dumb.

"That's not a bad deal" - Jerry Jones

In Morey We Trust

That's a "win now" play. It's over like 5-7 years. Chris Paul and to some extent Harden won't be carrying the squad that long. Will be a rough couple of years in 2022-?

morey's decisions recently are awful. first carmelo, now 4 first rounders for jimmy butler?

the only one worth trading 4 first rounders for is lebron.

In theory we'd be trading away four non lottery picks. Have to figure we make the playoffs every year for the foreseeable future.

not really about the salary, more that he is just terrible.

but there's no risk. If it works, great. If not, oh well.

Gig-Em2003 said:

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In theory we'd be trading away four non lottery picks. Have to figure we make the playoffs every year for the foreseeable future.

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It's kind of a weird deal. 4 1st round picks is the max you can offer and they can't all be in consecutive years, so it would be spaced out over like 7 years or something. Heard the tail end of a report getting ready for work so don't remember all the details but it's definitely not the next 4 picks in a row.

sts7049 said:

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not really about the salary, more that he is just terrible.

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He's a shooter, and cost you nothing.

At least Butler is 29.

Rockets gave up a lot more for an aging Barkley.

listen to Tilman talk about how the Astros broke down the club to build that championship and he respects them but could never do that.

sounds like Tilman has given Morey free reign to try and win now.

They absolutely should be in "win now" mode. They were in the Western Conference Finals last year? You absolutely do that deal if you can get a caliber of player like Jimmy Butler. When is the last first round pick that we've had that has been a contributor? I'll wait. Draft picks in the NBA aren't that valuable unless they're lottery picks.

They definitely need to do something because right now they're absolutely struggling.

Clint worked out, but agree. Win now!

I'm afraid they're never going to win anything with Harden as their top dog. I hope I'm wrong.

Jimmy Butler was on the Bulls and that locker room broke down into a dysfunctional mess. He's now in another dysfunctional mess. I think it's fair to question bringing in a guy with that history to a team that is off to as bad of a start as the Rockets are. Add in Carmelo who was threatened by Lin-sanity and Chris Paul who will get injured at some point this year and I don't think Butler is the right piece for adversity. At least Harden appears to have matured since the 2015 quit job against the Clippers. The Rockets need some toughness. If they are pushing for a trade, someone like Tyler Johnson.

FarmerJohn said:

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Jimmy Butler was on the Bulls and that locker room broke down into a dysfunctional mess. He's now in another dysfunctional mess. I think it's fair to question bringing in a guy with that history to a team that is off to as bad of a start as the Rockets are. Add in Carmelo who was threatened by Lin-sanity and Chris Paul who will get injured at some point this year and I don't think Butler is the right piece for adversity. At least Harden appears to have matured since the 2015 quit job against the Clippers. The Rockets need some toughness. If they are pushing for a trade, someone like Tyler Johnson.

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1. When he was with Chicago, Tom Thibodeau was his coach for a majority of his career. That team imploded. Now that he's in Minnesota, Thibodeau is his coach again and that team is also in the middle of implosion. Thibs is a great (best?) assistant coach, but he has a terrible track record as the HNIC.

2. Tyler Johnson??? LMAOOOOO.

goodbye melo

And thanks, rest of the NBA, for not drafting Gary Clark.