Oh come off that horse Napoleon. Guys that get that sense of entitlement and are not as good as they think they are, really don't belong. So stop naying - and root for what is good for the team. DD
The only thing I'm "naying" about, DD, is your obsessive dislike of Lowry. Look, I'm actually all for trading him if it improves the team, especially if we are sure to resign Dragic, but I don't feel the need to constantly take shots at the guy in the process.
http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/pos...ng-up-in-draft Rockets set sights on moving up in draft June, 24, 2012 Jun 24 10:41 PM ET By Chad Ford and Marc Stein ESPN.com For the last several years, Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey has been trying to package assets together to make a big deal on draft night. The 2012 draft is no different. Sources say that Houston has discussed deals with several teams in the top 10 about moving up in the draft. And the Rockets might have found two willing partners. Although sources stressed that no deal is imminent, Sacramento (No. 5) and Toronto (No. 8 ) have let Houston know that their top-10 selections are available. Sources say that the Rockets, in turn, have made both of their first-round picks available (No. 14 and No. 16), but the key to any trade going through could be point guard Kyle Lowry. The Raptors have been especially fond of Lowry, who has been regarded for months as a borderline untouchable in Houston but more recently has publicly expressed his disastisfaction with Rockets coach Kevin McHale. Whether the Rockets are indeed prepared to part with Lowry, as talks with the Kings, Raptors and other teams continue, figures to be one of the bigger stories of draft week. What’s clear from the Rockets’ end, sources say, is the player they’re fondest of in the upper reaches of the draft: UConn big man Andre Drummond. Many scouts believe Drummond has the second highest upside of any player in the draft behind consensus No. 1 overall pick Anthony Davis, but the 7-foot, 279-pounder would almost certainly still be available at No. 5. Drummond, as the second youngest player in the draft at 18, registered an impressive 7-foot-6 wingspan at the NBA Draft Combine earlier this month. Personnel experts regard him as an elite athlete and shot-blocker who moves laterally especially well. But Drummond’s inconsistent play as a freshman, combined with questions about his passion for the game, have caused his draft stock to take a slight hit in recent weeks. The tipoff that the Kings are likely to deal the No. 5 pick between now and Thursday night, sources say, is the handful of players they’ve brought in that are expected to be drafted in the middle of the first round. Sources say two of those players in particular – North Carolina’s John Henson and St. John’s Moe Harkless – are high on the Kings’ draft board. Henson has already worked out for the Kings and Harkless is scheduled to work out on Monday. Sacramento has also tried to get several other candidates for the middle of the first round, including UConn’s Jeremy Lamb and Washington’s Terrence Ross, into town for 11th-hour workouts.
I'm sorry but this smells like Orlando to me. I will be shocked out of my mind if Morey is really interested in trading up for Drummond. Absolutely floored! He's putting this out there to misdirect everybody. I think Morey would trade up for Beal. Or possibly Orlando is wanting Beal if he is there at 5. But I would be shocked if Morey or Hennigan wanted Drummond.
Bill Ingram reckons he has a "well placed Houston source" saying Lowry will be gone by end of draft day. https://twitter.com/#!/TheRocketGuy
