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On October 28 2012 12:48 Ace wrote: Actually good point. Martin was holy god bad.
ya. and it's not like kmart is cheap, i think around $14M?
even after paying harden the max, rockets will have quite a lot of salary room to work with
http://hoopshype.com/salaries.htm lol. $22.0M guaranteed 13-14. which will be like $42M with harden. really hope Lin works out
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Wow what a trade... OKC just got significantly weaker for this season. Those two draft picks will do them well next year onwards though.
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On October 28 2012 12:51 DystopiaX wrote: It'd be hilarious if after all this the Rockets end up being the 9th seed again. Rockets aren't making the playoffs this year with that roster. OKC must be pretty happy with the two lottery picks.
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On October 28 2012 13:10 Scarecrow wrote:Show nested quote +On October 28 2012 12:51 DystopiaX wrote: It'd be hilarious if after all this the Rockets end up being the 9th seed again. Rockets aren't making the playoffs this year with that roster. OKC must be pretty happy with the two lottery picks. Yeah but 9th specifically. Although they could still opt to tank this year, get a lottery pick, and then maybe build around that? Since apparently the picks they traded were Dallas and Toronto's first round picks (lottery protected in Toronto's case) and the Bobcats' 2nd round pick.
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Very mediocre draft next year outside of Freshmen Shabazz Muhammad and Nerlens Noel. All the talent bolted this year to avoid the new Rookie Wage scale in the new CBA coming in...this year. Those picks are just scratch-lottery tickets if they don't hit top-5. I think they're protected anyways.
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On October 28 2012 13:16 slyboogie wrote: Very mediocre draft next year outside of Freshmen Shabazz Muhammad and Nerlens Noel. All the talent bolted this year to avoid the new Rookie Wage scale in the new CBA coming in...this year. Those picks are just scratch-lottery tickets if they don't hit top-5. I think they're protected anyways.
raptors first round pick is 1-3 protected i think
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On October 28 2012 13:23 Doraemon wrote:Show nested quote +On October 28 2012 13:16 slyboogie wrote: Very mediocre draft next year outside of Freshmen Shabazz Muhammad and Nerlens Noel. All the talent bolted this year to avoid the new Rookie Wage scale in the new CBA coming in...this year. Those picks are just scratch-lottery tickets if they don't hit top-5. I think they're protected anyways. raptors first round pick is 1-3 protected i think
Houston also sent two 2013 first-round picks (from Dallas and Toronto) to Oklahoma City, sources told Y! Sports, as well as a 2013 second-round pick (via Charlotte). The Thunder will receive the Toronto pick this year if it's slotted Nos. 4-14. That pick also is top-three protected in 2014, top-two protected in 2015 and top-one protected in 2016. from the yahoo article.
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On October 28 2012 13:23 Doraemon wrote:Show nested quote +On October 28 2012 13:16 slyboogie wrote: Very mediocre draft next year outside of Freshmen Shabazz Muhammad and Nerlens Noel. All the talent bolted this year to avoid the new Rookie Wage scale in the new CBA coming in...this year. Those picks are just scratch-lottery tickets if they don't hit top-5. I think they're protected anyways. raptors first round pick is 1-3 protected i think
Well there's that Freshman Power forward from Kentucky and McAdoo from North Carolina..Anyways, aren't the Raptors going to be at least in competition for the 8th seed? I can see this team hitting 38-40 wins if things break well. Don't drool over that pick too hard.
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Sorry, I don't quite understand too clearly how drafts and trading drafts work. So, Housten sent two 2013 first-round picks to OKC, but if OKC doesn't use them in 2013, does Houston get them back in 2014-2016?
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They are "protected" which is to say, if the pick falls within the top-whatever-stipulated number, the team trading the pick gets to keep the pick, at which point, next years pick transfers over. OKC must take the pick if it falls outside of the stipulated range, so if Toronto somehow gets pick 24, Oklahoma can't say..."uhh..let's wait next year."
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jeremy lamb's best scenario is kevin martin
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wow what a horrible trade, lol clay bennet. gj costing okc a dynasty
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On October 28 2012 14:20 x2fst wrote: wow what a horrible trade, lol clay bennet. gj costing okc a dynasty You can't say they lost a dynasty before they've won anything...for all we know they never woulda won one...Heat mighta kept smacking them down or something.
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On October 28 2012 14:20 x2fst wrote: wow what a horrible trade, lol clay bennet. gj costing okc a dynasty It's a great trade considering Harden's contract was expiring and they got a ton of assets for it. The team's still young. Just look at Orlando/Cleveland if you want to see what happens if you don't pull the trigger on a trade like this.
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While I think Kevin Martin is pretty good, that's an easy and lazy analysis. Huge wingspan difference, which is one of the most important physical traits in the NBA game. Kevin Martin is far below average, where as Lamb is near 7 feet. Lamb is probably not destined to be a particularly fine defender, but Kevin Martin is truly truly atrocious. Lamb is more "classical" in his mid-range game with an few floaters and pops.
I guess they're both 2 guards that shoot.
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But I thought OKC was a family... What happened to loyalty! (lol)
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On October 28 2012 14:22 Scarecrow wrote:Show nested quote +On October 28 2012 14:20 x2fst wrote: wow what a horrible trade, lol clay bennet. gj costing okc a dynasty It's a great trade considering Harden's contract was expiring and they got a ton of assets for it. The team's still young. Just look at Orlando/Cleveland if you want to see what happens if you don't pull the trigger on a trade like this.
This is painfully different from Lebron and Dwight. You have a player on his rookie deal entering restricted free agency next year! He plays on a team with the 2nd best player in the league. He's not a 30-win max-contract superstar entering unrestricted free agency - and refusing to resign. Harden just wanted a max deal, which OKC could have given him. They decided, instead, to sell high on him and grab some picks+Kevin Martin.
I don't think it's a horrible trade, but the gains and losses to be had at this point are not nearly as profound as people make it out to be. This trade might ripple for a couple of years though
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The difference was $4.5 million right? Yeah, a team that's been making money hand over fist paying their players on rookie contracts while making deep playoff runs can't afford that I guess. FAMILY
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Damn, to bad they pretty much nullified Kevin Martins game with the contact rule from last year, we will see how it turns out in a week !
I think its awesome their management did this, keeps their players on their toes ! Stops them from using an amnesty on Perkins so he can guard Howard, Javale, Duncan, Cousins, Bogut, Gasol and other premier centers in the west.
Also Good Job by Morey !
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