Yeah hopefully he'll give us a little rebounding boost. Chris Paul, surprisingly had almost the same defensive rebounding % as Beverley this season as well. That being said we definitely need to bring in a better rebounding big if we keep Nene as a backup C. Anderson/Nene rebounding combo is just horrible.
We needed help at the defensive end and that's what Tucker brings. Also hits the open three and will get good shots alongside Harden and Paul. Great signing.
You don't have to stop them. You just have to make them take a ton of shots to get their numbers. Slow down their efficiency.
I think KD is more versatile offensively, Kawhi is different, he has come along way from being a defensive player first. I think KD has the length to shoot over people.... Kawhi might be slowed down more easily but he remains a beast on D.
I think you have to get physical with KD and make him play defense. You're right about the height but you can make him uncomfortable. It takes someone with a certain skill set and physicality. Maybe Tucker can help with that.
Hey is this confirmed or are you wishing? This would TOTALLY change things if true. It would make it an even better signing unless we gave up an important piece.
The thing that folk here underestimate is that Chris Paul and PJ Tucker are not the youngest, they probably can't play more than 30 minutes most nights. Tucker's minutes won't matter because he is a bench dude.
If more 3's are being taken, then less of the rebounds are falling right under the basket, so it makes sense that big man rebounding is going to drop. Nevermind that big men are regularly involved at the perimeter and guarding/executing pick n rolls. I remember a time when your PF/C combo was expected to grab 15-20 rebounds a night. What I'm getting at is: non-bigmen who are good at rebounding are becoming more important, and big men shouldn't be expected to stay in line with historic rebounding %'s. It was awesome having Beverley and Harden, 2 elite rebounders for their position. Moving forward, we need to raise the bar for rebounding from the 1 through 3 spots, and we shouldn't wait till 29 other teams catch on to start doing it. We have to pioneer stuff like that and take advantage.
Yo, stop acting like 32 is 42. LeBron last year was 32 years old and he played 38 freakin' minutes per game. Nash and Hakeem all hit their prime in their early 30s. Seriously, 32 is not that old in today's NBA, and nowadays players mostly play far less minutes than they used to anyway, so they have more gas in the tank when they get older. Besides, CP3 is like only 3 years older than Curry and Westbrook, like that makes a huge difference? I bet you didn't see CP3 play last year, because from I've witnessed he was as good as he's ever been. People like you think 29 is still young but 30 is old...so stupid, smh.
Unless Houston can move Anderson's contract and get below the salary cap, Tucker signing, by MLE or S&T means the Rockets will be hard-capped and cannot go beyond the Tax Apron. IF the Raptors want play ball and generate a TPE in the process the Rockets can trade Quarterman, Kelly, and Long to TOR for Tucker in S&T, meaning that Rockets can still pay TJ the asking price. We would still have a NGteed on the books along with Uthaff and underhanded Center to use in later trades. Raptors would generate a $7.45 million TPE, and the Rockets would get their man and have the FULL MLE intact to pursue other players. Lets hope they play ball, they are capped out and do not have tradeable assets left.
http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/n/nashst01.html Steve Nash played 32+ minutes per game until he was 38 years old. Yeah, an old white guy can do that but CP3 can't handle 30 minutes as a 32 year old player. Give me a break.
As a Houston fan, you should know that players can actually improve even in their 30s. Hakeem is the quintessential example of a late bloomer so to speak; he won his first MVP at age 31, and back-to-back finals MVP at age 32, was named All-nba first team at age 34, etc. Great players don't suddenly diminish just because they become few years older than 28 or 29 (which most people regard as the peak age of a basketball player), some of them actually get better. CP3 last year was really good; if you think he's declining you have no idea what you're talking about.
I wanted the team to sign Tucker, but anyone else concerned that a two-year old highlight film being used to here?
probably because phoenix haven't been relevant for the past two seasons... 2014-15 was the season when they almost made the playoffs
