Houston ranks 29th in the league in points per possession in the post. Now, maybe this is a matchup issue. Against the Blazers Monday night, Howard scored 15 points on 14 possessions in the post --- BLAME MCFAIL ?
Not true. Howard still affects the game offensively ten fold more than Asik. Even if there was a slight drop off defensively (which I don't buy), Howard is still leaps and bounds better than Asik for this team
not sure read the article I replied to you in the dmo/jones rotation thread, im finally warming up to what you were saying about the BIGs
Howard is a better all around player than asik. But tonight's a night we had a better chance with asik finishing the game just like he did with our last win in Memphis, when Howard puts up only 11/10 & him & harden aren't running p&r or Howard isn't scoring in the post. a solid center like asik would've helped with -rebounds "offensive & defensive" -lack of foul trouble "so he would've been on floor more" -rim protection "not jumping for blocks" -better solid picks for our guards "mchale mentioned Howard didn't set a good pick for parsons last play"
All this talk about harden, Lin, bev, parsons, but at the end of the day lee had 19points & our $22 mill guy had 11, yes HOWARD I'm looking at you !
It's hard to score when you're not being fed the ball. He wasn't getting looks most of the game. I like Asik and we desperately need him off the bench to solidify some post size. But to say he's better for this team than DH? Unreal. No one was doubling Asik or missing shots for fear of a block. Again, love me some Asik, but let's be realistic.
Here we go with Howard wasn't getting fed again, maybe because he was in foul trouble for dumb fouls ? and he has shown that even when he's fed he's not no dream or shaq, you don't know what your going to get down there. & as far as the double teams, over the summer we dreamed of Howard kicking it out to one shooter then the ball swing around the printer but truth is if he gets it in the post it's a 90% chance he's getting fouled, missing shot, making shot, called for a travel, or getting stripped the other 10% he is kicking the ball out
That's the point! We could use the salary difference of the two to acquire another all star at PF position.
I've been looking at stats for an hour, thinking about this. Dwight is the same as Asik on defense. Far better on offense. Although he is not being utilized that well right now and the offensive chemistry really isn't there. Dwight is also bait for a third star to come. And I think that is where this whole trade shines. And why it was worth the money. With Dwight, we can get a third star. Without him... who knows when we get that elite second player. Morey had to pull the trigger and it was worth it. But I don't think we are going to really see the difference though until we get - decent backup center and sg - Lin, Asik, + whomever else, is traded Third star shows up. We are just going to have to suck it up and realize that while it would be awesome if all these problems got resolved this year, we might be stuck watching an incomplete team all year. Morey might be playing his cards to land that third star in the offseason. Honestly, I think the only real worry the Rockets and Morey have at this point is that Dwight is going to go downhill fast, in the next two or three years. Three years from now, when our young guys have developed, we have three legitimate superstars, the team has had time to gel, and we have someone on the bench who can coach, I think it will be obvious that getting Dwight was a key move.
@ Grizzlies, the Rockets game plan was steady diet of post-up Dwight & it just killed them & failed miserably, especially because many of the shots by Dwight were so woeful, I'm sure it gave the Grizzlies a big confidence boost they could win the game easily & also because it prevents anybody else from getting going when all you are trying to do is feed him the ball every time.
We shouldn't expect Howard can return to superman, he is only a good center. If we can trade him for a young all star like Love or Harford, I will do it I don't believe a team can win a champion around Howard who has too much shortage
