Houston 4 Howard site in the works already? Glad you remember that. I learned my lesson there. We know they were going to go hard for Dwight but I'll leave it to the Rockets for the persuasion. 'No Chance' Dwight re-signs, is that the case? Where he is right now, that probably is the case. Rockets thought they had a deal at the trade deadline for him. Probably strangest scenarios when he opted in. We speculated since that time that he was going to be traded to a team where he didn't want to be long term and that what made him opt in. We're seeing that now. Rockets view that as, if we can get him, if we put his friends or talented pieces around him, we can sell him long term. Plan B? Going into this offseason, I think it was Howard or bust. Who you will acquire next is a step down. They hope to move up in the draft, regardless of getting Dwight or not. Players, vets, you're looking at Josh Smith or Pau Gasol. Shaun likes to make faces at me and strangle me, let me ask you, he thought I was crazy when I hit him with if won't surprise me if Goran doesn't sign here and next PG here is Eric Gordon. Gordon is really a 2 guard. Not sure he's a long term one. A talented player. I could see them pursuing him. If they don't go after Williams, I think they will bring back Goran. If you get Dwight, you have to make a pitch to Deron. Outside of that, I think Goran will be back. I'm hearing out of Phoenix and others that, over a period of time, he's so intense and plays so hard, he won't be able to keep up with the minutes over 82 games. Thoughts? I do look at him as a thinner built guy. He's tough and plays all out but this is new for him to start. He is coming into a new stage of his career. Don't think he would necessarily break down. What we did see when Lowry went down, it was impressive. They think they can get value out of him. He's very much in their plans to bring him back. ... If you look at his career, now 3 years, his 2nd year, what prompted PHX to trade him, that was an anomaly. I think they feel, when they acquired him, he had to make some progress and he has and made the payoff last year. Mistake for Dwight to waive that ETO? Definitely. Clear sign that these guys, a lot of the big names, aren't as willing to let that money go, that extra money. They're not willing to let it go. That's why you're hearing from Dwight's camp right now, if he's traded here, he's stuck. Smoke and mirrors with Dwight that they have something else in the works? Draft targets, I don't believe anything. As far as pursuing Dwight, I have no doubts. If they can't make it happen, their hand is in every cookie jar because they know they need to make some changes.
