Which Top Free Agent Big Benefits most from Rockets?

Toss-up between Millsap and West.

Both have the mid-range jumper; they can spread the floor better, and thus achieve better spacing when Asik mans the 5.

 

No Jazz players. See DWill as an example. They are already in the best situation and still could not produce.

No Laker players. Dwight Howard might be just another Bynum if Lakers do not want him.

Josh Smith is the only option.

 

Al,Paul,West, or Dwight.

I just hope DM doesn't go for Smith.

 

Dwight Howard. Not close.

 

Since Dwight Howard helps the Rockets the most, its a no brainer that he benefits the most from the Rockets as well.

 

Dwight Howard is the only option I want....bynum will never be completely healthy, I want to see D-mo grow than sign josh Smith and his basketball IQ and team disciplinary problems,Nilsson or west. Chris Paul is not leaving the clippers!!

 

Dwight Howard. /thread....

 

Bad poll. I would be shocked if Howard doesn't get 90%

 

Right on. I never liked either of them, when we played against them, coz we always got burned by opposing PF who can shoot, year after year. But if I can have them on my team, it's another story, although I don't really like West's spoiled kid attitude taken from Chris Paul and the fact that Milsap played for Jazz.

Still, if we can get them, it would be great addition to our front court, scoring/rebounding/defending. Getting Howard is a waste of Asik's upside, and I really don't want all that drama from him. As his explosiveness regresses, his ego, desire for attention, and childishness just ballooned to an unbearable level.

 

David West isn't underused with the Pacers, that's ridiculous. He's having one of his best years, and that's at age 32 and coming of a horrible knee injury.
He's a slower but very smart player who benefits greatly from the slow pace, great defensive system and great athletes around him in Indiana.

As for who would benefit the most from playing on the Rockets... i'd say it's between Dwight and Millsap. I think this would be a trampoline to all star game for Millsap. He's a bit hidden right now in Utah because of the market and level of the team, and because Al Jefferson isn't an easy player to play with even if you are as versatile as Millsap. I think Millsap would fill a ton of holes on both ends for the Rockets, and he'd get all the props he deserves.
As for Dwight, he's not in the best situation right now; i think he'd benefit from being on a young athletic team, next to a star teammate in Harden who's got ~10 years ahead of him.

 

Pekovic should be on this list IMO

 

The logic here is clearly not flawed.

 

LMA...

 

I really don't think we use cap space on anything more than some super-subs off the bench. 2014 is the real prize

 

think about how Millsap's career trajectory fits with this team.


Harden- superstar now, but has always been considered an underdog.

Lin- undrafted

Parsons- second rounder

Millsap - second rounder

Asik- second rounder

Beverley- undrafted


think about the kinds of personalities these guys have. you need a guy whos gonna fit into that mentality and be cohesive.


Josh Smith and Dwight are out of contention bc 1)they arent "lunchpail" guys

2)they cost too much money


so if we can get millsap at a super undervalued contract (of which morey is master)

then in a few years we'll be able to pay parsons, keep lin, maybe asik... and sign more depth.


spending all this cap room on ONE guy is NOT WORTH IT

 

I can see and appreciate how you're trying to turn the question around. I'm sorry everyone has turned it into yet another I-want-Player-X thread.

That said, I think there's a danger of rationalizing with this approach as well. Because I want Milsap and not Howard, for example, I might imagine that next year's Rockets will reward big who can shoot from midrange. Really, when you're talking about a second-star kind of player, the offense and the defense is going to morph to take advantage of his skills and cover up his deficiencies because he's pretty important to the team's tactics. It's the role-players that have to conform to the strategy of the team. If we get the second coming of Yao Ming, we won't be the run-and-gun team we have now; we'll change everything to feed the post. So it is (to a lesser extent) if we get Howard vs. Smith vs. Milsap vs. whomever.

 

the Rockets would adjust but i think his point is that some players are already in great situations that maximize their abilities and 'name'.

For instance, i don't think Josh Smith would become a revelation in Houston compared to who he is in Atlanta. Unless he finally grows up, i don't think he'll reach all star status where ever he goes. The Hawks have tried really hard with him, they tried to do so many different things - transition, post ups, main playmaker, isos. They've tried him at Sf, Pf, center. They tried him in very different defensive situations. In the end, he keeps making the same mistakes. On top of it, they allowed him be the #1 option and 'the man' even though he's quite clearly not their most effective player.
I don't think his next team will be able to do more for him.

Or David West. He's pretty much a perfect fit in Indiana right now.The pace suits him well, big defenders around him to cover for his lack of elite athleticism, and he has green light to score as much as he wants for a 50 win team. I don't think he'd find a better situation elsewhere.

Now Millsap or some other names on that list... some of those guys are quite underused /underappreciated.

 

Dwight Howard. :grin:
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