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Originally Posted by bobatundi
I thought about Yao as well. I think he has a player option at around $17 million for next year. If he exercises that option, and Houston decides they don't want to pay him that, we could swap them Damp & Barea for Yao. They then cut Damp and end up $10MM or more under the cap.
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Does Yao win us a championship? How far has he carried Houston? He's always hurt, and he can't run--which means having him on a team quarterbacked by J-Kidd is just silly.
I think Haywood is just fine as our starting C. The 2 spot is where we need help, desperately. Gotta go for D-Wade.
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Come on. If Yao's value is Dampier plus Barea. There's no point in doing that in the first place. Likewise, if Yao is here only to fit into J-kidd's style of playing not otherwise, there's no point in having him.
Haywood is a decent center but Yao is miles better than him. An upgrade at 2 is always a good thing. But what this team needs most is a great post scorer who can contribute whey points are hard to come by. And maybe also, a younger point guard.