Rockets to acquire Kevin Martin (UPDATE: 3-Way Deal Reached)

Jordan Hill and Chase Budinger-good friends and former college teammates-reunite!



He won't be able to replace Carl's scoring ability but he has much better defensive potential

 

Where there is a Morey, there is a way!!!! Morey may add 2 more teams just to screw them some more.

Morey: I want to screw the Knicks some more. I am not satisfied with a Title their picks and Walsh's first born. I want More!!

Stern: But the league is losing money. We just can't do it!!

Morey: You will do this!!

Stern: OK! You are Darryl Morey

 

Where did Hilton Armstrong go? I thought he was coming to Houston?

 

Right now...Sacto has a better team than the Knicks...If I was a smart player and was offered Max from NYK or Sacto...I'd choose Sacto. In the end, winning is what gets you more popularity and fame no matter where you play...

any ways it's moot, I'm just explaining why Sacto didn't take Jeffries...because most likely it was capspace. Otherwise other teams would be lining up to take Jeffries, but everyone is worried about their cap space for 2010.

 

Dam Ronnie Brewer just got traded to the Griz...The West has been transformed a little bit in one week!

Martin to the Rox
Camby to the Blazers
Brewer from the Jazz to the Griz

 

ESPN Radio New York has Alan Hahn on.

http://espn.go.com/espnradio/player?rd=1#/live/?callsign=WEPNAM

He says the Rockets came out great with this trade. He said the Knicks did good. He said the Knicks put very little protection on the picks.

They are saying that it's Lebron or bust. They're saying if they can get Lebron in, they will have enough cap room for Lebron to bring whoever he needs.

 

Grizz get better, Jazz get worse.

Brewer was kind of that Ariza guy. But they didn't need him to score like we have. I think they will miss him a lot.

 

He's coming here. The Chron says we acquired him in the trade. Just not that profiled as the rest of the guys.

 

Talk about a Cinderella Fairy Tale..I have tears in my eyes.. *sniff sniff*

 

Did not know this. Thanks

Can't wait to hear your finals thoughts about all this one day.

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it's a hail mary from the knicks and morey absolutely roasted their faces on the fire for deciding to make that hail mary.

 

Question and Answer with Kevin Martin about trade:

http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/sports/kings/archives/2010/02/martin-unplugge.html

Reaction to the trade...

Spoiler

"On the basketball side, I'm ecstatic. I couldn't be any happier with the move that Geoff and the Maloofs made to put me in a great situation. I made a name for myself here, they took a chance on me, and who knows where I'd be now if they didn't make sense.
"But it's just like anything, with these relationships you build up for so long, that's the sad part. I'm sad to be leaving Sac. Just as Corliss referred to me as the Golden Child as far as the perception around here, how the older guys took me under their wing, taught me how to do professional job. I learned a lot from guys like Bobby (Jackson) and Corliss (Williamson), with how they did stuff in the community and how they were professional. I watched a lot of that my first couple years, and then once I got out there in the (lime) light I did a lot of that myself and took pride in it. The Maloofs set an example too - that's the hard part of that deal when it comes to the community part."

On the building negativity that surrounded him the last few seasons and grew to a crescendo locally of late..

"I never paid attention to it, but you can always feel a vibe and honestly I saw firsthand with Webb (Chris Webber), Mike (Bibby), and Peja (Stojakovic), and at the end, it always happens like that. No hard feelings on my end for anybody or anything. I had too many great moments to really look at the last six months or whatever timeline you want to put on it. I had an incredible journey. You go from the 17th man your first year to the first man, I just enjoyed my time here. You're always going to have your highs and low, but it's time to move on and I'm ecstatic about that part."

On his experience this season...

I enjoyed this season. The only thing I didn't enjoy was the injury. You just never know what could've happened if I never would've broke my wrist. I agree with everything you said except that I wasn't distant with my teammates. I was distant last year (when he was injured), but this year I stayed around (the team). You might have seen it this year because a lot of this trade stuff was affecting the whole team, and it was time (laughs). That's why I want to thank Geoff and the Maloofs for putting me in a good situation.

On why he thought it was time considering he's a 27-year-old player in his prime that is in just the second season of his five-year, $55 million deal...

