i was thinking we trade cato, taylor, and griffin to the raptors for antonio davis and their #1 pick (3-5 most likely). this gives us an inside presence that can play 4 or 5 plus another young talent like chris bosh or okafor. then we can sign another FA center in the summer like elden cambell. the raptors will likely do this since eddie will be a lot better in the east and plus cato + taylor will be better than davis. also this works salary cap wise. what do you guys think???
You are right about one thing - you are new. Someone like Antonio Davis can easily be had without giving up 3 big men. And we dont need any more young talent. We need to develop the talent we already have.
you forgot that cato and taylor are not cheap to have and davis is not cheap to get. he avg 15 and 8 i believe. he is a diffensive force and plus he can shoot from around 15 ft and he can play 4 or 5. davis is better than cato or taylor. cato's contract will end the same time as davis's but taylor will have one more year after that. do you want to pay taylor 12 mil in 2006 when yao ming's contract is up? i don't think so. also you'll be gettin a high first round pick. i'm sure okafor and bosh will be better than griffin.
i have a better idea. why doesnt the entire rockets organization from les on down to collier all bend over and let each member of the raptors including the towelboys sodomize them repeatedly with a splintered broomstick? that would be a better deal than the trade proposed. why in the world would we trade 3 of our 4 servicable big men for an OLD guy who at best a decent inside presnce. he plays in the east. i dont know what his #'s are, but im sure they would dramatically drop in the big-man-loaded west. i wouldnt trade cato straight up for him or taylor or even eddie, let alone all 3. i dont know, call me crazy!
haha kidrock is smart. he sees my point. davis is old but not THAT OLD, he is 32 or 33, he have at least 3 or 4 good years left in him. by the way we'll trade 3 serviceble big men for 2 servericeble big men, not 1 (davis + pick)
I tried to go to RealGM to see if I could work out a trade that gets us Mark Madsen, Cherokee Parks and Malik Rose, but unfortunately it keeps on coming up as an error. Bummer.
i can agree with that, aznrapmasta (by the way... i hope that the "azn" isn't for phoenix). antonio can be the equivalent of an otis thorpe to the rockets. maybe darko would slip to 3-5. there ya go! got young/older, quality/potential combo of big men. hopefully it's not the same kind of "potential" as eddie.
yeah, lets wait 2-3 more years to develop our talent... I like the trade...anything to get rid of Mr. Bust (Griffin). Antonio can be backup center or PF, then we can draft another PF. But Toronto wouldnt do it, and the Rockets organization is probably in the same mindset as R0ckets03. Which means no playoffs next year either.
Davis is better than Mo or EG. So we would upgrade ourselves at PF. Moreover, he could at least make other PFs work to score their points. Cato is a nice BACKUP C who makes too much money. A top 3-5 pick for him would certainly ease my sorrows for dumping an overpaid backup player. Again, how does this hurt the Rockets?
As well as this trade strengthens the positional weaknesses (SF, PF, C) of the Raptors, they will not trade this year's 1st round pick. It is crucial for the success and future of their team. End of discussion.
the raptors need a center!!!!! there are no good centers in the draft so it doesn't matter. also if they don't get the first or second pick, they still might trade the pick. they already have antonio davis, so another 4 won't help that much, unless its darko(since he's 7 feet). also anthony won't help either. they already have mo pete, jerome williams, and carter (2 or 3). so a 3 won't help that much. the raptors need size. by giving them cato, taylor, and griffin, thats a lot of height.
Minus the contracts and IF eddie would show some of his potential by now its not to crazy. But no way toronto takes on that contract and a huge question mark in eddie griffin
The point is, the Raptors need a player to play alongisde Carter, and the upcoming draft has a chance to provide that. At worst, the Raptors will be able to pick up Bosh, ,who is a projected as a player similar to Garnett. The Raptors do not need any more role players (i.e. Griffin, Taylor, Cato). Through the Houston perspective, they give me two of their only bangers in Cato and Taylor, whom are young enough to act in supporting roles, alongside Ming, for the next decade. In addition, they seem to have great chemistry with the big guy. The same can not be said about Antonio Davis.
