Rockets all-in for Lin

[elindholm]

They let Dragic go to Phoenix and now have traded Lowry to the Raptors. After speculation that they'd keep both, they're keeping neither.

 

[Phrazbit]

They let Dragic go to Phoenix and now have traded Lowry to the Raptors. After speculation that they'd keep both, they're keeping neither.

The terms I heard for the Lowry trade seem looney. A protected future first? Thats it?

 

[slinslin]

Knicks will match Lin after losing out on Nash.

Houston just has a fire-sale. They realized they need to bottom out, something the Suns have failed to acknowledge. Give it 5 more years and our FO will see the light too.

 

[JCSunsfan]

Houston had great young pg's and they moved them. They seem to have no plan whatsoever.

 

[95pro]

maybe we give brooks back to them. lol

 

[elindholm]

The terms I heard for the Lowry trade seem looney. A protected future first? Thats it?

What I read is that they're trying to work it out so that the pick is guaranteed to be in the lottery -- in other words, that the Rockets don't collect until Toronto misses the playoffs.

 

[WildBB]

A cheaper Lin makes more sense than an expensive Gordon, imo.

But to get him past the Knicks matching you couldn't go too low any how.

So it's really 50/50 proposition getting either one just for the signing $$.

 

[slinslin]

ahahahaha the Rockets are meeting with Aaron Brooks now.

Imagine Dragic goes back into his shell and Brooks scores 20ppg for Houston again. This is just weird.

 

[slinslin]

Internet sources say the Raptors will send as many as four draft picks to the Rockets, two first-round picks and two second-round pick. One of the first rounders is to be a lottery pick.

They get the Steve Nash package for Lowry but Raptors picks should be bad.

 

[KloD]

4 picks?? This can't be true. If so, Calangelo is off his rocker and should be fired immediately.

 

[Phrazbit]

What I read is that they're trying to work it out so that the pick is guaranteed to be in the lottery -- in other words, that the Rockets don't collect until Toronto misses the playoffs.

Ah, thats makes much more sense.

 

[SunsTzu]

4 picks?? This can't be true. If so, Calangelo is off his rocker and should be fired immediately.

I don't think the details have been officially leaked but from what I read is they only sent 1 1st round pick with the following protections: 2013 Rockets get pick if it is between 4-14, 2014 if it's between 3-14, 2015-2017 between 2-14. If Houston fails to collect a pick after 5 years they lose it.

 

[mojorizen7]

Lin sucks.