Skip Bayless: Houston Rockets BIGGEST LOSER of the trade deadline.

If Skip said we are the biggest losers then we absolutely fabulously won the trade deadline!

He always gets selected for outlier/r****d take and that's what he did here.

 

A skip Baylee's topic has 5 stars on the front page of clutch fans. Smh

 

Are we sure Skip wasn't talking about Ty Lawson remaining on the team?

 

How are you the biggest loser when all you gave up was a role player and a dude with a broken back? And you get a 1st round pick for that?

 

I haven't read the article but I assume he said we were the biggest losers because we have so many holes and needs and Morey didn't fill one, and then on top of that he shipped out Dmo and the only guy on our bench who could create his own shot.

 

Nope, that's the actual answer why the Rockets are one of the biggest losers of the trade deadline, Skip just whined about Howard. Even when his overall premise is right, he finds a way to be wrong.

 

This. I prefer the recent clutch podcast take over the above.

 

Agreed.

 

I don't think he is wrong.

This trade is almost killing me.

 

I give this thread 5 stars.

 

Ah, the 'cheapskate boss' argument again...

I'm trying to make sense of it. Objectively speaking, what self-respecting businessman (let alone NBA owner) is going to pay a premium tax bill for a 'team full of garbage', as you say?

Was Les a cheapskate owner when he agreed to take on excess salary over the summer in hopes of maintaining continuity (i.e. chemistry) and build upon last season's WCF appearance? Or is he a cheapskate now because he's justified in NOT paying the tax for a roster that has proven to be a collection of massive disappointment? Would Les have demanded this deadline move (to slide under the tax threshold) if the Rockets lived up to expectations and were top 3 in the West, a contending team playing with grit, chemistry, and urgency?

By no means am I an apologist for Les, but this is just a silly argument.

That's correct.

Are you saying that a marginal contributor (Joel Anthony) on a 'broken' team + 2nd rd pick is worth > than paying millions in luxury taxes?

If so, there's no way I'm even taking the time to refute such logic.

All insider nonsense aside, do you actually know what DM/Les were advised of DMo's long-term medical outlook? Sure, he may look OK today, but will his condition flare up again? Is his situation chronic? Seven foot all-world athletes rarely regain the strength and flexibility in their backs to withstand the pounding/grinding of the NBA.

Does it not stand to reason that DM/Les have learned (after the Yao experiment) to heed the opinion of medical experts, perform advanced risk assessments, and derive at an informed (not emotional) conclusion based on facts presented?

Not an insider by any means, but I can assure you that giving up on DMo was the absolute last thing Morey wanted to do this season. He believed in DMos potential long before most posters here even knew how to pronounce 'Motiejunas' correctly.

Salvaging the 2nd half of this season has greater potential to sway Durant's outlook on the Houston Rockets organization. A strong playoff performance will, in effect, minimize the 1st half of the season while regaining our status as contenders -- being only 'one piece' away from dethroning GSW.

It's absolutely a long shot but it's likely our only hope in winning this sweepstakes, IMO.

 

If that's true they shouldn't have gotten rid of the team's best PF and most consistent bench scorer at the trade deadline for nothing at all only to save a little bit of money in luxury. No matter how anyone tries to spin it, they can't get past that obvious fact.

 

That's the problem .... They didn't solve any of their current problems nor did they solve much of their offseason problems.

Dwert will still opt out and probably leave and the Rockets get nothing in return. David Lee & a 2nd round pick is more than nothing and I'm sure Boston offered better than that ....

T_ones is still here. Morey cant be thinking of resigning him - Can he ?! FFS. Couldn't find a fringe playoff team to ship him to for a scrub & a 2nd ?

Lawson is still here. Was there no deal out there that could net you an asset , however insignificant ?! If not , I understand .... he's cut before next season.

Brewer is still here. Yeah , that one I can understand , probably costs you an asset to move him .... ugh.

Terry is still here too .... Couldn't move him to a contender for something useful ?! He makes chicken scratch ... should have been easy to move.

The TPE's for Alexy Shved & Isaiah Canaan expired yesterday ....

 

I just can't imagine any intelligent person would think Morey didn't try and solve every problem from every angle.

Sometimes there aren't moves to be made. This season has been a disaster but what can you do besides keep moving forward with an eye to retooling in the offseason? Move Dwight for peanuts? Pay to move TJones? Pay to move Brewer?

 

Definitely not Mt Clutchmore.

 

You just put up a sign in your lawn and around the corner in your street to read " garage sales",

and then you pull all the trash out of your dumpster and then label that leftover chicken bone for 5 bucks, the empty milk bottle for 2 dollars and some used condoms for 50 cents each.

the driver of Waste Management stopped in front of your house and you looked at him and smiled : hey dude, what you want to buy?

He said : WTF!

 

Getting peanuts for Dwert is better than nothing .... unless you know you are able to resign him in the offseason - Time will tell on this one but if he walks , you are better off getting DL's expiring contract and whatever draft considerations Boston is willing to fork over than the nothing that is the alternative. The answer to this one is TBD - if and when Dwert resigns with the Rockets and for how much. Dwert signed long term is better than DL's expiring contract and a mid/late #1 , especially if you can talk him into taking a page out of Timmy Duncan's book and take 10-15m instead of 30+.

T_ones .... He's not worth much but its highly unlikely you have to pay to move his expiring contract , its more likely that the returns came with multi year contracts attached .... limiting flexibility in the offseason.

Brewer - Yeah , like I said , I understand , you probably have to pay someone to take that contract. I can accept him staying - For Now.

Lawson .... never mind , he aint worth ... well , nothing. Just wondering if you could squeeze anything out of that rotten lemon.

Terry on the other hand is still a capable shooter on a minimum contract who you should have been able to get something out of ....

I'm just saying , you didn't get better , you got a little worse and did very little to solve off season issues and you probably could have done more to impact the offseason prospects for improvement.

 

Sad but true .... that fire sale is just a bunch of burnt up junk.

I'd rep this post if I could but .... I don't have the ability to rep anymore for some reason. (since I got a 24hr ban for brainfreeze cat)

 

Exactly. It's a 'team full of garbage' that we shouldn't have given up on and would have made a magical playoff run if not for getting rid of my favorite player. It actually makes sense if you know the poster's history. It all goes back to him going all in on DMo and letting everyone know about it hundreds of times over. Once he's proven wrong, he rushes to justify it, not unlike Skip Bayless - "well if I would have known X was going to happen, then I never would have predicted Y! You see? I'm still right!"

 

Jesus, this post is greatness. You single handedly took on the Legion of Idiots and won. Will rep.