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Need real backup centers

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by tinman, Jan 16, 2019.

  1. NewRoxFan

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    Injured...
     
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  2. NewRoxFan

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    We had this guy?


    Bruno Caboclo Is Finally Ready For The NBA
    https://www.ridiculousupside.com/20...-raptors-raptors-905-rio-grande-valley-vipers
     
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  3. foggy94

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    It's gonna be tough to find someone, we don't have any mid-tier kinda assets. We dont have our 2nd rounder this year and next year we've got the less favourable of ours or Golden States, so it's almost guaranteed to be in the high 50s. Is that enough to get someone like a Dwayne Dedmon? I think the asking price is gonna be higher, Memphis traded their 2019 and 2020 picks for Justin Holiday, and that's the same kind of premise - trading for a vet on an expiring contract from a tanking team with no use for him.
     
  4. T. Will tha Don

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    What about Lucus Noguira??? Hes a 7 footerand a free agemt
     
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  6. Verbal Christ

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    Bruno is ready and already here (g league leader—> if that doesn’t matter then way have the Vipers?). He knows it is now or never for his career. His cost is more than budget friendly. Bringing him and Hartenstein up from the valley would be the least the front office could do. They would bring energy and size. It’s the Harden Show anyway, let these two play off of him and find success. Harden needs a little help and that is all they bring for now, little. IMO, with time & trust they will be be depth we lack.
     
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  9. Corrosion

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    The short answer is …. the luxury tax.

    The desire is to ship the contract to some other team who then cuts him …. then the Rockets aren't on the hook for it at the end of the league year when the tax bill comes due.

    Basically they'll throw it in as salary filler on a deal or package it with a protected 2nd which may or may not convey.

    Cut him and its cemented into the books instead of being able to rid yourself of the contract before the end of the league year where taxes are calculated.
     
  10. PeterKingX

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    Morey is out of mind.

    He thinks we can win games with 5 midgets on the court. Thats crazy.

    Other teams can easily beat us with dunking again and again.
     
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    Disgusting
     
  12. Corrosion

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    Everything has pointed to cost cutting from the beginning when Morey told Ariza he probably wouldn't be back to the mess with House and everything in between.

    Everything has been about the "Luxury Tax".

    Just watch the MLE go unused ….


    Harden and 4 dudes from the YMCA.
     
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    It's a combination of things.

    1) Luxury tax concerns are very much limiting this team. All the sunshine and lollipops in the offseason about how we were being paranoid if we though there was a spending issue have disappeared. The Rockets aren't going to be the Warriors or Thunder and just spend spend spend.
    2) Assets, we ain't got em. Take a guy like Richaun Holmes. We could acquire him without sending any salary back and he's on a minimum deal so the luxury tax implications would be insignificant. But what the hell will we offer PHX? We don't even have a second round pick.
     
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    Lucas Nogueira

    Born: July 26, 1992 (age 26 years), São Gonçalo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Height: 7′ 0″
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    Marreese Speights

    Born: August 4, 1987 (age 31 years), St. Petersburg, FL

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    Dakari Johnson

    Born: September 22, 1995 (age 23 years), Brooklyn, New York City, NY

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    Doral Moore (Wasn't he the memphis big who killed us in the paint in the pre-season? )

    Born: January 21, 1997 (age 21 years), Louisville, KY

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    Tyler Zeller

    Born: January 17, 1990 (age 29 years), Visalia, CA

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    Man would I love for us to be able to get our hands on Bam Adebayo somehow.

    But the Heat would be more likely to dump Whiteside's contract than trading their young stud, waiting in the wings.
     
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    I'd be happy if we just got a rim runner for Harden

    Defensively we would still be suspect but at least he wouldn't have to try so hard on offense

    We really need to give PJ some more breathers too

    He's gonna be done come post season
     
  18. tinman

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    it's was painful to see that the Nets out rebounding and driving to the lane with ease.
    Anyone with height, we get at least a few more boards.
     
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    several days have now passed since the capela news. looks like management isn't going to do anything, basically writing this season off.
     
  20. Williamson

    Williamson JOSH CHRISTOPHER ONLY FAN

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    I even miss Tarik Black.
     
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