I dont know what the hell the Rockets are waiting for. There are 2 worthy big men free agents who we could get with the exemption $$$: 1. Chris Gatling 2. Anthony Mason Pick one, sign him, and lets get on with it.
I'm not sure we have the bandwidth to be proactive. Let's leverage our backcourt strength and think outside the box on this one.
Which is what exactly? We might as well be playing 4 on 5 because you cant convince me otherwise that we have a Center
Yeap. When the Jackson deal fell through didn't Cato say something like he and Collier can handle the center spot this season? Thats a load of crap. He just said that because he wants a lot of minutes and doesnt want his starting job taken away. He needs to be realistic and admit he and Collier are not gonna cut it as out only centers this whole season. We need more help . The Rockets need a guy who can start at center and be a consistent rebounder and shotblocker. It doesnt really matter if he is a good scorer or not because the rockets have so many offensive weapons. I'm thinking the rockets can make a trade for somebody like that further into the season if they choose not to use their exception. I'd say Walt Williams, Jones, T-mo are nice players to put out for trade bait. Thats what I would do.
I think we desperately need a true center in the middle, but there are so few big men out there-especially quality big men, that I think our choices are so limited that Rudy and CD will probably wait. I even tried to think of someone retired like Rony Seikaly, or Pig Miller - who always played good back up minutes. We don't have many options- money or not - not many big guys exist- do we really want a project??? Maybe a trade for Michael Olakandi???I just do not know....
