BlackIce wrote:Trade 10#
DEN and HOU have a trade to announce.
DEN outgoing:
Andre Miller $7,807,728
Danilo Gallinari $4,190,182
Timofey Mozgov $3,343,896
Kenneth Faried $1,072,900
Jordan Hamilton $922,400
DEN 2012 1st (unprotected)
total: $17,337,106
HOU outgoing:
Kevin Martin - $11,519,840
Luis Scola - $8,591,793
Jonny Flynn - $3,414,720
total; $23,526,353
It works since I am comfortably under the cap.
Kevin Martin is a 24 ppg scorer who is still only 27 years old on a good contract. He makes up the scoring we lost when Melo left town. Scola is 18/8/3 on solid man defense, good offensive bigs are hard to find these days.
Houston confirms this trade. While the loss of Luis Scola and Kevin Martin are huge, neither fit the long term plan of acquiring young assets (and picks) to build a contender for the long haul. Scola's age and Kevin's aggressive style made us worry about their future contributions.
Gallo and Mosgov are 'proven' prospects who fill positions of need for the Rockets. Hamilton & Faried are both 'potential' guys that Morey & Company wanted at the draft. Andre is an outstanding contributor who is still a team option that could be released prior to the season. This was too good an offer in the Rocket demographics to pass on.




























