Houston well might be pinched this summer. The other thing for them is that Brooks is finishing his third year, so you know he'll push for a contract discussion this summer rather than wait til the new CBA. I think it would be hard for them to dish out new deals to both their young point guards at once. You know they pick Brooks over Lowry and I think Brooks and his agent might be a bit piddled-off if they make him take a deal under the next CBA.
While they've both been able to find room thus far, a certain 'spread your wings, little bird' dynamic will be pushing Lowry to want out (I think), and he'd likely love coming to a situation like here with a (presumably) wide open point guard rotation and a scheme that puts the ball in his hands a lot. All he needs to do is perfect that three ball and he's complete. Wildly scrappy, 'right way' dude.
So, I'd love to get him here and I think he and Foye could fit into a rotation nicely. I think both guys will be at reasonable deals. We'll have to see how things play out with Foye's season, but I'd consider both he and Lowry at up to $5 Million a year on four or five year deals (I'd prefer 4 on Foye and 5 on Lowry).
Scola's a little older than I would have in mind and likely will fetch at least $5 Million a y ear. If the musical chairs of summer spending see him still unseated late and he'd do 2 years @$10 Million (total), I'd think about it, especially if I thought we'd be so bad as to challenge the 2010 Nets win mark.
I like Amir Johnson though (who's a lot bigger than the 210 pounds that ESPN lists him as); he really hustles and hits the glass; can't shoot, but you have to guard him around the basket; long enough to play center in spots @ 10-12 minutes a game. And he's still young enough to have upside.
Amundson is pretty athletic, lively and smart; he's obviously benefited from playing with Nash for a few years and has good understanding of spacing and angles offensively as a cutter, even if he's not a skilled guy. Though no Hercules, he shows good awareness and rotations defensively. I'd see two years @ $4-6 Million.
And I'm still holding out Sergio Rodriguez as a good backup point for us.
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