Jimmy Butler is gone so Plan A is out the window. We can whine about being promised fireworks (I did, but in a different thread) or move on and look to see what is still out there. Although Houston hasn't made a sexy move, never forget how good they were when they jelled, and how their lowest lows had a lot to do with players that are no longer on the team. So let's examine what's still out there and how Houston still improve: Here's what we know: Under Contract: Chris Paul James Harden Eric Gordon PJ Tucker Clint Capela Gerald Green Danuel House Isaiah Hartenstein Free Agents Still to be had in Rockets Price Range (Accord to ESPN): Point Guards: Spoiler: Point Guards Seth Curry POR 28 Key reserve $5-7 million Rajon Rondo LAL 33 Key reserve $4-6 million Isaiah Thomas DEN 30 Key reserve $4-6 million T.J. McConnell PHI 27 Key reserve $4-6 million Trey Burke DAL 26 Rotation A $4-6 million Austin Rivers HOU 26 Rotation A $4-6 million Quinn Cook GSW 26 Rotation A Minimum Jerryd Bayless MIN 30 Rotation A Minimum Raymond Felton OKC 35 Rotation A Minimum Michael Carter-Williams ORL 27 Rotation A Minimum Jeremy Lin TOR 30 Rotation A Minimum Ryan Arcidiacono (restricted) CHI 25 Rotation B Minimum Devin Harris DAL 36 Rotation B Minimum J.J. Barea DAL 35 Rotation B Minimum Jose Calderon DET 37 Rotation B Minimum Shelvin Mack CHA 29 Rotation B Minimum Tim Frazier MIL 28 Rotation B Minimum Theo Pinson (restricted) BKN 23 Development Minimum Brandon Goodwin DEN 23 Development Kalin Lucas DET 30 Development Isaiah Whitehead DET 24 Development Trevon Duval HOU 20 Development Joe Chealey CHA 23 Development Jonathan Gibson BOS 31 Development Jawun Evans OKC 22 Development PJ Dozier BOS 22 Development Naz Long UTA 25 Development Chasson Randle WAS 26 Development Spoiler: Shooting Guards Justin Holiday MEM 30 Key reserve $4-6 million Wesley Matthews IND 32 Key reserve $4-6 million Alec Burks SAC 27 Rotation A $4-6 million Rodney McGruder (restricted) LAC 27 Rotation A $4-6 million Iman Shumpert HOU 29 Rotation A $4-6 million Lance Stephenson LAL 28 Rotation A Minimum Jamal Crawford PHX 39 Rotation A Minimum Vince Carter ATL 42 Rotation B Minimum Nik Stauskas CLE 25 Rotation B Minimum Ian Clark NOP 28 Rotation B Minimum Jerian Grant ORL 26 Rotation B Minimum Troy Daniels PHX 27 Rotation B Minimum Tyler Dorsey MEM 23 Rotation B Minimum Jodie Meeks TOR 31 Rotation B Minimum Patrick McCaw TOR 23 Rotation B Minimum Jimmer Fredette PHX 30 Rotation B Spoiler: Small Forwards Dorian Finney-Smith (restricted) DAL 26 Key reserve $4-6 million James Ennis PHI 28 Key reserve $4-6 million Darius Miller NOP 29 Key reserve $4-6 million Wilson Chandler LAC 32 Rotation A $4-6 million Stanley Johnson NOP 23 Rotation A $4-6 million Furkan Korkmaz PHI 21 Rotation B $4-6 million Jake Layman (restricted) POR 25 Rotation B $2-4 million Justin Anderson ATL 25 Rotation B Minimum Mario Hezonja NYK 24 Rotation A Minimum Corey Brewer SAC 33 Rotation B Minimum Quincy Pondexter SAS 31 Rotation B Minimum Thabo Sefolosha UTA 35 Rotation B Minimum Sam Dekker WAS 25 Rotation B Minimum Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot CHI 24 Development Jaron Blossomgame CLE 25 Development Deng Adel CLE 22 Development Vince Edwards HOU 23 Development Davon Reed IND 24 Development George King PHX 25 Development Troy Williams SAC 24 Development Spoiler: Power Forwards JaMychal Green LAC 29 Starter $8-10 million Rondae Hollis-Jefferson BKN 24 Key reserve $6-8 million Trey Lyles DEN 23 Key reserve $6-8 million Kevon Looney GSW 23 Key reserve $6-8 million Jeff Green WAS 32 Key reserve $6-8 million Noah Vonleh NYK 23 Key reserve $6-8 million Ed Davis BKN 30 Key reserve $6-8 million Maxi Kleber (restricted) DAL 27 Key reserve $6-8 million Kenneth Faried HOU 29 Rotation A $4-6 million Markieff Morris OKC 29 Rotation A $4-6 million Frank Kaminsky CHA 26 Rotation A $4-6 million Mike Muscala LAL 27 Rotation A $3-5 million Jarell Martin ORL 25 Rotation A Minimum Luol Deng MIN 34 Rotation B Minimum Jared Dudley BKN 33 Rotation B Minimum Marquese Chriss CLE 21 Rotation B Minimum Jonas Jerebko GSW 32 Rotation B Minimum Jordan Bell (restricted) GSW 24 Rotation B Minimum Udonis Haslem MIA 39 Rotation B Minimum Anthony Tolliver MIN 34 Rotation B Minimum Cheick Diallo NOP 22 Rotation B Minimum Ekpe Udoh UTA 32 Rotation B Minimum Dragan Bender PHX 21 Rotation