Could be a sign that the TANK is still on. Why else would you waste a roster spot on him?!? ……. ……. …….
He's a good player. If he's fit. He's in the Bahamas so hopefully the rockets are considering it. Brooks & Exum into the roster would be great if we can get rid of other contracts.
What has Silas done? Well first his rotations are ass. Second he was a big proponent of Victor Oladipo and was onboard offering him the max. Third John Wall regularly waved off the plays drawn up, the one that sticks out was the one where the Rockets lost their 20th straight game under Silas and Wall called off a PNR. Nothing happened to Wall. That doesn’t even get into his post game interviews where half the time he cannot even look at the camera and hangs his head like a loser. He was a rookie coach, hopefully he gets better but he wasn’t good last year and his lack of awareness is troubling.
I am not negative long term for the Rockets, they added a potential franchise player in Green and other promising rookies. I am skeptical of Porter’s efficiency and effort but he deserves minutes. Wall, Gordon and others all are just blocking playing time for the glut of younger players on the roster. Further, none of these players will want to lose playing time to the younger players and are not going to want to be on a bad rebuilding team. It’s a toxic situation overall. However eventually the older players will be gone and Silas will grow a pair or be gone. There are also signs Tillman learned from his mistakes.
We have orders from Tilman to deurbanize the team's lockerroom without being too obvious Matthew Hurt, Sengun, Garuba, Vermont's Anthony Lamb, Theis and now Exum will play a big part in what we're trying to build here.
I’m clearly higher on Silas than are you. I want (some) vets (for the young’ns) but believe that Wall is super-tough to swap. So, bury him - - or resuscitate his value. He knows that, so he has motivation to get out. And it’s only possible if his on court (and locker room) is upupup. EGo is a good player who has less value to a true contender as a chip = last season guarantee. Thus, Indy? But, same motivation with him. Be the best EGo EGo can be and earn your exit papers. DE? I’m thunderstruck by the reports. Perhaps it means a vet or two is ticketed to their nirvana???
While i do agree with a lot of points in this thread i feel like the promise he showed in the olympics would make this a positive signing. Don't know where he would fit rotation wise but he's still young and when healthy (which he is now) can be a very, very solid NBA player. I know i might have my Aussie bias googles on but i've seen the highs and lows of his career and his trajectory has finally turned upwards. Hidden Gem if he can stay healthy i promise you that! Anyway stay bless my fellow Rocket lovers, not long till the season is upon us. Much love from the land down under and again you all make very valid points in this thread.
As a fellow Aussie, I think he showed enough at the Olympics to give him another crack, although will hold my judgement to see what roster moves are made to make the signing possible.
What kind of signing? His is probably better to practice against than Nix. IF there is something worth more than a 10 day by all means we should look into at that time. Would be in our best interest to try and get the best practice squad possible. Less than 2/3 of the team has even been though a pre-season.
I always remember when we beat Utah in the postseason the first time and he was i their squad and it was contract season and peaked at their forum and I never seen a fanbase more disarray about a player. He’s the ultimate cocktease player.
Hopefully it's for the veteran minimum. But signing Lamb and Exum seems from the outside to be mistakes. We already have the most injury prone team in the NBA and adding Exum who has been injured for almost his entire career seems silly.
Before Ben Simmons, Josh Giddy from Australia. Dante Exum had so much talent and Hype. His health is his only concern.
Lamb and now Exum. Don't get why these guys are getting momentum. They may be taking spots from Armoni Brooks or Khyri Thomas.
Please please please let this be the reason House is the one useless roster piece that should be easy to dump off now Plus Green needs his #4 from the start
