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How good would this team be right now with a healthy Yao?

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by jopatmc, Feb 22, 2012.

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  1. jopatmc

    jopatmc Member

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    Without taking any pieces off this team except Johnny Flynn, where would this team be if Yao was healthy and playing?

    In my opinion, we would be right up there with the Thunder in record and poised to compete for top seed in the West with enough spare parts to make a trade to put us over the top. A healthy Yao is the best center in the West and (in my opinion) with his offensive skillset the best center in the NBA.

    No, this is not a thinly disguised "trade for Gasol" thread since I really want to trade for Dwight anyways. I just wished Dwight could see it. You drop him on this current roster and we are championship contenders.

    Without a big time post player, we are a lottery team. With a healthy Yao and this current team, we push past everybody in the West and are duking it out in the Finals with most likely Miami or Chicago.
     
    #1 jopatmc, Feb 22, 2012
  2. TriCkz

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    Lowry/dragic/flynn
    Martin/lee
    Parsons/bud/twill
    Scola/pat/hill
    Yao/dale/smith

    WCF.. Real deep team all around.
     
    #2 TriCkz, Feb 22, 2012
  3. shaggylambda

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    Thanks Jopatmc. Thanks for reopening that gash in my heart. Just when it was about to heal. :cool:
     
    #3 shaggylambda, Feb 22, 2012
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  4. ElDobleK

    ElDobleK Literally Zan Tabak

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    So good I weep when entertaining the possibility.
     
    #4 ElDobleK, Feb 22, 2012
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    Yeah or how good would we be with Jordan Drexler and Olajuwon?
     
    #5 arno_ed, Feb 22, 2012
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    Screw Jordan, how about Bowie, Drexler, and Olajuwon. Now there's a team.
     
    #6 izeroi, Feb 22, 2012
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    Not as good as the 2009 playoff team.
     
    #7 mrm32, Feb 22, 2012
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    Yao never had a PG at Lowry's current level to get him the ball. Just thinking of the possibilities makes me sad.
     
    #8 OremLK, Feb 22, 2012
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    Contender.
     
    #9 archinkent, Feb 22, 2012
  10. Hakeemtheking

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    I will do one better: this team with Yao and T-Mac (circa 2005).

    Yao
    T-Mac
    Lowry
    Parsons
    Scola

    It would have been the Best team in the West, no question about. Dang, the bb Gods hate us.
     
    #10 Hakeemtheking, Feb 22, 2012
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    If you play this game....
    Yao 2005
    Tmac 2001
    Lowry now or one year later
    Parsons one year later
    Motiejunas 2 years from now
     
    #11 daywalker02, Feb 22, 2012
  12. bro2044

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    omg what about with Yao, Tmac, Lin, and Gay?
     
    #12 bro2044, Feb 22, 2012
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    I miss that 2009 playoff team so much. That was our toughest squad
     
    #13 mac_got_this, Feb 22, 2012
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    He had plenty of guys who were capable of getting him the ball.

    The problem was never finding somebody capable of getting him the ball, the problem was him bobbling it or dropping it or missing it when it got to him, due to his physical limitations.
     
    #14 SamFisher, Feb 22, 2012
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    Thank you. Yao played with Bobby Sura(greatest pass), Rafer Alston(good passer), TMac(great passer), Jon Barry and Even Brooks.
     
    #15 mac_got_this, Feb 22, 2012
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    This team would be right up there with OKC in the standings and a legit shot at the Finals. We already know this.
     
    #16 davidio840, Feb 22, 2012
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    Woulda, coulda, shoulda.....A Rocket's motto. The team never really surrounded Yao with the right role players when he was healthy. They finally got the right set after he was gone. Timing is everything and this organization seems always out of sync, a day late, a dollar short. Think about it.
     
    #17 solid, Feb 22, 2012
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    We would be awaiting news that Yao has been lost for the season
     
    #18 javal_lon, Feb 22, 2012
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    we would have very few weaknesses.
     
    #19 arjun, Feb 22, 2012
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    I would like to see:
    Lowry/K. Smith/Maloney
    Drexler/V. Maxwell
    Horry/Battier
    O. Thorpe/Scola/Hayes
    Olajuwon/Yao
     
    #20 cheifbootknocka, Feb 22, 2012
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