If I were the GM, this is what I'd do

chris_Rocket · Jul 12, 2006

Hottoddie said:

I posted this in another thread, but the original post in that thread was so negative, I thought I'd start a new one dedicated to what you'd do if you were the GM from this point on.

1) I'd give MJ until the 12th to give me his decision. It's time the Rockets took back control of this negotiation. DONE

2) If MJ doesn't accept our offer by the 12th (& he didn't), I call New Jersey up & inquire about McInnis's availability. Since they have Kidd, Vaughn, & the new kid Marcus Williams, McInnis should be available. I then insure that he's fully recovered from his injury &, if he is, I offer the TE for him. NJ is at the top of the salary cap & should be willing to accept our offer. McInnis fills our need for a veteran PG that can distribute & shoots very well. He's 31 years old, but he'll be going into the last year of his current contract. Problem solved for this year.

3) On the 12th, I complete the Battier trade. Personally, I like the trade. We've got 2 Superstars on this team already. We need to start putting the support pieces around them now. Battier has been a player that I've liked for some time & he brings the kind of role player attributes that this team has needed for a long time. However, I will admit to being disappointed that the previous GM didn't at least get the 24th pick included in the deal. That would've allowed us to address the PF position, or add some depth to another position with players like James Augustine (PF), Leon Powe (PF), P.J. Tucker (SG/SF), Bobby Jones (SF), & Daniel Gibson (PG) still on the board.

4) Next, I'd offer the full MLE to Jared Jeffries. The Wizards are at $56+ million in signed contracts right now. Would they match the offer? I guess we'd find out. That'd take care of our starting PF.

5) Finally, I'd resign Bogans & Frahm for the minimum. I'm torn between signing Bogans, or attempting to trade the $1.7 mill TE & a 2nd round pick to Denver for a S&T of Buckner.

Thus, our roster for this next year would look something like this:

C: Yao/Mutombo
PF: Jeffries/Howard/Hayes/Novak(IL?)
SF: T-Mac/Battier/Novak/Bowen(IL?)
SG: Battier/Head/Bogans/Sura(IL?)/Frahm(IL)
PG: Alston/McInnis/Sura(IL?)

Frahm would go on the IL & depending upon whether or not Sura is ready to play, either Sura & one of Novak/Bowen, or both Novak & Bowen would go on the IL. I sure hope Sura comes back strong.

Well, that's what I'd do. What would you do?
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Unfortunately, you were not the GM, I doubt CD and Morey will do these, seriously!

crums17 · Jul 12, 2006

yaoluv said:

Well since Jordan loves Rudy Gay, we could probably trade Gay+Swift for Adam Morrison, oh wait, nevermind
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Nice. Very original.

Hmm · Jul 12, 2006

If Battier is slow compared to other small forwards... I fear he'll do even worse as a shooting guard...

Make no mistake about it, Battier is going to play either of two positions, SF and PF in our line up.

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