Lee or Mayo ?

[prov1ml34]

Yup! Mayo is just a Tony Allen back-up. So NO TO TA's BACKUP!

As far as Mayo is concerned; all I need to know is, TA beat him like a drum (literally) and took his starting spot.

No thanks!  I don't want TA's backup.

So with that reasoning, you are going to take Thabo Sefolosha over James Harden? 

[RyNye]

In today's NBA... gimme the true scorer. Mayo.

Mayo is not a true scorer. Look at his shooting splits. Lee is a better shooter from EVERY SINGLE SPOT on the floor.

[Snakehead]

Lee will take the MLE.  Mayo apparently wants 8 mill.  And Lee is better.

I'll take Lee.

[Chris]

Beggars can't be choosers.  If we can get either of them, I will be ecstatic.  I am not holding my breath though.

[AB_Celtic]

Lee will take the MLE.  Mayo apparently wants 8 mill.  And Lee is better.

I'll take Lee.

I've read Lee might even take less than the full MLE (4mil or so), giving us some of it left over to secure another guy, like Stiemsma.

[Roy H.]

Lee will take the MLE.  Mayo apparently wants 8 mill.  And Lee is better.

I'll take Lee.

I've read Lee might even take less than the full MLE (4mil or so), giving us some of it left over to secure another guy, like Stiemsma.

I'm not at all confident that we'll be able to preserve our MLE through a S&T.  If we do, it's unlikely that we can sign Lee to a small enough deal to allow us to give Stiemer more than we could with our BAE.

[jay]

I believe Lee can sign for around $2.5 million if we did a sign and trade for Moore and Williams.  That might be the best offer he will get from a good team.  If he takes it, it will free up a little roster space.  I borrowed this from an older thread:

What Jon said.

It'd be sick if we could work out a S&T for Terry (drop JJJ and Moore/Dooling), and then sign Lee with the MLE and snatch Steamboat, or even Pietrus, with the BAE. Ready for Miami Beesh.

1  Pierce  $16,790,345
2  Rondo   $11,000,000
3  Garnet  $11,000,000
4  Green   $9,000,000
5  Bass    $7,000,000
6  JET     $5,000,000  MLE? S&T?
7  Bradley $1,630,800
8 Sullinger $1,089,100
9  Melo    $1,045,600
10 JJJ     $1,120,440
11 Stiemsma $1,029,389 offer1.9 BAE?
12 E'T Moore $762,195
13 Williams  $915,852
14 K Joseph  $450,000
15 Wilcox    ?

Pietrus, Hollins, Sasha, 'Quis, Dooling all potentials to fill out spots if they open up.

No complaints with that roster.  Figure we will get Lee with the MLE if we S&T Terry or a S&T with Houston.  Good offseason so far.  Definitely improved the team from 2011-12.

1  Pierce  $16,790,345
2  Rondo   $11,000,000
3  Garnet  $11,000,000
4  Green   $9,000,000
5  Bass    $7,000,000
6  JET     $5,000,000  MLE? S&T?
7  Bradley $1,630,800
8 Sullinger $1,089,100
9  Melo    $1,045,600
10 JJJ     $1,120,440
11 Stiemsma $1,029,389 offer1.9 BAE?
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14 K Joseph  $450,000
15 Wilcox    ?

Now Lee falls into the 12th spot.  The 13th spot is now open for Dooling.  I cant see Pitrus coming back if joseph makes the roster.  Too many small forward types.  

[Professor of Rondology]

Beggars can't be choosers.  If we can get either of them, I will be ecstatic.  I am not holding my breath though.

My thoughts exactly. It really doesn't look like a sign-and-trade will happen.  We need to make a more realistic thread based on a choice the Cs will actually be able to make.
Here are our actual options:
Peaches vs Dahntay Jones vs E'Twaun Moore vs Dionte Xmas

[Professor of Rondology]

I believe Lee can sign for around $2.5 million if we did a sign and trade for Moore and Williams.  That might be the best offer he will get from a good team.  If he takes it, it will free up a little roster space.  I borrowed this from an older thread:

It's not really up to Lee.  Even if he would sign for 2.5 M (which I think is pretty doubtful, but admittedly possible) the Rockets would have to accept the deal.  I think Morey is still too distracted by the Dwightmare to think about small potatoes like Lee, Moore and Williams.  Maybe it'll help them free up some space to make a move at Dwight- but if that were the case I think they would have done it already.

