I didn't mean to say I was in favor of trading him. I'd actually like to keep him too. But he's pissed off because he's not starting. He's not playing well because his mind's not right. He's not going to start until he starts playing well; and he's damn sure not going to start after walking out on the team like that. I always thought a trade was inevitable to ship our either Lowry or Brooks; unfortunately, I think the momentum is behind shipping Brooks off. I didn't mean this as a "TRADE BROOKS" thread; I was just trying to take a look at (hopefully) what we could expect the realistic trade market to be for him.
Its funny how you dopes think you can get Bynum for Brooks. Lakers didn't even trade him for Kidd before he did anything remotely good but now we are going to give him up for a black Jordan Farmar. Keep dreaming lol
Its laughable if Kahn were to pay anything more than Flynn + Utah's first/2nd rounder for Brooks. Keep dreaming about Rubio, he wasn't obtainable before Brooks' incident and he isn't now.
Brooks trade value is in the trash can. They shouldnt have brought back he a lowry. So now the rockets cant trade lowry without his permission and brooks is playing poor on a rookie deal. Basically, the rox will get nothing for him unless its another guy playing poor on a rookie deal.
I can't believe anybody on this forum would want Bynum, after what we've been through the last 5 years, you really want an injury prone center, are you masochists or something. As for AB, his trade value was great this offseason, now it's shot. His lousy season has torpedoed both his future contract and his trade value, everyone loses. The rockets may as well get what they can because I don't think he's re-signing as a backup. And frankly I don't think I want a player with this attitude, which was never a problem until recently. Something is better than nothing, so go ahead and trade him before he walks.
I really like this trade, but I just don't see the Lakers giving up on Andrew Bynum yet. Also if they want to win again this year they'll need all the big bodies especially IF they make it to the finals against a team like Celtics.
His value is actually better now than ever. His recent bad play can now be explained away as certified disgruntled unhappiness for not starting. So he loses no value in his ability now. We can reason to other teams with this last outburst that his play would be higher if he was starting among other things like injuries. So he has high value still. Combined with another player can still get you real good talent back or by himself a starter back at least.
this board really overhypes the value of our players.... nobody is going to trade a good player for a severely undersized one dimensional shooter
You keep killing our players value like many others with that kind of talk. Its like you guys dont even remeber Aaron pushed the Lakers to the brink of elimination almost solely on his play in the playoffs. That last year he held us above water most nights. Stop killing our trade assets value.
Nice catch, honestly I meant either or. Not for one second do I think Brooks could return Rubio and a pick by himself. I would be surprised if Brooks could return anything better than a mid to late first, but right now I'd take the pick. I hate saying I would take a pick only, but I think I do it mostly because I believe Morey could find real value with a pick in that range.
If we cant at least get a first round pick what are we gonna get for him? They sure as heck arent getting him for a second round pick. We should rather look at it like this? We dont get at least a first round pick they arent getting Aaron Brooks. A starter or real good backup or young at least.
And i'm very glad ur not our GM, dont really understand ur logic at all, how could ABs value be better than ever? i think it all depends on his reply to his suspension, he has been very silent on this whole incident causing more and more speculations like this trade speculation. hey if AB comes out and sincerely apologises, should we not forgive him and move on? all this talk about trading him for Bynum has very low probability and like someone mentioned do we need another injury prone center? lets see if AB wil do the right thing for himself and for the Rockets
At this point the most realistic team to trade with is Sacramento. Either Landry or Thompson for Brooks is about as much as we could expect right now in my opinion. LA isn't going to give Bynum for Brooks (although I think the Rockets would do this, no hesitation, even with his injury history).
I didnt say better than ever but you could at least explain why he is not playing well now. Get the facts right before you genralize. Your right our GM has us in the playoffs and championships. Glad i am not the GM of a train wreck also.
Terrible post. AB isn't overvalued, he literally carried us to a 2nd round upset a few years back and had a even better season the year after. When completely healthy NOBODY can guard him. Overvalued?
What if AB's current situation was just a round-about way for the Rockets to keep him on the cheap after his contract year? I know it sounds insidious but let me play devil's advocate here. I don't intend to derail this thread but what i'm suggesting goes hand-in-hand with the trade value talks. Could it be that by lessening his value on final year, the rockets get at least a better chance at signing him for less than what he would have been worth otherwise? As many have pointed out in this thread, his current worth is shakey, if not outright overvalued, at this point at least as fan perspective goes. The Rockets are well aware of what he's worth and i don't think they underestimate him. If the team can keep both Lowry and AB in the team, that'd be a coup as far as keeping nice pieces together on the cheap. Sounds like something Morey would do. They're complimentary as far as PG rotations go when both are healthy. Perhaps that's why AB's so upset. He know's that his chances of being competitive in the open market are declining as long as his PT declines and now, this report of his suspension just makes matters worse for his value.
