mephew1029:如果Mobley退休的薪水是保險公司在付的話
Hughes + Mobley for T-Mac就值得火箭考慮
名義上火箭接下了Hughes和Mobley
但是實際上只要負擔Hughes的薪水
我是看到消息說..
從t-mac退賽以後..的工資一直是由保險公司付的
所以t-mac的工資...
因此對在金融海嘯中的各球隊有很大吸引力..
亦說火箭確實是沒去兜售t-mac 反倒不少球隊打來報價有關t-mac的交易
而火箭亦說除了涉及yao外, 球隊其他人也可以談
原文..
Rockets standing pat? Just tinkering? Not if they can help it.
Nice little celebration in LA. Mark Madsen was not there to dance. Shaq was not there to rap. Chevys were not turned into kindling.
The good news around here, however, is that the Rockets did not celebrate.
It has been natural to wonder if the Lakers' championship would
leave the Rockets dangerously proud of their post-season. They are the
only team to take the Lakers to seven games, the only team to lead them
in a series and the only team this season or last to beat the Lakers
when facing elimination. (They also went 6-2 this season against the
three other Conference Finals teams.)
The Lakers clearly became the NBA's best team. The Rockets pushed them there.
"Houston was a different story altogether," Lakers coach Phil
Jackson said. "They were fast, they were very driven, team-ball play,
they did a good job in spacing out the court, getting accomplished what
they wanted to do. They had two defenders to throw at Kobe (Bryant) in
(Ron) Artest and (Shane) Battier, and so they were a really worthy
opponent, pushed us to seven games.
"I thought that really made us the team that we got to be in the
playoffs. We understood what we had to get accomplished, and we did the
job from that time forward, played good basketball."
The Rockets could tell themselves they are worthy contenders.
They are, however, not fooled.
The Rockets were whipped in two of those Lakers games, including
Game 7. Their strengths do match up well with the Lakers, just not
enough to actually beat them.
If there had been concerns that the Rockets would settle for the
hopes that Yao Ming would stay healthy and their young talent would
grow into something greater and that all that would be enough, those
concerned now seem unfounded.
The Rockets have been remarkably aggressive in talks around the
league since their elimination from the playoffs. Leslie Alexander's
admission that he might be "predatory" in hopes of taking advantage of
others' financial problems seems to have been a call to arms for GM
Daryl Morey.
So far, nothing has happened; nothing is close. Still, this is
actually a pretty cool time to be a Rockets fan, if you are a fan of
off-season fantasies. Sure, the Rockets don't have a draft pick. That
means you can imagine them moving in at anywhere from two on. You can
argue the merits of anything from chasing Ricky Rubio (!!!) to getting
another second-round guy to stash in Europe.
OK, so they've tried to move up in each of the previous three drafts
and didn't do it. Trying and doing are different things, but this is a
buyer's market like never before.
That brings the real measure of how aggressive they would be willing
to be, and the other fun of this offseason, if you get into this sort
of thing.
You can imagine all sorts of possibilities, based on the value of Tracy McGrady's contract and situation.
With as much as half the league looking to make cost-cutting moves,
no team other than the few with cap space attracts more calls than the
Rockets.
There was a snippet that the Rockets are shopping Tracy McGrady this
week. The wording of that, however, is laughable. That's like saying
the producers of Law and Order are hoping to convince someone to put
reruns of the show on cable television somewhere.
The Rockets are not shopping McGrady; they are picking up the phone
when it rings, and it rarely stops ringing. (Teams always say that, but
in this unusual case, because of McGrady's contract and the financial
climate, it happens to be true.)
Morey would not say much on the topic.
"We're not seeking to trade Tracy," he said. "I've got to look at everything. That's my job."
McGrady's contract is huge ($22.5 million next season) and then it
expires. Until he plays, insurance can take care of the cost through
sometime next February. And teams all know this.
A team looking to cut salary, can send the Rockets a big contract,
take back McGrady's for one season and pay him only a portion of that
money. Plus, he seems driven to come back, and to prove something in a
contract year.
Those things are attractive to the Rockets, too. The Rockets have
improved enough to win without him, but when you consider their needs
in a quest to move up a notch, they would need the abilities and
strengths offensively that a healthy McGrady brings. And if they were
to trade him, they likely would have anyone they take back at that
price for years. That would be a marriage you'd go into very cautiously.
But let your mind wander. 'Tis the season.
There are many teams looking to make cost-cutting moves, including
the Nets, Timberwolves, Hawks, Jazz, Wizards, Grizzlies, Hornets,
Bucks, Bobcats and Suns. There are probably others.
The Rockets would only move McGrady for someone with the whiff of
star on him. They are not moving McGrady for Larry Hughes and Eddy
Curry, or something like that, unless Morey's mathematicians determined
that the Rockets do not have enough mediocre players and need to remake
themselves to be more like Isiah Thomas' Knicks.
They can't get an elite player in his prime. It would more likely be
a former All Star still hanging on to some of that greatness, or an
up-and-coming player with a chance. He would likely have some issues to
consider, the way McGrady did with his injury history when the Rockets
made that move.
The Rockets would not make that kind of move for someone with
durability issues. They would not go for a one-dimensional (no defense)
player. Most of all, they would not move McGrady just to get a couple
guys to fill out the roster, who at most would be insurance backups.
They would, however, be willing to take on a bad contract. They
cannot get value equal to the contract, but sometimes, that's the price
of doing business.
This is where it gets interesting. The problem is that when you take
out the elite players no one would ever trade, the guys that can't or
won't defend and the players with injury histories, there are not much
left.
Still, if you like to play GM, this is a good time to do it. A few
months ago, most of it was silly. (There was never, ever, ever a
McGrady to New Jersey deal on the table.) Despite the emotions he
inspires, the Rockets don't need to move McGrady. He can be an asset as
a player or a contract, and the trade deadline is seven months away.
The Rockets, however, seem willing to consider anything involving
players shorter than 7-6, including one unusual bargaining chip.
They are, despite the seven-game series, a long way from Lakers. But
they do seem to know it, and it is a good time to consider what to do
about it.
• • •
If you are into this sort of thing and find yourself imagining what
the Rockets can do, the Rockets have coveted players in potential trade
talks, in order (roughly), based on ability/potential, contract and
age: Aaron Brooks, Luis Scola, Shane Battier, Carl Landry and Kyle
Lowry.