ASIK vs HOWARD value ? Dream helping ASIK catch and finish?

The Rockets spent a boat load of money upgrading a position they didn't need to. Howard is not $14 million a year better than Asik. His offense is suspect and he can completely check out on the offensive end. Howard was an expensive lateral move. The team already had a center who could rebound and play defense with no post game...

At this point _ the Rockets would have been better off not rescuing Howard from L.A. and bringing in Bynum to back up Asik.

 

So since Lin is out and we have no controversy with Lin vs. Hardin or Lin vs. Bev we start a Howard vs. Asik thread.....

How about the Rockets played a great game and the players are starting to learn their roles and play as a team... Why must there always be the crap threads of this player vs. that player...

Dang I miss the old days when we actually had discussions on the game and how the team is starting to come together....

T_Man

 

Which one would you trust with free throws...??? Howard might chump out at the line in a game 7... Which would probably make him so scared of getting fouled he wouldn't even want the ball on offense in the 4th... So him catching the ball better might not be as big of an issue...

 

Asik has glass hands. He's really finishing under the basket though.

 

Man I hear you, we're the old school, who came to this Board for.... The rockets. Lol now it's like a "I'm gonna bash every player on the team" type of thing. Maybe we just need to start a thread that only members who joined 2005 or earlier can post in lol that way we could discuss how god our team looks and wonder if we really are good enough to win it all. I swear even if we went on a 20 game win streak and beat every team by 10 points their would still be a lot of ppl on the board complaining.

Now in Howard. He's every bit if what I hoped. Sure I'd love to see him get 20 ppg.... But I'll take 18. Sure I'd love to see him lead the league in rebounds.... Ohh he's doing that. Wait he's avg over 2 blks a game also and disrupting many others? He's been great, we have to realize the times of dumping the ball to traditional big men are over and that's exactly what Howard is. But he can still be effective and get his on almost 60% fg. He's a team leader and is communicating and getting the rockets to work on their weaknesses. He's also playing with a team the has James harden a top 5 offensive weapon chandler parson and jermey Lin who all avg over 15 a game. This team has balance I expect the numbers to stay the same with harden at 24 Howard at 18 parsons at 16 and Lin at 14-15. That's a lot of offensive firepower not to mention that one or more of jones bev brooks Garcia can go off for 15 points on any given night and you see why Howard gets to rest for sometimes entire quarters. This is the type of team Dwight needs because the things he can do great are what we need most.

 

Caspi to

 

Repped and totally agree with you... It's a TEAM sport!!!! Not one individual..

McHale was one of the best 6th man to play the game and could have started for a lot of teams. With McHale able to play the 4 and 5 he gave the Celtics a lot of flexibility and a strong inside game.

So to have this thread about Asik vs. Howard makes no sense... Especially when we can have the opportunity to have the best big man crew in the game today.

T_Man

 

Howard can help Morey acquire players in the future with his recruiting.

Meanwhile, Asik wasn't even involved in the Howard recruitment. Not only does his English suck but he's proven he's a whiny pouter who's taking his opportunity in the NBA for granted.

 

OH WOW!

Rockets fanbase has just sunk to a new low!

 

Lol it would be hillarious if Dream would teach Asik how to catch,but anyway we won't trade Dwight,that would send bad messages to future Superstar FA's just enjoy Asik while you can,cause I don't see him staying in Houston after the trade deadline.

 

When you have a chance to get a superstar/star player you take it.

 

Yes agreed on both

 

1. We upgraded the starters as well as the bench just by signing Howard. Stop knee-jerking

2. Saying "It's like we are in the same team as last year or even worse" is just so hilariously stupid

 

Howard wasn't the most optimal upgrade for us considering that Asik is already a top 10 center. That doesn't mean we shouldn't have signed Dwight. Having 48 minutes of elite rim protection is extremely valuable. Unfortunately, our head coach is incompetent play caller and as a result we tend to free style a lot.

PF is our biggest weakness but Morey I imagine would rather wait another year to try to nab a 3rd star instead of settling for someone like Paul Millsap.