ESPN ranks Glen Rice deal 3rd worst trade so far...

DonKnutts · Dec 11, 2001

3. Glen Rice to Houston: This is the solace for Layden and the Knicks: Rice is all they gave up to get Eisley and Anderson. The solace for Houston is that it has -- what else? -- too many other problems to pay too much mind to Rice's ongoing health struggles.
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also, for free agent (non)signings, the Rockets come in second:

2. Marc Jackson to Houston: Yup. Down in Houston, even the Rockets' solutions become problems. With the injury exception they got for Taylor, Jackson was signed to a six-year, $24 million offer sheet. Problem was, as a restricted free agent, Jackson had to wait 15 days to see if Golden State would match the offer.
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whole article here .

DonKnutts · Dec 11, 2001

whoops, I clipped some of those quotes. let me try again.

3. Glen Rice to Houston: This is the solace for Layden and the Knicks: Rice is all they gave up to get Eisley and Anderson. The solace for Houston is that it has -- what else? -- too many other problems to pay too much mind to Rice's ongoing health struggles.
Hakeem Olajuwon took the face of the franchise to Toronto, Mo Taylor was lost for the season before it even started, Steve Francis developed his own Rice-ian case of plantar fasciitis (who knew it was contagious?) and Cuttino Mobley has two bad ankles. Rice, even healthy, couldn't erase all that woe.
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2. Marc Jackson to Houston: Yup. Down in Houston, even the Rockets' solutions become problems. With the injury exception they got for Taylor, Jackson was signed to a six-year, $24 million offer sheet. Problem was, as a restricted free agent, Jackson had to wait 15 days to see if Golden State would match the offer.

The Warriors did, naturally, and waited until the last possible minute to do so. The move was unquestionably smart on their part -- you don't let an asset go for nothing if you don't have to -- but the execution, after a summer of non-negotiation with Jackson, made the second-year center even more bitter.

Now he simply sits on the Warriors' bench, waiting for Jan. 19 -- the first day Jackson is eligible to be traded. Except that he can't be dealt to the Rockets for a full year, which is just one of Houston's many ills.
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Behad · Dec 11, 2001

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kidrock8 · Dec 11, 2001

Wow, I didn't know Shandon was such a great player.

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