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Where's Mike Harris when you need him?

 

I'm pretty sure he can speak functional mandarin with a Taiwan accent.

 

how about Thomas which i think NY Released few days ago. sign him as our back up C. when Smith gets in trouble. bc we will need as many bodies as we can for Playoffs when we might face OKC in second round.

 

Lin born and beard in US. If he got accent, it Westcoast American guy speaking Mandarin.

 

Eddie Johnson approves.

 

From what I've heard, his Mandarin isn't very functional.

 

Anybody know what Sedale Threatt is up to these days?

 

Why can't Ohlbrecht be the guy to go in there and pick up 6 fouls?

 

Uum, I believe anyone signed now would not be eligible to play in the playoffs.

I could be wrong

 

After doing some searching, I'm partially right.

It seems what the player's situation prior to March 23rd makes the difference if they are eligible or not.

I'm still looking for an article from a better source, but this one from hoops rumors is quoted here.

http://www.hoopsrumors.com/2012/03/playoff-eligibility-for-late-season-additions.html

 

Josh Harrellson, anyone?

"MIAMI, January 7 – The Miami HEAT announced today that they have waived center Josh Harrellson.

Harrellson appeared in five games with the HEAT this season, averaging 2.0 points and 1.4 rebounds in 5.6 minutes per game.

He originally signed with Miami as a free agent on September 17, 2012."

 

There are few and far between free agents who would actually be ready enough to see action in the playoffs at this point.

Your better off going with the rotation you have now, and keeping projects like Royce White or Ohlbrecht on the roster for next years training camp to see if they develop into something you could use moving forward in the future.

The AB signing was about all this team needed for vet insurance anyways. I personally thought Marbury could have been an interesting name to bring in for a playoff run, but I guess AB will have to do.

 

Dude, it's the other way around. Yi does not speak good mandarin. He speaks Cantonese.

He has been a bad defender in NBA, has a jump shoot tendency, tend to lose the ball with more than 1 dribbles, and has limited rebounding capability.

Don't think he is good fit for playoff NBA games at all.

 

Yi Jianlian is available after coming off an MVP championship season in the CBA. He dropped 30/12 against Serge Ibaka and the Gasol brothers during the olympics. Several NBA teams are said to be interested in bringing him on for the playoffs for depth. Upside is he's athletic big who can also spread the floor which could fit our offense. Best of all, he'll bring another legion of Chinese fans to annoy the hell out of you LOHs.

 

I get what the OP is saying but its not like Ohlbrecht really had a chance. He never played real minutes, just garbage minutes, and he was a D-League All Star! (ok, thats like saying you won the "miss sugarland beauty pageant"--ain't that hard). But he has upside, is young, the next Dirk (cough), so why not let him grow a bit and see what we have. the lineup is working and another waiver wire or d-league backup center won't be any better than Timmy imo

 

I agree with you that the "top free agents playing overseas" angle makes a lot of sense for the Rockets if they can pull something off. However, given their cap situation this summer (and the potential need for max cap room), I don't think they'd risk up to $3.4 million just to MAYBE bring back the free agent next season. That said, I could see another Beverley-type of signing for the league minimum or thereabouts.

We've been through this before. What you are describing is a RENEGOTIATION. Those cannot be done between March 1 and June 30, and since the Rockets must decide on their team option for Garcia by June 30, they will have to decline the option before they can work a renegotiation.

I do not doubt that the Rockets probably explored something like this BEFORE March 1, but it's not going to happen now.

(And before you choose to argue with me about this, I'll give you the "agree to disagree" response right now.)

The setoff rules would make the amount of cap savings for the Honeycutt guarantee absolutely miniscule. It really wouldn't be worth negotiating anything with Honeycutt unless he were independently viewed as the best player to add to the team.

Brooks's contract becomes fully guaranteed if he is not waived by June 30. They'll have his non-guaranteed deal to use in trades on draft night, but that's about it. I expect that they'll likely just waive him, with the door possibly wide open to return on a vet minimum deal next season.

 

Agree with everything except he's actually a very good rebounder, he's asked to lead the fast break which is why his rebounding numbers dropped dramatically, too dramatic to not be a strategic move. But yes, extremely worried about his handles in the playoffs. Dude is going to die. I'm hoping he's right about how he gets everyone's best shot every night because nobody wants to get beat by him. If so, then he should be used to it...we shall see.