Rockets Trade: We Get Greene Awesome Trade!!

This is from chron.com

What a great trade!!!!

It didn’t take long for the Rockets to say au revoir to their first round draft pick from France.

Just a short time after taking 19-year-old small forward Nicolas Batum with the No. 25 selection in Thursday’s NBA draft, the Rockets were working to complete a pair of deals that would send away Batum and their second round pick (No. 54) and get two players in return.

Those two players are Donte Greene of Syracuse and Joey Dorsey of Memphis.

Greene, a 6-11 forward, was chosen by the Memphis Grizzlies with the 28th pick in the first round.

Dorsey, who played in the NCAA championship game with the University of Memphis, was taken with the No. 33 pick (second) round by Portland.

Batum will go to the Portland Trail Blazers and the Rockets will also end up with a second round pick from the Grizzlies in 2009.

The Rockets are still waiting for the NBA office to approve the deals.

I like the move. It will take a while before we see the real Donte Greene, but hopefully the coaches can develop him. I think Dorsey can add some toughness to this team right away.

If this trade is legit, I read it on the nba Rockets page, it sounds good.  I'll believe it when I see it on ESPN tomorrow or later on this weekend.

Hey Guys,

I really hope Donte works out well for you guys. He left amid quite a bit of criticism at Syracuse but he def is a bigtime talent. The kid is extremely athletic and has a great form on his outside shot. He needs work on his ball handling and playing in the post but their is no question he can be a good player in this league in a couple years.