Rockets Granted Disabled Player Exception, Use it on Ariza

Basically, this means that Yao is almost definitely out for the season. The DPE gives the Rockets another MLE to work with, and that might mean they'll pursue one of the remaining centers on the market (Zaza, Nesterovic, etc.)

4 months ago Only_A_Lad 11 comments 0 recs |

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dry market for centers

there are NO good centers in the market right now

by fishbonebui on Jul 8, 2009 4:12 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Zaza would be my guess

by jasonmicron on Jul 8, 2009 4:22 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

If this story is true, he’s no longer available.

by DribbleHooper on Jul 8, 2009 5:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well there we go

How did I miss this???

by jasonmicron on Jul 9, 2009 3:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm guessing because it's Zaza Pachulia

Not exactly huge NBA news ;-)

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by UofTOrange on Jul 9, 2009 4:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

well

this gives us leverage for a potential trade… or a sign-and-trade… so that’s good.

by grungedave on Jul 8, 2009 4:25 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

zaza gone

intersting, we cuda got ariza and gortat…

anyway my best guess is sign and trade or trade

by EveryHoustonTeamRox! on Jul 8, 2009 6:10 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

how about this?

Both Paul Millsap and David Lee are still on the market.

Now, I know that the conventional wisdom would be “The need a true center,” and I agree that a true center is a big help in constructing a team, but none of those currently on the market really strike me as anything worth pursuing.

And the Rockets did very well over the past two seasons when running small lineups. Why not go all-out with that?

Of course, the problem signing another FA lies in the Rockets’ long-term financial and cap health, but I think having either Millsap or Lee would be very interesting.

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by Only_A_Lad on Jul 8, 2009 6:29 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs