Juan Howard FOR Mike James ，交易已接近完成（ESPN、紀事報、FOX

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http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2903593

Sources: Rockets agree to trade Howard to Wolves for James
By Marc Stein
ESPN.com

Updated: June 13, 2007, 8:32 PM ET

The Minnesota Timberwolves and Houston Rockets, who have been discussing
a Mike James-for-Juwan Howard swap in one form or another since the February
 trade deadline, have agreed in principle to finally complete that deal this
 month, ESPN.com has learned.

An announcement of the trade's completion could be made as early as this
week, according to NBA front-office sources.

The holdup stems from the possibility that another player or two could be
 added to the deal, sources say. The teams, though, have verbally agreed
to a straight-up exchange of James for Howard at the very least.

The Timberwolves beat out Houston for James' free-agent signature last summer
 because of their willingness to include a trade kicker in the well-traveled
 point guard's four-year, $23.4 million contract, but the acquisition was
 questioned from the start after Minnesota landed Randy Foye in the 2006
draft.

James then struggled to make an impact with his new team, averaging just
10.1 points in 25.3 minutes per game and eventually losing his starting spot
 after enjoying a breakout season in Toronto in 2005-06.

A strong recruiting pitch from Wolves forward Kevin Garnett -- along with
 the trade bonus he held out for in negotiations -- convinced James to spurn
 similar financial offers from the Dallas Mavericks and the Rockets, even
 though he maintains an off-season home in Houston. But the intense Garnett
 and the chatty James clashed almost from the start, according to club sources
, adding to the Wolves' remorse after it quickly became apparent that there
 wasn't rotation room for James and Foye.

So the Wolves decided by mid-season that they would try to move their lone
 significant off-season acquisition and were on the verge of sending James
 to Houston for Howard when the deal fell through on Feb. 22, in part because
 Houston was reluctant to change the chemistry on a team that wound up overcoming
 numerous injuries to win 52 games.

But Houston's interest in James and adding depth to its backcourt under new
 coach Rick Adelman hasn't wavered, thanks to the 31-year-old's successful
 stint with the Rockets in the second half of the 2004-05 season.

"This has been difficult," James told ESPN.com in late March when asked to
 describe his debut season with the Wolves. "Physically, mentally, emotionally
 & all of the above."

Garnett, meanwhile, is expected to welcome the arrival of Howard, a 34-year
-old former All-Star, after publicly calling -- repeatedly -- for more size
 in the Wolves' frontcourt and more of a veteran presence in the locker room
.

Howard averaged 9.7 points and 5.9 rebounds in 26.6 minutes per game last
 season. His contract is one year shorter than James' deal, with just two
 seasons to run at $14.3 million.

沒什麼可翻譯的，就是MJ在狼過的不太好，兩人的交易二月份已經討論過，但火
箭當時害怕破壞更衣室氣氛。KG也有可能歡迎Howard的到來，可以補充狼贏弱的
前場，以及作為老將在locker room發揮他的作用。

這個交易應該在這周內完成，可能會包括一到兩個填頭。

紀事報：
Rockets close to re-acquiring guard James for Howard
By JONATHAN FEIGEN
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/4887975.html

feigen只是說close，還沒最後完成，但語氣已經很肯定。

Guard Mike James, the once and almost Rocket, will be back in the Rockets
 backcourt as soon as Wednesday, an NBA official said Tuesday.

The Rockets were close to dealing forward Juwan Howard to the Minnesota Timberwolves
 to acquire James., a 6-2 guard who played for the Rockets in the 2004-05
 season and who nearly signed with the Rockets as a free agent last summer
.

FOX：

Rockets to Trade Juwan Howard to T-Wolves for Mike James
http://www.myfoxhouston.com/myfox/pages/Sports/Detail?contentId=3485500&version
=2&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=6.1.1


HOUSTON -- NBA sources tells FOX 26 Sports the Rockets will trade forward
 Juwan Howard to the Minnesota Timberwolves for guard Mike James.

Sources tell FOX 26 the deal is still pending league approval and there will
 be a conference call Thursday with the two teams and the NBA and that's
when the deal will be finalized.

