I cannot see a STINGY GM that loves to make NYK's overpay for talent, giving up Parson in any deal for CA
Morey will always "TRY to get the upper hand in trades", he knows who he can bully, and use leverage to his advantage
While Parsons might never be a #1 got man or an have an "ALL STAR LABEL" or "FRANCHISE PLAYER", he is a very skilled player that Houston would look to keep
Players like Chandler Parsons, Patrick Beverley, and Terrence Jones are all crucial players that have great size/athleticism, all round talent, and have great versatility to be KEY PARTS to being LEGIT contenders
As of now, Harden, D12, and then probably Parson's are the BIG 3, while Beverley and Jones both being young/talented assets
CA would override Parsons as being part of the big "3" possibly big 4+
However, I do not see Morey budging with Parsons, while both Lin and Asik are great players of Houston's bench, they certainly are expendable
Because Morey is so stingy and CA is NOT a need but would be a "want"
I am not even sure how many draft picks, while I would want 2 1st rounders and 2 2nd round picks, some of which that are for this summer
Will they take back Felton (preferably) and/or JR Smith, I am positive Morey would see acquiring Felton's contract being valued as giving up a 1st round pick
Deals that Morey made teams OVERPAY for talent
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1- Just look at what Morey made us pay for getting rid of 1 and 1/2 of Jared Jeffries (which was about 5-6m if I remember correctly for the final year)
Jordan Hill (TOP 10 pick though wasn't showing much talent with his rookie year with Dantoni) He eventually was traded for Laker's 1st round pick a couple years later
future 1st rounder
possible swap 1st rounder
So in a sense, Morey got 1 1st round picks (one from Knicks, one from Lakers, and possibly 1 swap though it didn't make a difference)
2- 1st round picks, TD, cash to pay for TD salary that they got back form NYKs, Jerome Jordan, unguaranteed contracts, and for a 38 year old Center in Camby (who they had no interest in keeping anyway)
3- Courtney Lee and his bloated contracts for 2 2nd round picks from Celtics (while he cleared salary for The Rockets
Deals that Morey didn't get to make another team overpay for talent
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1- Lowry for 1 1st round pick
2- Losing Dragic for NOTHING while acquiring Lin instead, while Dragic cost a bit less than Lin
Both PG's in Lowry and Dragic were far superior players and proven more than Lin