Rockets have trade paperwork at league office (UPDATE: D.A. traded)

I agree, but the numbers on this guy don't look good. I've never seen him play so I'll reserve judgement, but it's really hard to me to see what the Rockets see ... in this kid. 6'3" PG who can'd distribute the ball or shoot?

No harm done, I guess.

 

Looks like he's more of a 2-guard than a PG. I found this on a Miami Heat BBS:

 

Yah, now I understand why the Rockets wanted to keep it a 'secret'

 

Tmac back to Orlando! har har har!

 

GUESS HE WASN'T THAT GREAT A FIND FOR THE WIZARDS AFTER ALL !!!!!



http://www.washtimes.com/sports/20041018-114325-4351r.htm

Fitch looks like find for Wizards


By John N. Mitchell
THE WASHINGTON TIMES


As Anthony Peeler tries to break down Juan Dixon just beyond midcourt, the cat-quick Gerald Fitch comes over from his defensive assignment unnoticed, swipes the ball from the 12-year veteran and cruises in for an uncontested layup.
Minutes later in the Washington Wizards' open scrimmage at MCI Center yesterday, Fitch knocks the ball from the hands of Laron Profit, a fellow free agent trying to make the club. It looks and sounds like a clean steal — with only about 2,000 in attendance, it would be easy to hear whether a hand is slapped — but Fitch is whistled for a foul. That brings booing from the afternoon crowd.


Wizards coach Eddie Jordan, sitting courtside, shakes his head in disbelief, the way he does when he disagrees with a call in the regular season. Wizards assistant Mike O'Koren voices his displeasure to the official who made the call.
Sure, these are little things in a scrimmage, but the little things are what the Wizards coaches and front office want to see from the 22-year-old rookie free agent guard, who is making a push for a spot on the 15-man roster.
"I like a lot of things that I see from him," says Jordan, who talks glowingly about the former Kentucky player, a first-team All-SEC selection last season. "I like his ball pressure and energy on the floor. He's always putting pressure on the ball. He comes to practice, and he stays late. We all can see that he has potential to be a point guard."
The 6-foot-3, 188-pound Fitch improved in each of his four seasons at Kentucky. Coach Tubby Smith trusted him enough to play either guard position, something that caught the eye of the Wizards. The Wizards brought him in for a pre-draft workout, and when he didn't get drafted, they invited him to training camp.
"Sacramento and Houston both called me and expressed an interest in me," says Fitch, who averaged 16.2 points as a senior. "But the Wizards seemed like they were the most interested in me. I thought that there was a good opportunity there."
Especially now.
Steve Blake, who shined for the Wizards in the summer, was pegged as the backup point guard, mostly because he was the only true point guard returning. However, Blake had surgery to remove a chipped bone in his right ankle and is expected to be out until at least early December.
The Wizards could use Dixon, who is playing well in the preseason, at the point, but he is more of a combo guard.
"There is a real opportunity here for me," Fitch says. "That's all I can ask for."
And Fitch has made a big impression with Jordan. The coach talks about the rookie — unprompted — after most practices. For instance, yesterday the coach says Fitch "has a very real chance" of being on the roster when the team begins the regular season next month.
Jordan is surprised by Fitch's toughness, but Smith says that comes from dealing with greater hardships than playing basketball. In 1998, Fitch's older brother George was shot and killed in Miami, a murder that remains unsolved. A year later, the grandmother who raised him died suddenly.
"I know that has always motivated him to be the type of competitor that he is," Smith says when reached by phone. "That is always with him. He'll do whatever is asked of him, and he'll never stop fighting. "
Says Fitch: "That's my motivation to this day. My family, we're real tight. His death is with me every day, all the time. I've just tried to make something positive out of it. The way I see it, I've been through the worst."
And maybe the best is yet to come.

 

This can't be right.

DA - 1.67 Mil
Fitch - 368K

For a deal between 2 teams at or over the salary cap (Like Hou and Mia) the salaries have to be within 125% +100K....This is not even close. Maybe they included Simien?? I can hope, right?

 

Another Chuck Hayes-type player it looks like, except this time in the backcourt. Maybe he'll be stealing some of Luther's minutes. We still need a backup PG. I seriously doubt that's all CD's done.

 

Sorry, but it works at Real GM.

 

CHECK THE REFERENCE TO HOUSTON IN THE ARTICLE - WE WERE INTERESTED IN HIM AS A FREE AGENT SIGNEE OUT OF KENTUCKY !!!!

 

I am underwhelmed. It appears to be the return of "Moochie," only he looks like Tony Parker. Only the Rockets are able to find these players. I didn't expect much for Anderson, but good grief.

 

nevermind

 

And we got substantially younger once again. Not only is he young, but he's got a solid pedigree (It's nice to see our young guys coming from winning, high basketball IQ programs). This guy showed some nice flashes against us back in January. Riley thought highly enough of him to play him at all.

 

well at least he sucks.





seriously though, i was trying to figure out what anyone would possibly give us for DA, and it wasn't going to be any sort of picks, unless it was like a 2nd rounder 9 years from now, or anybody who could actually play. basically, we were just looking for a place to dump him so we wouldn't have to pay him. i guess we found it.

 

there has to be more....i just tried espns realgm wannabe:
http://games.espn.go.com/nba/features/traderesult?players=18~2486&teams=14~10

and it fails, so maybe we get something else out of it

 

I'm not saying that I've been looking forward to a Derek Anderson for Gerald Fitch trade to go down, but I do recall making a mental note more than once while watching the Heat that the dude looks pretty capable for a 3rd string guy. With Sura out indefinitely, another ball handler become top priority, I'm sure.

Now we have...

Alston/Fitch
Wesley/Head/Barry
McGrady/Bogans/Bowen
Howard/Swift/Hayes/Bowen/Lampe
Yao/Dikembe

It would appear to me that we would benefit most by getting rid of a PF or 2 and bringing in a legitimate scoring SG with good size. Let's hope that's one of the deals on the table right now...

 

It works at realgm, but not on the ESPN trade checker, and not by logic. 1.67M is much higher than 368K. Miami would need a trade exception for the deal to go through. And even THEN, the trade exception can only be traded by itself. So we'd have to do:

DA for TE (Mia)
1/2 of TE (From Moochie deal) for Fitch

 

Well, We can't get anything out of DA after that stupid JVG public spew anyway.

 

Splash. hot dog got game.

Stuart

 

It obviously got to a point that everyone knew we were unloading him at any cost. Unfortunately, the 2 signings we made this offseason (DA and Stro) didnt pan out (unless u want to say the jury is still out on stro)....jit happens...can't fault CD for trying.

 

And in related news, Rockets fans riot and burn ClutchCity Grill inside the TC in protest of what they deem to be the Rox organization taking them for fools.