This works salary wise. Even it with picks or something if you think it needs to be:

http://img377.imageshack.us/img377/5664/houdentradegj2.png

The depth charts:

Detroit
PG Alston/Stuckey
SG RIP/Stuckey/Battier
SF Melo/Battier
PF Dyess/Scola
C Camby/Amir

Denver
PG Billups/Atkins
SG Iverson/Smith
SF Tay/Kleiza
PF Max/Nene
C Sheed/Nene

Houston
PG Jackson/Brooks
SG Head/AA (MLE or #25 spent here?)
SF Tmac/Hayes
PF Kmart/Landry
C Yao/Dike

A little rich for the Rockets, I would say.

They give up 3 starting-quality players and get KMart and Afflalo?

Yeah, why the hell would Houston do that?

Scola is already better than Kmart, and Afflalo will never be as good as Battier...


Plus, I would blow my fucking brains out if Rafer Alston were ever to be running the point for the Pistons...

Well, that's why I said picks can even things out. (Denver has a better pick than Houston or maybe future picks).

As far as Alston goes, he'd stretch the floor (decent 3 point shooter) for Melo and RIP. I'm betting we'd draft a PG and phase him out anyway at some point in the year. I think he only has a year left on his contract anyway.

houston getsfucked over in this trade like none other

We rape in this trade - we rape both of them. With lots of duct tape.