agreed it was relatively low risk for a potential high reward, but $3 mil in cap room vs a 1st round pick is a big difference in risk. If Lawson was low risk, Nene is NO risk.
Nene and coach! <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">What a great honor catching up with coach! I look forward to help <a href="https://twitter.com/HoustonRockets">@HoustonRockets</a> any way I can! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/blessed?src=hash">#blessed</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/thankful?src=hash">#thankful</a> <a href="https://t.co/QFTC362MCP">pic.twitter.com/QFTC362MCP</a></p>— Nene Hilario (@NeneHilario42) <a href="https://twitter.com/NeneHilario42/status/755230456790917120">July 19, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Nene genuinely seems like a good dude. He's always smiling, and one thing is for sure....he gives 100% on the court. It's virtually a no-risk signing that has the potential to give us some nice depth in the front court.
Nene has a skllset around the basket Howard does not have (can face up and put it on the floor and attack). It will be good to see a guy that can actually make a post MOVE and be creative and active around the rim. Decent mid range shot to help space the floor. He makes his FTs too. He is a physical tough player that wont get cheap fouls like Howard would do often times if someone pushed him at the other end. I just like the fact that he can create his own shots once he gets the ball. It was tough to watch Howard try to create a post move SMH
And remember this is the year of chemistry and Nene even as a veteran at the end of the bench is going to be a big plus in that area.
Sounds like our starting 5 to me, at least over Capela. Capela is still just a trashman on offense (other than PnR), good on D if not tired, and horrible on the line.
