getting too old.

 

unlike many on the board, i haven't been impressed with conroy at all

that being said, cook and dorsey have no business making the roster......i'd rather carry only 13 players than keep those sorry excuses for bball players in rockets jerseys

 

I feel the same way.

 

Barry and coock have have expiering contracts and i suspect they could be packiaged anytime. if not then surely barry will be waived. that leaves 2 spots. tht should go to pop and conroy. pop is allready the best shotblocker and interior defender we have.he is a definet keeper