A problem that you fail to acknowledge until now. I am taking the MARKET into consideration, but most people don't. They assume this miracle player will get traded to us for peanuts. The first mistake is even assuming that their coveted player is even AVAILABLE.
There's more than one way to create a play. Imagine if Bev could drive well and finish at the rim. Imagine if Terry was 27 yrs old. Harden, Thornton.. Y'all really think, assuming they buy into team ball, that we'd still need a play making PG because Harden would be doing too much? No way. You can create offense this way, as well, and Harden would still only be the only true play maker. We don't HAVE to bring in a play maker to be able to help JH. MC drives better than Pat and current Terry. Doesn't shoot any worse than either. How does that not help the offense flow better already? You can't just play his shot.
:grin: Spoiler Aaron Brooks? Marcus Thornton? Patrick Beverley? Chuck Hayes? Carlos Loozer? Stop it. James is rolling over in Khloe's bed hearing these names. There was Rodney Stuckey, but out of range.
We don't want to go down that Mo Williams road again. Mo Williams doesn't move the needle so we don't want him.
First, it was he didn't want help w/ playmaking, just general guard help -- so Thornton is the solution. The quote gets pulled confirming he wants another playmaker and suddenly Thornton, averaging not even 2 assists per game on his career, is a super under the radar facilitator? I'm gonna agree to disagree and be done w/ this one. I actually quite like the signing and think he will help appreciably where scoring is concerned, but I don't think I can be convinced that this -- in isolation -- is what Harden had in mind when he requested playmaking help. That said, I'm willing to wait a few months and see how things unfold. Llull backing out put us in a position where we are subject to the whims of other teams. That just is what it is, and I don't really blame Morey for it.
Thornton will be a nice player off the bench for us who can only exceed expectations given how low fans are setting the bar for a guy who has the ability to light it up. All we need is for him to kick the Jet out of the rotation. Hopefully we don't have to see Jason Terry play more than 15 mins in any given game all season long.
I would be shocked if Morey didn't sign and trade for a playmaking PG before the season started. A nice upgrade to our ballhandling rotation. I'm just putting that out there, but personally that's where I'm at. That's why I'm strangely calm while everyone seems to be super stressed. I really like Thornton. I really like Brew and our big man rotation. We have so much good stuff to turn into a decent assist guy. #frankiesaysrelax
I'm not sure where we would he able to obtain one with what minimal assets we have to offer. It would be nice if Brooklyn would move Jack but then again Morey probably wouldn't approach him considering he could have been had at the deadline last year. I'm fully expecting this to be our roster for the year
I wouldn't call them coveted pieces. I think DMO and Jones are the two with the most value and they won't be going anyplace with the Smoove loss
Trevor Ariza is certainly a coveted player with a coveted contract. Great value there. How can you say T. Jones and DMo have more value? And isn't Papa-brick-n-foul's contract expiring this season? There's money for a team right there too. Beverley is on a value contract as well. Brewer is also supposedly on a bargain deal. We certainly have pieces to make something happen. It all depends on what would be coming back, but no player not named James Harden or Dwight Howard is safe.
It was always playmaking that we needed. And I don't think you quite understand the concept of flip-flopping. No one is saying we need playmaking in lieu of a shooter. Plus, Terry / Ariza / Brewer could all shoot anyway.
Thank you. Thornton is a shooting guard and will never be a pg. To assume that he'll be the solution at pg is just Morey's fan club tryna justify him not addressing our needs. We suck at pg
Brewer can shoot? Really? Did you watch him over the course of the season with us? I know you didn't because you just proclaimed a guy that shot 42% from the field and 26.8% from 3 as a player who can shoot. Wowwwww. His shot is his weakness! Brewer is a slasher who is great in the open court. Not sitting on the corner 3.
He was asked if that would help..Of course it would, but the bottom line has always been he plays too many minutes and with the ball in his hands trying to create. There's more than one way to alleviate that. Ask him if pg playmaker would help. Yes. Ask him if a scoring/shooting combo guard, who can move with the ball would help..I'm sure that would get a yes, too.. Is it ideal? Is it the final answe we've been looking for? No, but to act like Morey hasn't addressed this at all is just plain ignorance and/or being in denial.
When you come up with a better idea and trade that actually is feasible for both sides then feel free to intrigue us. All I hear is blah-blah-blah with no real insight.
What are our assets? Jones is off the table. We need him now with Smith gone. So that leaves who exactly? Papa's non-guaranteed deal?
Well first, I do not get a salary from the Rockets. But you make all these moves to create "flexibility" well its hasn't worked this offseason. Ppl praise Daryl Morey for being a guru, then make excuses when he fails As of now, we haven't addressed any of the needs of this team. Our rivals in the West have all made necessary adjustments while we stood still. Flexibility will not create offense or hit 3's.
I'm not sure we "need" Jones in any respect. If Jones can net us an upgrade at guard, I'd do it. Dmo and Dwight start. Capela/Montrezl off the bench, as well as small ball with Ariza at the 4.
