Mark Deeks: Houston trying to dump Jeremy Lin, prioritize salary over basketball assets

i'm not sure beverley is ready to start yet though, in which case we would still need to acquire a starting PG. i'd also be leery about starting parsons against about 1/2 the PF's in the league over the course of the season. he can play there for stretches a la bob horry, but he would just wear down in the paint over time with the lack of bulk/strength/pants sand

 

Not sure if Bulls really want to pay 8.3M (10M in salary) for a backup pg to Rose, unless they feel Rose still not ready after the surgery (I heard that he is 100%). They may probably try to re-sign Nate. Not many teams will pay Nate big money although he played well in the playoffs.

 

i loved beverley's effort in the playoffs (although he did have a disappointing game 6)

before becoming a full-time starter i think he would benefit from another year as a backup -- learning how to run a team, and the nuances of how/when to create off the dribble. the offense seemed to stagnate at times with him as QB

 

If they move Lin it will be because they are getting the best value out of all the trades possible. Thats how Morey works.

 

exactly what i was thinking. You can't be forgetting most of asia loves watching harden and loves dwight also, parsons has got some love im sure after this season. They wouldn't miss him too much if they love basketball.

 

Would love to have Deng, of course, but he plays the same position that Parsons does. Sure, both are swing men, but how would it address the 4 spot?

 

I think the consensus is that having an allstar caliber wing play at the 4 spot alongside Parsons/Harden, for one year (Deng is expiring) is better than rolling out a Dmo/Jones or whomever.

The Heat played that lineup alot, as did the SSOL Suns and the Magic. All were pretty good teams.

 

Obviously you don't know China, to make a statment like this.

 

Statements like this are made by the same people who said Jeremy has lots of "Chinese idiot fans" who know nothing about basketball.

Yup.

 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Sources: Confident in their pursuit of Dwight Howard, Rockets make Asik, Lin available in trade talks. <a href="http://t.co/efPZ5GhmYe">http://t.co/efPZ5GhmYe</a></p>&mdash; Ken Berger (@KBergCBS) <a href="https://twitter.com/KBergCBS/statuses/351503381057122304">July 1, 2013</a></blockquote>
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we already had a chinese fan that post on here to confirm china likes Jeremy but there's not a cult following him. They root for the Rockets.

 

Another gross generalization.
I am not from china, but i have worked and been there. Just look at how hollywood has bent itself for them.

 

Gotta give props to Mark Deeks. At first I was skeptical but when he made his post I really believed he was telling the truth and the Ken Berger tweet confirms this.

 

"Rival teams say the Rockets are making Lin available, as well, though they'd have to get a starting point guard in return."

 

It's very different from "just tying to dump Jeremy Lin" as Deeks suggested.

 

*trying

 

There are differences from Ken Berger article to Deeks tweets.
1 Dwight comes in , Asik is gone.
2 Now who is going to trade their starting PG for Lin?

 

And if the Rockets want a starting point guard in return it means the Rockets do not "think Beverley is better than Jeremy" as Deeks suggested.