Rockets

[painekiller]

Originally Posted by HPF Bob

The Rockets and Astros have a new TV channel to sell and the best-known face between the two is Carlos Lee. They DESPERATELY need a face to sell which is why the Rockets are after Howard. Two excruciatingly boring franchises with zero star power. Imagine having to go around Texas and Louisiana trying to sell this turkey to cable systems.

That is so true. But Les needs to realize there is a reason that teams tank to get better, because there is no other way that works on a regular basis.

3 late lottery picks were not enough to get into the top 5 picks in a weak draft (read no superstar after the 1st pick). If he wants to keep his fan base, they are going to need to blow this up and be bad, and hope the top pick is another Hakeem.

Not a pretty picture for the short term.

[Nconroe]

Astros seem to be taking the path you mention of blow it up to get young talent and be plan is be good in 2-4 years, farm system, aren't they?

Rockets will likely get tired of reaching for impossible super star soon, when is the question. It's almost like Mooray has an impossible mission right now. The other team has to want to give up a superstar and then superstar has to agree to come here.

If they can give a few guys away now for future draft picks, they could be there next year, ie. bottom 3 in lottery.

The three guys just drafted, could all be pretty good in 2-3 years, athletic, wingspan, big hands, basketball players, time will tell.

I guess we will see some trades sometime before season starts to try to get a little better, balance of experience, taller.

[Nconroe]

Rockets appear to have now traded Lowry for a draft pick to Toronto, perhaps to get a high lottery pick that way in next year or two.

http://blog.chron.com/ultimaterocket...st-round-pick/

maybe they can trade Kevin Martin and even, although I like him, Scola, to bad teams for likely high draft picks next year from other teams, and maybe their own pick as well will be better if go this route.

Getting the big star(s) in free agency and trades sure isn't working, takes another team and player and just too few superstars to go around right now.

Heck , being optimistic, maybe these young guys just drafted past year or three will play good and be entertaining as well.

[HPF Bob]

Maybe the name of their new channel will be "Comcast Sucktacular".

Astros! Rockets! C-USA! They could cap it off with a show devoted to Obama's economic advisers.

[Nconroe]

Another step in direction of blowing things up with sign and trade of Camby to Knicks.

The Rockets get guard Toney Douglas, centers Josh Harrelson and Jerome Jordan and second-round picks in 2014 and 2015.

What next?

[Nconroe]

Dwightmare seems the appropriate term for going after Dwight Howard.

Deciding to amnesty Luis Scola, starting to cross a line what seems good decisions to me right now.

Almost sounds like Rockets passing a whole lot to Orlando to make a very risky move.

Realize Howard is good, but, wow.

[HPF Bob]

Has to really dent all those "Morey is Genius. Moneyball is God" types who have become more and more quiet since the Ming-McGrady Era crashed and burned. I think somebody (Comcast? Alexander?) is DESPERATE to get a marketable name to put on this new channel since the Astros apparently won't do it. It says something that the only other player Morey has pursued is Jeremy Lin who used to be a scrub with the Rockets before Linsanity started.

The Rockets need a face and they'll worry about whether they can build a contending team later.