Well at least you know the trades suck
The Eric Gordon who has been unable to stay healthy since his rookie season? Has cartilage damage in his right knee and is now coming back after having surgery on his left knee? Matt Harpring 2.0.
Besides, it will confuse the heck out of Boler and Boone trying to pronounce "Eric" distinctly different than "Aaron." I guess they could just say "Gordon with the ball" and have a good chance of being correct most of the time. Houston would likely go for the salary dump in your second proposal. "Lint" sounds like a decent backup PG, but I wouldn't want to deal with his laundry.
The Eric Gordon who has been unable to stay healthy since his rookie season? Has cartilage damage in his right knee and is now coming back after having surgery on his left knee? Matt Harpring 2.0.
This trade would get us all the way to 10th in the west while simultaneously killing our cap space and making the team borderline unwatchable... we'd be stupid not to do it.
Who cares if it kills the cap space next season if it's all that extra fat just drops off after it ends? Favors Asik frontcourt would dominate the league.
Hayward isn't our answer at SF...
And that's saying a lot coming from me especially.