Do we now have too many players on our roster after signing smith? If so who do you feel is getting waived? I sense we may either waive or trade one of Johnson or Canaan, neither of which I want to see go
I'd really hope not but am I correct in saying that we do need to lose a player from the roster? Sorry shaved is the other possibility if we do need to lose someone
Based on what? Your assumption makes no sense when we are adding a big, while another big has a non-guaranteed deal, Tarik Black. MOrey is going to try and get this kid a roster spot at another destination before just waiving him.
Sorry I had forgotten about black, he's redundant now and likely gone. I'm merely trying to find out if we had too many guys on the roster which I believed to be true but was trying to clarify.
Yes, they are trying to trade someone to clear a spot. Won't be either of those two. It'll be Black or Dorsey.
I much prefer black to Dorsey but black has a non guaranteed deal and McHale has seemingly canned black from the rotation and that was before signing smith and still with Terence to come back. In 2 weeks we have gone from playing Dorsey and black frequent minutes, nick Johnson being on the floor in crunch time and people bemoaning a Francisco Garcia injury because of injuries and lack of depth, now with trades and players returning we will struggle to get enough minutes for some decent role players. Credit to the front office
I would guess Dorsey if they had their Druthers but both Dorsey and Black are Dennis Rodman without the funky hair, tattos, defensive ability, and rebounding ability.
dorsey has to be the one to go. he and black are so similar but he's 10 years older. there are 3 teams below the cap minimum. one of them in the sixers and they are way below. the bucks and magic could get over the minimum by adding dorsey. because it benefits them, the price to unload him would be lower. i'd add the blazers 2017 second rounder with a protection of #31-40.
Dorsey has a guaranteed mutli-year deal. This was probably the reason he wasn't cut in the pre-season. Dude has no business playing in the NBA.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Apologies to ISAIAH Canaan. Make that Joey Dorsey, Tarik Black, ISAIAH Canaan, Nick Johnson and Clint Capela all available in Houston</p>— Marc Stein (@ESPNSteinLine) <a href="https://twitter.com/ESPNSteinLine/status/547966756783149056">December 25, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
this makes sense. we knew about black and dorsey. canaan, johnson, and capela would have to be traded for a pick. picks are easier to trade than players. this would be another move to load up a great offer for dragic
Had we known we were going to get Josh Smith, we probably could have combined a couple contracts for a larger expiring 60 days before the deadline. Would have made it a lot easier for a deadline trade.
Of course if some team offers a first for Capela, Johnson or Canaan, Morey would (and should) jump on that. But to me, this is Stein trying to make Houston look bad or that they don't treat players well since they are "seeking suitors" for all these players. Morey won't move those three unless the offer is just too good to pass up. They (most likely) won't, so no worry. Black and Dorsey are a different story. I think the Rockets are trying to find someone to take on Dorsey's guaranteed contract. I feel like the Rockets would love to keep Black and raise him in th D-League but his contract is non-guaranteed so if they don't yield any offers for Dorsey, he may be cut
