If Ariza's the deal, then do we have a Celts/Rockets continuum?

[JBcat]

hmm I forgot McGrady will be a free agent next year.  Let's sign him to the MLE next offseason to come off the bench (if semi healthy) to help bring more titles.   He might not be offered much more with all the injuries he's had.   

[TitleMaster]

The Rockets have a very good nucleus of role players and borderline stars, but are missing those elite players to put it all together.  If they can somehow trade T-Mac for some good pieces, and keep a healthy Yao, they could start to look like those Pistons teams of a few years back.

Yep, and that's primarily my hope because I've had it up to here with the Lakers and want a 'good guys' squad coming out of the west, instead of an Evil Hollywood Empire.

Let's sign him to the MLE next offseason to come off the bench (if semi healthy) to help bring more titles.

Really, that's about all TMac is worth, some 15 mins per game off the bench. He hasn't lived up to his billing as a starter and if relegating him to the bench clears some salary cap, Houston can bring in another star caliber player to complement their starters.