How? This team is better than last year's playoff team with the addition of Butler/Ariza/MLE for Artest . And both AB and Lowry are improved. If Yao plays well, it is a contender.
http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=yjhp4e9 that works but for the wizards to have any incentive either new york or/and houston will have to send them draft picks as well
With Yao/Landry/Ariza/Butler, we'll have enough offense and there is only one ball, I believe Lowry's all around game fits that line up better than AB's.
i think so, at the very least it's a deep playoff team, better than we've had since 2005 talent wise...i'd say we'd got to the conf finals at least.
i like that. stevenson is complete garbage but who knows maybe he will perform decent next year since it is a contract year for him. plus it gives us his expiring to trade next year.
Yao will be not as good if he can even play at all. Brooks already played out of his mind in the playoffs, wont be far beyond what he did last year. Ariza is a wash for Artest. Butler has been pretty bad this year, maybe he gets a resurgance, maybe not. Battier and Scola will be older. I just dont think this makes us an elite level team.
I have been critical of Morey lately, but if he can pull this off without losing a rotation player (maybe just trade our 2011-2012 first rounder) then he will have added the finest of feathers to his hat.
That is a legit concern. AB starts would be fine too if that's the case. Then start Scola and Battier as well.
why wouldnt yao be as good? The surgery so far seems to be a succes, it may be too early to tell for sure, but it's still likely he'll return to his old self. His game was never above the rim or involved a lot of fast movements, as long as his foot doesnt break again and there's no complications (swelling for example) he should be alright
I don't know how Yao will play. It's too early to tell. Scola's age isn't a concern, he never relies on his athletisizm anyway. Battier may lost a step, but if he comes off the bench, he'd still be good enough. It all depends on Yao's play. If he plays well, contender. If not, 3 huge expiring contracts and start rebuilding. Nothing to lose here.
you know i really like chase but i dont think he is that good to stop a deal like this going through. also it just starts to create a log at the wing position with ariza, battier, butler there....now i am hoping that they will take JT instead of chase that would be the ideal situation but i dont think the wizards would be that stupid. no way the wizards take on hughes and his contract w/ player option they are trying to shed salary not take on more. as some have mentioned. the wizards want cap relief and draft picks/talent still on rookie contracts. maybe houstons first and ny 2nd round could do the trick i dont think morey will go for hughes either thats why darko seems like the logical choice...i dont even think darko is playing this year so the guy will just come off the books.
That is not a concern, only the makeup of the unit. When Ginobily came off the bench, he was way better than AB.
obviously it would add to our glut in the backcourt... But the Wiz don't need Mike Miller, and in 21 games this year he is shooting almost 52% from 3 point land 56% overall, with 6 boards and 3 assists.
I've seen him play...he's struggling within the new system as some of the other players are as well...but he's been steadily improving throughout the season and although it's a small sample, the last 4 or 5 games he's been back to scoring just over 20ppg..
The Rockets will go after either the Washington or New York deal. The deals offer a center whose contract expires after this season (Haywood), and a center whose contract will expire after next season but most likely won't play (Curry). The Rockets gave up on the backup center when Yao broke his foot in 2008 by resigning Mutombo. Now that Yao has a glass foot the Rockets won't pursue a long term center in trade who will force Yao to the bench. However, Haywood would be a hell of a player to pick up in a trade; Curry would be adding insult to injury to our current bigman woes (pun unintended).
