Well... maybe because... Francis is more popular among the fans? Francis sells more tickets than Davis?
Steve is more popular than Davis. He was Rookie of the Year and started the All-Star game. Francis got 147,000 votes for the All-Star game and Baron got something like 23,000. I know that there are more guards to choose from in the East, but don't you think that the difference in the number of votes is just too much to ignore. And like someone already mentioned. I see a lot more Steve Francis jerseys than I do Baron Davis jerseys.
Francis sells more tickets? First, Francis plays in a much larger city. 2nd, the Rockets have the worst attendance in the NBA. Cha isn't drawing many fans, for the same reason the Oilers stopped drawing fans.
Well, these days with all the losing and all to the comon fan, if I know Steve Francis ain't playing I probably won't pay to watch mochie, cato, etc.
I'd do it, but I bet Charlotte wouldn't. Why would they want to mess with a good thing? Baron Davis = (Steve Francis - migraines)
Let's be more loyal. As a side note, I think that although Davis is very good, Francis is even more talented. More important point to make: Francis is committed to the Houston Rockets. We always demand loyalty from the players and make a big fuss out of it when a player doesn't say he wants to spend the rest of his playing career in Houston, on the other hand, we start discussing trading the franchise player after a bad season or even a few bad games.
neither team would do it because it makes no sense. both teams are happy with their respective players. the rockets don't need to give up their best player for a clone who isn't as good now and doesn't have the potential to be as good later. steve has a better midrange shot and as good a three, a much much better ft%, and better athleticism. i don't see a debate in his body control, it's excellent. baron is a better defensive player but neither of them are exactly the glove. even if you were to say they were exactly the same, why would we give up the player we've built everyone else around, who also happens to be close with the rest of the team.
I wasnt hinting that this is a good deal - just a probably good deal for Charlotte with the transition into a new city. Francis sells more stuff than Baron ever will - period.
So by this way of thinking, the Lakers wouldn't want Francis if they could get him for Derek Fisher, just because they're already in the playoffs...
If you listen to other posters on this board, Francis is the most talented pg and has more potential than anyone. All davis has done is lead his team into the playoffs 2 yrs in a row. All he has done was keep the Hornets around .500 despite not having Mshburn for 30+games and Lynch for more than that plus Wesley missed about 20. All he did was help Lee Nailon avg about 17pts per game while himself avg 18pts and 8 asst despite being younger than Steve. Some of you need to wake up and stop thinking that the Rockets players on this team has a higher upside or potential than anyone else in the league. Other teams have talented players that have a high ceiling, but the key is which players reach or keep striving till the end. Davis barely played his rookie yr, but after that he has been a very good player in and before the post season. Lets be straight and call it fair, there are some other good players in this league. I guess Eddie Griffin has more "potential " than Dirk? Keep it real people and leave the homer based assumptions out of it.
Unless Hornets' management goes drunk, they aren't giving up Baron Davis for Stevie. And I don't know if some of y'all have the League Pass or not, but Baron Davis is just as athletic, if not more, than Francis. And as some have already pointed out, a much better defensive player. And can someone explain to me why Francis has so much more potential than Davis? I guess I just see it the other way around......I don't understand how any player can develop on a team that has no offense but ISOs and doesn't play defense. Personally, I'd take Davis or A. Miller over the Franchise.
I agree completely. This is the biggest reason why both teams will not do it. The Charlotte Hornets like Baron Davis, and he fits in well there. He has developed chemistry with his teammates. Bringing in a new point guard such as Steve Francis would destroy that chemistry.
when has baron davis led his team to the playoffs? the FACT is that he is surrounded by excellent players, one in particular is all-star jamal mashburn. i mean look at their friggin frount-court, it's one of the best in the east. then come over and look at ours, how is this even a comparison. this year, mashburn and wesley were down for part of the season but it's not like he was playing with scrubs. pretty much what you're trying to say is both of these teams have the same calibur talent but somehow davis is leading his team to the promised land. that makes absolutely no sense. sure baron davis is awesome, but i GUARANTEE that if steve is in the same spot the hornets would be equal or better. he's not the best point guard in the league right now, but if you look at his skills and his talent it's certainly reasonable to be pumped about what he might become.
