Asik to Portland - DOA

[Natebishop3]

Ah - to each their own. I can't stand the nba.com site.

The NBA.com highlights are vastly better than ESPN. They're usually twice as long, and they do a much better job of showing both teams. Even if you don't like NBA.com, you should at least watch their highlights.

 

[blue9]

The NBA.com highlights are vastly better than ESPN. They're usually twice as long, and they do a much better job of showing both teams. Even if you don't like NBA.com, you should at least watch their highlights.

Good to know. Thanks for the info! I'll make a point of watching their highlights after reading ESPN.

 

[Natebishop3]

Good to know. Thanks for the info! I'll make a point of watching their highlights after reading ESPN.

The thing that's wonky about ESPN is that they're very inconsistent with how they portray the game.

Take last night for example.... WTF was that NBA Jam shit? Houston wasn't on fire in the first half. Neither team shot well. They made it seem like Houston was tearing it up, and then LA dominated in the second half. That was a complete misrepresentation of what happened. I think we had the biggest lead in the game, so at no point was Houston on fire.

 

[maxiep]

Well, they're certainly not showcasing Asik.

I hear Toronto has the kind of Turkish community he would love.

 

[BigGameDamian]

The Atlanta Hawks, Boston Celtics, Cleveland Cavaliers and Philadelphia 76ers are pursuing Omer Asik in trade scenarios with the Houston Rockets.

There is also one more interested team in the mix for Asik.

"A wildcard," one source said.

Asik is averaging 4.4 points and 6.8 rebounds this season and has held a trade request for most of the season.

The Rockets seek a power forward in the deal with Paul Millsap, Thaddeus Young, Brandon Bass, Jeff Green and Anderson Varejao as candidates.

Via Adrian Wojnarowski/Yahoo! Sports

 

[Strenuus]

None of those should go. You can get Asik for less. Paul Millsap has been playing great, also.

 

[Natebishop3]

None of those should go. You can get Asik for less. Paul Millsap has been playing great, also.

Milsap would be huge. Young would be okay.... but not really a move that makes Houston a ton better. Varejao was not that impressive tonight.

 

[Draco]

No chance I give up Millsap for Asik if they are paid the same amount. Wait Asik will be paid double his salary?

The other names I'd trade for Asik if I needed a rim protector.

 

[Draco]

Milsap would be huge. Young would be okay.... but not really a move that makes Houston a ton better. Varejao was not that impressive tonight.

Varejao is noticeable less than the player he was in his younger days. Perhaps its all the injuries that have limited him to 31 or fewer games each of the last four years.

 

[BigGameDamian]

If Houston was interested in Varejao the trade would have already been done. Asik is not going to the Cavs.

 

[BigGameDamian]

The Portland Trail Blazers have been identified as the 'Wild Card' team in on a trade for Omer Asik, a league source told RealGM's Andrew Perna.

The Atlanta Hawks, Boston Celtics, Cleveland Cavaliers and Philadelphia 76ers are also pursuing a trade with the Houston Rockets for Asik, according to a report on Tuesday by Yahoo's Adrian Wojnarowski.

Wojnarowski added that there was an unidentified 'Wild Card' team.

The Blazers have had an excellent start to the season and the main thing holding them back from pulling the trigger on a deal for Asik are concerns about chemistry.

 

[Jelloman]

Obviously Asik is not happy coming off the bench. That's what got him in this situation at the first place. I can definitely see a "cancer" type of situation in the locker room if he has to come off the bench and play 20 mpg. On the other hand, would you want to put him in the starting line up and have Rolo come off the bench?

Moving Freeland as backup 4 and having a Rolo/Asik tandem at 5 is going to help our D tremendously.

I guess it all comes down to what we have to give up for Asik.

 

[blue9]

would you want to put him in the starting line up and have Rolo come off the bench?

Yes! But I think we'd have to send Robin to HOU if we were trading for Asik.

 

[Natebishop3]

Yes! But I think we'd have to send Robin to HOU if we were trading for Asik.

That would be a horrible move. Just horrible.

 

[magnifier661]

That would be a horrible move. Just horrible.

I second that! It still boggles my mind how fans aren't seeing how valuable Rolo has been for this ball club. Trading him would be a joke

 

[Natebishop3]

I second that! It still boggles my mind how fans aren't seeing how valuable Rolo has been for this ball club. Trading him would be a joke

Even Bill Simmons was saying it would be stupid to trade Lopez for Asik.

 

[blue9]

That would be a horrible move. Just horrible.

I didn't weigh in, one way or the other, on trading Robin. I only said that I'd be very happy to have Asik starting and Robin coming off the bench...and that it'd be very unlikely because we'd have to trade Robin to get Asik.

 

[Natebishop3]

I didn't weigh in, one way or the other, on trading Robin. I only said that I'd be very happy to have Asik starting and Robin coming off the bench. I don't see how that would be horrible.

You said we'd have to send Robin to Houston if we were trading for Asik. I said that trade would be horrible.

 

[BigGameDamian]

Chance for next season maybe?

 

[maxiep]

Chance for next season maybe?

Have you seen his contract for next year?

 

[BBert]

Chance for next season maybe?

Too expensive. Houston doesn't want our scrubs, an we aren't breaking up the team.

 

[BigGameDamian]

Oh I thought Asik was a free agent next season.

 

[BigGameDamian]

To bad the Rockets used their amnesty on Scola. I bet they are kicking themselves.

 

[Blazinaway]

To bad the Rockets used their amnesty on Scola. I bet they are kicking themselves.

Morey screwed up, he should have traded Asik after he got Howard signed last summer and Asik's value was very high, he overplayed his hand and will now receive much less value if he even trades him at all

 

[PapaG]

To bad the Rockets used their amnesty on Scola. I bet they are kicking themselves.

Asik isn't eligible for amnesty. He signed his contract after the 2011 lockout. This is basic stuff.

 

[Rhal]

15 Mill for both Lin/Asik. Moray overplayed his hand and now he is going to end up spending a ton of the rockets owners money. It could work out very nicely in his favor if he had the contract make most of the payment right off the bat so they could then dangle both Asik/Lin to not only people who want them but also teams who would love to send out 9m in contracts and get asik or lin back and only owe that player a million or two.