Hmmmm. Besides the first paragraph, that's a recycled article. I'm watching the crawler on ESPNNews. I can't go to bed until I know for sure.
Holy crap. This move is HUGE. FREAKING HUGE. Before, the Rockets were a team you figured in the 5-6 range seed wise in the West, hoping to just win a playoff series. With Bonzi, they are as talented as any team in the league and are on the spur/mav/heat level.
Yao / Battier / T-mac / Wells / Alston Mutombo/ Howard / Snyder / Header / V-span / Hayes / Novak / Jacobson / JLIII wow!
OMG, this is friggin awesome. Rebounding, size, physicality, playoff success, scoring, shooting. WOW. C - Yao PF - Battier SF - McGrady SG - Wells PG - Alston Umm, that maybe the best lineup in the West, certainly top 4. Hou, Sa, Dal, Phx
HOW SWEET IT IS!!!!! but our starting lineup.... C-Yao PF-Battier? SF-T-mac SG-Bonzi PG-Alston I think that is the most likely lineup even though battier may interchange with t-mac and juwan
A source close to Bonzi Wells tells ESPN The Magazine's Ric Bucher that Wells has agreed to a two-year, $5 million deal with the Rockets. The deal includes a player opt-out after the first year. Wells Tracy McGrady had been lobbying for the Rockets to complete the deal and bring Wells to Houston. The Rockets, Nuggets, Heat and Bobcats were the leading interested teams, but the Rockets had an edge because of what they can offer both Wells and his old team, the Sacramento Kings. McGrady hinted that he had pressed his pitch to Wells as recently as Wednesday morning, and said a decision from the nine-year veteran seemed imminent. Wells turned down a five-year, $36 million offer earlier this summer to remain with Sacramento after averaging 23.2 points for the Kings in the playoffs. "We're really good friends," McGrady told ESPN Insider's Chris Sheridan on Wednesday. "I was with Bonzi this offseason, was talking to him, and Houston's a place he's real interested in. He's a grown man, he's been in this league for a long time, and the decision will really come down to him. "I'm sure [the Rockets] want him. What he did in the postseason this year, it was eye-catching. I've been trying to make that work because I think Bonzi would be a great addition to our team to add more depth as far as matching up against teams like Phoenix, Dallas and San Antonio." SPLASH!!!!!! YAO/SHANE/BONZI/TMAC/RAFER starting 5 ~~~~~~
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2605639 And one more time just in case you didn't catch it the first 5 times... Great move! Wells is the legit 3rd scorer we've needed. We got to the playoffs with Wesley. I'd say this is a huge upgrade.
cool nice line up wish battier was alittle stronger and taller, but it has to be one of the best lineups in the league.
