Rockets will pursue Josh Smith if they can't get Dwight

Josh Smith is a team cancer.

Must avoid unless we're bringing a star with him.

 

A frontcourt of Parsons/J-Smoove/Dwight would be impossible to score on. Combine them with a backcourt that can penetrate, knock down open shots and create and you have a MONSTER. That team could also run for days on the offensive end.

 

my pants are wet. wait..i'm not wearing pants!

 

totally cool with Smith as long as we can get someone else.

he is a great defender, he is a stat sheet filler and he lead the NBA in rebounding!

 

Doesn't make any sense, our PF spot is loaded. I think in the long run PPat > Josh Smith. And Scola is a DMO's idol, I think DMO will learn a lot from Scola.

 

You have got to be kidding me.

 

Maybe smoke and mirrors.

 

i'm all for this. there's a couple ways this could go. we send two of lowry, scola, dalembert and add a lower pick. or we send martin's expiring contract plus a higher pick.

 

Dwight has NO interest in being here. Just stop it. It doesn't make any sense. Isn't Morey suppose to be really smart?

 

I'd pass if no Dwight.

 

I didn't realize Dwight was a free agent. Glad you're around to point that out.

 

http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=8a48cmu

You could send cash and #18 to Atlanta and #14 and #16 to Orlando.

 

not a big fan of jsmooth but he would make the team better.

i think he would be most effective when he plays defense at the 3. i say this after seeing lebron compensating on the defensive end for when the heat sent out frontlines where anthony and haslem play center or battier to play pf. this would work with us when we send scola to play center (which is all the time ugh). the bad thing about this would be that we would have a 3 who cant spread the floor with shooting which is a deal killer for me since we dont have anyone who commands a double team.

 

How???

I don't ever remember him demanding anything from Atlanta.

 

Hawks fan & watcher (originally from ATL). He has attitude problems, yet plays with no attitude. He can open up a big ol' can of quit, too. I'd rather go a different route.

 

If the Rockets have a choice between acquiring Smith and acquiring Deron Williams to add to Dwight Howard (don't think they have flexibility to get both without some major moving of existing salaries), I would probably prefer Smith. He's a couple years younger, cheaper (on a 1 year deal for $13 mil, don't need to commit big $ to him until you know how he plays for you) and does not play the same position as the best likely carryover from the current roster (PG Goran Dragic).

The question is whether the Rockets have what it takes to trade for him after giving up what is needed to trade for Dwight Howard.

 

What does it take to get Smith though!?

 

I never heard of any attitude problems. I think if anything, it's just a coaching problem. I mean, what coach would seriously allow him to keep taking those 3 pointers? lol.

 

The fact that both of these players are expiring means that they won't get the return the teams might expect with multiple years left on their contracts. They could both end up being one year rentals, which will scare off many suitors.

I posted a trade above that works salary-wise and might take some tweaking but seems fair for all parties.

Scola & #18 to Atlanta for Smith

Lowry, Martin and #14 & #16 to Orlando for Howard

I think when push comes to shove, Orlando will accept something like this because Dwight will eventually bolt for Brooklyn, who will not be able to match an offer like that through a sign and trade. Might as well maximize the return now.