Man, you sure are tough behind that keyboard, scaaaaary... I cannot police this thread - that is not my job. But if you people are going to post endless hypothetical trade scenarios in a thread that was meant for something else, then I can sure as ***** post off-topic, too. Stop me if you can, a$$wipe. As far as insiders posting here, there is *ONE* insider whose info I care about in this thread. See if you can guess who that is? And BTW, am I the only one who sees the irony of someone wasting bandwidth bit*hing about me wasting bandwidth bit*hing in this thread? I know damned well that my posts are adding nothing to this thread - and neither are anyone else's really. This is just a dumb, baseless trade speculation thread at this point - as if we didn't already have enough of those. At least I will acknowledge that I'm adding to the trash. (And why not? The thread's already permanently, irrevocably ruined)
I don't know if you have looked at it but he was a 25% 3pt shooter that season and only 45% from the field and he is supposed to be a PF. He takes way too many shots to be an efficient scorer. http://www.basketball-reference.com/play-index/plus/shooting.cgi?player_id=smithjo03&year_id=2012 Take a look at his heat map on the page. Also look at his range. 3-10 ft .390 10-16 ft .314 16 - 3pt .363 So can you please explain to me how that was a great year for him? Is he a good defender? I think so, but he needs to take a ton of shots to get his points. There is no reason this guy should be chucking over 100 and now about 200 3's a season when he is a lifetime .279 shooter from 3 point land.
Can't we all just get along and cuss out the "insiders" together? KingDrew wants us to turn on each other.
Tough behind a keyboard huh? Lol. That comment just cements how big a doosh you are. And the couple of post where I have confronted you are nothing compared to your countless whiny post. The real irony is you peppering this thread with your childish off topic rants about how this thread is being ruined by off topic discussion. Now go back down I to your parents basement and smoke another one gleeman.
First of all, i wasn't saying this is a great year for him. This is the latest season when he was the 2nd or 3rd option of the team, which he would also be if he comes to Houston. And, NBA is not a "if-you-shoot-better-than-you-win game". It's a "if-you-get-more-points-than-you-win game". So i just don't understand why people argue about how bad or how many he shoots. Just look at his On Court / Off Court stats, which can tell us how he changes the game. Net Points per 100 Possessions +8.2 how great was that? Same stat from James Harden this season: +7.3 Dwight: +6.3 I buy those stats when those player played enough possessions, which they sure did. I'm not trying to convince everyone that Josh is a great forward. What i want to say is just, that he is just not that bad and he really fits this rockets.