My prediction is based on improving our draft position, so... Houston gets: Trade Exception 2011 First Round Pick (Cavs) Cleveland gets: Kevin Martin 2011 First Round Pick (Rockets) Rockets move on with Lee as their starter, and have a trade exception to be used for another player or two. Also, they inherit a pick that could end up in the Top 5. Cleveland gets a scorer in Martin in addition to what will probably be a late lottery pick. It's bold, but what the hell.
Don't see why the Cavs would give up a potential #1 lottery pick for Martin. They don't want to have to pay that salary.
It's not often that someone proposes a horrible trade idea that's just plain awful for both teams. I wish there was an appropriate .gif for this situation, but anyway, cheers mate! Way to achieve the impossible!
Posted this in the other trade but this is what I see going down: Three trades: #1 Hill, Battier, Bud for Nene http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeM...tradeId=4aawzj7 #2 Lee, Jeffries for Mayo and Thabeet http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeM...tradeId=47f2ffa #3 Yao and AB for Wallace and SJax http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeM...tradeId=23r6836 Basically looks like this: http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeM...tradeId=62pw2je Lowry/Ish Martin/Sjax Wallace/Mayo/Twill Scola/Ppat Nene/Thabeet/Miller
Emeka Okafor, Hasheem Thabeet, Gerald Wallace AND We will KEEP: P.Patterson, C.Lee, T.Williams, K.Lowry
Nene/Billups to Houston Yao/Brooks/Jeffries/Knicks 1st to Denver Lee/future 2nd to Chicago Asik to Houston
By the time the Melo trade goes down, IF it goes down, there won't be time for the Rockets to engineer a trade. Carmelo by himself has killed off the this mid-season's trading for the NBA. It will turn out that the Melo domino is the double blank.
Just letting everyone know, since Rudy Gay in injured, they will keep Mayo on, as they need to keep winning to make the playoffs.
AB and Scola will be Hawks and Josh Smith will be a Rocket. Lee and Battier will be Grizzlies and Mayo and Thabeet will be Rockets. CBud Hill and Jefferies will be Nuggets and Nene will be a Rocket and we will also get a first round pick from the Nuggets that they get from New Jersey in the Melo deal.