A guy on 610 came on at about 9:15 p.m. and said that Fisher agreed verbally with the Rockets. Is this true?
I respect Fisher and his toughness; but I don't think that he can bring enough offense to the Rockets.
T-mac will take care of our offense, we just need someone who wont turn it over and will make open shots, fisher would fill that offensive role nicely
Plus fisher and Lue would give us the shortest PG tandem in the League. Lue is 5'11 and Fisher is 6'0" or something like that.
What I mean, is that the Rockets offense won't rely to heavily on the 3 pointer. Last I checked, Fisher shoots 3 pointers at about 30%.
He had an off year last year, and understandably so; losing his starting job. He has averaged roughly 40% the previous three years and averaged nearly 42% in the playoffs this past season. Derek is the ideal point guard to run our team for the price. Edit: (He had an off year last year, and understandably so; losing his starting job) Which was a huge mistake for the Lakers.
Tyronn Lue is a 38% career 3 point shooter without the benefit of playing with Shaq and Kobe. Tyronn Lue makes $1.5 million/year and is 2 years younger. So why do we want Derek Fisher again? So he can flop all over the court?
He's not bad for a career but last year he only shot 29.1 %. I hope it was because of the less playing time with Payton there. It might be a rythm thing. Fisher does bring toughness.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=1833036 Meanwhile, the Sonics are trying to re-sign free agent guard Brent Barry. Seattle has offered Barry a three-year, $18 million deal. However, at least one team is planning to offer the 32-year-old Barry $20 million for three years. Well, Barry is out of our salary range.
Plus, he is not a big assist guy. He averages 3 assits per year. And last year he only averaged 2.3 assists. He's averaged 23 minutes a game for his career. So extend his playing time to 32 games; he gets us 3.2 assists a game. Even Moochie Norris was getting the Rockets 3 assists playing 17 minutes a game. And that guy sucked. Why is Fishers so great other than being an excellent actor and as tough as nails!!
tell me that was a joke.... if you cant see how fish would be an upgrade over lue, you have no business criticizing. i'll leave it at that.
Career Stats: Derek Fisher: Age 30 (start of season) Height: 6'1" Min/Game 23.7 FG% 39.8% 3 Point FG% 36.8% Assists/Game 3.0 Tyronn Lue Age 27 Height 6'0" Min/Game 23.2 FG% 43.2% 3 Point FG% 38.5% Assists/Game 3.2 Tyronn's Lue's salary 2004-2005: $1.65 million
Im glad you'll leave it at that. He is at best a marginal upgrade. He is a superior what?? Shooter? Passer? Rebounder? Tell me what he's really better at other than flopping?
