Rafer is the best PG we have seen in a while- atleast this guy passes the ball to Yao. That is the problem- we are just settling for talent that is just OK- On a championship Calibre team Rafer will struggle to get minutes. I still dont know why we went for DA ( except that he was coming "CHEAP"). The Reason we went for Stromile is again The money- and of course TMac played a big role. It is a really sorry excuse to compare Rockets to the Hawks or Bobcats- why not we just look within Texas to see where we stand? We wanted to win a championship without having to pay the role players- except we made the assumption that veterans will last. IF there is ANY owner who is a basketball fan first ( and money would come later)- the first thing they would have done this year is to make sure we get talent that could last for 2-3 seasons. We went for Band- Aid solutions and our bluff was called!
Did you ever consider the FACT that there is Another guy who writes the checks for CD and JVG? All this talk of trying to make deals is dandy- talk is cheap!
That is a really funny question. First of all If This board knew what we could have done , we would not be here. Fred hoiberg is not a bad deal, even sprewell for the rest of the year at a minimum is not bad. Heck there may be some stud hungry enough in the D league or CBA - how bad can it really be? And if we wanted to do anything why do this now- it should have been right after Tmac went down. It is not rocket science- we need shooters who can defend and preferably are not members of AARP. This is not my rant today- it was before the trade deadline. This board was always nostalgic about Bob Sura, Barry and D wes- trust me with no name players who understand their role ( with Yao and Tmac healthy) we are still a 50 win per season team . The point of having Talent like Tmac and Yao is to win a championship before things go south- and hence the title of my thread. We just are not being agressive enough with talent. This is a season we could have really surprised a whole lot of people including ourselves.
So what you're saying is that you have no idea what CD could have done, but he should be fired anyway because he didn't do anything. That makes sense. T-Mac went down a week ago. Do you think signing a NBADL'er last week would have really made a difference? And I need a date with Salma Hayek. Again, who is out there for us to sign that fits this criteria? In this last paragraph you're contradicting yourself. First you say, if healthy, this is a 50 win team. Then you say we don't have any talent. Which is it?
If a team ever needed some fresh faces, it is the Houston Rockets. This team needs some new ideas and several new players. It will be a shame to allow Ming and TMac to waste their best years going nowhere.
Signing any damn shooter worth his name would have done it. Are you really kidding me? Are you telling me that our shooting has something to do with JVG?- Bull Crap! Any shooter would be salivating to be here. Read it again- I said if Just Yao and TMAC are healthy we are a 50 win team- The others were just coming along for the ride. We have had no talent- outside of Yao and Tmac to even talk about. If your opinion of talent is Howard and Luther Head then it is just simply ridiculous. I could not care less about names- if a Shooting Guard cannot shoot a 43-45% average on Wide open Jumpers, he should not be on a team like the Rockets. A Starting Power Forward should atleast average a double Double and should be a defensive force. Juwan gets a pass from a lot of people on this board and of course JVG. .
And if your opinion is that any-ol PF should atleast average a double-double then it is just simply ridiculous. Can you even name the 7 PFs in the league that average a dbl-dbl? Any and every team should be able to have 1?
I was referring to Starting Power Forwards- not OLD starting Power Forward a la JHO. And Just what makes you think a double double for a starting PF is such a big hurdle? And Why were you challenging me to Name 7 Pf's- just curious!!!!!!!!!!!! I could name quite a few- but the point is we may have to get their by a trade. IF we continue to mishnadle Stro- I think we should trade him with future picks or some combo.
You couldn't name quite a few power forwards who average a double double - because there are only eight players who average double digit rebounds in the NBA. Apparently the solution to our problems is to get another superstar big man - why didn't CD and JVG think of that?
Kevin Garnett Shawn Marion Dwight Howard Ben Wallace Tim Duncan J. Magloire Elton Brand Chris Webber Which of these players should we have gotten without giving up Yao or TMac? What an idiot. BTW, Dirk Nowitzki seems like a pretty good PF, and he doesn't average a double double.
We don't need a superstar/all-star PF. Our center if one of the few in the league averaging 20 and 10. We have one of the very best in the league and one emerging force. What we need are 3 role players that do just that - role play. We need players who can hit open shots, defend well, and play smart. But then again, so does almost every team in the league. Personally, I think we should have gone after Earl Watson. I'm not saying we should, but IF one of our superstars (probably T-Mac) gets traded, we shouldn't look to get another superstar in return. We'd be stuck with the same problem. We need to get 2 or 3 quality players and a #1 draft pick. I still would like to keep T-Mac though, and give him one more season.
