[Clutchfans.net] Grizzlies want(ed) Scola for Miller

If that remains the case, Mike Miller won't be a Rocket any time soon.

 

No surprise there. I remember hearing that Grizzlies management was smarting from all the heat they were getting around the league after handing Gasol to the Fakers.

On the specific matter of the Grizz wanting Scola in a Miller deal, the Rockets should tell them to kiss off. I want Miller on our team, but not at the expense of any of our power forwards.

I figure if they really wanna dump Miller, they'll do it by the trade deadline. It's obvious their plans revolve around Rudy Gay and whoever they draft, so the Rockets just need to be patient and keep offering those expiring contracts(and a pick or two).

 

No way I'd make the deal. I wouldn't give up Scola for any wing player no matter how talented. Whether or not he is a perfect fit is irrelevant in my mind; we finally have a power forward that is not a joke when opposing the rest of the league. No, Scola isn't an all-star and he doesn't compare favorably to the Boozers or the Duncans, etc., BUT, he is a competent starter.

 

I'm not a huge Miller fan because there are much better options out there but i would have done the deal if you could be assured that Yao would be healthy. I think that we looked pretty good up front before Yao went down and we could absorb the loss of Scola by playing Landry alot more and Hayes some more.

...but you can't assume Yao will be healthy. So, we need Scola.

 

Give them a re-signed Landry, then we have a deal!

 

If Griz get Rose then Conley et al come into play.
If Griz get Beasley then Scola goes out of play.
If Griz get neither is there a Grizz - Rox Miller/Scola framework which makes sense for both teams?

 

Plan B, cause Mike Miller ain't happening if that is the case.

 

psh...miller is great but scola was the key to us getting so damn far in the end of the season (really since january when he got his first start)

if its miller for scola, then i say we just move on. he's really our x-factor cause he brings it everynight, competes and (god forbid anything bad happen here) always healthy.

 

It is nice to know HOU is at least looking at high caliber players.

 

..... I just can't help thinking how ironic it is that we are trying to get Mike Miller after we traded them their best player.

I know, I know, dead horse, stick etc. but that trade still disappoints me to this day.

Very true. I hope the organization can actually get someone though. I am hopeful.

 

exactly. whatever happens, you know they are trying to add real talent.

 

note to self:

change bookmark from the forum to the front page.

anyhow, thx for the info and... heck no. glad morey declined.

 

Scola > the junk Memphis for for Gasol.

Shove it Memphis.

 

agreed

 

Agreed. People who think Scola is expendable need to take a look at the Rockets' record after he became a starter. Was he the only reason the team went on a tear after January? No, but he was one of the primary reasons(along with Rafer playing out of his mind and Landry emerging off the bench).

And since we know we can win with him and Landry playing heavy minutes at the 4 and 5, that enables us to rest Yao during the regular season.

 

So basically, they hand Gasol over to the Lakers (Jerry West's former team.....coincidence? yeah, and I'm the Pope...) for a bag of stale doritos, and because of THAT, they are now asking an exorbitant price for Miller? Talk about a garbage team with garbage management. Fair business practices be damned, apparently.

 

Trading Miller for Scola solves a problem and creates another and also not worth 6 mill in additional salary.

 

With that improbable Memphis asking price for Miller and Artest staying put in Sactown, I wonder what's Morey next move would be..hope he goes aggressive starting draft day..

 

Geez .. I guessed we were too late. They have become smarter after bungling
the Gasol trade and now they asked to much. Mike is good but not for Scola or Landry after what are willing to do for giving away Gasol.