Reading JVG's comments on the Rockets, what they need, what they are looking for. It all screams Ronnie Brewer and then Mike James. 3rd Scorer? Check: Mike James Tall 2 guard? Check: Ronnie Brewer Backup PG abilities? Check: Ronnie Brewer QUALITY Starters? Check: Brewer, James Good 3pt shooting? Check: Mike James Bulldog personality? Check: Mike James Good Itensity, high motor, work ethic? Check: James, Brewer Good wing defender (allowing Tmac to rest defensively)? Check: Brewer Players that can slash, create own shot off dribble? Check: Brewer, James Great Measurables? Check: Ronnie Brewer Seriouly, what more do we want? I am sorry, but day by day since I have been campaigning for Ronnie Brewer, I want us to take him even more now than ever. I would NOT risk trading down a few spots to risk him being taken ahead of us. If we are at #8 and he is there, which chances are he will be, we HAVE to take him. The only way I don't is if someone falls like a Roy or Gay. Draft Ronnie Brewer, Sign Mike James.
I love that plan because it gives us alston head and jho coming of one of the best benches in the nba i would also like to add stevenson and have and extremely tight 9 man rotation tho there not all stars Stro givin the chance and jho coming off the bench can be pretty nice with the other pieces around them!
I am just praying that Brewer will be there at #8 for us to draft him. Clearly he is moving up some draft boards as of late, but I am hoping that other teams "needs" keep him out of the top 7. The way I have been campaigning for Brewer, I will be very disappointed if he is not a Houston Rocket on Draft night. In my minds-eye, I have him and Mike James in our starting lineup, and it looks darn good to me!
If the Rockets do select Brewer it would be imperative that they sign Mike James or another shooter. A backcourt of Brewer and Alston would be one of the worst shooting backcourts in basketball and Tmac & Yao would get killed with double teams.
Brewer, T-Mac, Stro, James and Yao. That is a very athletic basketball team surrounding Yao. Brewer, T-Mac and Stro are long and extremely athletic. James is fast and explosive. Yao would really benifit with these guys around him.
why is everybody on this Mike James bandwagon. The guy was great on our team, without McGrady. But down right sucked when McGrady returned. Especially in the playoffs. He was pathetic. I just don't see how McGrady and James can co-exist together on the court.
Do you remember how great the Rockets were weeks before those playoffs started? The team was unstoppable! They were rolling. James fit in fine. And his play in a couple of those Mavs playoff games helped us get WINS. Tmac and James can co-exist.
They can co exist because each of their main concerns is winning Mac will be happy cause james gives him that chance and he has alston to dish him the ball with Brewer in that lineup along with swift(both are unselfish) their will be plenty of balls to go around!
Yeah, James was great. And so was Bob Sura. Anybody that is a fan of Bob Sura should be an even bigger fan of J.J. Redick.
I think Drafting Brewer and picking up James would really help our speed, defense, and our offense. But as we all know, JVG doesn't like to start rookies, so i was thinking instead of getting deshawn it would benefit us more and personally i would enjoy it more to watch Harpring and brewer than stevenson and brewer. Harpring brings us attitude, hustle, a SHOT, and is decent at defense. We could trade our TE( the 4.7 mill one) for a S&T for him while it saves the Jazz some money, it also gives us more depth and fire power which is really needed. James/alston/Head Harpring/Brewer(doesnt matter who would start)/Head Tmac/ Harpring/Bowen Jho/ Stro/Hayes Yao/Dike It could be some sort of combo of that liking. We could still go small with harp at the 4 if we needed to face a team like the suns. Plus it gives us more depth and offense, which IMO is what we need. The Key is he could get 5.4 million a year if someone offers him the MLE but maybe we could talk him into having a btertter chance to win if he comes here. Plus its not too great of a difference for a basketball player. On top of that he is at an age that he might want to start to try to win so that could also play a factor in this.
Where did this revisionist history that Mike James sucked in the playoffs stem from? Did it all come from that supposed "wave-off" from McGrady? If it wasn't for James, we lose games 2 and 6 in that series. He came up with a huge steal late in Game 2 to cut the lead. In Game 6, when he came in, we were down 10 and looked ready to mail it in. He scored like 3 or 4 straight baskets with a couple of steals to bring us right back into the game. And what do you mean "without McGrady" or "when McGrady returned?" T-Mac didn't miss any serious time that year. James averaged almost 20ppg with a blistering field goal percentage while as a starter immediately after the trade. He cooled off a bit once Sura returned to the starting role but was still instrumental in our late season run. Where the hell did all this Mike James hate come from? I was fully in support of the Alston trade but Mike James was phenomenal for us that year.
Why is that? Sura is an attitude player who can do just about anything you want except shoot the 3pt shot. He rebounds, plays hard nosed defense, can play PG or SG, drives to the basket and finishes, shoots on the run, is a decent passer (except to Yao), etc. Sura is a VERY physical player who was our "enforcer" two seasons ago. Nobody can accuse Sura of being one-dimensional. So where exactly does Redick fit in here? I know you and RD like Redick, but the exaggerations are getting out of hand. Your total certainty that his game will translate well to the NBA is unreasonable, IMO. We'll see. Just for comparison, name another player similar in college to Redick (in the last 10 years or so) who had great success in the NBA.
Redick can do everything that Sura can do AND shoot lights out. Sura survives/survived on the basketball court because of his intensity and drive. You can't see the same things in J.J. J.J. went into gymnasiums all across America with 10-15,000 fans yelling and cursing at him. He said "Up yours" and nailed 3 balls right in their teeth. He is a street fight kid if I ever saw one, the kind of kid that will get up off the pavement after getting stomped and rip your heart out. He is mentally tough. Oh, and did I mention, he is the best shooter to come into the NBA since Ray Allen. Everyone that is a fan of Sura's should be an even bigger fan of Redick's.
The only thing Reddick and Bobby Sura have in common is that they are white. Sura came into the league known for his athleticism. He was a high flier and even participated in the dunk contest. I realize that you want us to take Reddick, but your slippery slope comparisons are really hurting your case. He has nothing in common with Sura. He's not going to grab boards in traffic and play hard nosed D on far bigger opponents, especially after seeing his pathetic results on the bench press even with his short arms.
The Sura that came into the league is not the Sura that we all came to know and love in 2004-2005. That Sura was a beat up old white boy who was slow as molasses but he put his heart out on the basketball. (Incidentally, I was one of the first posters that was pumping Sura even before we got him. I was hoping we would get him because I could see the heart, soul, and attitude he played with along with the fact that he could put points on the board. Most of you back then were wanting some high profile extremely athletic perimter player that was out of our price range.) Anybody that is/was a fan of Sura's should be an even bigger fan of Redick.
LOL! That case doesn't even have a lid. The pro-Redick debate is getting loopy. I guess the strategy is post post post repeat repeat repeat, saying anything whether it's true or not and your side wins (not talking about you DD).
