Asik for three.......first-round picks?
There is an easy market for Asik among teams with cap space or trade exceptions
— teams that can take Asik and send back zero in salary. Houston overplayed
the Asik market in December, when it tried to gin up an auction-style bidding
war that annoyed the rest of the league. The Rockets even asked Charlotte for
the equivalent of three first-round picks in exchange for him, per sources
close to the talks. Grantland
說到底會接手 Asik 的買家很單純，不是擁有一定薪資空間的球隊、不然就是一些可以執行
TE的球隊(Trade Exception)，根據NBA交易規則，意思就是說可以得到 Asik 但又不需要付
出任何薪資條件對等的情況。休士頓當時在12月用一種令聯盟其他球隊覺得很惱人的方式去
競價，這次的舉動又被稱為毒藥合約式的報價。現在根據一些內線消息指出，火箭為求交易
，甚至詢價問到夏洛特希望對方以3支首輪選秀籤來換 Omer Asik。