oyoyer wrote:RollingWave wrote:Dr Positivity wrote:Yeah one of the ways to argue against HOU trading everything for Love, is they could sign Carmelo instead while keeping Parsons and Bev. Would require dumping Asik and Lin. Don't think that's a problem for Asik, I see him having an under the cap taker around the league, not to mention NY might just S&T for him (they won't for Lin with Dolan thing). As for Lin, even if a taker straight up isn't found, a deal like Lin and Jones for capspace is prob a cinch
Melo, Parsons, Bev is a better team than Love and a gutted roster. But nowhere near the longevity. Interesting dilemma.
On a general level I think Houston simply runs into too much of a usage problem this way and defensively remains devastatingly bad even with Dwight, Miami got away with this because those 3 are all plus defenders, so even though the big 3 setup basically neutered Chris Bosh's offense it still worked.
Unfortunately for Houston, a Melo / Harden / Dwight setup seems likely to seriously blow into one of their offense, and probably either Melo or Harden, and both player's value hinges almost entirely in that department.
This is why I feel they might simply be better off trading Harden for Love, yeah that probably means they need to count on Lin to make plays which can be scary, but as we've seen it's not like Harden forcing the plays in the playoff is a great solution either.
HOU gets Love, 32, 54
MIN gets Jones, Harden, Parsons, 25
PHI gets Asik, Lin, Motiejunas, 13
HOU then should have enough cap space to sign Melo outright. Even though they are overpaying Minny it facilitates them clearing room for Melo so it works, assuming that they know they can sign Melo upon acquiring Love and need to dump all those players to clear the room.
Why is Philly even in this deal? The 32nd pick is the only value they add (and its not much value at all) and they get Asik, Motie AND 13? For taking on Lin's deal?
