Recommendation for this offseason: Re-sign everyone. Don't trade or get rid of anyone named Scola, Landry, Battier, Hayes, Artest, Lowry, Brooks, Wafer, Dorsey, Yao, or McGrady. This team has heart, grit, chemistry, and plays for each other. Replace Brian Cook and/or Brent Barry. Look for a 7 footer or two to add to the roster to legitimately back up Yao, and one long guard 6-6+ who can play solid defense, make shots, and get to the rack. Can Flight play d? We were one game from the Western Conference Finals this year. Keep this team together, and teach Brooks to pass better and never turn the ball over, and I see great great things in out future. Execute the offense, and we win.
Resign Artest. Wafer IDK if he will resign considering that Artest will take most of our cap space and Wafer is going to want more PT and a larger contract. I can see Wafer going to a bad team like the Kings or something. But I think this is a special team. We just gotta keep our two main guys healthy.
i approve of this thread. with tmac in the lineup artest would not be forced to become a scorer which is not his strong suit
Agree - but still would like Brent to stay. Is there any chance at all that Deke could/would come back for another year?
i disagree. this bench is better than any bench t-mac and yao have ever had. and you now have role players that can score to compared to previous seaons. i'd rather have t-mac shooting than ron artest ANY DAY OF THE WEEK
who do u guys think we can get if we package artest and wafer? artest is tough, but i dun think we should pay him over 10 mil for multiple of yrs...and wafer certainly has attitude problems... hopefully james white can develop and contribute big time next season...
Artest will be better on offense because Yao and Tmac will be back. They SHOULD be scoring options #1 and #2 and Artest will be a complimentary guy...but he can still take over games. Just like KG and Pierce...and they have Ray Allen just in case. Should be a good year if the bball Gods give us a shot.
Tmac's trading value is low. Brooks trading value is high. If we can get a Steve Nash for him plus cap filler, I'm all for it.
This thread makes sense. I dont wanna see any of those players go. We could win a championship with this roster as long as some people stay healthy.
Barry isn't going any where. He has one more year on his contract. And if he were to be traded. It would look bad on the Rockets part.
The GM will do whatever he thinks will improve our chances. If a good trade come about, I wouldnt be upset if he pulls the trigger even if that means we'll lose some of our favorite players. What if some team really wants Yao or Battier and is willing to give us a lot in return? Even though I would like them both to retire with us, If the return is going to help us I say pull the trigger
Bring in camby for backup C trade tmac to bulls for gorden and hinrich. Run 10 man rotation next year Yao scola battier artest hinrich, landry camby gorden lowry brooks ultra fast bench... Ok in my dreams lol
Barry to NJ for Sean Williams. I don't care about his problems. He would be a good fit here. Bring Area 51 home.
