Sura's last year is partially guaranteed. It has nothing to with injuries. The Rockets just have the option in his contract to cut him for $1 million for whatever reason if they feel like it.
How about someone from the 2006 draft? Might be some gems there who didn't get a chance to play. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_NBA_Draft 2006 National Basketball Association Draft From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Redirected from 2006 NBA Draft) Jump to: navigation, search The 2006 NBA Draft was held on June 28 at the Theatre at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The draft was broadcast in the United States on ESPN and in 202 countries worldwide. Contents [hide] 1 Round 1 2 Round 2 3 2006 Draft Lottery 3.1 Teams in the lottery 3.2 Lottery results 4 Eligibility rules 5 The University of Connecticut Ties Record 6 Draft day trades 7 Notable undrafted players 8 References 9 External links [edit] Round 1 Pick Player Nationality NBA Team School/Club Team 1 Andrea Bargnani (PF) Italy Toronto Raptors Benetton Treviso (Italy) 2 LaMarcus Aldridge (F/C) United States Chicago Bulls (from New York, traded to Portland) Texas 3 Adam Morrison (SF) United States Charlotte Bobcats Gonzaga 4 Tyrus Thomas (SF) United States Portland Trail Blazers (traded to Chicago) LSU 5 Shelden Williams (F/C) United States Atlanta Hawks Duke 6 Brandon Roy (SG) United States Minnesota Timberwolves (traded to Portland) Washington 7 Randy Foye (SG) United States Boston Celtics (traded to Minnesota via Portland) Villanova 8 Rudy Gay (G/F) United States Houston Rockets (traded to Memphis) Connecticut 9 Patrick O'Bryant (C) United States Golden State Warriors Bradley 10 Mouhamed Sene (C) Senegal Seattle SuperSonics RBC Verviers-Pepinster (Belgium) 11 J.J. Redick (SG) United States Orlando Magic Duke 12 Hilton Armstrong (F/C) United States New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets Connecticut 13 Thabo Sefolosha (SG) Switzerland Philadelphia 76ers (traded to Chicago) Angelico Biella (Italy) 14 Ronnie Brewer (G/F) United States Utah Jazz Arkansas 15 Cedric Simmons (PF) United States New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets (from Milwaukee) North Carolina State 16 Rodney Carney (SF) United States Chicago Bulls (traded to Philadelphia) Memphis 17 Shawne Williams (G/F) United States Indiana Pacers Memphis 18 Oleksiy Pecherov (PF) Ukraine Washington Wizards Paris Basket Racing (France) 19 Quincy Douby (SG) United States Sacramento Kings Rutgers 20 Renaldo Balkman (SF) United States New York Knicks (from Denver via Toronto and New Jersey) South Carolina 21 Rajon Rondo (PG) United States Phoenix Suns (from L.A. Lakers via Boston and Atlanta, traded to Boston) Kentucky 22 Marcus Williams (PG) United States New Jersey Nets (from L.A. Clippers via Orlando and Denver) Connecticut 23 Josh Boone (F/C) United States New Jersey Nets Connecticut 24 Kyle Lowry (PG) United States Memphis Grizzlies Villanova 25 Shannon Brown (SG) United States Cleveland Cavaliers Michigan State 26 Jordan Farmar (PG) United States Los Angeles Lakers (from Miami) UCLA 27 Sergio Rodriguez (PG) Spain Phoenix Suns (traded to Portland) Adecco Estudiantes (Spain) 28 Maurice Ager (SG) United States Dallas Mavericks Michigan State 29 Mardy Collins (PG) United States New York Knicks (from San Antonio) Temple 30 Joel Freeland (PF) England Portland Trail Blazers (from Detroit) CB Gran Canaria (Spain) [edit] Round 2 Pick Player Nationality NBA Team School/Club Team 31 James White (SG) United States Portland Trail Blazers (to Indiana Pacers) Cincinnati 32 Steve Novak (SF) United States Houston Rockets (from New York Knicks) Marquette 33 Solomon Jones (C) United States Atlanta Hawks South Florida 34 Paul Davis (C) United States Los Angeles Clippers (from Charlotte Bobcats) Michigan State 35 P.J. Tucker (SF) United States Toronto Raptors Texas 36 Craig Smith (PF) United States Minnesota Timberwolves (from Boston Celtics) Boston College 37 Bobby Jones (SF) United States Minnesota Timberwolves (to Philadelphia 76ers) Washington 38 Kosta