[NBAonABC] Simmons just said he thinks Dwight will sign with Rockets

absolutely not, if t rob is the only thing standing in morey's way of signing Howard I'm confident that he would take future second round picks in return and just parlay them down the line with first round picks for more established talent.

 

If Miami could dump Beasley to make their Big Three happen then we should have no problems with ours. After all, the whole country was up in arms over that union.

 

No issues I think T-Rob and maybe our second rounder might even get us a good future first round pick in the draft.

Teams would be stupid not to take that chance given the weak draft - the guy only has one guaranteed year, still young enough to be a draft pick, only one year in the league, has already shown one solid skill (rebounding).

Heck, if not for the opportunity to get Howard, I would be villifying Morey for trying to get rid of him.

 

Beasley actually showed potential averaging 15/6 before they traded him. Robinson has not.

 

Hopefully Howard will finally improve his game here

 

I'm sure Charlotte wouldn't mind taking him in.
Walker
Oladipo OR Henderson
MKG
Robinson
Len OR Biyombo

I mean, that's a hell of a potential-filled line-up.

 

"Steal" Dwight? The only way the Clippers steal Dwight is if they don't have to give up Blake and that ain't happenin.

 

Basketball Reasons? Wouldn't he be retired once Howard signed? Anyway, the league has no interest in either of the teams, so that would be a hard one for him to veto.

 

Howard will be a Rocket ........What Im excited about are the moves Morey will make after locking Howard in a contract. There are endless possicilities to upgrade the roster..

T-Rob can be traded....if you can trade Hasheen T, you can trade T-Rob.

Dont sweat the small stuff...we have bigger fish to fry....
CP3/Jsmoove/Iggy/Granger/Milsap/LMA

 

Bobcat would do it to keep Howard from Atlanta and the Eastern Conference.

 

The Rockets need to position themselves to have a chance of getting Lebron next year in addition to obtaining Dwight this year. A very tall order, no doubt.

 

I agree, yet it still happened. As someone else posted, when it comes to "making you better" or "making us better", almost anyone is going to choose "making us better". And Thomas Robinson still has value, and I'm pretty sure Daryl Morey already has his ducks in a row to make it happen. He doesn't want to blow his team up for a "chance" at Dwight Howard he needs a sure thing. As tough as it is, I think we all just need to be patient.

 

If we do get Dwight, Morey will have to make tough decisions. Do we sacrifice the short-term for the bigger picture? In an ideal world, we get expiring players that help us in the playoffs next year for Lin and Asik.

 

Hypothetically speaking, if the Rockets sign Dwight, then a Harden for Lebron sign & trade would be very tempting.

Of course that's if Lebron wants to leave Miami & whether Miami would want a star in return or rebuild.

Lebron still hasn't had a chance to play with a really good big man.

Bosh isn't that man.

 

If I'm a player in my late twenties or early thirties with the opportunity to have a max contract AND be on a championship caliber team located in Texas, that's where I'm going.

Less tax on my money, marketing in China, and I'd be winning. (Since that's what's they claim it's all about)

 

I think they will have to pay to get someone to take him.

 

Yes, I was thinking the same thing.

 

^^ they have d wade lol. Lebron to Houston will never happen

 

I don't think the Lakers are blown away by an offer of Bledsoe and Jordan.

 

Someone correct me if I'm wrong: by doing a S&T, we get $5m in wiggle room while matching salaries if we end up over the cap (given the size of Howard's contract). Does that mean, then, that we could go $5m over the cap? In other words, if the Lakers were willing to trade Howard straight-up for Terrence Jones, the trade would work because our total salary would end up less than $5m over the salary cap? If so, we wouldn't necessarily need to trade Robinson.