B Minimum Dante Cunningham SAS 32 Rotation B Minimum Donatas Motiejunas SAS 28 Rotation B Minimum Alex Poythress ATL 25 Development Tyler Lydon DEN 23 Development Ray Spalding PHX 22 Development Marcus Derrickson GSW 23 Development Cameron Reynolds MIN 24 Development Johnathan Motley LAC 24 Development Johnathan Williams (restricted) LAC 24 Development Luke Kornet NYK 23 Development Isaiah Hicks NYK 24 Development Amile Jefferson ORL 26 Development Ben Moore SAS 24 Development Tyler Cavanaugh UTA 25 Development Devin Robinson WAS 24 Development Spoiler: Centers Khem Birch (restricted) ORL 26 Key reserve $6-8 million Boban Marjanovic PHI 30 Key reserve $6-8 million Richaun Holmes PHX 25 Key reserve $6-8 million Kyle O'Quinn IND 29 Key reserve $4-6 million JaVale McGee LAL 31 Key reserve $4-6 million Robin Lopez CHI 31 Key reserve $4-6 million Daniel Theis (restricted) BOS 27 Key reserve $4-6 million Tyson Chandler LAL 36 Key reserve Minimum Joakim Noah MEM 34 Key reserve Minimum Pau Gasol MIL 38 Rotation A Minimum Nene HOU 36 Rotation A Minimum Amir Johnson PHI 32 Rotation B Minimum Salah Mejri DAL 33 Rotation B Minimum Zaza Pachulia DET 35 Rotation B Minimum Andrew Bogut GSW 34 Rotation B Minimum Tyler Zeller MEM 29 Rotation B Minimum Greg Monroe PHI 29 Rotation B Minimum Kosta Koufos SAC 30 Rotation A Minimum Eric Moreland TOR 27 Rotation B Alan Williams BKN 26 Rotation B My humble opinion: -Bring back Shumpert at slight overpay for three years for trade fodder but also if we aren't going to switch as much, he may have more value. -Go for Seth Curry (probably too expensive) -Try to sign either JaMychal Green or Noah Vonleh -Offer one year minimums to: stanley johnson, markieff morris (long shot, maybe help him rebuild value?), Richaun Holmes, Jared Dudley, Ray Felton, Justin Anderson, Sam Dekker (better than Harrison Barnes!) and see who accepts. What say you guys?
Morey needs to snag Jaylen Brown from the Celtics! Our weakness has been and will continue to be our wing position! We need an athletic slasher type. Clint and a first then replace Clint with a similar player. McGee or looney. Morey please don’t **** this offseason up again
My humble opinion: 1) **** Iman Shumpert 2) MDA should learn how to not be stubborn and we should still have Faried coming off the bench. Faried & House would have been good bench players but MDA doesn’t know how to go off the hard beaten path. Pop would have had house and Faried integrated if on roster
I’m still in the trade Clint boat. I don’t hate him but I think we can improve by using his value while it’s still semi high.
I think the Rockets will go after either Love or Covington, although i'm not sure how that will turn out, especially with Love since he would cost us both Capela and Gordon. I'd like to see them do something unexpected like a trade for Siakam if Kawhi bolts, which is something i hope it doesn't happen at this point, since he would likely go to the Lakers. As for those free agents i don't know, there're still some interesting names there: Curry Miller Bradley Stanley Johnson Rondae Looney JaMaychal Marcus Morris Holmes RoLo Pat Rivers ...i think the Rockets need a backup pg badly, at this point they should really try to get that with the MLE, try to resign Rivers, Pat is not coming for 6M i think, maybe Bradley...and then hope to be able to get a wing with some upside like Rondae or Stanley with the BAE. JaMaychal is not coming for 3/6M imo.
I wonder if Rockets legend Prince Luc is healthy enough to play next season. He shouldn't cost much, given the season he had. Toronto proves that having Africans in the organization is key to winning titles.
Our biggest weakness last year was rebounding and rim protection. Who would help us with these two things without being an offensive liability in a Harden-oriented offense?
If Rockets can secure a decent center with their exceptions I would support this. Cap space used on Capela could be much more valuable used elsewhere on the roster.
Actually, Bev is looking for 3 years 10 mils per, I don’t think anyone will give him that money, so it may be possible for him to come back. Or I can see Morey taking a flyer on Avery Bradley, but most likely will be ended up like MCW signing.
Hell no...my brother mentioned this today. I was for it if we got Jimmy. But I dont want give up Clint for boogie