Perovic (C) Serbia Golden State Warriors Partizan Belgrade (Serbia and Adriatic League) 39 David Noel (SF) United States Milwaukee Bucks (from Houston Rockets) North Carolina 40 Denham Brown (SG) Canada Seattle SuperSonics Connecticut 41 James Augustine (PF) United States Orlando Magic Illinois 42 Daniel Gibson (PG) United States Cleveland Cavaliers (from Philadelphia 76ers) Texas 43 Marcus Vinicius de Souza (SF) Brazil New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets Objetivo São Carlos (Brazil) 44 Lior Eliyahu (PF) Israel Orlando Magic (to Houston Rockets via Milwaukee Bucks) Hapoel Galil Elyon (Israel) 45 Alexander Johnson (PF) United States Indiana Pacers (to Memphis Grizzlies via Portland Trail Blazers) Florida State 46 Dee Brown (PG) United States Utah Jazz (from Chicago Bulls) Illinois 47 Paul Millsap (PF) United States Utah Jazz Louisiana Tech 48 Vladimir Veremeenko (PF) Belarus Washington Wizards Dynamo Saint Petersburg (Russia) 49 Leon Powe (PF) United States Denver Nuggets (to Boston Celtics) California 50 Ryan Hollins (C) United States Charlotte Bobcats (from Sacramento Kings) UCLA 51 Cheick Samb (C) Senegal Los Angeles Lakers (to Detroit Pistons) WTC Cornellà (Spain) 52 Guillermo Díaz (SG) Puerto Rico Los Angeles Clippers Miami (FL) 53 Yotam Halperin (PG) Israel Seattle SuperSonics (from Memphis Grizzlies) Olimpija Ljubljana (Slovenia and Adriatic League) 54 Hassan Adams (SG) United States New Jersey Nets Arizona 55 Ejike Ugboaja (PF) Nigeria Cleveland Cavaliers Union Bank Lagos (Nigeria) 56 Edin Bavcic (C) Bosnia and Herzegovina Toronto Raptors (from Miami Heat) (to Philadelphia 76ers) ASA BH Telecom (Bosnia and Herzegovina and Adriatic League) 57 Loukas Mavrokefalidis (C) Greece Minnesota Timberwolves (from Phoenix Suns) PAOK (Greece) 58 Danilo Pinnock (SG) United States Panama Dallas Mavericks (to Los Angeles Lakers) George Washington 59 Damir Markota (SF) Croatia San Antonio Spurs (to Milwaukee Bucks) Cibona VIP (Croatia and Adriatic League) 60 Will Blalock (PG) United States Detroit Pistons Iowa State
How bout a Sophmore from the 2006 draft? BTW does anyone know why Hilton Armstrong didn't get more minutes with the Hornets? That's a guy that could be up there with LaMarcus Aldridge. 2006 National Basketball Association Draft From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Redirected from 2006 NBA Draft) Jump to: navigation, search The 2006 NBA Draft was held on June 28 at the Theatre at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The draft was broadcast in the United States on ESPN and in 202 countries worldwide. Contents [hide] 1 Round 1 2 Round 2 3 2006 Draft Lottery 3.1 Teams in the lottery 3.2 Lottery results 4 Eligibility rules 5 The University of Connecticut Ties Record 6 Draft day trades 7 Notable undrafted players 8 References 9 External links [edit] Round 1 Pick Player Nationality NBA Team School/Club Team 1 Andrea Bargnani (PF) Italy Toronto Raptors Benetton Treviso (Italy) 2 LaMarcus Aldridge (F/C) United States Chicago Bulls (from New York, traded to Portland) Texas 3 Adam Morrison (SF) United States Charlotte Bobcats Gonzaga 4 Tyrus Thomas (SF) United States Portland Trail Blazers (traded to Chicago) LSU 5 Shelden Williams (F/C) United States Atlanta Hawks Duke 6 Brandon Roy (SG) United States Minnesota Timberwolves (traded to Portland) Washington 7 Randy Foye (SG) United States Boston Celtics (traded to Minnesota via Portland) Villanova 8 Rudy Gay (G/F) United States Houston Rockets (traded to Memphis) Connecticut 9 Patrick O'Bryant (C) United States Golden State Warriors Bradley 10 Mouhamed Sene (C) Senegal Seattle SuperSonics RBC Verviers-Pepinster (Belgium) 11 J.J. Redick (SG) United States Orlando Magic Duke 12 Hilton Armstrong (F/C) United States New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets Connecticut 13 Thabo Sefolosha (SG) Switzerland Philadelphia 76ers (traded to Chicago) Angelico Biella (Italy) 14 Ronnie Brewer (G/F) United States Utah Jazz Arkansas 15 Cedric Simmons (PF) United States New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets (from Milwaukee) North Carolina State 16 Rodney Carney (SF) United States Chicago Bulls (traded to Philadelphia) Memphis 17 Shawne Williams (G/F) United States Indiana Pacers Memphis 18 Oleksiy Pecherov (PF) Ukraine Washington Wizards Paris Basket Racing (France) 19 Quincy Douby (SG) United States Sacramento Kings Rutgers 20 Renaldo Balkman (SF) United States New York Knicks (from Denver via Toronto and New Jersey) South Carolina 21 Rajon Rondo (PG) United States Phoenix Suns (from L.A. Lakers via Boston and Atlanta, traded to Boston) Kentucky 22 Marcus Williams (PG) United States New Jersey Nets (from L.A. Clippers via Orlando and Denver) Connecticut 23 Josh Boone (F/C) United States New Jersey Nets Connecticut 24 Kyle Lowry (PG) United States Memphis Grizzlies Villanova 25 Shannon Brown (SG) United States Cleveland Cavaliers Michigan State 26 Jordan Farmar (PG) United States Los Angeles Lakers (from Miami) UCLA 27 Sergio Rodriguez (PG) Spain Phoenix Suns (traded to Portland) Adecco Estudiantes (Spain) 28 Maurice Ager (SG) United States Dallas Mavericks Michigan State 29 Mardy Collins (PG) United States New York Knicks (from San Antonio) Temple 30 Joel Freeland (PF) England Portland Trail Blazers (from Detroit) CB Gran Canaria (Spain) [edit] Round 2 Pick Player Nationality NBA Team School/Club Team 31 James White (SG) United States Portland Trail Blazers (to Indiana Pacers) Cincinnati 32 Steve Novak (SF) United States Houston Rockets (from New York Knicks) Marquette 33 Solomon Jones (C) United States Atlanta Hawks South Florida 34 Paul Davis (C) United States Los Angeles Clippers (from Charlotte Bobcats) Michigan State 35 P.J. Tucker (SF) United States Toronto Raptors Texas 36 Craig Smith (PF) United States Minnesota Timberwolves (from Boston Celtics) Boston College 37 Bobby Jones (SF) United States Minnesota Timberwolves (to Philadelphia 76ers) Washington 38 Kosta Perovic (C) Serbia Golden State Warriors Partizan Belgrade (Serbia and Adriatic League) 39 David Noel (SF) United States Milwaukee Bucks (from Houston Rockets) North Carolina 40 Denham Brown (SG) Canada Seattle SuperSonics Connecticut 41 James Augustine (PF) United States Orlando Magic Illinois 42 Daniel Gibson (PG) United States Cleveland Cavaliers (from Philadelphia 76ers) Texas 43 Marcus Vinicius de Souza (SF) Brazil New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets Objetivo São Carlos (Brazil) 44 Lior Eliyahu (PF) Israel Orlando Magic (to Houston Rockets via Milwaukee Bucks) Hapoel Galil Elyon (Israel) 45 Alexander Johnson (PF) United States Indiana Pacers (to Memphis Grizzlies via Portland Trail Blazers) Florida State 46 Dee Brown (PG) United States Utah Jazz (from Chicago Bulls) Illinois 47 Paul Millsap (PF) United States Utah Jazz Louisiana Tech 48 Vladimir Veremeenko (PF) Belarus Washington Wizards Dynamo Saint Petersburg (Russia) 49 Leon Powe (PF) United States Denver Nuggets (to Boston Celtics) California 50 Ryan Hollins (C) United States Charlotte Bobcats (from Sacramento Kings) UCLA 51 Cheick Samb (C) Senegal Los Angeles Lakers (to Detroit Pistons) WTC Cornellà (Spain) 52 Guillermo Díaz (SG) Puerto Rico Los Angeles Clippers Miami (FL) 53 Yotam Halperin (PG) Israel Seattle SuperSonics (from Memphis Grizzlies) Olimpija Ljubljana (Slovenia and Adriatic League) 54 Hassan Adams (SG) United States New Jersey Nets Arizona 55 Ejike Ugboaja (PF) Nigeria Cleveland Cavaliers Union Bank Lagos (Nigeria) 56 Edin Bavcic (C) Bosnia and Herzegovina Toronto Raptors (from Miami Heat) (to Philadelphia 76ers) ASA BH Telecom (Bosnia and Herzegovina and Adriatic League) 57 Loukas Mavrokefalidis (C) Greece Minnesota Timberwolves (from Phoenix Suns) PAOK (Greece) 58 Danilo Pinnock (SG) United States Panama Dallas Mavericks (to Los Angeles Lakers) George Washington 59 Damir Markota (SF) Croatia San Antonio Spurs (to Milwaukee Bucks) Cibona VIP (Croatia and Adriatic League) 60 Will Blalock (PG) United States Detroit Pistons Iowa State
So then, the question is, is that transferable? I know that teams have to pick up options in many cases before they can trade a player.
