What will it realistically take for the Rockets to rid themselves of Anderson?

It's not about setting a bar. This is not a vacuum.

Ryan is useful in some situations, not in others.

Since we are operating over the cap, reducing his salary provides little to no benefit, especially mid season. As such, Using resources to get rid of Ryan is not a logical move since it provides no benefit.

When the time arises when moving Anderson makes sense, ala in free agency, it should be explored then.

When you think about basketball decisions without emotion, it really highlights how silly threads like these are.

 

Waive him is the only option. No wants him in a trade situation.

 

Waive him is the only option. No wants him in a trade situation.

 

What does that actually accomplish? Does not free up cap, though overpaid he's still more useful than roster space right now.

 

Anderson is bad but can we run some plays for him? We have nothing in our playbooks other than Harden/Capela pick and roll or Harden ISO. Our offence could be the most predictable in the NBA.

 

hes not bad its just a shooting slump of several games...every elite shooter goes thru dat sometimes...last year both steph and klay went through much worse slump...

anderson was crucial to our historically best offense before injuries hit...

 

D'antoni ran a play for him out of a timeout to get him open at the top of the key and he bricked it badly, it didn't even hit the rim...

 

He has a better 3 pt ave than Gordon, even if he is in a slump.

 

before the deadline, I agree. But they will absolutely HAVE to unload him in the off season if we're going to make any moves.

 

Ryan’s usefulness is overshadowed by his sheer cap value. If his salary was removed, I suspect we wouldn’t be operating over the cap but I’m no capologist.

Moving him mid season won’t happen because nobody wants that toxic contract. It’s definitely not the worst in the league but it’s very bad in its own right.

We spent all off season trying to move Anderson. The problem is nobody wants to pay all that for a set shooter so we are essentially in a spot where making necessary upgrades will be difficult without moving key pieces.

Removing the emotion shows us that we really limited our flexibility by putting this much money into a one dimensional player. Granted we thought the cap would continue to be ridiculously high but that didn’t happen. And now we are stuck wth an immovable contract for a player who doesn’t do enough to get us over the hump.

 

The problem is nobody wants him at that price tag.

 

I'm not arguing that. The price tag will definitely be hefty. I agree it'll take at least two first rounders. I'm a huge Morey fan but there is no denying that the Anderson contract is one of his worst moves ever.

 

Gordon is capable of providing production on offense and defense if his 3 ball is not falling.

 

All of that is irrelevant to this topic.

 

Definitely his worst move to date.

 

No it’s not. Everything I said will relate to his trade value for the rest of this season, next offseason and the following season. His contract won’t become valuable until it’s an expiring. All of this will influence how hard it is to trade him.

 

Like what?

Driving? Not against any of the Warriors perimeter guys but Curry, not against Danny Green either for the Spurs, and not against Paul George or Roberson.

And honestly, those are the only teams that count.

Truth is, he doesn't need to. Just his sheer presence draws attention and he doesn't hesitate to shoot(cough Ryno cough) which alone demands respect. If Ryno let it fly EG style and shot 12ish a game, he'd be way more of a "threat".

No sane defense leaves them open, even if they missed 6 in a row. No idea when they heat up.

My big problem with Ryno is he passes up too many open shots, that and his contract of course.

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You unwind when something better is aligned, not just randomly at the deadline. Think about continuity some.

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10 GOLD DIAMOND Earings fool, and 3 pieces of paper.. geez