Has Omer Asik played his last game as a Rocket already?

Asik is a tough dude...he is faking injured because he doesn't want to play for the Rockets. Is is no coincident that the very player that they want to trade is the also not playing and injured. Dude hardly missed a game so to see him missed that many is unreal.

Another thing is he is such an A-hole. Why would you want a player that isn't about the "team" but about himself; self-centered. Do what is best for himself rather than what is best for the team. I never seen a player that is that selfish...and unprofessional.

He wasn't himself when he's on the court. Doesn't look like himself physically and mentally, just not the same. He needs to accept the fact that Howard is a better player and he needs to come off the bench just as he had done in Chicago. There is no guaranteed that he will be a starter in another team because he's offense suck. The reason he's a starter here last year is because Houston basically have no one as big as he is and play great defense. He fits this team perfectly coming off the bench and if he doesn't see that...he's a selfish player...too much ego. You definitely don't want that type of player around the team.

 

Those guys put up numbers because they played minutes. How is Asik supposed to put up numbers when the best he can do is 12 minutes a game unless Howard gets injured?

 

I wonder what would have happen if he actually gave a 100% when they tried the twin tower experiment?

T_Man

 

It's all Asik's fault!

Harden, Bev, and Parsons were shooting 26% from 3's during TT experiment? Blame it on Asik!

Dwight post up efficiency was abysmal during TT? Blame it on Asik!

Dwight can't defend the 4's? Blame it on Asik!

Coaches can't make Twin Tower work after only 8 games? Blame it on Asik!

Asik has the best DefRtg of all Rockets from NBA.com? It must be a mistake!

 

You're right Asik was mad, so he didn't give a 100%...

So I wonder how things would have turned out if he would have giving a 100%/

 

apparently the best he can do is zero minutes a game because he's being a little b**** and quitting on the team. wah, the team made you earn your minutes, how mean of them.

implicit in signing with a team is that you take their money and they determine your role in trying to do what's best for the team. not that you get to set the rotation to your benefit and that you quit otherwise. as far as i can tell, the list of guys currently quitting on their teams due to minutes is:

omer asik
maybe andre miller

i'm guessing the list of guys who would like more minutes is a lot longer than 2 guys. i didn't realize that as soon as your minutes went down you were supposed to tell the team you weren't playing any more.

not only did he sign a contract, he signed it with a team he specifically knew was going after dwight howard.

apparently he doesn't already have plenty of guaranteed money, because 1/3 of the way through his current contract, he's already demanding playing time to increase the value of his next contract. he would be perfectly happy playing zero minutes if he had a 5 year max contract right now. based on offseason interviews, morey seemed to be under no illusions that we were going to win a title this year. he's not trading asik for a short term help this year if it hurts any sort of 2014 or 2015 offseason plans.

honestly, i'd rather let asik sit on the bench for 2 years than make a bad trade. we'll still get the cap room in 2015. and then he can try to get a great contract after not playing for 2 seasons. or maybe we could just trade him at the 2015 deadline as an expiring deal and get a little value for him. then he'd get about 30 games to get his next contract. clearly he doesn't have much value as of now so who cares if we trade him for little value now or a year from now and get the cap room when we would already?

or he can be like 99% of the other players who aren't getting the perfect amount of minutes and just play hard and live up to his contract. i'm pretty sure most gm's have access to the "per 36 minutes" section of basketball-reference and could figure out how good he was based on his 15 mpg numbers. morey figured it out when he was averaging 3 points per game.

 

It's hard to make a bad trade for a guy not playing. In terms of future trades/flexibility, 'assets' are better than cap room. At what point do we actually play to win instead of playing for the next move? Are you okay with waiting a couple of more years to get serious about winning when Howard was just signed to the max and is already past his prime? It sure sounds like it. To address the bulk of your post, this entire situation was not hard to foresee once Howard was signed, even if there's not an advanced stat for player irritability.

 

Sounds like there is a rumor about Asik out there right now involving the Timberwolves.

http://****************/articles/532656/20140103/nikola-pekovic-omer-asik.htm#.Usn2ufRDv6s

 

http://****************/articles/532656/20140103/nikola-pekovic-omer-asik.htm#.Usn2ufRDv6s

 

http://forums.prosportsdaily.com/sh...lves-for-Nikola-Pekovic-in-a-three-team-trade!


Sorry that link isn't working for some reason

 

Sorry Dude,

Your hero, Ass-ik, is a freakin p***y

He is faking injury because he is a wuss

 

I heard a rumor that he is injecting saline into his knee to make it look like swelling. b*stard.

 

haha I doubt Asik can handle Ricky's passes

 

I wish I can paid millions of dollars by just sitting on my ass

 

Hahahaha epic dude

 

Still think Asik goes to Boston.

 

So basically you're saying it's okay to quit as long as you're mad about your minutes? What kind of a world do you live in?

 

I'm going to be completely blown if he really sits out the whole rest of the season.

 

In a world where GMs/owners quit on seasons all the time to serve their interests. And no that wasn't what I was saying.

 

So what are you saying? I said those other players all PLAYED and PRODUCED while whining their way out of their teams. You came back and said Asik's different because he can only get 12mpg backing up Dwight.

So I ask you, why shouldn't Asik PLAY and PRODUCE for 12mpg rather than just sitting out?

As for GMs and owners quitting on seasons, that's because they want long term benefit. Good luck finding a long term benefit for Asik if he keeps sitting out.