I agree with you. That's why I don't understand why the Rockets didn't offer more for Cousins. You have to offer them something that would at least make them think about trading Cousins.
I seriously doubt the Rockets could get both Melo and Camby. I'd be happy with just one. Melo, preferably.
Cousins would love playing for Adelman. The longer he stays in Sacramento, the worse off he will be. Cousins needs more guidance than the Kings can offer. Houston is probably the best place for Cousins.
From what I've heard is davis and kaman to the bobcats. So let me throw this out and see how it goes without using the trade machine. Maybe someone could check and criticize if need be :grin: Houston:Wallace,Diop,Livingston Bobcatsavis,Kaman,Chase Clippers :Yao,Miller,Lowry Money is pretty close to the same going by memory. I don't know if picks will be included, but it seems pretty fair from all 3 sides.
I don't like it, creates more holes than it fills up. We would be upgrading in talent but not filling a need.
Blecch! Hill is actually showing something. If Hill is a toddler, PPatt is spermatazoa. Still, though, I think Hill has trade value; the most we could get for PPatt right now would be a mid-level first-rounder.
If the Rockets can get their hands on a legit center, I think they'd trade Jordan Hill in a second if they could get fair value for him. They view Luis Scola, Chuck Hayes and Patrick Patterson as more important PFs to the franchise. Scola as the starter, Patterson as the primary backup long-term, and Hayes as a situational defender. Just my opinion.
I kinda agree with you, but the patterson thing is not doing it for me. It may be a toss up between he and hill, but hill is showing he can be a decent center in spurts. I personally don't think patterson could ever play center.
Your scenario, I would feel dissapointed if it happened unless we were involved in something else. It weakens us at PG and even at the C, I think the team would stumble this season unless something else happens. That's an accurate way to put it, though I feel Hill's play this season might have given him stronger ties to this family. :grin:
Wallace is a huge upgrade to shane and thats not worth the debate. Diop is a shot blocker in the middle and if he is past his injuries, livingston can be a really good player. Yao is done, chase is slimping and lowry is playing well I admit. The rockets would get the best player right now and 5 yrs forward in wallace for lowry and chase.
That would be my hunch as well, though maybe things have changed over the course of this season. It doesn't appear to me that the Rockets are quite as enthusiastic about Jordan Hill as many fans are. And they seemed to be ecstatic to draft Patterson. It appears that he was ranked higher on their 2010 draft board than Jordan Hill was ranked on their 2009 draft board.
I've been saying this all along. And since the new CBA is almost certain to lower the max salary, Melo wants to get his next contract signed BEFORE the current CBA expires. So even if he didn't decide to stay here in Houston, it's almost a given that we could lock him up with a big old-CBA contract and trade him for some nice pieces that put us ever closer. Take your assets and turn them into better assets -- that's Morey's style.
Honestly, I feel the same way, but it's been more about Jordan's inconsistency. I guess if they benched Hill in favor of Patterson, that would plummet his value. I was really interested in watching the kid play after the celebration we all heard about.
Whats strange is, I don't know why. Patterson just seems like another fit in type in his demeanor. If a guy is ranked 6th on anyone's draft board, no matter the teams depth, that guy should be starting and playing alot. I really don't see the special gift patterson has. I'm not saying hill has special gifts either, but at least I see the improvement from a low experience guy. Patterson has been playing a long time and jumped to the backseat when he thought guys were better than him. Honestly, thats kind of a turn off to me.
I think it's clear that Hill can play in this league, and it is not yet clear that PPatt can. sigh. As long as we get value.
No debate on Wallace being the upgrade. My knocks on him are his shooting percentages (especially this year) and that he is injury prone. Diop and Livingston would just be thrown ins, I don't see us being interested in neither. Diop has been one of the worse signings of the decade, they should throw a draft picks just because of it. My other perk about those 3 is that, not counting Yao's outgoing contract, we would be taking on a lot of money for the future.
