Question: If the Nets want to unload Deron and the Rockets strike out on Melo
how about Deron for Lin and Asik? Nets could even flip Asik to a third team.
Nets do this in part to start a total rebuild. PP and KG are pretty much done
with them, Blatche and Livingston will seek better deals elsewhere as will
AK47. Lin and Asik and each one year left at 15 mil.
Mike Sutera
Sam: Houston is looking to unload Asik and Lin to make a run at Anthony. I don
’t think you can move Lin and the $15 million backloaded he’s due next
season. But you may be able to move Asik, whom I’ve already heard several
teams, like Atlanta to move Al Horford to four, are pursuing. The Hawks could
look pretty good with that front court. Houston likes “stars,” though
Williams hardly qualifies anymore. I see the Nets have trotted out the bad
ankle excuse for him again, and he’d have broken some 20-yard dash figures
the way he ran away from shots in that clinching game against the Heat. With
Williams 30 this summer, in steep decline, a bad locker room presence and
owed $63 million for the next three years, I don’t see how that would help
the Rockets as much as it would the Nets.
球迷提问：
如果火箭追逐Melo未果，能否用林书豪和Asik换Deron，毕竟如果篮网选择放弃Deron就
意谓着他们将彻底开始重建，PP和KG肯定会离开，Blatche和Livingston也会追求更好的
合约，都只剩一年合约的林书豪和Asik会是一个不错的过渡。
NBA官网记者Sam Smith：
“火箭想要卸下Asik和林书豪的合约为追逐Melo放手一搏已经不是秘密，但我不认为他们
能送走身背1500万美元合约的林书豪。但交易Asik的可能性就大多了，我已经听说有不少
球队都对Asik产生了兴趣，比如老鹰。老鹰想让Horford打大前锋，获得Asik让他搭档
Horford出任球队中锋，老鹰的前场看起来会相当不错。”
“至于Deron，火箭更希望的是增添一名‘巨星级’球员，Deron看上去已经远离这个称号
了。在对热火的准决赛中，Deron的低迷表现就已经说明了一切，篮网却再次抛出了脚踝
伤势作为他的借口。但今年夏天他都30岁了，状态正急剧下滑，又是一个球队更衣室杀手
，还身背3年6300万美元的合约，我一点都看不出来他对火箭的帮助能比他在篮网做的多
多少。”
http://www.nba.com/bulls/news/ask-sam-sam-smith-opens-his-mailbag-05162014.html