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推 fox0922:-.- 我們前場就不積弱嗎? 矮子後衛快滿出來了
推 lucifer1C1:挖前場禁區人員補一個後場黏球人．．虧死．．．
→ lucifer1C1:嫌火箭的禁區太高嗎....
推 orange78:為了清新資嗎?? 還是有其他交易要出現= =+
推 forwind:我覺得賺耶 James雖然不高 但防守硬底子 外線也不錯穩
→ forwind:Howard...唉 姚明不夠硬 他也不夠硬 我們還是需要硬PF
→ forwind:看是選秀選一個硬一點的PF 還是去交換吧(Sura掰)
→ forwind:只擔心James跟T-MAC之間不知道還有沒有問題
推 danielshih:可以借轉狼版嗎??
→ fox0922:Head可以拿出去換了....
推 lifekiller:後場好多人...直覺會有其他交易出現= =
推 regression:...................................................
推 nba1ook:再多貼一個盧三小 多換一個好了...不想在看到他耍耍球了
推 lifekiller:甜頭是？有可能選秀簽跟灰郎換嗎XD
推 lucifer1C1:JAMES不是有一個交易保護條款嗎~一交易要多付15%薪資
→ lucifer1C1:600萬+15%=690萬<==這是我們要付的?
→ lucifer1C1:沒有多要點補償像兩個二輪選秀權或今年第一輪交換等
→ lucifer1C1:火箭實在是虧了些~希望新任經理能多要些好處~
推 kauw:繞了兩年還是要回偽大帝 當初那個交易是在幹嘛?
→ fox0922:灰狼版的好像很爽...我們後場爆炸了還要來個自幹王...
推 kauw:季後賽看的夠清處了 後場爆炸? 人多有何用 沒一個管用..
→ kauw:偽MJ也不見的多強 不過此人好歹心臟大顆多了..
→ fox0922:....我們之前季後賽對小牛也沒見到MJ有跳出來
→ fox0922:我們板凳上的後場都是要養的 馬刺也是養出Parker和Manu
→ fox0922:不需要養的Wells 自廢武功 教練也不會用
→ joylo:看來明年我們隊又很難過第一輪了...前場漏洞不補一直堆後場
推 forwind:"交易行動才剛開始"  u got it?
→ fox0922:所以才說Head可以丟出去了 MJ會卡到我們後場一堆人
推 mackulkov:可是我比較喜歡阿頭@@ James可以再交易吧
推 withlove32:我討厭JAMES啊 他一來HEAD還用混嗎...豬王也是好人啊
→ withlove32:Head從新人開始看起也算有點感情了, 也希望他進步
推 outdance:我覺得head可以交易 這人不能承受大壓力 季後賽一塌糊塗
推 kauw:MM時間有限 別感情用事 旗實球員來來去去很正常 交易幾個月後
→ kauw:誰還會記得 這板現在有多少人會提SURA BOWEN PADGETT 等人?
→ kauw:HEAD可能就是這樣一個料了 你要賭他進步就要冒上一定風險..
推 kauw:我要說的是 我們覺得誰人好不重要 能不能幫球隊贏球第一..
→ kauw:RODMAN曾打傷PIPPEN兩人在公牛也基乎沒互動但誰管它?贏球第一
推 kauw:今年夏天?像沒啥後場好貨 槍西又弄不到 偽MJ不行的話就再交易
推 minicool:偽MJ絕對是個有用的戰力 第三點 但是豬王走了PF洞更大!!
→ minicool:希望後場別打架 前場不要哪個突然受傷了就沒人可打
推 kalfan1:那Francis呢?   不要了嗎?
推 fox0922:拜託 Head才第一次打季後賽 而且他後面也回神了
推 nikekobe:我建議拿ｍｊ去換ｓｗｉｆｔ回來
推 orange78:SF3目前要不到吧...
→ fox0922:MJ難搞的要死 他來就願意當替補嘛?
推 outdance:肯定是替補 他在火箭一直是替補
推 fox0922:被個Foye搶掉先發就在鬧了 在暴龍被嫌自幹 又跟T-Mac不和
→ fox0922:能丟掉他灰狼不知道多高興
推 tmdtmd:或許要拿MJ跟XX換比較好的大前八..不然後場新人也不用養了
推 fireunicorn:只有個......"慘"字...
推 lcyhank:head + sura + JL-III + 今年首輪可以換到誰啊??
