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

I think it's time we put a Daryl Morey statue in front of the Toyota Center.

 

I've been saying for MONTHS that Jeffries was underrated as a player and that the Rockets would be well-advised to agree to take him off the Knicks' hands in exchange for some significant additional assets, especially given the fact that I didn't think the Rockets ever had a chance to use their cap room for anything important anyway.

I just had no idea that Morey would be able to get THIS much out of New York.

Too bad we didn't GET a pick?!?! I'm just glad we didn't have to GIVE AWAY a pick to dump Cook.

I swear, people hear GROSSLY overvalue expiring contracts.

And, btw, unless the player with the expiring contract is particularly good/enticing (i.e., Tyrus Thomas), you're not going to get a draft pick for him. It will almost always be in exchange for a player for longer-term salary (i.e., Jared Jeffries). Otherwise, the team with the expiring contract usually ends up PAYING the other team to take him in order to avoid luxury tax.

 

Disregard this comment, I just realized the pick to swap is the year after this one...my bad!

 

I think we all grew a few inches today.

 

Any word on the presser?...Interview with Morey on 610?

 

ima have to say 32 or 15 for some reason.
he obviously cant use 23 since that number is retired for calvin murphy

 

What is the final cap $ for the Rox? Did they sneak under?

 

Now swap our 2010 pick, NY's 2011 and NY's 2012 pick for rights to Ricky Rubio from Minny?

Also since we won't be able to afford Bosh at free agency let Scola go and sign David Lee?

Aaron Brooks
Kevin Martin
Trevor Ariza
David Lee
Yao Ming

I may be dreaming, but it seems very possible.

 

Where is DD? Doesn't he owe us an apology? Something about Moreys ability as a salesman

 

Morey excites you THAT much, Rasselas? :grin:

 

oops wrong thread guys! :grin: but all in all i woke up at 3am this morning with a gut feeling that something had materialized and like some of us knew i saw the deal and was like "ehhh". i love kevin martin since he is pretty much reggie miller/richard hamilton lite with a bit more athleticism to add along but then we got THREEE first round picks(including jordan hill) also with a defensive minded jeffries sounds like a pretty sweet deal to me man... :grin: gotta love daryl morey!!

 

Morey may have grown a few feet

 

EVERYONE THE KEY TO THIS DEAL IS JARED JEFFRIES! :grin: :grin: HE IS A CAREER 34% THREE POINT SHOOTER! THAT'S BETTER THAN TREVOR ARIZA!

 

Yes, the Rockets got below the LUXURY TAX threshold (they're hopelessly over the salary cap). After factoring in the trade kicker on Jeffries's contract, rough estimate, I'd say the Rockets snuck under the threshold by about $1M-$1.5M or so.

 

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Knicks have $30mil to spend this summer. If they can't sign LeBron, Wade or Bosh, why not just buy the Grizzlies?

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Have you seen sensational quote Battier gave NBA.com's venerable Fran Blinebury about the Transaction Game that's now as big as game itself?

 

Some pretty big praise from Kelly Dwyer.


read the rest of it here... http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/ba...t=ApyBozYZA_ZeQ8Re0iGie468vLYF?urn=nba,220605

 

DITTO

 

Walsh's butt hole agrees...

 

LOL maybe someone will bump up his "art of the deal" thread

Seriously though, anyone who doesn't like this trade doesn't know a rape deal when he sees one.

Sure losing Landry hurts...but there was no guarantee we could keep him anyway. And like I said before he was kinda' overrated, due to all the slams and the toughness and the awesome personality you forget his piss poor rebounding and subpar defense.

In exchange for that though we get Jordan Hill, picks, and K-Mart.This is definitely a win-win-WIN deal for all involved. I'm so giddy I can't stand it :grin:

Another part you may have overlooked is that with NY getting rid of Hughes and getting Tmac their short-term talent went up considerably. Tmac has been working out for several months now, I'm sure he got back a little of the explosiveness he lost. Hopefully he'll improve the Knicks enough to screw the Jazz's pick :grin:

 

DD already ate crow. Lay off of him now. Just go look at his thread.