OT LMAO Rockets, Bosh going back to Miami

Not to speak for maxiep, but personally I love that he went for it. He took a shot at building something special and nearly pulled it off. I prefer the high risk/high reward mentality when it comes to team building.

I think safe consolidation moves have their place, but this was his final chance to add a big piece. There will be plenty of off-seasons to come for Houston to be in the Blazers' position: capped out and looking for small benefits at the margins.

 

I agree with you. He had a plan and he went after it and it didn't work out. It was still a good plan and he still has his core players. He did not get rid of one starter unless he decides not to match for Parsons. The set back for the Houston is only temporary. It was worth the risk.

A stupid plan is when a GM rolls the dice that can set you back 3-4 years by trading their best players for unproven talent.
Morey did not do that. You can recover quicker when you are just replacing mediocre players. Especially when you are in a city that attracts FA's.

 

Agreed. You can't blame Morey for this anymore than you can blame Olshey for Hawes. IMHO, Bosh is an idiot....but that's his choice. He would rather party in Miami than win in Houston.

 

Yeah, Bosh is a total moron for picking up that 5th guaranteed year for around $25M that Miami could offer him, but Houston couldn't.

I should be so lucky as to be so stupid.

 

I like that. He isn't stupid, he just has no professional pride and doesn't care about losing.

That's even more insulting!

 

Or, maybe he's viewing this as a chance to become the main star on a winning team instead of riding other guy's jocks the way he has playing 3rd fiddle for the last 3 years. Winning isn't necessarily a pride-building thing if the perception is that you're a minor wheel in a larger machine.

 

It's kindof funny that he got knocked for leaving a losing team (the Raptors) and joining a team where he ended up going to four straight Finals and winning two of them. And now he gets knocked for choosing not to jump to a loaded team.

Basically, sports fans just want to blast athletes, pretty much regardless of what they do. The narrative can be adjusted to fit reality.

 

I hope the Blazers don't make this mistake next year: renouncing half our team for the off chance that Gasol will sign with us would be crazy. Better to use this as a developmental year and try to make a trade, next summer. Maybe trade for Brook Lopez.

 

Tis a fair point. For the record, I never ripped Bosh for wanting out of Toronto. His role there was largely to put up empty stats, with no real hope or expectation of team success. He sacrificed personal stats for winning.

 

He can retire knowing he won more championships than guys that will probably be considered better than him. IE. Malone, Barkley, etc.

Seems pretty good to me.

 

If I am Houston I match Parsons and then use my 2 8 million dollar trade exceptions to get new bench pieces. Or I just sign some one year contracts, like add Boozer after he gets amnestied from Chicago etc. Then I take my money next summer and offer it to LA.

No sales tax, Harden, Beverly and Howard that seems like a good enough reason for him to at least consider going.

No defense for the Parsons deal though you keep him for cheap and then next summer they could have signed LA and then resigned Parsons. At least they broke even on draft picks getting one for Asik and giving one up with Lin.

 

Problem with your plan...Parsons, Harden, and Howard add up to over 50 million dollars. Unless the Rockets can convince LA to take $10 million a year they're shit out of luck.

 

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The Houston Rockets have agreed to a four-year, $32 million deal with Trevor Ariza, @USATODAYsports has learned.

 

Lebron to Melo to Love to Bosh to Ariza.

Houston Rockets offseason everybody!

Do they match Parsons now?

 

Lol ariza!? Lol

 

Parsons is a Mav, then. No Lin, no Asik, and Ariza for Parsons. What a failure of a summer for Houston. Lost their bench, and at best overpaid by $7m for a SF to replace Parsons, who could have still been on his rookie 2nd-round deal.

 

They can still match Parsons and just decide to play Small Ball.