→ lcyhank:我比較想要拿frye或是nick collison....可是他們願意放嗎?
推 Thaddeus:不可能是拿來打包的...超過薪資上限   剛換過來的球員
→ Thaddeus:在兩個月內不得打包換走..
推 tmdtmd:照樓上這麼說 就有點不了解這交易了 單純要衝明年??或是對
→ tmdtmd:內線已經有更棒的補強方法?不然換走還堪用的大前 實在很怪
推 nba1ook:還沒開始換應該可以談三角交易吧?!
推 barkleyc:這什麼鳥交易阿.........
推 barkleyc:不過美國鄉民怎麼好像都很爽 @__@
推 barkleyc:不過敢這樣換應該表示火箭高層有把握換到一個不錯的PF吧
推 Hawke26:去年Battier的交易我也這麼想會有後續 不過後來證明我錯了
推 kangol:火箭的制服組一直是這麼腦殘 難怪火箭會積弱不振
→ kangol:去年放掉RG跟SS已經腦殘了 今年放PF換MJ?
→ kangol:JH是該換了 但是沒有如此不堪換到MJ吧 真鳥
推 york47c:朱王的薪水和積效是該換掉了，但是PF如果補不起來很怪
推 ZkNight:有沒有火箭高層明年想玩打一大四小的八卦  - -|||
推 orange78:會不會真的想把R.L搞過來= =+
推 Caster:真可惜  我才覺得豬王打普林斯頓應該能打得很不錯
推 fox0922:-.- 我們明年的PF? 靠Hayes和Novak嗎?
推 barkleyc:Adelman的體系之下，Hayes的上場時間應該會很少吧...orz
→ barkleyc:Novak打pf...囧...現在幾乎是沒有PF可言Orz
推 SMALLZCH:會不會是要找類B.JACKSON? 板凳暴徒?  如果是他倒挺適合
→ Caster:兇悍PF 和 替補C的洞還是沒變  ╮(╯_╰)╭
推 SMALLZCH:先等等看吧  洞要慢慢補  有一整個夏天內
推 barkleyc:替補C有老木和Big Jake了還算洞嗎?
推 Lanternfox:MJ數據很好看 但幾乎每次轉隊東家球迷都歡呼四起..真囧
推 fox0922:T-Mac還是佔住SG位置的話 等於RA MJ Head Billy Lucas搶PG
→ fox0922:的位置 然後SG還有Wells跟Snyder 就算T-Mac打到SF 後場還
→ fox0922:是有7個人搶這位置 然後PF無解 丟掉Head Billy Snyder嗎?
→ fox0922:Billy聽起來是球隊未來希望 所以Head跟Snyder可能被交易?
推 barkleyc:我猜Snyder會被換吧  Ra或Head其中一人搞不好也會被換
→ fox0922:我猜Battier+Snyder+Sura去換個PF 不過要是換MJ就貼Snyder
→ barkleyc:不過說真的 火箭的籌碼好像不太吸引人 =.=
→ fox0922:那這交易真是....
→ barkleyc:除非火箭真的已經有把握換到PF 不然這交易真的很腦殘
→ barkleyc:PF的洞明明比PG還嚴重很多  怎麼會先把PF丟去換PG
→ bank1000:推樓上  老木快退了裡面只剩姚一個  居然還交易走大前
→ fox0922:有確定要續簽Hayes嗎?= =
→ fox0922:就不要連Hayes也跑了 我們就真的要用Novak先發了
推 joylo:如果後場球員拿出去換不到好的PF 新賽季大概可以直接丟白布
→ joylo:條了…而且火箭後場都很廉價…要怎麼換到好PF啊？
→ fox0922:把Alston和Battier再加上某人去換吧
推 fox0922:Battier和Alston這兩個最少一個會被交易掉 哈...為了個MJ
推 bunnyman:靜觀其變吧... 現在還早...
→ fox0922:Head要丟出去的話 當初不如選大衛李...淨幹些自打嘴巴的事
推 barkleyc:如果尼克買斷Francis就有趣了XD  唉 可惜小法不能回來
→ fireunicorn:唉!交易他真夠蠢的...他有清空薪資的功能耶...
→ fireunicorn:有這樣好的籌碼為什麼不交易好PF阿....
推 kalfan1:教練想找回Webber嗎?
→ MichaelRedd:爽..反正季後賽中投消失的Howard..有跟沒有一樣..
→ fireunicorn:沒有他...季賽時...yao不在...都他撐起禁區得分的...
推 tdl:別激動 交易才剛開始 火箭不會笨到不懂得要補大前鋒吧