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The rockets roster only has three qualified starters

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by lanqiu1, Dec 23, 2003.

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  1. lanqiu1

    lanqiu1 Contributing Member

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    IMO, the rockets roster only have three qualified starters and four qualified backups with uneven distribution. This is why their two all stars and any proposed trades won't help them in the near future.

    Qualified starters
    Yao----Center
    SF-----Point Guard/undersized shooting guard
    Cat----Shooting guard

    Qualified backups
    Cato----Center
    MoT-----PF
    JJ--------Shooting guard/small forward
    Pike-----shooting guard

    First of all, the seven-man rotation is too short for regular season. Bringing other players simply decrease the playing quality.

    Second, there are total lack of starting forwards, which is just impossible to compete in PF-dominated west conference.

    Third, no trade can really help this situation. Cat may bring back a small forward starter. If you trade SF for another star guard, you still can't fix the forward problem.

    Only feasible choice, Yao for two forward starters. But that means you trade potential for mediocity.

    Houston really need a deep look into CBA and second-round draft. Hopefully, it can find an Anthony Mason or Rashard Lewis soon.
     
    #1 lanqiu1, Dec 23, 2003
  2. Franchise2001

    Franchise2001 Contributing Member

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    shutup
     
    #2 Franchise2001, Dec 23, 2003
  3. AroundTheWorld

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    What has prompted you, after having been registered for one year without saying anything, to suddenly start three threads?
     
    #3 AroundTheWorld, Dec 23, 2003
  4. lanqiu1

    lanqiu1 Contributing Member

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    I am too upset with the Houston organization. After all the bad contracts and bad drafts, they pretend they know nothing about EG as a person.

    With their forward situation, they dared to let James Posey left in the summer. Imagine that if the Kings resigned JJ.
     
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  5. Charvo

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    You do make good points and back them up with elaborate reasoning.
     
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  6. OmegaSupreme

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    lan, it's all in your definition of a qualified starter... i guess.

    are you rating our starting squad to the snowflake show and the mavs or the rest of the league? if that's the case then no other team in the league has enough qualified starters.

    by the way, how many "qualifed" starters did the rox have on their championship rosters? the way i'm understanding you... the jet, bob, thorpe, and mm weren't qualified starters. if that's the case i'd rather the team not have any... well not more than two anyway. ;)

    it sounds like you want an allstar team more than anything else. do you want another bark, drex, and hakeem or another hakeem, quitten, and bark? didn't think so. that's what put the team in the position that they're in now. best player instead of the most suitable player=not good. rarely works... especially in the rox case.

    we have qualifed starters, but we have no qualified chemistry. only in time, my friend. :)
     
    #6 OmegaSupreme, Dec 23, 2003
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    The Lakers won two titles with two qualified starters, and a title before that one with just three. The Spurs arguably only had two or three qualified starters last year. The Mavs made it to the conference finals last year with just three qualified starters (LaFrentz and Bradley were often interchanged, Tariq, Bell, AGriff, and the Wiz all shared time at the 3)... Ditto for the Wolves.

    You just want an all-star team at the quality of the Wolves, Mavs, or Lakers... Not gonna happen any time soon.
     
    #7 dharocks, Dec 23, 2003
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    You make some valid criticisms, but you note the problem of bad contracts and then chastize the Rockets for not giving Posey one. Do you think Posey is worth his contract? I also would like to have kept Posey, but not for what he was asking for.
     
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  9. danjojo

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    huh? what so because he's been quiet for a year, now he can't start threads ?

    anyway, i think he has a good point, but then again, i think that's the case with a lot of teams around the league.
     
    #9 danjojo, Dec 23, 2003
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    typical Francis fan.
     
    #10 MFW2310, Dec 23, 2003
  11. Sane

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    Looking back now, I think Posey is DEFEINITELY worth his contract.

    5M per season for 4 years? I'd take it.

    I can only imagine how great he'd function in JVG's system. On the flip side, I don't know how the hell we'd SCORE with Cato and Posey starting.
     
    #11 Sane, Dec 23, 2003
  12. pgabriel

    pgabriel Educated Negro

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    The key is chemistry,

    and getting a 4 who can rebound and shoot
     
    #12 pgabriel, Dec 23, 2003
  13. lanqiu1

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    Sadly to admit, a team can't do too much to their star players. The landing of star sometimes is purely luck, like TD to San Antonio, and Yao to Rockets.

    However, the management can do a lot for the supporting staff (role players) to fit the star's style.

    Looking at the current Rocket team, the grade for their assembling of supporting staff can only be graded F. The thing worse is that I see no light at the end of the tunnel.
     
    #13 lanqiu1, Dec 23, 2003
  14. Man

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    Yeah..man..I wish we kept Posey! :( And also Jim Jackson and Padgett and Piatkowski..now Posey's just like 3rd string behind lots of guys..good for him..he got the money too.

    I like SJC's trade...giving Taylor and Moochie to Seattle for Brent Barry and Calvin Booth.
    Then trading Cato and Padgett and a 1st round pick for Kurt Thomas and Charlie Ward.

    Kurt Thomas is a qualified starting power forward and Brent Barry is a qualified starting small forward/point forward/backcourt player
     
    #14 Man, Dec 23, 2003
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