[rQUOTEr]Rockets Unsure If They'll Pursue Sergio Llull Again In Offseason The Houston Rockets were interested in bring Sergio Llull to the NBA last offseason and Daryl Morey was in Spain this week on a scouting trip. “I’ll be watching Llull live, but right now I can’t say if we will try to sign him again this summer," said Morey. "I’ve been in Italy, Serbia and Malaga. We are not seeking anything in particular. We are always looking at players who can help us.” The Rockets weren't able to sign Llull and ended up trading for Ty Lawson in an attempt to upgrade the point guard position. "There are always interesting players, draft players for the draft to see and that we can come in handy," said Morey.[/rQUOTEr] Spoiler [rquoter]"Ahora no puedo decir si intentaremos fichar a Llull" Daryl Morey, manager general de los Rockets, atendió a MARCA tras presenciar en directo la derrota del Estudiantes ante el Canarias donde centró sus miradas en Juancho Hernagómez. El responsable de la franquicia NBA está de pesca en Europa y en su agenda estaba marcado en rojo ver la evolución de Sergio Llull, que dio calabazas a los Rockets el pasado verano. "Voy a estar viendo a Llull en directo, pero ahora mismo no puedo hablar sobre si intentaremos de nuevo su fichaje", comentó a MARCA." He estado en Italia, Serbia y Málaga. No buscamos nada en concreto, siempre estamos mirando jugadores que nos puedan venir bien", argumentaba. Y en esa lista de jugadores que pueden venir bien también aparece el nombre de Juancho Hernangómez, seguidísimo por la NBA de cara al draft. "Las reglas de la NBA y del draft no me permiten hablar de Juancho Hernangómez", apuntó. "Siempre hay jugadores interesantes, proyectos de jugadores de cara al draft que ver y que nos pueden venir bien", subrayó el directivo de los Rockets. [/rquoter] Google translation [rQUOTEr]Daryl Morey, general manager of the Rockets, attended MARCA live after witnessing the defeat of Estudiantes to the Canary Islands where he focused his eyes on Juancho Hernagómez. The head of the NBA franchise is fishing in Europe and its agenda was marked in red to see the evolution of Sergio Llull, pumpkins gave the Rockets last summer. "I'll be watching live Llull, but right now I can not talk about whether his signing try again," he told MARCA. "I've been in Italy, Serbia and Malaga. We are not seeking anything in particular, we are always looking at players that we can come good," he argued. And that list of players who can come in handy the name of Juancho Hernangómez, seguidísimo by the NBA heading into the draft also appears. "The rules of the NBA draft and will not allow me to talk about Juancho Hernangómez" he said. "There are always interesting players, draft players for the draft to see and that we can come in handy," said the manager of the Rockets.[/rQUOTEr]
If the Rockets offer two max contracts there is no more money for Llull. All they would have left is the 2.8 room exception. That might be enough for Gentile though! I think the Rockets still like Llull, just has to be the right timing with cap flexibility.
Easy to deal Brewer, especially if we have signed two max players which means future picks become more likely to be included in trade. Brewer makes a bit more than the MLE next season, I don't think it would take more than Sam Dekker and a 2nd rounder to get rid of him.
The rockets management need to forget about Lulz. How many rejections do they need to understand? It's getting kind of sad and stalkerish now. As far as we should be concerned, Lulz doesn't have what it takes to be in the NBA. He sees the competition here and doesn't want anything to do with it. I would say his loss, but he's saving himself time and embarrassment. Plus he's not that young anymore.
I had been wondering why Llull didn't sign until this article - it seems like Morey is offended by being presented with pumpkins.
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Seriously this is funny LLull is not coming here, doesn't want to come here and the Rockets are going into the "We didn't want him anyway" mode. DD
That is funny...... or you could choose to look at it for what it really is.... the Rockets want to keep enough cap space to sign two max free agents and they cannot do that by signing Llull when free agency opens.
