Trade #1 Note: this is for if we stand pat. In other words, we still have Francis/Mobley/Yao and we still need a forward. Houston trades: 6.9 million trade exception Indiana trades: Al Harrington Pacers brass has been hinting that Harrington is available and Larry Legend has already said if he returns it will be as a reserve. It gives Indy the extra caproom they need to fine turn their roster (i.e. ink Dampier for the money he will demand & what not) and rid themselves of a potential locker room problem by moving a talented player that feels he should start but will not. Harrington is young, has great size and could start for us at SF. Plus, there's a chance we could end up just letting the trade exception expire and never use it --- even a pessimist would agree Al Harrington is certainly better than nothing. OR..... Trade #2 Note: this is for if the T-Mac deal goes down and with the intention of signing Antonio McDyess. Houston trades: Maurice Taylor Indiana trades: Austin Croshere This deal has been discussed numerous times but has never gone down. Indiana does it to help clear up their logjam at SF. Houston does it because having Taylor and Howard on the same team makes absolutely no sense since they are the same type of player. Croshere could start for us at SF or be valuable off of the bench playing both SF and some PF minutes. Any thoughts?
Ummm yeah ok, somebody with a username "Master baiter" is going to tell me to stop posting. What the hells your problem?
If you read this board at all, which I have for years, you would know that nothing is more irritating that stupid trade posts. Al Harrington, wow never heard that trade. Austin Croshere, never heard that one either. Ooooh, make fun of my moniker, thats new.
Forgive me for not sitting here 24/7, every day "for years" reading every single post..... I was just merely bringing it up for discussion, haven't seen it discussed recently and not to mention the whole T-Mac thing is new and changes the scenery quite a bit. Just chatting Rockets basketball, I apologize if i'm not good enough to post on your message board. I'm sure I have 100x the sports knowledge you do and will enjoy reading your perfect posts in the future.
Taylor for Croshere is quite doable. It makes some sense for both teams. With Howard we dont really need MoT anymore, but i rather get rid of Howard then MoT. MoT has a far better post game then howard does. Corshere is overpaid like MoT, but he brings all around shooting to the team, something we need. Having both MoT and JO on the floor makes alot of sense, it gives them alot more offense since both are inside out players. Your first proposal makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. Why would Indiana give up Harrington for free. It wouldnt give them any capspace at all. They are already over the cap and harrington only makes about 5 million.
Both trades seem like fair trades and make sense for both teams. I don't see anything wrong with the ideas. Though I do think Indiana, with Bird at the helm, will feel a bit reluctant to do the Rockets any favors, after the Rockets snagged Mcgrady. So I although I do not see them letting go of Harrington for just the trade exception, which can't be used in trades anyways, I do see them biting on the Croshere for Taylor deal. And that is a deal I like because Croshere does seem to have a mean streak in him when playoffs come around.
They may bite on the Harrington deal just to get the TE that they can turn around and use to get a better player themselves.
The first one makes no sense. Even if they dump Harrington's salary, they are still over the cap. So its of no benefit to them.
Austin croshere sucks big time after the big contract he's a stiff and can rarely shoot the rock no thanks also, he's so inconsistent and can only be a bench warmer remember him played well in one game of the detriot series and bragged about himself opening the floor because of his range and disappeared the next game. Hell yeah
You don't think the TE plus a 1st rd draft pick is enticing? Shoot, we had to give up a 1st rd pick to get the TE. Its not about salary relief as much as them being able to trade the exception themselves to a team that did not have an interest in Harrington.
Baller4life315, Don't let him get to you. You'll find that there are a lot of posters on this board that just want to run their post count up by posting stupid one liner comments that offer no value to the thread at all, rather than offer their reasons why it's not a good deal. I guess it makes them feel real smart. Until Clutch says otherwise, you keep throwing your ideas out there. Your thoughts & questions are just as important as anyone elses on this board. Well....., with the exception of Clutch, Doc Rocket, Oeilpere, & the rest of the Clutch crew.
No, irony is when something happens which is the opposite of what you expect. What you're talking about is coincidence. Carry on.
1) He never mentioned a 1st round pick. 2) Even with the pick, its not enticing IMO. Especially seeing as how our pick would be (or should be), no better than mid 1st round next season. (I believe Indy was being offered a lotto pick from a team or two but declined the trade?) 3) Harrington is much more of a desirable commodity than a TE. Indiana was trying to make him the center piece of the potential McGrady deal. That should tell you what they think of him as a commodity.
1) I know, I was adding the pick b/c I thought that made it sound more reasonable. 2)Now that is a good point, because if only for the pick and not a player, they would also get a TE. 3) That was also the centerpice of a package that was not as good as ours, which to many in the league was not all that great.
