our bench is pretty terrible. thats whats going to kill is in the playoffs if we don't build some sort of a bench
I would be happy if we can trade smith and brewer for dunleavy or someone similar. asik, dmo/casspi, Garcia/dunleavy Lin/Brooks is a already a great bench!
Instead of trading for the third star, I think all we need is a third impact player off the bench to be able to sub in for Parsons or Jones when we can't defend or shoot adequately.
Morey just tweeted a video of Steve Novak: <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Last time we won 8 in a row <a href="http://t.co/PfWEjaNXgh">http://t.co/PfWEjaNXgh</a></p>— Daryl Morey (@dmorey) <a href="https://twitter.com/dmorey/statuses/436393418256703488">February 20, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Morey said Asik may end up being here for the rest of his contract. To me it says he's not gona trade Asik for less than what he is worth, no matter how many trade deadlines come and go. Based on that I don't think chandler is going anywhere, we would be giving up too much!
Novak is owed $7 mil over the next two years. Man can he shoot, but he can't defend and can't rebound. I don't see a reunion.
So, I'm feeling better about Rondo after watching his game from last night. His injury looks a lot better and you are seeing more of what he can do. He made several passes that show that part of his game has never left. He's still the smartest player on the court, he still runs and his post game is alive and well. Wait... did I say post game? Yeah, if the Rockets get Rajon Rondo, they have 3 post players with legitimate post moves: Dwight, Rondo and Donatas. Post play has always worked in the playoffs. Things that work when you slow the game down, work in the playoffs. If you get Rondo, you are guaranteed to slow the game down. We will not score as many points. But, you also guarantee that those spells where the Rockets can't buy a bucket, are shorter. That panic you get when nothing is falling and you don't know where that next point is going to come? Gone. Pay the man, Morey. Rondo is worth it.
I'm feeling better about Rondo too, because there's almost no chance I have to worry about the Rockets trading for him and screwing the team up.
