Report: Houson fielding Ming offers

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Report: Rockets listening to trade offers for Yao Ming
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Yao Ming may be done playing for the season but he still has value in the NBA world — he is a $17 million expiring contract. Heading into a new Collective Bargaining Agreement — whatever it ends up looking like — that’s a lot of money saved and cap room freed up.

The Rockets may want to use that themselves, but they are getting and listening to trade offers tweets Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo.

With lure of insurance offering $8M discount on his expiring $17M salary, Houston exploring Yao Ming trade on several fronts, sources tell Y

Some teams exploring trade for Yao to re-sign him on short deal, or just get cap relief on his expiring deal, sources say.

It will be interesting to see how the Rockets handle this. They could use that space and flexibility themselves, but if an offer comes in that they think helps start to reshape this team faster GM Daryl Morey will have to seriously consider it.

-PBT

 

[RipCity32]

I'd take an injured Yao over our bigs lmao.

 

[Pugz]

send them whatever it takes to get yao, minus tayshaun. lol. let those two expire and then actually rebuild.



i just woke up. sorry, that will never happen :'(

 

[elcheato]

Your dream is to have Yao Ming?

 

[Pugz]

no, his expiring contract.

 

[$tunna]

I can't think of who would want 17 mil just to sit on the payroll for the rest of the season

 

[Pugz]

a team thats as bad as ours would. well the fans anyways. dumars still probably thinks we're contenders so he wouldnt.

 

[Elite]

I really can't see anyone trading for him. It's such a shame that Yao will probably never get to play again, and if he can, never be the same. He was so good.

 

[dez]

I thought Yao said he wasnt going to go through another knee rehab..

I dont see anyone in their right mind right now that would trade for him unless its for the sole purpose of having his contract come off the books.

 

[elcheato]

Not to mention I would think the Rockets would still value him as an all-star center, and not just an expiring contract.

 

[Pugz]

The Pistons aren't expected to entertain the idea of acquiring Yao Ming from the Rockets.

The center will miss the remainder of the season and Yahoo! Sports reported on Monday that Houston has begun shopping the former All-Star.

Despite the health risks, the report said "the lure of acquiring Yao for potential suitors is the $8 million in savings that insurance will provide for his $17.7-million expiring contract this season."

The Detroit Free-Press writes that many in the league feel Yao's playing career is over and that the Pistons are believed to be in that camp.

Via Detroit Free-Press

 

[RipCity32]

Yeah I seen that, and literally SMH'd.

 

[$tunna]

It's pretty sad to see a player of his stature basically just being shopped with the lure of money benefits smh