Justice: Trade looking better with every game and Amare tidbit

worzel gummidge · Mar 3, 2010

Richard Justice said:

They’d removed Stoudemire from their list because he wouldn’t commit beyond the end of this season...

The Rockets suddenly had a tough decision. They might suddenly be positioned for a playoff run this season with Stoudemire. They’d be worse off for next season, but winning now had some appeal. In the end, they took a pass and stuck with the blueprint.
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Stevierebel, have you heard anything about why Amare doesn't want to come to Houston?

dexkk · Mar 3, 2010

worzel gummidge said:

Stevierebel, have you heard anything about why Amare doesn't want to come to Houston?
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He probably knows that Morey won't give him the max.

Aznoob · Mar 3, 2010

DaDakota said:

Man, if any of us were a player, and could go wherever we wanted to go, Miami would be pretty close to the top of any single guys list.

DD
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I resent that. I am a player.

:grin:

BetterThanEver · Mar 3, 2010

burnnotice said:

So Morey is going to claim that HE was the one who didn't pull the trigger...

It's a no lose situation. You already had Martin. Suns only wanted Scola and Battier and some of those draft picks that will be worthless after New York signs Lebron James. Stoudemire gets you to the playoffs and gives you the ability to make some noise in the playoffs. You have a chance to resign him because with a hopefully healthy Yao, Martin, and Brooks, you are a Championship contender with him.

If he walks, you have the cap space to go after whatever big name is available next year. Instead, you would rather pay Jared Jeffries $7 Million to get 2 late first round picks, an aging Battier, and have to re-up Scola for more than double what he was making?

Bottom Line?

A nucleus of Yao, Martin, and Brooks is going to look very attractive to any big name free agent that wants to win a championship, like Chris Bosh for example. The Jared Jeffries deal sidelines The Rockets on the big name free agent market. Moving Battier and Scola could have made it a reality.
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There is no cap space for getting rid of Battier and Scola. The Rockets have $60.4 mil in commited salary next year. Scola would have dropped off next year. While Battier does have $7.4 mil owed for next year, the Rocket's team salary would drop to $53 mil. The projected salary cap is $53 mil for 2010-11. Rockets couldn't even sign a $2 mil player with that cap space.

SergioValencia · Mar 3, 2010

I swear to god when I read the thread title I thought I saw this:

Tracy looking better with every game and...

Kojirou · Mar 3, 2010

SergioValencia said:

I swear to god when I read the thread title I thought I saw this:

Tracy looking better with every game and...
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It's a Justice article, so it's a perfectly understandable error.

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ASidd_1990 · Mar 3, 2010

SergioValencia said:

I swear to god when I read the thread title I thought I saw this:

Tracy looking better with every game and...
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Tracy is not a Rocket anymore. He aint gonna get better with every game, LOL!

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