spolgar wrote:Houston:
5.Omar/Motiejunas
4.Smith/Brockman
3.White/Morris
2.Harden/Livingston
1.Lin/Douglas
That's a pretty good team that is a hair less than San Antonio and on par with Dallas. We certainly match up well with Memphis. It's a 50+ win team. Other than cap considerations, why is this a bad deal? This is a team that can go big or small. It's actually pretty versatile.
I disagree. I don't think that team is on par with a san antonio, at least not this year. I do think it's a fantastic general direction concept.
I'm not even a Houston fan, I'm just very interested in the direction and mix they've got right now. I feel like Morey has Houston in a really interesting and nice position.
A lot of people have dissed Houston's offseason, and I really don't see why. The Rockets were in that treadmill position, with decent players like martin/scola/lowry/dragic/dalembert keeping the team in the playoff hunt, but no opportunity to really achieve anything great. The real definition of a team too good to get a top 5 pick, but not good enough to make the 2nd round.
Now, every avenue is open before you. Make the right moves, and this team can be the next fun young team everyone likes.
Lin can absolutely still be a star player. You've got a string of young guys, no bad contracts, and nowhere to go but up.
But seriously, a team relying on lin, asik, white as starters? Probably not as good as san antonio yet. Too young, too inexperienced.
But give it a year or two and you could catch lightning in a bottle.
I think Houston should STAND PAT. You've traded everything, let it stew for a while. Figure out who's for real, and who's not, and then make strategic acquisitions. Don't blow your wad so you can pay Harden 60 million or whatever he wants.
As of right now, Houston will have a salary of only like 31 million in 2013-14. That is a team with Lin, Asik, Lamb, Motiejunas, White, Parsons, Patterson, Jones, and a smattering of other guys.
Add in that juicy Toronto pick, add in your own pick (which I assure you WILL be in the lottery if you keep this basic youth mix) and suddenly you've got a scary-deep young cheap team.
Lin will continue to be a boss.
Asik will be the premier defensive efficiency guy.
parsons already plays boss.
white will be a guy
lamb will be a guy
motiejunas gonna junas
You know? It's like, hey, look at that team.
You'll manage to trade Kevin Martin for something (I'm expecting a package for a semi-star. Martin and 2 young guys for like a deng or granger or ellis type.
You got a nice thing going,