I like Pietrus and Steve Blake. We already have Tmac, Battier, James, Alston, Head, Wells, Snyder, and Brooks. Pietrus and Blake would be good upgrades, but they'd have to be replacements. I agree that we don't have much to offer, but..it's still possible to get trades worked out. I don't think any of the forwards listed are that good. I can't say they'll be able to give us more than Juwan Howard did. Definitely not fond of Danny Fortson, but he could be a decent limited-minutes player. I like his physical play inside.
I wouldn't mind seeing us pick up one or more of these players for depth purposes, with an eye towards them developing into a top talent for future trades. Amir & Pietrus won't come cheap, but the rest might. We've got to start adding some young talent to groom for the future. With the exception of Amir & Pietrus, none of the rest have done much, but they have all the tools to develop. Doing something like this could be the beginnings of building a dynasty. It's like having a well stocked minor league system in baseball. If you have enough promising young talent to trade, then it becomes a whole lot easier to trade for an established Superstar like J.O'Neal, Kobe, T-Mac, Garnett, etc., etc.
Sura+VSpan+Snyder= $8,142,432 Add Luther in there and it's $9,264,432 Plus the MLE So we do have quite a bit of money to land a PF and after signing Landry, somewhere around $6 million to sign a G/F. Jason Maxiell+Nazr Mohammed works financially, and Maxiell is a stronger more athletic version of Chuck Hayes, but Mohammed's contract is a killer at $6.5 million for 4 more years. Marcus Camby makes $8 million, but he has injury concerns and Denver won't part with the DPOY. Drew Gooden could be had, but if Varejao is leaving, they may not want to trade him. Darko Milicic could probably be had for around $8 million in a sign and trade, but that's a lot of money for a relatively unproven player. If Morey is unwilling to give him full MLE, he's not gonna want to give him $8 million. Orlando doesnt really need capspace either and would be better off by letting Darko walk unless Luther is included, which I probably wouldn't do. Portland has 6 bigmen in Oden, Aldridge, Frye, Pryzbilla, Lafrentz, and McRoberts. Pryzbilla and Frye at $8 million would be nice, but Frye might not fit next to Yao as he's not a shotblocker/rebounder and he plays a little soft. He does have range on his shot though. Kurt Thomas would give us a tough veteran, but Phoenix still likes to use him and he's also an expiring contract, so it would make no sense to trade him. Only way they'd be willing to give him up would be to take on Marcus Banks and his $4 million for 4 years. There's really not alot of options out there. I think the Maxiell deal would be the best out there because he can block shots and rebound and he adds ALOT of athleticism. Plus Nazr would give us a backup C after Deke retires next year. Some may say Maxiell is just another undersized PF in the Chuck Hayes mold, but he has a 7'3 wingspan and an 8'11 reach. A rotation with Maxiell starting and Hayes and Landry both coming off the bench could work. Hayes was also in constant foul trouble, so adding Maxiell would still be beneficial. Landry compliments both with his outside game. Detroit doesnt wanna pay the luxury tax, and they want to resign Amir, so this may be the most do-able deal out there unless Morey has something up his sleeve.
Landry will likely not be signed until the end of the summer. Morey is waiting to see if the team uses its MLE elsewhere. If they do, then they'll probably sign Landry to a two-year minimum deal (team option on Year 2). If the Rockets don't use all of the MLE, then Morey will do what he did last year with Steve Novak, and he'll sign Landry to a three-year deal for around the minimum (two years guaranteed, with a team option on Year 3). This way, the team keeps Landry locked up longer in case he turns out to be good. I've said it before and I'll say it again. Morey's creative cap management is a tremendous asset for this team and should pay dividends in the next few years.
Maxiell is a below average rebounder (worse than Juwan Howard). He is also a worse defender than Hayes as indicated by him somehow having negative +/- numbers on team full of positive +/- numbers. When you add that he is the same age as Hayes there is little reason to believe that he has any more potential than Hayes. He is a different player than Hayes but not as good overall.
Is Travis Outlaw an UFA and what is his size and height? I'd grab this guy in a NY minute. Is he ready to start at the 4? How much would he want to play a major role for the team? I'd like to know more about him. Looks like just what we need.
Another big man you can add to the list is Andray Blatche. He has the perfect size (6-11, 248 lbs) and athleticism to play with the Rockets. I think he's restricted so the Wizards could match any offer other teams give him. I remember seeing him rank as #10 in the list of available top FAs this year on ESPN. Blatche is young and Washington is high on this guy, but I haven't heard of many other teams (New Jersey) interested in him.
