I prefer the idea of a 1st round pick more than Ariza. But I don’t think a team is going to give both pieces away for an aging basketball player with another year on his contract. It’s not really an equal trade. We’d more than likely have to include another piece, which we don’t really have to trade at this point.

Also if I’m Joe D, I’m only making a trade if I have both Tayshaun and Rip back. For your team to have any chance at success (which I think they still do) you have to have one of your vets out playing productive minutes.

I think that one of the biggest problems is that the offense is half court without a post true post player. The offense needs to be changed into a running offense and a better transition defense. The need a couple of true bigs that blocks shots and make plays in the post. We all thought that they would be a better offensive team but they are now ranked 26th in the league. We need a big more than we need Ariza. They should be solid at SF even without Prince. Jonas will be a very good player in the next couple of years and he will hold that spot down if a Prince trade goes down.

there is no way Daryl Morey would ever make this deal. Especially not right now. The Rockets are actually playing well. Tracy McGrady and Brian Cook are highly available though…