Rockets had big plans with this deal in place, and the NBA Owners (and league office) crapped all over them. This team was going to have two legitimate 7 footers in the next few days, and now they are stuck with none. The Lakers were going to lose 2 of their 3 seven footers, and pin their hopes on Andrew Bynum staying healthy (which he hasn't done his entire career)... but now they go back to their old team and just bolster the possibility of making a trade for Dwight and picking up Chris Paul in free agency. The Hornets got a hell of a haul for just one player... but now they are stuck with an unhappy CP3 who is going to leave the team to sign with the Knicks or Lakers, and the Hornets are going to get absolutely nothing. It's hard for me to be happy about this right now.
That team would average 80 ppg and would perform as well as the Memphis Grizzlies when Gasol was there.
Gasol can command a double team and has the size to play center. Scola can do neither. Stats don't tell the whole story. Also, you wouldn't have a chance to get a talent like Pau if he had a great postseason.
You can't win a championship without a QUALITY big man. Pau Gasol is a piece. The 1st piece towards building another championship level team.
Are you saying the Rockets team with Nene, Lowry, Lee, CBud(or Morris or trade acquisition) is of similar talent to 32 yr old Stoudamire, 34yr old Eddie Jones, Mike Miller, and Lorenzo Wright? Honestly? It's a good thing you don't judge talent for the Rockets. Or we'd still have Jim Jacksons and Juwan Howards of the world right now.
The more I think about this deal the more I think it would have really helped us. Considering the fact that Hollinger is also aware that Rockets were the ones screwed over.. I feel like this deal has a lot more potential behind it than just Gasol.
Having a good 7 foot tall guy on your team is INVALUABLE. Almost EVERY championship team has one or two. To demonstrate the value of having a good tall guy on your team, the Knicks are about to pay Tyson Chandler 58 millions dollars, and he's not even in that good!
I guess we'll just have to wait for another quality 7 foot tall basketball player to fall out of the sky.
If the deal had gone through and we had gotten Nene, we'd have been a top-4 team in team in the West.
If i would have known that Nene was coming for sure, then maybe this deal would sound better. If we were able to keep Chuck also, well alright.
wow just got off work and see this whew > if this trade went or goes through IMO NO is the winner LA 2nd and HOU gets the worst part of it unless there were going to be following moves but just to get Gasol and give away these 3 guys plus picks seems kinda odd and now 3 pissed off guys that were blindsided but its pro sports big biz and it happens but its gotta be in their head now that they know team doesn't want them.
KM only plays one end of the floor? Lee isn't exactly Bruce Bowen or Shane Battier, he's just an average player at both ends of the floor. The difference between 23 pts at 0.600% TS against other team's starters and 14 pts at 0.53% TS against other team's bench players is quite a lot. KM is elite at what he does, and as a scorer I'd say his value is close to Gasol's. The lineup you mentioned is much better than having Martin on the floor but it also has no chance of doing anything, unless you're counting on Gasol to be the superstar to elevate the team above the rest. If we kept Martin and traded Lee instead I'd be all for the trade, but really all the trade would have done for us is make us the Nuggets last season. We'd win the games we're supposed to win, lose the game we're supposed to lose and then be one of the teams eliminated by the eventual champions. I'd rather keep the current lineup and look at either Nene or next year for a big. Hell, we could even luck into NY's pick next year, Chandler, Amare, Melo is just one injury away from a lottery pick.
As I've been saying for years now, there is no easy way to get top flight talent. You either trade for them or have the money for them. The rockets should make the push for CP3 even without an extension in place. They should offer lowry,scola, and picks for cp3. If no doesnt want scola's contract, try a team like indy and make it a 3 way trade. At the end of the season, the rockets would have enough talent left and money availiable to make a run at Howard. If Paul leaves, they can run at Howard and Williams. Either way, they would be in great shape. Trying to get gasol without the boss dog is a losing formula to me.
The guy doesn't want to play here, he will walk. Dwight doesn't want to play here he's going to go to the Nets no way we sign him. Williams doesn't want to play here either. It's all a losing formula until you actually start losing and start all over again.
The owners should disband the hornets since they would of sucked for years . Then maybe we could pick the scraps after the meats gone.
