All of the drama here about Parsons signing an offer sheet, or us waiting on Bosh etc, got me to thinking, whom do you guys think is actually the better fit for Howard and Harden? Bosh is a good PF that stretches the floor, and is a great complimentary player. Parsons is a good SF that stretches the floor and is a great complimentary player. The question is - whom is more important to the Rockets THIS year - we won 54 games with Parsons last year - and a very young PF duo. However he had ZERO backup at the SF spot. If we swap them out, and we get Bosh instead - unless we can find a replacement for parsons that shoots 40+% from 3, and around 50% from the 2 and provides the length and passing that Parsons does, I contend the team will have made a neutral move. So, Who would you rather have - if it came down to one or the other? DD
If I had to choose one or the other, I choose Bosh. It is a step forward. But I would prefer Bosh AND Parsons. It is a leap forward.
Gotta find a way to have both. An easy way would have been to EXERCISE HIS TEAM OPTION! But if it came down to one or the other, I'd take Bosh. Just finding a good shooter at the 3 might be good enough to help the Rockets contend.
Bosh, he can make us a top 10 defense while Parsons is a negative at that end. Parsons can be more easily replaced as well.
Yes, I agree. But my point is if you can have only one? Would you rather have Bosh and a scrap pile SF? Or Parsons and our young PF combo ? (or someone of the scrap heap?) I just believe value wise Parsons and his shorter contract is a better fit. DD
Bosh. He's no doubt a better net player than Parsons. And with Howard/Harden/Bosh, I'd like to think the "Rising tide lifts all boats" theory would apply.
Your question may be more a question of "heart." Which of the two has more? From a more logical standpoint, we have players (Montiejunas and Jones) who are up and coming and can play the PF spot. On the other, who can we acquire to replace Parsons? Bosh is the better player now (he's aging), but Parsons is is easier to root for.
We need Parsons to play defense and hit 3's. He has regressed on both areas. I'm not saying Parsons is a terrible player, but 3 and D SFs aren't that hard to find.
Only reason I say parsons is chemistry issues. He's kinda the glue to everyone else. But yet again that Cuban thing may ruin it.
Not only that, my perspective comes from a blueprint that achieved a lot of success during the last decade and a half. Everybody talks about how great the Spurs org is. One of the things they did was to keep their 3 core players that grew very much accustomed to each other. Adding Bosh means a reset on chemistry, team play and coaching.
Even with your built-in poll bias (96 million vs 88 in reality, 4 years vs 3 years, yet no mention of that...why not just say Bosh at 22MM/year vs Parsons at 15.3MM/year?), the poll is still a landslide in the opposite direction that you were trying to skew it.
I don't understand this question.. they are not mutually exclusive? It's like asking Harden vs Dwight? You can have both.
