re-reads two weeks of stories about Houston facilitating a trade of Chris Paul to the Los Angeles Lakers, which would reportedly have made Pau Gasol the Rockets' new starting center, except that the deal was vetoed by Commissioner David Stern, except the commissioner says the proposed three-way trade with the New Orleans Hornets was never considered to be completed, except sources call Stern's statement "an outright lie" You're also allowed to be wracked with anger, as well.ĭan Devine Has Feelings about Your Team: Houston Rockets The focus is just going to have to shift to an as-yet unidentified target. The locked-out Chris Paul trade is dead and gone, but that doesn't mean Houston's options have eroded. Rockets fans know what's up, and League Pass junkies are aware of just how needlessly unheralded Lowry, Scola, McHale, and to a lesser extent Martin are. Rockets fans shouldn't get over this sting, and they should remain angry, but doesn't mean the product for lo these 66 games won't be entertaining and perhaps playoff-bound.
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And moves like this don't have to include a payoff that results in a boffo free agent signing - Morey could simply cash in with a series of trades, especially with teams (either at the trade deadline, or next summer) attempting to act as a destination for Dwight Howard and Deron Williams.
Jordan Hill is looking somewhat solid so far in the exhibition (or, as Kevin Garnett called it on Sunday, "simulation") season, but there's no real fear from Rockets fans if Morey declines to offer qualifying offers to Hill, Hasheem Thabeet, Jonny Flynn, and Terrence Williams next summer. Perhaps the Rockets could find another bidder who knows what they're doing, like the Hornets as they took on Martin and Scola, and free up more room for the summer of 2012. Weird for a team that boasts a near All-Star up front in Luis Scola. Odd for a crew that will run one of the game's great young backcourts in Kevin Martin and Kyle Lowry. This is somewhat strange for a crew that might be about to field one of the game's more underrated coaches in Kevin McHale. Pretty disheartening for a team that currently stands a good $11 million under the salary cap and could conceivable swing a trade for a superstar without having to give up much more than Goran Dragic and one of their two first round draft picks. To quote a Dan Devine bit you're about to read: "Ummm …" And now we're supposed to cheer their fans up? The Rockets are a result of a terrifying mixture of hubris and terrible NBA personnel guidance in the form of David Stern and Stu Jackson, with the sickest irony coming in the fact that the Rockets have long been built by people who shared none of those qualities, be they former GM Carroll Dawson, or current chief Daryl Morey. Providing Christmas cheer to a team that was a whisker away from fielding both Nene and Pau Gasol in their frontcourt is hard to handle.
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