Is there a thread that has predictions for individual Rockets players yet? If not, here's one. Feel free to predict the stats of our guys for 2006-2007.
Yao will once again progress as KG did. The same sig. I'v have had for a while. Hopefully it comes through becuase it hasn't let me down yet!
alright i'll give it a shot Starters: yao - 24 pts, 11 reb, 2 blks battier - 11 pts, 6.5 reb, 3 asst tmac - 24 pts, 6 reb, 7 asst snyder - 9.5 pts, 4 reb, 2 asst rafer - 8.5 pts, 3 reb, 8 asst Bench: head - 6 pts, 3 reb, 3 asst novak - 6 pts, 3 reb, 45% 3 pt wells - 12 pts, 6 reb, 2 asst hayes - 4 pts, 6 reb, 1 blck That's my 9 man rotation, of course not everyone will play every game, so the inflated point total doesnt equal the rocket's team scoring average. I don't really know how wells will fit in/ what role he will play but Im guessing anyways.
Yao 28pts 10reb Shane 15pts 6reb Tracy 22pts 6reb 6assists Snyder 8pts 3reb Rafer 11pts 4reb 8assists Bench: Novak 10pts 4reb Wells 14pts 7reb Head 7pts 3reb 4assists Hayes 3pts 6reb Mutumbo 2pts 25rebs 99blks 99fingerwags 99technicals Rockets 80-2 average: 115ppg 75reb 18+assists 99+blks That may appear unreasonable at first, but that's probably because you are thinking with your head and not your heart.
Starters Rafer Alston - 9 ppg Kirk Snyder - 10 ppg Tracy McGrady - 25 ppg Shane Battier - 14 ppg Yao Ming - 24 ppg Bench Bonzi Wells - 12 ppg Steve Novak - 6 ppg Luther Head - 7 ppg Juwan Howard - 8 ppg Probaly a bit over the "real" average, but I need to see how many minutes each will play.
Alston: 11 points 7 assists Snyder: 9 points 4 rebounds Mcgrady: 26 points 5 assists Battier: 12 points 6 rebounds Yao: 25 points 12 rebounds Bonzi: 12 points 6 boards The guy who is toughest to figure out is Battier. He could score 18 if he had to, but it really depends on his role in the offense. I think he'll score about 10 in most games and have a few explosions of 20-30 points when teams leave him open behind the arc. It's going to be a fun year.
Wouldn't it make sense to include MPG in these predictions, since the other stats are dependent on that? Starters Yao - 35 mpg, 22 ppg, 11 rpg, 2 apg Battier - 38 mpg, 11 ppg, 7 rpg, 2.5 apg McGrady - 37 mpg, 23 ppg, 6 rpg, 6 apg Snyder - 25 mpg, 8.5 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 1.5 apg Alston - 35 mpg, 10 ppg, 4 rpg, 6 apg Bench Wells - 28 mpg, 10 ppg, 5.5 rpg, 2 apg Head - 19 mpg, 6.5 ppg, 2 apg, 2.5 apg Novak - 12 mpg, 3.5 ppg, 2 rpg, 0.5 apg Hayes* - 14 mpg, 3 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 0.2 apg Howard* - 10 mpg, 3 ppg, 2 rpg, 0.4 apg Mutombo* - 8 mpg, 1.5 ppg, 2.5 rpg, 0 apg Spanoulis - 6 mpg, 2 ppg, 0.5 rpg, 1 apg * backup center by committee
You definitely need to revise the minutes. Point total and rebound total are kind of high too -- based on last season's all NBA teams' stats, though not entirely impossible for this coming season.
There will be no a primary backup center. A group of guys (a.k.a committee) will backup the center position. So Hayes, Mutombo and even Jho will play the backup center. Whoever perform better will get more minutes.
this is one of those threads where no one reads anyone else's post. so here's mine that no one will read: (36min)yao - 24pts, 11rbs, 2blk (36min)shane - 10pts, 6rbs, 1.5blk, 1stl (36min)tmac - 24pts, 6rbs, 5ast (24min)snyder - 10pts, 3rbs, 2ast (36min)rafer - 10pts, 8ast, 1.5stl ------- (18min)head - 5pts, 2rbs, 2ast, 1stl (30min)bonzi - 12pts, 5reb, 1.5stl (12min)novak - 4pts, 1reb, 50%+fg's, 45%+3's (12min)hayes - 4pts, 4rbs
yao: 23ppg, 10.5 rbds, 3 asst, 1.75 blck, .5 stl tmac: 22ppg, 7 rbds, 6 asst, .8 blck, 2 stl (but im gonna stretch and say 2.5 with battier helpin out) battier: 14ppg, 7 rbds, 4 asst, .4 blcks, 1.5 stl rafer: 11ppg, 3 rbds, 7 asst, 0 blcks, 1 stl (35% 3pt) synder 9.5 ppg 4rbds, 3 asst, .25 blcks, .8 stl bonzi 10 ppg, 5 rbds, 2 asst, 0 blcks, 1 stl reason i think the steal column seems a bit stacked is cause of jvg's scheme to slow the ball and force turnovers and battier's scrappy play. its probably gonna be lower but not too far from what im predicting. rafer's been hitting his 3s a little better than last year (from what ive seen in the preseason however) so im gonna give him the benefit of the doubt that his work ethic pays off and we see some increase in his 3s. tmac more than likely will have a higher avg in points but at the start of things now, id say that he will defer to yao more times than not which will sacrifice his points. that, and his ability to share the PG position with rafer, he'll just have a lower scoring year. i also like that alot of board members feel that battier will put anywhere between 12-16 ppg. very encouraging on his side cause our offense is finally gonna open up. i predict a avg ppg of around 102. man we'll be extremely exciting to watch on the defensive and offensive end.
i forgot to add my totals... 99PPG = 10th in the league (up from 90ppg and 29th overall) 42RPG = 10th in the lague (same as last years rockets) 5.5 BPG = 8th in the league (up from 23rd overall) 7SPG = 14th in league (same as last years team) 23APG = 5h in league (up from 23rd overall)
Yao 23.5/9 Battier 9.5/5 Mc Grady 19/4 Snyder 7/4 Alston 10/ 3/ 8 asts. Wells 14/6 in the second half increases to 20/6 Head 10/ 3/ 5 asts. Novac 10/3 Hayes 2/6 Mutombo 1/3 V span 2/ 4asts. in the second half increases to 4 and 6 asts PS Smoothie 103 pts/gm
A lot of you guys are predicting that Yao will average 10 rebounds or less, but I remember in his nice run last year he really improved his offensive and defensive rebounding skills. I say he gets 12 a game this season. I mean he's really the only guy in our starting lineup who is capable of being dominant on the boards.
kind of interesting to see many posts here. However, the bottom line is we will not average over 100 per game.
