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Houston shopping everyone

The Thriller said:
Get Luis freaking scola and/or Shane fing battier.

We need rebounding, defense, and shooting. I have a huge mancrush on Luis Scola.
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Scola comes up most frequently as trade bait when I read clutch fans, but I've broken down what the market is for him, and there really isn't a market for him. Older/contender teams are filled out at the position, and young teams should have little interest in a player that old making that much money.

Anyway, as it pertains to the Jazz, the Jazz have too many PFs as it is. Scola doesn't fit in anywhere unless Millsap gets traded, and I'd rather have Millsap. Personally.
 
Scola makes little sense as long as the Jazz have Jefferson and Millsap - and I'd prefer to hang on to those 2 over Scola who will be 31 by the end of the season. I always like to watch Scola because I like his game - but I think he's one of those guys who can put up 20 and 10's on bad teams and is closer to a 16 and 8 guy on a good team (similar to Millsap and I'd also take Paul over Scola).

Battier/Jeffries/Lee for AK and a 1st looks great on paper but I have no idea why Houston would do it. Acquiring AK doesn't make them any better and his salary is slightly highter than those 3 combined. Battier and Jeffries are expiring contracts as well, and Courtney Lee would be but the Rockets apparently were high enough on him to exercise their team option on him for next season. I suppose a mid-20s pick could be some incentive - although Houston does have a future Knicks pick and the Jazz have already given up a future 1st to Minnesota - and I doubt Utah wants to go multiple years w/out a 1st round pick. Don't see this ever happening.
 
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NUMBERICA said:
Scola comes up most frequently as trade bait when I read clutch fans, but I've broken down what the market is for him, and there really isn't a market for him. Older/contender teams are filled out at the position, and young teams should have little interest in a player that old making that much money.

Anyway, as it pertains to the Jazz, the Jazz have too many PFs as it is. Scola doesn't fit in anywhere unless Millsap gets traded, and I'd rather have Millsap. Personally.
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I agree, I don't think Scola is a very good fit on the Jazz.

Personally, if we're not going to trade for a big center like McGee, I'd rather us trade for a SG.

Although, I'm REALLY not a fan of chucker/softie/injury prone Kevin martin.

I just really have a crush on Scola. Dude has a motor that never stops and he's not afraid of anyone. He and Ginobli are by far my most favorite international players to watch. Those two guys just never quit. Kinda remind me of Kirilenko, when he actually played with energy, passion, and reckless abandon.
 
Some people just want to hate. Call Martin a chucker all you want, but he scores the most points on the fewest shots in the NBA. He also has made more FTs and 3-pointers than anyone in the league. But he's just a chucker.
 
David Stern said:
https://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=27t8byl

Why for Utah: We need shooters. Period.
Why for New Jersey: They don't give up very much, plus AK could be a very large part of a Melo trade. Everyone here is convinced that the Russian owner needs a Russian player.
Why for Charlotte: They get the opportunity to dump a lot of salary off the books for the next few years, and get a few great young pieces
Why for Houston: They get a "star" (if you consider wallace a star) and get rid of a few of their wings. It helps them moving forward.
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sorry but Charlotte/MJ LAUGHS, Houston doesnt need another injury prone player (yao/martin), & pointless for NJ (not playing in BKLYN aka Russia-Town yet).
 
NUMBERICA said:
Some people just want to hate. Call Martin a chucker all you want, but he scores the most points on the fewest shots in the NBA. He also has made more FTs and 3-pointers than anyone in the league. But he's just a chucker.
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I will give him credit for getting the free throw line but he doesn't play within the offense. He shoots when he wants and lives in his own world on the court. And he is a horrible defender. And has a huge injury history.

Most stars get the the free throw line and that is what got Martin his big contract but the fact is the rest of his game does not make up for it.
 
I suggested this trade in another forum but i did not suggest a 1st round pick. I suggested trading Fesenko (Who Houston wanted this past off-season).

I bet the Rockets would covet Fesenko more than the Jazz first round pick 2 years from now.

And I bet the Jazz would rather trade Fesenko than not have a 1st round pick for 2 years.
 
Twin Towers said:
I suggested this trade in another forum but i did not suggest a 1st round pick. I suggested trading Fesenko (Who Houston wanted this past off-season).

I bet the Rockets would covet Fesenko more than the Jazz first round pick 2 years from now.

And I bet the Jazz would rather trade Fesenko than not have a 1st round pick for 2 years.
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The Rockets weren't even willing to give Fes $2 mill or a multiyear deal. A first round pick is guaranteed both 3+ years and >$2mill - more than Fes got. So, I do think the Rockets value a 1st round pick more than Fes, or at least they did last summer.
 
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