Sources: Rockets have Lowry as 4th option after Lebron/Melo/Bosh

We might have dodged some bullets..

 

so who is the 5th option?

 

New question then!!

Out of Lowry, Dragic, Rondo or Bledsoe, who would you guys want the most?


I think i'd take Dragic, Bledsoe and Rondo have major injury concerns, Lowry is a little injury prone as well, has much more mileage on him the Dragic

Even though Dragic, Rondo and Lowry are all basically the exact same age, Rondo and Lowry have much more wear and tear on their bodies.

Rondo - 20 thousand minutes played (playoffs included)
Lowry -15 thousand
Dragic - only 10 thousand (has had the least injury problems over his career)
Bledsoe - 5 thousand, (4 years younger then the other three, but is injury prone)

So Dragic has little mileage, least injury history, and is the best offensive player of the group. Throw in that he seems like a great locker room guy, never had any problems, said in interviews that he loved McHale, the Rockets organization and fans, I'd warmly welcome him

So IMO, yes even though missing out on Lowry might have sucked, i'd rather have Dragic (even though we have to give up assets to attain him) over Lowry (and Bledsoe, Rondo)

 

Jellmy Lin

 

5th option was Trevor Ariza.

 

Damn, Morey comes out looking like a cocky gambler here. Why in the world would you gamble on others when you have a guy in front of you who is willing to join your team and accept the offer? He should've just been ready to sign any FA he wants, not tell them to freaking wait!!!

Also, for the Morey apologists in here, Bosh was not even available at the time we chased Melo. Another point to consider: who in here really believes just adding Melo would've made us a serious contender? Lowry + Parsons + whoever would've been a very, highly succesful offseason because:

A) Lowry feels a huge void
B) is loved here
C) knows McHale and his 'system'
D) you could've and probably would've kept your glue guy
E) and could've still signed some veterans to fill out the team.

Maybe this is what Clutch already heard or knows about and that's why he seemed pissed when he posted recently and said he badly wants to say something about this off-season, but will wait? Hope he will speak out soon.

 

If its about business u choose the team that values u more. Waiting on Houston wasnt gonna help Lowry in any way

 

We also could of easily added Lowry AND a PF by cutting one of Asik or Lin to clear space, and trading the other for a Forward. S&T for Lowry probably would of also been possible, letting us keep our MLE.

Lowry and Young, Smith, Ilyasova or Anderson would of been easy to get done. I would assume Anderson would of been the easiest to get since we were already in talks with the Pelicans.

Lowry/Beverley
Harden/Daniels
Parsons/(MLE)
Anderson/Jones
Howard/(BAE)

Could of been our team right now lol

Seriously, I really hope Morey pulls something out of his ass here, hopefully the Dragic and Rondo talks are real. So many missed opportunity's, I'll be pretty sad if we can't do anything to noticeably improve the team.

 

So Lowry met with Morey at 12:01 AM and got told to wait for Melo. That's kind of rude. :grin:

Usually teams do these "first possible minute" meetings to show that the player is a priority. Morey did the opposite.

In my view, if you can add Lowry to Harden, Dwight and Parsons, you just do it. You offer a contract to Melo, Bosh, Lowry, and whoever says 'yes', you sign.

It sounds like Morey snatched defeat out of jaws of victory this summer.

 

The hard truth is no big name wanna play with H&H, no elite PG wanna pair with Harden. If they think 3 star can win champion here, someone would have come.

 

Rondo first. Despite the fact that he might not work well, he's a proven champion.

After that Lowry. He's the better player out of the rest.

Then Dragic and then Bledsoe.

 

I'd rather have Lowry, Parsons, Jones and pick than Dragic and Ariza.

Also, I think that Jones + pick for Dragic is unrealistic. It's no longer that year when Lowry was traded for 1 lottery pick and Dragic was let go for free. Dragic and Lowry are now both all star caliber players in their prime, and they are worth more than that.

 

Morley probably got a little greedy. He swung for the fences. Came up short. You live and you learn.

