Don't know if he signed here it would be as a backup. If (there are any legs to Saunders' Parsons - Love; probably a ploy to get Thompson to splash into Wolvesland) CP25 heads out then TA becomes an attractive (enough) replacement. Of course if there would be anything to Parsons etc/Love (+ a bad contract?) then I would like to see the Lin exit with FA signings of Deng &/or Hawes &/or Mills (or Lowry). But, Saunders wants the GSW deal (his way, of course) IMO.
FYI, because Parsons will be (what used to be called) a Base Year Compensation player, it is highly doubtful that a Love trade involving a Parsons S&T could be pulled off without either Lin's or Asik's salary as part of the trade. For instance, the Asik trade with New Orleans could be rolled into it as a three-team deal. However, there would then be no Asik trade exception to use in your example above.
I would take gasol and Lowry in heartbeat if lebron and melo don't work out. Pay gasol was asik was making and pay Lowry what Lin and who else we can dump makes.
It's ESPN. They basically just listed the teams that had cap space and were going to be active in free agency. Personally, I would have 0 interest in Gasol. He is aging, his defense has declined pretty rapidly, and he was already in a frontcourt with Dwight that didn't work. Ariza would be nice as a replacement if we traded Parsons for Love. I wonder if it would be a repeat of last time we got him, when he had a good season the season before, during his contract year, and then when we sign him for a couple year contract he doesn't show up as much?
Not an Ariza fan, but that would be the one scenario where I can see it make sense, since he SF spot would open up.
He was also signed to be our number one/two option. If you are a smart fan, you should understand why the experiment failed. If he is coming is as a role player, which is what he would be here, he is an excellent pick up.
I can see Gasol going to Knicks to play under Phil. Ariza would be an awesome backup in case Parsons is gone. But I can't see Ariza coming back due to his experience here last time
I won't swear a belief that a Pau/Dwight reunion would be musical, I just will remind that The Pringles Fellow, along with #8, did not work to effect a positive outcome for that pairing in that LA season. Love, hate or otherwise emote KMac, his cut as a coach is different from D'Antoni's.
I don't know what was "reported," but the following basic structure would work: Houston gets Kevin Love Minnesota gets Chandler Parsons (S&T), other assets [Third Team With Cap Room] gets Jeremy Lin It also works with Omer Asik going to New Orleans. In fact, IF Parsons agreed to a S&T to Minnesota (a huge "IF" in my book), I could see the following scenario: Houston gets Kevin Love, Kevin Martin Minnesota gets Chandler Parsons (S&T), Terrence Jones, New Orleans "Asik" pick, other pick(s) New Orleans gets Omer Asik [Fourth Team With Cap Room] gets Jeremy Lin Of course, other contracts/picks/assets would change hands.
For anyone that thinks Gasol and Howard won't work, they were winning at 55 game clip after the all-star break when Howard was healthy. Couldn't we do trade with Asik to get Gasol? Do a trade with Lin to get Lowry and use our MLE to get Ariza. That would give us a squad of Howard/Gasol/Dmo Gasol/Tjones/Dmo Parsons,Ariza Harden,Daniels Lowry, Beverley, Canaan I would go to war with that squad.
People hated on him because the team tried to turn him into a star but he was a good starter and could be just a good as Parsons on this team. He would be the 2nd best defender on the team.m
We rightly pointed out his incredibly streaky nature and endless silly game losing mistakes. His WS max has been 3 until last year. Except for last year has has made his team worse the 8 prior years than without him. He has been on 6 different teams in 9 years for a *reason.
The Rockets aren't going to sign either one to anything more than their MLE, which likely means they aren't getting either player. I doubt it's more than a courtesy call. They're not going to trade Lin and assets to open up capspace for either.
