Please stop trying to suck up to this guy. He doesn't want to be here, trade him for the best deal and move on from this drama. The longer we keep him the more it will kill our team chemistry. Trade the big Turkey baby!
The Rockets gain nothing by trading Asik now. Wait until Dec. 15th at a minimum. Asik still has a lot of use for this team even for a month, or two. I hope the great play of D-Mo and Jones will light a fire under his mopey ass.
No it is better to trade him now, the longer we wait the longer it will take to gain chemistry with whoever we trade him for.
Let's not go overboard here. While starting, Asik was essentially the same player that he was last season. His effort was fine. The lineup didn't work out, as predicted by anyone who knows anything about basketball, because of mismatched skill sets. He got benched and then his effort noticeably decreased, followed by him essentially refusing to play. Don't try revise history and try to blame his effort for why the lineup didn't work.
Kneejerk yes. But with TJ's and D-Mo's improvement and high ceiling I'm thinking we should trade Asik for a backup C, an elite wing defender and maybe a pick.
I don't get it. Why don't they threaten to suspend him? Wouldn't lower trade value any more than it is now and at least we'll have a backup center when Dwight rests.
You make Perkins a 2nd string Center he becomes valuable. I'm not saying I want Perk or like that trade, but him playing only a couple minutes isn't bad at all.
Is it so hard to move Asik? Giving Timing is not right. There are no real interest in him. At least no NBA starters in return.
I have no patience for someone who refuses to honor his contract and play. Dude's getting paid craploads of $$ right now to throw a hissy fit. Dude makes roughly $100K a game, and he's been on pine for the last two. Screw him. I have faith that Morey can limit the damage Asik is doing to his own value right now. Fortunately good centers are difficult to come by and despite Asik's performance so far, he's got a solid past season to sell with. "As soon as he gets into your system he'll be a 10/12/2 guy who can anchor your defense" will not be a very hard sell to another GM. Are we desperate? Well, no, not really. Is he going somewhere? Yes, unquestionably. Question is, where - and when. Yeah, Mr. GM, sure you want him, but so do 6 or 8 other GMs. He is high demand. These antics and recent performance notwithstanding, his intrinsic value remains, and WE will get to choose what deal to take. You need him more than we need to get rid of him. Yes, he's wasting cap space for us right now, but hey, we're 7-4 right now an doing just fine, so we're not exactly panicking. Asik isn't going for peanuts, whether it's next week or next month. Let him sit on the pine for the rest of the season for all I care. We'll be a winning team without him and can trade his a$$ when WE want. He can work with the team to try and find a better fit for him (and the team in return), and contribute in the meantime, or he can sulk on the sidelines in a suit and try to spread cancer in the team, and we can do the same for his career. I'm not sure his agent is giving him good advice at this point.
Does anyone know if Asik suited up and sat on the bench tonight versus the Nuggets? Didn't see him in the telecast. Probably best to send him home until the trade as he could be bad for team morale.
Are we working on the assumption that Asik is sitting because he's refusing to play? I'd think it'd be the other way around. The second we realized Asik + Howard in the same line-up wasn't working, if Asik demands a trade... there really isn't any reason to keep playing him 8 minutes a game and keep lowering his trade value.
No. Refusing to play, making it public, and wasting the minutes you're given with a half-a$$ed effort lowers his value. If he played hard in the 8 minutes he was given or whatever that would raise his value. It seems at this point he simply doesn't give a shLt about his value or what the team can get for him. He doesn't appear to care about the team at all. He just wants to leave. Why should the team bend over backwards to accomodate him? He doesn't really have the leverage here. He's not exactly vital to our plans at this point.
