Talking Rockets With Jason Friedman of Rockets.com

by Tom Martin on Feb 4, 2010 6:23 PM CST in Blogging stuff

Jason Friedman of Rockets.com makes his second appearance on The Dream Shake. He and I discuss the January Lull, Carl Landry's return to earth, the trade market, and a pair of D-Leaguers turned Rockets in Will Conroy and Joey Dorsey. Much thanks to Jason for coming on once again.

Below is the audio. You can reach Jason on Twitter, and be sure to check out his work at Rockets.com.

Jason Friedman Chat

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i know iggy is worth a lot.

but i dont understand what jason means when iggy isnt a good long term deal. he is only 26.

Rockets>>>>>>Jazz
Texans>>>>>>>Titans
Super Mario>>>>>>>Vince Young

by Rockets 4 Life on Feb 4, 2010 9:08 PM CST reply actions

simple economics

In two years, Iggy’s contract is going to be a bigger albatross than McGrady’s is to us this year. He’s not a franchise player, but he’ll be making more money than the salary cap will allow (considering there will be a new CBA and a much lower cap very soon).

I like Iggy, but have you seen his contract? Yikes.

by grungedave on Feb 4, 2010 9:31 PM CST up reply actions

yea i think its 4 years for 50 mil +.

good news is is that dalembert’s is expiring i think so that opens up 10 million. i think most people underrate iguodala. you may think that he is not a good shooter. but he is taking a lot more 3’s than he should be because philly has no 3 pt shooters. he has good handles and finishes at the bucket like LBJ or d-wade can. his contract is the risk. if he fits well and gives us that scoring wing that we need. i dont mind taking the ginormous contract. problem is is that we don’t know whether or not he will fit in.

i guess doing a scola and tmac for haywood and butler sounds like a good deal to me. haywood is the big guy we need. hes strong, great defender and rebounder, and has a decent post game. plus he should only be in his mid 20’s. if butler has 4 or 5 more years left in him. fine, ill take that, but i dont know if he does or not. jason said that we would probly let haywood take a good offer in off-season. why would we not resign him? he doesn’t force shots, he would be an excellent complement off the bench to yao and when we play against a team with two 7 footers (ex: memphis, LA, Cle,etc) we can have them both on the court and match up well. but if butler doesnt fit it, that is ok because he only has one year left on his contract. pick your risk

1. iggy’s ability to fit in with us (big contract too)

2. butler’s age.

Rockets>>>>>>Jazz
Texans>>>>>>>Titans
Super Mario>>>>>>>Vince Young

by Rockets 4 Life on Feb 4, 2010 10:34 PM CST up reply actions

Haywood makes us better this season and really gives us a defensive presence.

Butler hasn’t been doing too well this year and is more injury riddled.

It really is a toss up between the two except we might have to give up Scola to Washington

by VBG on Feb 5, 2010 2:18 AM CST up reply actions

nah

I am now convinced the best thing we can do is NOTHING.

(Other than trade Brian Cook’s expiring deal.)

by grungedave on Feb 5, 2010 9:20 AM CST up reply actions

If we dont make a move know we wont have the space to make a deal in the offseason. we need to try to get another young talent in here if we can. Beacause lets be honest we wont be able to get any of the bigname FA and if we dont move Tmac we wont get anything for him.. Lets get somthing done soon!!!

by wadero on Feb 5, 2010 10:43 AM CST reply actions