Francis has no concept of team play. Which might be the last thing you want in a "superstar" PG. Francis is the better player, but not the better PG.
Excellant players? What is so excellent about their team? Mashburn missed 45games,Wesley missed about 16 and Lynch missed about 28. Campbell is still Campbell and PJ is on his avg of 10pts 7 rebs. Here's the difference. Baron Davis didn't say who he didn't have only used what he had to work with. The whole time Mashburn was out, Lee Nailon was scoring. Where was Lee Nailon before Mash got hurt? I'll tell you, he was playing and avg about 8 pts per but Baron's asst didn't budge because as a pg you're suppose to set players up and give them the damn ball period. Even without their leading scorer, they stayed around .500. If Steve is suppose to be what everyone thinks he is or this team is suppose to be so talented, you mean to tell me they couldn't go 6-9 or even 5-10 during that stretch? BigM- I guess you didn't see the playoffs last yr when the Davis led Hornets swept the favorite heat out the playoffs and took the favorite Bucks to 7 games and almost won that too. Wake-up and be a student of the game, not just a fan. If you don't think that team follow Barons lead, then you're watching channel 0. I grade Francis,Davis, and Miller even because each bring something different to their team,but to say Davis or Francis has a higher ceiling because they are more atheletic, well I want to see how many guards were more atheletic than John Stockton that are still or played at his level. Wake up, please.
Sorry leebigez, but I saw the playoffs last year and it was definitely Jamal Mashburn that led the Hornets to whatever success they had in the playoffs, not Baron Davis. Davis defintely helped and was a big reason, but he was by no means the main reason they beat the Heat. Mashburn was incredible in the playoffs last season and really stepped up his game. And please remember that the Hornets would not even be in the playoffs if they switched conferences either of the last two seasons. In fact, I'm pretty sure if the Rockets were in the east last season they would have finished ahead of the Hornets, seeing as they only lost one more game than Charlotte despite having a MUCH tougher schedule. Just looked up the Hornets western conference records of the last two seasons. 13-15 and 9-19 and while I'm at it I'll post the Rockets Eastern Conference record from last season, when Steve wasn't suffering from migraines and he actually had a team to play with that wasn't completely ravaged by injuries. 25-5.
I guess it was Mashburn pushing the pill against the heat? I guess it was Mashburn who despite missing 45 games, his moral support kep the Hornet in the playoff picture. I guess it was mashburn that played the final month of the season with plantar fascitis and still play at a high level. I guess it was mashburn , who was ill in game 1 who's support help the Hornets beat the Magic. Its no need to make excuse, just look at the results. Davis has taken his team into the playoffs twice with similar talent as Rockets. Its not his fault he plays in a weakr conference, but the fact is he runs a team better than Steve and he makes his teammates better also . Its no knock on steve, he just hasn't learned to run a team effeciently and is not getting much help from Rudy and his offensive schemes.
There was this little paragraph in the article: Early playoff trends worth watching This is Davis' third year in the league, which means he is eligible for an extension this summer. There has been talk that the Hornets would attempt to trade Davis rather than give him a big contract, which would be a terrible move. Did anyone know that? Does anyone know if the Hornets still want to trade him? Not that I want to trade Steve Francis for Baron Davis, but that's kind of interesting...
Note that the current owners of the Hornets have kept 1 - just 1 - free agent in their history as owners and have not secured other players to deals before they became free agents. That one player? Lee Nailon, during training camp this season. All of this trade talk is moot, anyway, in my opinion because the Hornets would be fools to trade when involved in the middle of a move; it's not like they are the Grizz and have nothing to work from and needed to blow up the team - instead, they have a lot to work with and a bright future. Assuming, of course, they dish out some money.
