Ford didn't complete his assignment, sure maybe all the Rockets are available for trade but at what price. Look at that it took to get T-Mac contract last year. We gave up Landry and T-Mac contract for K-Mart, J-Hill, Jeffries, and two #1 picks (ok 2011 is a trade up), but neverthess my point is that Morey won't give up quality guys like Kmart and Scola just because.
Where the Rockets want to go imo won't happen through a trade. They'll need to draft one. This has been talked about before. The best way to aquire a superstar is to draft one.
As soon as he said overpaid with Scola, Martin, and Brooks contracts? I disregard any logic or credibility the guy has. Scola was on par with Bosh against Miami and for his whol season stats. He makes half of what Bosh makes. Martin is not making Superstar cash. He is making his salary for what he produces. Brooks isnt paid at all. Yao is the only one but his expiring contract is huge. Nothing and nobody on this roster screams overpaid. They are either expiring or perfect contracts in every way. Total nonsense or reasonging unless he got hi sources of overpaid contracts from GMs like the Nets have or Clippers. Someone who doesnt know what their takling about at all.
Scola may not be overpaid this year but the total worth of his contract makes him not that good of a deal, imo. Martin though, having only two skills and missing as many games as he does, I consider overpaid.
The #1 guy the Rockets do not want to trade is Martin. He may be available but only for a true superstar and frankly a team trading a superstar is not likely to want him. The Rox want to pair Martin up with a primary scorer that is efficient. Martin will become even more efficient with a guy like Melo/Nash playing beside him. The most marketable players are Scola and Brooks. Scola is 30, on a decent contract, plays a great offensive game and is a horse, never gets hurts, and balls every night. Brooks has proven that he is a scorer that can get you 20 no matter what defense is out there against him. And he's still on his rookie deal, won't get a new contract until the new CBA is in place so he will probably be signed for reasonable money as well.
Agreed, Moreys approach could cause a lot of problems. If I'm not mistaken scola said that it effected him last year.
Exactly right. Martin is too efficient to just trade. Unless we're getting a Danny Granger-type player, I'm not trading Martin
Everyone seems to be so focused on the statement about bad contracts, but the part of the article that interested me the most was the simple fact that the rockets are "very active" in trade talks. That's good to hear IMO. I just hope we are able to land a true star this year instead of another couple of solid role players. I have a feeling that by the time the trade deadline comes people on here will be singing Morey's praises again. I just hope it is for something really groundbreaking this time.
Yeah, they have roughly the same talent level, yet Granger has more of an all around game. He's a much better defender and rebounder. Martin is the better scorer. It would be an interesting swap as I think Granger would fit better alongside a superstar because while they would both get easier shots, Granger seems much more willing and capable of doing the little things outside of scoring. Still, I doubt Morey shakes up the roster that much just to get another guy on that level. It would have to be literally a 1 for 1 deal.
Exactly. Poorly written article IMO. First Scola and Martin are not overpaid. If he wants to use an example then he should have used Jeffries or Miller. Then he acts like Yao's contract is a dime a dozen. How many big expirings are insured? Owners would love to wipe out some mistakes and take on Yao's contract and only pay 20 cents on the dollar to do so. And they get the possibility of getting a star center if he can return. Yao's value is far from an ordinary expiring.
It's business. All those guys are ready for anything. How can you make trade without mentioning names? During the CD era, ToyotaCen didn't have an internet access.
This guy's not doing us any favors, that's for sure. So far Morey's been smart enough this year not to just come out and say, "Anyone can be traded", or whatever it was he said last year, round about in December or January. AS SOON AS he said that, our scrappy little engine that could become disfocused, distracted. Luis admitted as such in an interview not long ago. I hope this current team doesn't start going through too much of that. But I guess they don't need some dude from BSPN telling them that.
From an opponent's perspective, Lowry would be very desirable, as well. His performances as a starter at the very least justify his MLE contract, if not exceed it. Now, there are ramifications for the Rox to consider, such as Brooks' unsigned status, and that they almost certainly do by want to go into next year without either of the two. However, that does not change the degree of Kyle's current desirability.
