4 way TRADE!!! TRADE 1 Houston trades: SF Glen Rice (8.6 ppg, 2.4 rpg, 1.6 apg in 30.3 minutes) PF Jason Collier (4.2 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 0.4 apg in 14.6 minutes) SF Terence Morris (3.8 ppg, 3.1 rpg, 0.9 apg in 16.3 minutes) 15th pick Houston receives: PF Tim Duncan (25.5 ppg, 12.7 rpg, 3.7 apg in 40.6 minutes) 27th pick very hard to part with Rice and tmo but oh well. helps SA rebuild. TRADE2 Houston trades: PG Moochie Norris (8.1 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 4.9 apg in 27.4 minutes) 27th pick Houston receives: PG Earl Boykins (4.1 ppg, 0.8 rpg, 2.1 apg in 11.2 minutes) SF Lamar Odom (13.1 ppg, 6.1 rpg, 5.9 apg in 34.5 minutes) Change in team outlook: +9.1 ppg, +3.9 rpg, and +3.1 apg. Odom is a pothead but oh well him and mobley are friends. Clippers get the pg they want + they can get a good player with the 27th pick. TraDe3 Houston trades: C Kelvin Cato (6.6 ppg, 7.0 rpg, 0.4 apg in 25.5 minutes) Houston receives: PF Tony Massenburg (5.5 ppg, 4.4 rpg, 0.4 apg in 17.0 minutes) SG Shane Battier (14.4 ppg, 5.4 rpg, 2.8 apg in 39.7 minutes) PF Pau Gasol (17.6 ppg, 8.9 rpg, 2.7 apg in 36.7 minutes West likes to build franchises around center + sg. Cato is his tip 10 center and next year he'll get LeBron Jaimes Trade4 Houston trades: PF Kenny Thomas (14.1 ppg, 7.2 rpg, 1.9 apg in 34.5 minutes) PF Maurice Taylor (14.1 ppg, 7.2 rpg, 1.9 apg in 34.5 minutes) Houston receives: C DeSagana Diop (1.4 ppg, 0.9 rpg, 0.3 apg in 6.1 minutes) PG Andre Miller (16.5 ppg, 4.7 rpg, 10.9 apg in 37.3 minutes) SF Lamond Murray (16.6 ppg, 5.2 rpg, 2.2 apg in 32.6 minutes) they need power forwards, don't want to pay miller, and want Jaimes too. TRADE ACCEPTED Houstons new lineup: Duncan/Yao Ming/Diop Gasol/Griffin Odom/Murray Mobley/Battier Francis/Miller/Boykins Change in team outlook: +750.4 ppg, +76 rpg, and +22.5 apg.
