Rockets Talking Trade? According to reports aroung the league, the Rockets are in hot pursuit of T.J. Ford or Kirk Hinrich, depending on availibility. Apparently the Heat are listening to offers from Houston as Pat Riley is once again shopping their top pick because he is not fond of rookies. Rumors are the Rockets and Heat are discussing Cuttino Mobley and Maurice Taylor and a possible future selection for Eddie Jones and the No. 5 Pick in thursday's draft. A deal with the Heat might not go down until draft night as the Rockets wait to see how the draft unravels and if Ford is still availible with the fifth pick. This is interesting news and I think it's a great idea if we could land a quality point guard so we can finally move Francis to the 2 and then slide Jones over to the 3. It's about time the Rockets get in the middle of trade talks.
Really though, if I'm going to pay max to a 32 yr old player, I'd much rather get someone like Houston. Houston seems to be getting better with age, is a excellent shooter from 3pt range and mid range. They can keep Eddie Jones , but I do like that pick though.
Where exactly did you hear this "report"??? Im not really sure I like the trade. How old is Eddie Jones? Is Eddie Griffin ready to be the main PF on this team?
i think its a great idea! i hope we could replace mooch for cat tho. but its great to see steve move to the 2 so that he could concentrate more on his offense rather than dishing the ball which we all know not his style. i hate to see mobley go, but, if we want to get some, we got to lose some. with mo taylor out of the show, i hope we could sign brand! man, that would be an awesome pf tandem of brand and grif! man, i hope we could land tj! thanks for the hook up man! TRADE ACCEPTED
I hope the rox do my idea: cat/taylor(or cato or rice) for Ford/Jones then steve for Jermaine O neal pg-TJ Ford sg- Jones sf-Posey/Boki/Morris pf- J O neal c- Ming' come on JVg,grant my wish !!!!
I personally wouldn't mind seeing us make that deal but rather than Ford, get Chris Bosh...he's got amazing upside (which means he will either up as a Garnett, Kwame Brown, or somewhere within the shady area within those two) but i still think he could end up as one of the top players in this draft. Then we could have Francis, Jones, Posey, Bosh, Yao with Griffin, Rice, Cato off the bench...potential....but i'll trust the Rockets on whatever move they decide to make cuz they know more about this than any of us do.
I have a friend with ties to the Rockets organization who said word about these talks had trickled down the grapevine and in the past the information he has passed on to me has been legit.
Amen, I was worried they would keep it that way. By the way hrce11 are you gonna tell us your source? Or was your source from the "web page we arent allowed to mention".
Thats alright...hopefully more news on this will show up on ESPN.com or elsewhere in the news shortly to back-up my man's word.
This may be the most immature thing ever said on this board. I was merely wondering how Butler's name ended up in the rumor...I mean report.
I love this idea. Don't forget that Eddie can play defense too. I hate giving up a big man without getting one in return, but TJ Ford would help this offense. He runs a great break. I like it, but only if TJ is available.
i dont' like an undersized backcourt of Steve (6'2-6'3???) and TJ (5'11"). They could be the fastest backcourt in the league but that shortness will come back in some way and haunt them.
I dont know. Give me Hinrich and we could probaly keep Eddie too. Theres been several people lately who claim they have had inside sources, so Im not believing this yet till its comes from espn or a reliable CCnet poster. Stevie and TJ would be a nightmare defensively but if any coach could make it work it would be the defensive wiz JVG.