When I was hurt, you look at how guys started to develop. There was a new energy and stuff like that, and now you start to build a system toward their strengths because your main player was out so long. When I say it's time, I was in my prime, I say it's time because the 20-point seasons every year didn't really mean as much to me as they did the first time, the second time, and it was just time for opportunity to showcase it somewhere else.
With a guy like me, I'm going to playing 35 or 40 minutes a night, and that takes a hit on the younger guys who they're so high on. That's why when I came back I was expecting to let people go do what they do and I was just trying to fit in. The only way you're going to let them develop and see what they can hold for the future of the Kings is to make a move with a guy like me. They're just out there trying to make a name for themselves and I'm on the opposite side of the pool.

On whether that created tension between him and his teammates...

I don't think there was any tension, I just think everything was new. Everythign was new, and then I got back out there and some nights I was utilized and some I wasn't. That's just the stuff that tells you it's time. But still, I couldn't ask for a better story as far as where I came into the league and where I'm at, how Sac treated me and how much they have given me. It was all good, and that's why I can walk out of here with my head high and very happy.

How much of you thinking your time was up here was connected to doubts about how long it would take this organization to be competitive again?

Those are things you think about, but the person I am I'm just going to try to come to work and get better every day. Because I know everything usually works out at the end. All I can control is me getting better and then all the other pieces fall into place. If they keep on developing, they're going to have a bright future.

On the fourth-quarter situation against Boston Tuesday and whether his decision not to enter play held any deeper meaning...

Sam, I'd do the same exact thing if it was my first year, sixth-year, or year (No. 15). The guys were rolling, got us a lead. It's like when you're down 10 and then the team's rolling, and sometimes the coaches decide to keep their second unit out there. That was just me with what I call my good nature. Those guys just deserved to be out there. You could look at it how you want, but me and coach (Paul Westphal) were 100 percent on the same page with each other.

On how he sees the fit with the Rockets...

Well the way this trades looking, I really don't think everyone's going to be as excited as me to get to the next stop so they might use all 48 hours (until they have to appear with the new team for physicals). But I think I'll fit in very well. I know that GM (Daryl Morey) has been wanting me for a while; I'm familiar with that coaching staff. They know what I can do, they know my strengths. It's just a team on the rise. They know how to play. You try to make a playoff push this year, and then you look at the bigger picture and getting a healty Yao (Ming) and, 'Wow.' That's all I have to say about that one.

On how exciting it is to reunite with former Kings coach Rick Adelman and his staff...

It's very exciting. You've always got to feel good going to a place that really, really wants you in a trade. You could be on the bad end of a trade and not be excited, but I'm very excited to take on this new opportunity and see what it brings.

That's why I'm so ecstatic about this thing. Rick didn't necessarily make it easy for me. We all know that. I still, to this day, see him as my No. 1 coach - and that staff - because they took the time and effort. Coach Carril took time after every practice, Elston Turner, T.R. Dunn and Bubba (Burrage) in the summer time made it mandatory for me to be in Sacramento to put the work in to make the player I am today. A deal like this, the GM and coach definitely talk and I'm glad Adelman spoke highly of me in that regard. - Sam Amick

 

Watch Morey Jigsaw the Knicks even more by using the Knick's assets to take one of the top tier FA's off the market, leaving them with Amare and Gay.

 

Hey, I wanted to do this, but I am still a rook, so CARL LANDRY APPRECIATION THREAD? Remember the good times, like the teeth he gave up for us.

 

Is it past the trade deadline yet?

 

IF THIS IS GOING TO BE A STICKY, PLEASE EDIT THE FIRST POST. THE FIRST POST IS DEAD WRONG! CORRECT THAT ****.

 

Not that it matters, but I keep hearing different things for the filller- is it Larry Hughes and Jeffries, Jeffries/KT/Armstrong, or other?

 

what if Ny gets the number 1 pick next year? Its protected. Does that mean we lose the option entirely or what?

Same with 2012. What if Ny gets within top 5 in 2012,since its protected we lose that also?

I say this because NY if they dont get lebron ,they will be the worse team possibly.

 

So, are you saying there is no way to defer the 2011 option, even if the Knicks land the protected 1st overall pick?

If that were to happen, would we just lose that swap option and be left with our own 2011 1st rd pick, assuming we don't trade it between now and then?