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Greg Smith = Ray Lewis with a basketball?

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by daywalker02, Feb 7, 2012.

  1. daywalker02

    daywalker02 Member

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    http://blog.chron.com/ultimaterocke...iming-and-the-player-the-rockets-get-instead/

    Wonder what they thought Dorsey would become back then.......as a best case scenario. Any ideas?
     
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    Ed Hartwell
     
  3. AXG

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    A Ben Wallace-type enforcer
     
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    No, no, no. Stop that. :p
     
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    He would do well to match the level of play of Jeff Adrien with a basketball.
     
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    Ben Wallace.
     
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    Looks more like Jason Pierre-paul.
     
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    http://blog.chron.com/ultimaterockets/2012/02/mchale-karl-share-substitution-ideas/
     
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    Smith to Dorsey is a bit of an odd comparison. Smith is an offense over defense guy, where Dorsey only had defense. Maybe he means in terms of effectiveness, a guy who can be a rotation player eventually.
     
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    This is just a great action shot by the Chronicle's Smiley Pool. There's some defense McHale could smile at.

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    So Smith isn't getting signed? Or at least not immediately as previously reported.
     
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    If anything, Adrien is more like Dorsey than Smith, playing wise.
     
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    Two players cast off by Morey to save a little $ who will come back to bite HIS ASS.
     
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    Where did you see that? I can't find it anywhere.
     
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    Doesn't matter he's been signed according to the Houston Rockets official twitter account...

    via Houston Rockets twitter
    Rockets signed 2012 D-League All-Star Greg Smith from the Rio Grande Valley Vipers & waived forward Jeff Adrien to make room on the roster.
     
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    He'll rot in the bench
     
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    ** on
     
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    I imagine he will be back in Rio Grande shortly. Just protected a player with higher potential. Had Adrien not played solid defense the game before this move would have been met with a lot more fanfare, which would have likely been baseless too.

    94% chance both these guys are scrubs. 5% chance one of em becomes a player. 1% the next Jeremy Lin.



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