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Beantown

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ESPN.com's Chad Ford wrote in a chat on Wednesday that the Rockets are very active in trade talks.

According to Ford, Yao Ming isn't the only player Houston is making available in trade discussions.

"Rockets are very, very active right now. Virtually everyone on the team is for sale for the right price," Ford wrote.

"I've heard Yao, Kevin Martin, Luis Scola, Battier all mentioned. Rockets want/need a star right now and are willing to package players together to get it. Problem is their talent level is solid, but overpaid. Martin and Scola are good, but few teams want those contracts. Yao is solid as an expiring contract, but there are tons of those floating around. If you believe Yao will come back, could be some value there, but he's an unrestricted free agent this summer."
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I know this has been talked about before but it looks like the Rockets are desperate to rebuild. So AK and a 1st round pick for Battier, Jeffries and Lee?

The trade works in the trade machine:

https://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine
 
Can someone let me in on what is so great about Courtney Lee? I mean, he's a nice player, but by no means is he any semblance of an answer the Jazz should be excited about.
 
Beantown said:
Houston doesn't want a star. They want young talent or draft picks. They are starting over.
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Not necessarily. They're in purgatory; no clear direction, no franchise players and too good to draft one of those players. They're looking at the situation like every team should in their situation and they're looking at grabbing a franchise player in a trade or getting what they can for their veterans as a 2nd option. There's no point in staying the course from their position, whether that means going up or going down in the short term, the idea is to eventually go up and they can't do that very well if they just stand pat.

My dream of acquiring Martin and Battier hinges on them getting back to losing but I don't see that happening. They're a good enough team that they'll definitely look to cash in their many chips for a player that can be more of a foundation. If they can't do that, they'll regretfully dump their vets, play their youth, and end up doing bad enough to get better draft picks.
 
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.
 
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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