I thought Brooks would be a piece in the trade. Looking at the Roster like this, Harden or Thebeet makes more sense.
i don't remember exactly what the injury was, but while the eye was healing he basically couldn't run or jump or do anything that could jostle it around. so even though the vision is back now, i'm guessing there is still more time to go before he can run and jump again.
Yes,to the first question since we would be getting Antwan too,Rubio is better than Brooks without a doubt. Is this possible,doesn't McGrady need to be involved? I would hope for a better deal for Tracy but I can accept it. I wouldn't go for Curry with the 5th. I think Hill will go to OKC and Thabeet will fall to 5,but I'm not keen on him either. I would try to trade the #5 for the BPA. Don't see that happening either.
Who the fu** is whinin? I'm tired of all this win now mode bs when we've been in win now mode for more than 4 years now. And I'm pretty sure everyone else is ready for a championship. Don't get me wrong, Morey has got this all under control but realistically how long do we have for Yao and the rest of our fantastic core without the player that we were getting with Tracy. I totally agree with RV6, our health has been a major factor in not getting a ring but if we had the player we have been waiting for, for the past 4 years we would be a okay. We traded for Batter cause we were gonna win now, we got a bunch of old washed up vets cause we were gonna win now. Now the Morey regime is showing us the future we are getting younger and younger if you haven't happened to see so for how much longer will we be in win now mode? You tell me... Rockets champion 09-10 bank on it. Tracy who???
morey is the one force behind the battier trade. not sure what your talking about there. we're in win now til yao retires
that's why i dont get trying to go after rubio....we'd definitely have to give up at least brooks, then its basically back to having brooks as a rook, waiting for rubio to adjust, adapt, etc...that pretty much will take us out of contention for the rest of yao's prime, we'll be competitive, but i don't see us winning a ring with a point that young and inexperienced in the NBA game.
whys everyone saying oh look we want rubio... I have a feeling we want harden more than rubio... we want harden.
are you kidding?! man if brooks was the only centrepiece of the trade for that 2nd pick, I say u do it without blinking!!! who the @#@ wouldnt give up brooks for some serious star power and legit prospect where do I sign???
Because if we trade Brooks we have one solid PG left on the Roster. Whoever we get from Memphis (Jaric?) wouldn't be a good backup full-time.
so we have a sg right now yeah??? we don't even have a sg at all. although I do love the double SF lineup
We have a ton of wingmen though. Battier,Artest, Tmac, Wafer, and White. Wafer can only play SG, but the rest can play both. Going into a season with Just Lowry, and possibly Jaric doesn't seem like a good idea. It all depends on who we trade if we trade. If Brooks is in the deal then I don't see how we don't draft Rubio...unless we'd get Conley back.
Or maybe the fact that there is high bust potential after Griffin is driving the price for the #2 pick down. Put yourself in Memphis' shoes. You've got bad contracts and you've said you're not looking to get younger. In a draft where you can't possibly get to the only "can't miss" pick, the higher your pick is the better chance you have of acquiring a bust who is going to cost you 7 or 8 million for a couple of seasons before you're forced to let him go for nothing. From a financial standpoint, that is no good and from a success standpoint it's even worse. For Memphis it's definitely the safest and most frugal move to work a deal where you move the pick and a bad contract or two for a proven player with a value contract (Brooks, Landry, etc.) and some expiring money (McGrady? Barry in a smaller scale deal?).
Battier is not a shooting guard. Artest is a PF in a shooting guard's body. Ideally he would play SF. McGrady has yet to come back from two major surgeries, so it makes no sense to count that chicken yet (especially since he could be traded in a draft night deal). Wafer is definitely a SG. You're right on that one. White is bench fodder. So really we have one true SG and a one healthy guy who can play the position but isn't best suited for it.
Battier plays SG, he guards SGs, he can play SG. He can play SF, but he's been playing SG all season long and we've had our best season yet. Artest plays SF. Yes Wafer is. Tracy counts as long as he's on the team and the franchise expects him to return. Yes White is... The point is, we trade Brooks we'll have one PG...period. No one else will fill in. If we get Jaric back, he's not even good enough to backup for the Grizz. If we get Conley back...Then Harden looks like a possibility. The point wasn't who can play SG, we have atleast 3 guys who can play it. You don't have to be listed at a position to play it, most guys besides Centers and small PGs are able to play two positions in the NBA. The point was if we're trading Brooks, most likely Rubio is the pick, Unless we get Conley back somehow.
Then we trade Blake Griffin for Kevin Durant, since OKC would kill to have their hometown kid back. Voila, instant younger/healthier Tmac
Artest is a small forward, but he's better suited as the team's sg. Banging against other SF means he goes up against guys who are roughly the same size as him, while if you stick him against SGs Artest can post them up and abuse Sgs all day long.
Not quite. When Jaric was traded to the Grizzlies he made an early request to be dealt to a contender. The Grizzlies decided to sit him instead.
