Crazy Trade Idea -Yao Ming

[Sug]

I know it would probably never happen, but what if...

He is a very good player, clearly has health issues and is in the last year of his contract worth 17mil. We do however run the perfect offense for him to be in, a very slow plodding half court game. Teams have to double him, there is no way around it.

He is currently limited to 24 minutes per game by the Houston staff. Now just thinking here in regards to making our team a little more playoff ready.

Joel, Miller, Rudy to Houston for

Yao and Brooks

http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=238hmyg

I was bored and reading about how Rick is having trouble using Yao is Houston. Whereas Joel does not need any touches on offense and they would still have a nice PG in Miller. We would get a serious spark plug in Brooks and a devastating low post player in Yao.

 

[BGrantFan]

Did I really just read this, and then post about it?

 

[barfo]

Did I really just read this, and then post about it?

Nope.

barfo

 

[julius]

why on earth would Houston agree to this?

 

[BGrantFan]

why on earth would Houston agree to this?

OP did say the idea was "crazy".

How about the same deal for Dwight Howard? waddaya think? Worth a thread?

 

[Sug]

OP did say the idea was "crazy".

How about the same deal for Dwight Howard? waddaya think? Worth a thread?

Did you really just equate Yao to Dwight? Thanks for turning yourself into the crazy one ;-)

 

[VanillaGorilla]

why on earth would Houston agree to this?

There is no way they would even consider it for a second.

 

[BGrantFan]

Did you really just equate Yao to Dwight? Thanks for turning yourself into the crazy one ;-)

We're all 'CRAZY'! You were man enough to admit it.

 

[julius]

OP did say the idea was "crazy".

How about the same deal for Dwight Howard? waddaya think? Worth a thread?

calling it crazy is an insult to all the crazy trades that ABM has come up with, or the other nutty trade scenarios blazer fans have created over the years. This one is "needs to be institutionalized" crazy.

 

[Minstrel]

Did you really just equate Yao to Dwight? Thanks for turning yourself into the crazy one ;-)

Yao, when healthy, is not that much worse than Howard. Obviously, Howard is much more valuable considering he's much more durable...but attempting to trade for Yao without putting Roy or Oden in the mix is still fairly crazy.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Yao is 30 and has major issues with his feet. I'm done with injury prone bigs.

 

[Ed O]

Yao is limited to 24 minutes a game and that's not going to change this season, reportedly. Houston is going to struggle to make the playoffs.

I don't think that they would value him at an incredibly high level--nowhere near Dwight Howard--but the three guys they'd get back in this deal would be all but worthless and it would turn into a salary dump...

Ed O.

 

[tlongII]

I like this trade. If Cho doesn't get this done he should be fired!

 

[VanillaGorilla]

Yao is limited to 24 minutes a game and that's not going to change this season, reportedly. Houston is going to struggle to make the playoffs.

I don't think that they would value him at an incredibly high level--nowhere near Dwight Howard--but the three guys they'd get back in this deal would be all but worthless and it would turn into a salary dump...

Ed O.

He has us getting Brooks too...

 

[Ed O]

He has us getting Brooks too...

Oh.

Snap.

Ed O.

 

[barfo]

Is this the YMEC? Seems like they should be trading it to a team that wants to cut salary, and I don't think that's us.

I don't think he's all that valuable (although more valuable than RLEC, certainly), and I don't think we are the right trading partner for Houston.

barfo

 

[Nikolokolus]

This gave me a headache.

 

[Natebishop3]

How did that trade make it through the machine? Joel/Miller/Rudy don't even match up with Yao's huge contract, let alone Yao AND Brooks.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Our #1 target really should be:

 

[Natebishop3]

Our #1 target really should be:

I agree, but is Cleveland in blow-it-up mode yet?

 

[Charcoal Filtered]

I agree, but is Cleveland in blow-it-up mode yet?

I do not think so. Gilbert still seems pretty steamed and wants to win a championship before Lebron.

They might be crazy enough to give us full value on Oden though.

 

[Natebishop3]

I do not think so. Gilbert still seems pretty steamed and wants to win a championship before Lebron.

They might be crazy enough to give us full value on Oden though.

Unfortunately, they don't really have anyone on that team that I would consider worthy of an Oden trade.

 

[RR7]

I am pretty sure Houston wouldn't do that deal just for Brooks. Even ignoring Yao being in there, they say no. Adding in Yao makes it, well, crazy.

 

[BGrantFan]

Unfortunately, they don't really have anyone on that team that I would consider worthy of an Oden trade.

I could see Gilbert overpaying for Greg as a RFA, given Greg's tOSU connection, his talent when healthy, and the fans he would put in the seats. Then, it would be up to the Blazers to decide if he is worth an inflated contract.

 

[Natebishop3]

I could see Gilbert overpaying for Greg as a RFA, given Greg's tOSU connection, his talent when healthy, and the fans he would put in the seats. Then, it would be up to the Blazers to decide if he is worth an inflated contracted.

Yeah, I guess I could see that. Do they have very much cap space?

 

[hasoos]

I suggest you go watch a Houston game and look at the issues they are having to deal with because Yao is on a limited leash before making a judgment call. I watched them play this weekend. I don't want a guy who is limited to 24 minutes a game on the team.

 

[BGrantFan]

Yeah, I guess I could see that. Do they have very much cap space?

The Cavs are $8 million under the cap for 2010-11.

Here is a list of their FAs next summer (not sure if this is completely up to date).

RESTRICTED
Daniel Green
Jawad Williams
UNRESTRICTED
Ryan Hollins (P)
Jamario Moon - $3 million
Anthony Parker - $3 millionLeon Powe
Mo Williams (ETO)

They could let Moon and Parker walk and have enough to offer Oden an Aldridge deal, plus a bit left over to replace Parker.

 

[VanillaGorilla]

Our #1 target really should be:

Noooooooooooo!

 

[LittleAlex]

Crazy idea.

Crazy like a fox.


A mangey dead fox.


No thanks. Yao probably only has a year or two left even if they limit his minutes. Portland already has plenty of fragile big men.

 

[mxracer741]

This just may be the dumbest trade idea ever. just sayin