 

You act as if it is easy to trade for a player just like that. Lol. All the targets you mentioned we have to have the other team wiling to play ball with us. In Lowry's case, we would have just signed him. Yes, there are injury concerns but not major ones that should scare us off. Overall, very stupid on Morey to pull this stunt. I pray to God that it was Les's obsession with wanting to get a third star that killed this otherwise. I really do hate being mad at Morey because he has done a great job up until this off season.

 

Of the guys that are THEORETICALLY available (Dragic, Bledsoe, Rondo), if one of those guys can be acquired without giving up the Pelies pick...that's the guy I want. If all of them can be acquired without giving up the Pelies pick...then I'd take Dragic first, then Bledsoe, then Rondo.


However, if Love does go to Cleveland...that changes the landscape. And that is what is holding up everything. Love is keeping everything else from going down right now. It's as plain as the nose on your face. There are deals that are waiting to drop but they are being held up because teams want to wait to execute until after Love is traded. Because there are still a couple teams holding out for the possibility of acquiring Love.

But if Love goes to Cleveland....there will most likely be a play for Rubio. Flip wants to build a playoff team.....now. He's not interested in bumming around in the lottery...except on someone else's nickel (their draft picks). So if Love goes to Cleveland then Rubio will be in play. I'm not saying Flip is ready to trade him or that he will trade him. But it is a distinct possibility depending on the parts Minny gets back for Love and what other trades they can swing.

And I happen to believe that if Love is traded....and Morey can swing a trade for Rubio...that Morey would trade for Rubio in a heartbeat....over Dragic and Bledsoe and Rondo.

So since you're speculating on available point guards...you might want to put Rubio in the list of point guards that may be available.

 

I would still like to ask you to please forget about Kevin Love. Even if he doesn't go to Cleveland (and he will), we'd still get outbid for him.

But I agree with you on Rubio. Les would want him for marketing purposes. Morey would want to not strike out this summer and we do need a real point guard who plays defense (albeit one who would need some serious time with the likes of John Lucas and/or Calvin Murphy and/or Clyde the Glide to work on his shooting).

Rubio also might finally bring Sergio Llull over.

Still, Morey'd have to deal with Dan "Satan's Left Nut" Fegan and pay Rubio some beaucoup bucks.

 

Ric Bucher is that you?

 

Can't forget about Love until he's gone. I know we'd trade all our assets other than H&H for him right now or as soon as those pieces are available. We also know Morey is going to explore every possible angle to acquire Love.

Logically speaking... I think the odds of acquiring Love have went down. But until you see the announcement that the trade is official we'd better consider the possibility of Love being trade other places besides Cleveland. It is what is holding up the RFA signings and other trades right now.


Les MAY want Rubio for marketing purposes but that isn't the reason we would trade for him. Morey would trade for Rubio because he believes Rubio is going to be elite. (I still happen to believe Rubio will be elite as well. I happen to believe he will become an efficient shooter and finisher and will be a game breaker.)

And as far as Fegans goes, Rubio will be restricted. He'll have to go through RFA. Fegans can throw his weight around, etc. But it's either sign the qualifying offer or an offer sheet. And Morey may think enough of Rubio to go ahead and offer him something between the the 5-year max with 7.5% and the 4-year RFA matching contract with 4.5% raises and a trade kicker. Morey has proven he's not going to cow tow to Fegans. I like the way he's handled him.

 

Feeling valued is emotional. Getting a contract that reflects your value and that's available now is rational.

I'm almost certain that these comments also apply to Miami. He would have wanted to wait until there was certainty around the Lebron situation.

 

I posted the posts that Melo and Lowry was the no1 and 2 options, even said that Lowry should be the no1 option. If Morey go Lowry as the no.1 option, then the team would be in a great shape right now. Lowry's salary is only $12M, the rockets should be able to have him if treating him as a player in the no1 option . Having LeBron as no1 option was a joke if it was true, LeBron was not going to come to Houston as predicted, it just wasted a chance to have Lowry.