Carl you will be missed. Thank you for your relentless heart and hustle.

I dont know what to think/say…

Man i’ll mis landry

fucking damn man, why carl!

You guys will love Kevin. Sad to see our home-baked star go, but we have Reke now. Let me repeat, you guys will love Kevin. Easy 20 points that he gets seamlessly. Battier and Ariza might need to kick his ass to get him to play some D, but your scoring woes should be taken care of. For a little while.

Now I don’t know anything about Landry except that he is short yet somehow gets 16 ppg. Was he worth it? I doubt T-Mac puts on purple at all, so Landry is the prize here.

a warrior, you won’t be disappointed with Carl….it sucks to see him go.

I am gutted that they didn’t find a way to trade for Martin. Seriously the guy is a gun and will make Houston a MUCH more dangerous team!

Praticularly Hilton Armstrong?

I hate to see Landry leave this team…I’d much rather have swung that deal with the Knicks and picked up two of their first round picks but I guess I feel a little better seeing Martin coming the other way

I Armstrong is 6’11’’ and we need the size, Sergio is a G (European,Spanish) which leads me to believe he is smart and can shoot, as most Spanish guards can…
Thomas was just a salary matcher, I think…but could help….

Hate having to give up Carl Landry, but you have to give up something to get something typically.

Carl, you’ll be missed man, but I’m glad your going to get a starting job.

You guys are REALLY underrating Sergio. He was the prize of the Blazers a few years ago, and is an amazing playmaker… Sergio will be a quality NBA player if he ever learns to play defense.

Per 36-minutes, his stats are MUCH better than Lowry.

But on the flipside, Hilton Armstrong is probably the worst player in the NBA.

What are the chances we could still pry away some of the Knicks previously mentioned assets if this becomes a 3 way deal? At this point I’d settle for Hill and one pick.

Mostly because Bucher and other commentators are mentioning that the Knicks could get involved and that the Knicks would take back McGrady and Rodriguez, but they aren’t saying what New York is giving back and to whom.

Maybe he moves Battier before the deadline?

…we could have left out Sergio and sent them Budinger instead. But I guess they probably wouldn’t take that.

Damn. I am going to miss Landry like hell. It looks like a fair deal, though.

Wow. This is the best option. I live about an hour south of sacto. Trust me when I tell you that Kevin Martin is an absolute baller. The guy just has stroke, Defense needs to improve but he will be the perfect additionto this team. What was our biggest need: consider it filled. I love Landry too but Martin is worth giving up a great 6th man and bench player. Morey is an absolute boss.

Kevin Martin (30): My favorite possibly available trade piece — great contract, proven scorer, high hoops IQ, someone who’d thrive on a veteran team that protected him defensively and ran plays for him. Right now he’s playing on a glorified pickup team with Tyreke Evans, who thinks “point guard” means “I get to dribble over midcourt.” Not gonna fly. Someone like Martin is a luxury. You pamper him. You set him screens. You hook him up on slash-and-kicks. You go to him after games and say, “Hey, what’s the best place to deliver the ball for you — chest high and a little to the right?” He could absolutely be a contender’s No. 1 scoring option like Reggie Miller or Rip Hamilton once upon a time. Stay tuned.

Coincidence? pfft

I love the site, and it’s a good trade… but there is simply no way Kevin Martin is better than Andre Iguodala.

-IT’S COMPLEMENT not compliment. sorry, i’m an asshole.

-I called this trade, on this very site, early in January when kmart was heading towards returning to the Kings lineup. There were doubters, both here and in the blogosphere, but it seemed like a smart move.

-It’s sad to see Landry go, but it’s also understandable. I share Tom’s sentiment 100% – this guy is hitting his ceiling right now, and his rebounding numbers are just not enough. Plus, I kind of get the feeling his #s, as are most of this team’s currently, were inflated in a Yao-less world minus Scola and Battier.

-I am so glad I didn’t give into temptation and buy that Landry jersey and instead got the Brooks. I will surely be getting the Martin jersey later this season or this summer.

The Dream Shake is a great blog. Two, Kevin Martin is now my favorite ex-King as part of the Rockets franchise. (Adelman is a close second.) Three, kick much ass.

Great move by Morey. Great move by Adelman, and the Rockets are a great organization. I don’t know if this deal works for them, but this is a quality move. Hope it works out well.

I don’t know if you trade nicknames as well, but coming from his time in Sac, Kevin has K-Mart (obviously), K$, and Speed. Good luck, and I hope yall make playoffs this year.

It’s probably always a better than even bet that a 26 year old player has peaked. However, it should be noted that he has improved dramatically in his three years. After coming into the league a move-without-the-ball dunker, he’s:

- added a very good face-up game to take bigger guys off the dribble
- added a reliable 10-12 foot jumper
- after shooting FTs 71% in college and 66% his rookie year, he’s become an 80%+ guy
- according to chronicle stuff I read a ways back, after nagging knee injuries in college (all those predraft reports called him a below-the-rim guy) he rehabbed like crazy and added 4" to his vertical leap – which made him a dunking machine.

The Rockets made a good deal here but considering not just the improvements Landry made, but that they are largely high skill finesse improvements, it’s not unreasonable to think that he has more improvement in him. The real question is how much he can improve his defense. He seems decent at this point (I read that he worked at it all last summer) and if he can take it up another notch, that could make him a real force. I’ll sure miss him.

One thing though, remember after his rookie year the Rockets were concerned enough about his knee that they wanted to do exploratory surgery (according to Jonathan Feigan) before signing him to a new deal? It took him signing with the Bobcats to get them to back off this demand. So who knows, maybe that’s something else they considered, in terms of selling high.

I know he was thrown in to financially balance out the trade, but can he still contribute? I haven’t really paid attention to him or Hilton, so I don’t really know what they can bring to the table. That’s why I’m kind of expecting another trade to happen before the end of the deadline. I’m happy with KMart and Sergio, but I’m not particularly fond of the other two especially for Landry, a proven scorer. I was expecting draft picks. If not, I was hoping Hawes would at least be part of the trade.

is there another deal in the works for one of those two?

EVERYTHING else sucks!! What happened to the future & all that talk??!! Martin better not end up being Tmac v. 2 with injuries & Landrys potential is through the roof! Good thing is all are EC’s except Martin (4 year). Well this proves one thing, Morey’s gonna make a play for a big time PF in the offseason no matter how far over the cap we go cause we have our 2 guard now AS LONG AS HE STAYS HEALTHY!! But now we have a NEED a PF cause Scola can’t do it alone. Like I tweeted, Bosh better be on his way to Houston in the summer!! Our back up PF is non existent now!

The Kings & Rox trade will go down in case NY can’t bring the goods…So it seems T-Mac might still land in NY and we may still get Hill from NY…

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=4923777

Then maybe we can get Marcus Landry?

I think Martin is just what the doctor ordered for this team. I think it ends up helping Trevor immensely. If we have a healthy Yao next year, it makes Martin, Yao and Scola our top 3 scoring options which allows Ariza to do what he does best. I am really amped about this deal.

Ha my bad I actually completely forgot about Brooks. Either way I think it turns Ariza back into a player that has a role he’s more suited for.

WHO do we get besides Kevin Martin, No One.
Landry and dorsey were the future. the one that should be traded was cook and scola or anderson, there older and probably arent going to get better. I Like Scola BUT Landry is way better. should of tossed in battier or trevor. 2 SWEETEN THE POT.
we couldn’t even get back donte greene or even get jason thompson in the deal, HORRIBLE. NUFF SAID.

Is it still…“In Morey we trust”??

Im fine with this deal if it sticks how its is. If we can get something better with the Knicks involved than awesome. What say you??

with Martin starting at the 2, does this mean that Ariza’s attempts will go down?

Imagine AB in the back court, Martin and Budinger on the wings, and Scola posting up. That is something we’re going to see a lot of over the rest of the season, I expect. A bad defensive four, but there will be a lot of easy baskets.

Next year, add Yao into that mix and make it even better.

i’ll need a moment alone…… While Martin’s good, and the trade is a fair trade for both end. Getting rid of T-Mac will cost us some talents….. DAMN YOU! T-Mac, even not playing, and far away from Rockets as possible, and you still find a way to screw us!!! FUCK U!!!!!

You Kings fans better not bitching about this deal for taking on a deadbeat guy, because you got 2 young players that can dunk, score…………… (damn, i think i am crying now already…..)

Landry – YOU WILL BE MISSED ALOT! I love the way you play and every person should try to play like you.

Morey – I do like the trade tho i wish landry wasn’t involved. I do think tho that you did a great job of selling landry at his peak. great job getting kmart

I think that this is not the end of the deal. I think Sergio, and T-Mac and possibly Cook and Thomas might go to NYK and we will get back probably Jeffries or Hughes with Hill and either 1 more pick or a swap of picks…

In regards to Landry, i DO rmbr hearing that landry could be a FA if he opts out of his contract which i believe he would. Maybe Morey told him that he can come back to Houston with open arms and a nice contract and that he plans on letting Scola leave and give him the open PF spot…

Who knows

is the end of the ruminations from the bench with joey dorsey…myb we can get one last one?

Martin’s only shortcomings lie in defense, where he’s pretty average

Being frail and injury prone isn’t a shortcoming?

I like Martin, he’s like a young version of T-Mac

My other concern is that we are going to rely heavily on our starting 5 and our bench won’t produce as much…. Let’s get the Knicks involved!

UGHHHHH.

I feel this was rushed just for the sake of trading and I feel Morey is listening too much to Adelman, and uhhhhmmm, there is also a coaching problem, not just a player problem, HOUSTON/Alexander, to give away Landry like that, what ashame, just given away, he is better than that trade and class of players, and BTW…..I agree with the comment above, like when we got Tmac, he was good and promised it all and then down hill from there, I feel the same to happen. I have a feeling this will be back to bite Morey in the A$$!!!!!!!!!!

Just a shame!

What? I am still confused, DM should be ashamed of himself, done, this management is done!

THANKS FOR ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE AND BECAME, YOU WORKED YOU A$$ OFF EVERY NIGHT, I STILL HOPE YOU GET THE 6TH MAN AWARD, YOU DESERVE IT!!! YOU TRULY WILL BE MISSED!!

DM YOU SUX!

pushed this deal.

earlier reports stated the rockets were looking to impove the future with draft picks and young talent… albeit kmart is not old.

but wheres the draft picks? what about kmart massive contract?
i know yall needed a sg..but this seemed like a bit of a reach.

i know the deal isnt sealed and nothing is exact yet..but im just saying

maybe the kings turn around and trade s-rod and tmac to the knicks for hill and jeffries and hughes..with one 1st round pick .. therefore they get landry/hill/1st round pick.. all for kmart… seems like a great move by petrie at the expense of morey’s love for kmart

…except BOOOOOOOOOOO!!! I think Morey has some explaining to do on this one. We give up all of our inside muscle, and get one mediocre shooter in return. Kevin Martin does not impress me at all. I think that Budinger could do everything that Martin could do if given more minutes. Letting Landry go is just stupid. We lose in this trade y’all.

Get ready for March 3rd, when the Kings come to town. We’ll see then if we should have given up T-Mac, Landry and Dorsey (damn, it hurts just to type that) for these schmucks. I hope I’m wrong (for the team’s sake)….but I bet that there are some dissappointed Rockets today scratching their heads.