so the 76ers want Asik AND picks?? I'd hang the phone up too...
So then the Cs are just hoping that no other LEastern Conference PF gets hurt or Amnesty(ied) - see Carlos Boozer, so that Hou has to pick between Asik/picks for Young or as a fall back Bass/picks for Asik....
anyone else see it like this?
Thad Young>>>>>>Bass>>>Asik
I wouldn't send a pick for Asik, either. Of course, if it depended on Morey, he'd get LeBron+pick for Omer-Wilt-Kareem-Asik and his cap-friendly 15M salary next season.
But the fact Asik is still a Rocket is the combined effect of three main reasons:
- Asik's contract is difficult to flip if he doesn't work with your team because of the off-cap extra money. Teams may like Asik, but if you want to send him elsewhere, you'll have to wait until 2015 trade deadline and send some money with him. Not the best plan B scenario.
- Asik is an above average defensive player, so his 8.4M against the cap is a fair salary, but he's been underpaid the first 2 seasons in Houston and another team has to overpay for him. If he had a "normal" contract, Morey would have his first rounder an Asik would be playing somewhere else. But that's not the case.
- Asik is good on defense, terrible on offense. His offensive range is O to 3 feet, after that he can't make 30% of his shoots (2012-2013, his best season). Asik could fit in a stacked offensive lineup, like the 2008 Celtics, or 2014 OKC Thunder, but not on every team out there. So, his market is limited.
Bass could be more useful to Houston, although he might or might not fit well with Dwightmare. Thad Young is even better than Bass, and of course the Sixers would ask for more than Asik. I'd do it, too, and any GM in the League not named Billy King or Bryan Colangelo would, too.