[Roy H.]

I think Morey is still too distracted by the Dwightmare to think about small potatoes like Lee, Moore and Williams. 

I've seen this a few times, and I don't buy it.  Morey is a professional, with a staff underneath him.  He's not putting in 8 (or 10 or 12 or 16) hours per day just thinking about ways to get Howard.  His job is to better the Houston Rockets, and if there's a way to do that, Morey would do it.

[Chris]

I think Morey is still too distracted by the Dwightmare to think about small potatoes like Lee, Moore and Williams. 

I've seen this a few times, and I don't buy it.  Morey is a professional, with a staff underneath him.  He's not putting in 8 (or 10 or 12 or 16) hours per day just thinking about ways to get Howard.  His job is to better the Houston Rockets, and if there's a way to do that, Morey would do it.

Absolutely.  But I also think his hands are a little tied at the moment, and he has put smaller deals like that on hold until things like the Lin and Asik situations and the Howard situation play out.  He doesn't want to tie his cap up any more than he has to, when he has those things in the air.  But, if the balls fall down, then he might be willing to play.

I think this is the same thing with the Mavericks right now, who are looking to see how some other things shake out before pulling the trigger on a sign and trade with Terry.

[bfrombleacher]

I think Morey is still too distracted by the Dwightmare to think about small potatoes like Lee, Moore and Williams. 

I've seen this a few times, and I don't buy it.  Morey is a professional, with a staff underneath him.  He's not putting in 8 (or 10 or 12 or 16) hours per day just thinking about ways to get Howard.  His job is to better the Houston Rockets, and if there's a way to do that, Morey would do it.

Wouldn't he want to hold his assets (including Courtney Lee) to see what ORL wants?

[jdub1660]

I think Morey is still too distracted by the Dwightmare to think about small potatoes like Lee, Moore and Williams. 

I've seen this a few times, and I don't buy it.  Morey is a professional, with a staff underneath him.  He's not putting in 8 (or 10 or 12 or 16) hours per day just thinking about ways to get Howard.  His job is to better the Houston Rockets, and if there's a way to do that, Morey would do it.

Wouldn't he want to hold his assets (including Courtney Lee) to see what ORL wants?

TP.

I think CLee is still in the hands of Houston not b/c they're ignoring him, but that he could be kept around to entice Dwight. They played together his rookie year going to the Finals against LA.

Plus with Brooklyn giving up on the Dwightstakes, looks like its down to LAL and Houston.

Still want Lee, but Martell Webster could be a backup option too IMO

[tarheelsxxiii]

As far as Mayo is concerned; all I need to know is, TA beat him like a drum (literally) and took his starting spot.

No thanks!  I don't want TA's backup.

Good point. And I'd take TA back in a heartbeat.

[Professor of Rondology]

I've seen this a few times, and I don't buy it.  Morey is a professional, with a staff underneath him.  He's not putting in 8 (or 10 or 12 or 16) hours per day just thinking about ways to get Howard.  His job is to better the Houston Rockets, and if there's a way to do that, Morey would do it.

Wouldn't he want to hold his assets (including Courtney Lee) to see what ORL wants?

I was thinking that Houston wouldn't make any moves that might prevent their ability to get Dwight.  Which pretty much means not making any moves at all unless that move HELPS them get Dwight.

It's (kind of) the same reason we haven't signed Peaches or Dooling yet- we want them and they want us, but you don't fill out the end of the bench if you don't have your core yet.  We have our core and are looking for role players (like Lee); Houston does not have its core and as such is looking to build its core before dealing with role players.


I didn't mean that Morey was literally 'distracted' by the Dwight situation and totally forgot about Lee.  I just meant that it is not in Houston's best interest to focus on fine-tuning a sign-and-trade for E'Twaun Moore and Sean Williams when they're still working on much more consequential deals.  Stuff like this deal just gets pushed to the back-burner until the big names are off the market. It's annoying, but that's how it is.