All you Rockets fans; Seems like every day there is a new thread to trade SF-Cuttino-Yao. Every team needs to grow into a GREAT team. Shaq and Kobe did not win a championship their first year together. Neither did the greatest player ever(MJ) . It actually took several years until MJ built a dynasty. So everyone should should just sit back and watch this team grow. Steve Francis is learning. The guy likes Yao and i think Yao likes Francis. If you saw in the all star game; SF was looking after the Big man(Yao) where the other all-star's were not getting the big guy involved. On the bench Sf was keeping Yao entertained when he could easily have rubbed shoulders with the other all stars. These guys need to play atleast a year or two together before they become threats to win it all. Most point guards mature a little later; so give it some time. SF has sick skills and is underappreciated by us. There are few point guards better than this guy so its all about time(to adjust). I'm also a fan of Toronto Raptors; they can only dream to have a tandem like SF and YAO. That's nearly every teams dream to have a dominant PG and C. In 2-3 years if the rockets don't win a championship then trade the whole team for the clippers.
The Lakers won the first of three championships in Kobe's second year as a starter. Kobe came straight out of high school and was basically a role player his first couple of years in the league. Also, every year the Lakers won the title, Kobe shot over 46% from the field. That is what you need to complement a post player. Contrast that with Steve's sub .400 shooting this year. In addition, Shaq has always led the Lakers in FGA/g, Steve has led the Rockets every year. Steve is hardly underappreciated, if anything he is overappreciated. You call him a dominant PG, he has thrice been voted as an all-star starter in the West, and he was voted Houston's most popular athlete.
