The Chicago Tribune is calling Chris Duhon their "most likely to be shopped." Excerpt: It's no secret I've been a fan of Duhon for quite awhile. And to me, if a trade for a Rashard- or Artest-caliber player doesn't materialize, I'd offer up our first-rounder and change for Duhon quicker than you can say "new starting point guard." He's not flashy, but he plays good D, he has a career 3-1 assist-to-turnover ratio, and he's hit a consistent 36% from beyond the arc (and I think this would improve a little, too... Battier raised his 3pt% from 39% to 42% this year with us). To me, Duhon is better than anything we can get with a high-twenties draft pick, and he's not even 25 years old yet. And then we'd still have the MLE to try to address our needs at the 4.
JVG is no longer our coach. We aren't going to be shooting as many threes under Adelman. Rather, we aren't going to live and die by the three point shot. Duhon doesn't fit under Adelman's system.
I would take Duhon in a heartbeat (of course at the right price). Duhon is a very solid/smart PG that can shoot the 3. While we most likely won't be shooting as many 3's under Adelman, we could always use shooters at the guard positions.
geez ... all it takes is for someone to come on this board and say that Duhon is the same player as Alston, without any facts, and just because no one countered the claim, he's all of a sudden labeled, and people without the facts automatically call him down. I don't blame anyone here for not wanting another Alston, but that's just not true. I've been a big supporter of getting Duhon the whole time JVG has been here, and I believe he would have been an excellent and affordable solution we could have obtained a number of times. He's more like Battier at PG, than Alston, probably because he is a fellow Dukie. He's the consummate pro, and does a ton of little things that we need in role players around TMac and Yao. He gets his points in the flow of the game, with good field goal percentage, can hit the 3 point shot, is a great passer, protects the ball, low turnover / good assists, has a great BB IQ, unselfish, a team player, and comes to play professionally every game every night. He wouldn't be our third scorer or create his own shot. We needed someone else for that at SG or PF. But, he's a very steady player, and a younger and significant upgrade from Alston. He won't take over a game like Hinrich or Gordon can, but has often started ahead of them because of his steadiness. We need guys like that around TMac and Yao, IMHO. I don't think he'd take all the unnecessary shots like Alston has. If Alston had Duhon's field goal percentage, we'd all want to keep him. But, this year, Duhon has been more inconsistent than his two previous years in the league, and I do wonder what that has been about. Now that Adelman is taking over, I don't know if he'd be our best solution or not. He's good at starting the fast break, but perhaps Adelman wants someone more dominant, athletic and able to get his own points. But, he's not another Alston ... please. We'd have been far better off the last few years with Duhon. I'd still like to get him, if we can get him cheap, and Adelmans feels he fits in with his new approach. He'd be quite valuable in a backup role, that's for sure, especially if we get rid of VSpan.
I'll add too that I think Duhon fits in with the moneyball concept. He ain't making much, plus he's only got one year left on his deal. If we acquired him and he played great, then that's good. If he's horrible, it's easy to be rid of him. And I'll echo Sherlock on some points I didn't bring up in my first post, since I thought they were already obvious: Duhon is the consummate professional. He brings it every night. He plays with the fire of a Steve Francis, but without the boneheaded plays (and obviously without some of the raw talent too, but you can't have stars at every position). Anyone refreshed by Battier's professionalism should know Duhon brings a lot of the same kinds of things. And I know he might not be the perfect player for an Adelman system, but that doesn't mean he's not a (cheap) upgrade over Alston. It would be great to get Rashard Lewis and Steve Francis in the same offseason... but we can't count on that happening. Duhon is a far more realistic option.
THANK YOU!!! Live by the three Die by the three Streaky Rockets Team Undone in the playoffs because they couldn't hit their threes.
Watch him play, his strengths aren't all that different from Alston's. Both of them have ****ty field goal percentages. Duhon's is better but that's not saying much. Duhon struggles to crack 40%, Alston hovers around 38%. Both of them shoot nearly identically from the 3 point stripe. (around 36% for both of them) The assist-to-turnover ratio is a pointless thing to bring up. Rafer Alston doesn't have to many laudable characteristics but the guy has good handles and their numbers are very similar. Both of them are small and get worked over by bigger point guards. Duhon gives you more "hustle" and energy but that's not what this team needs. We need a point guard who can a) shoot the ball and b) who can actually penetrate to the basket. Duhon does neither of those. His percentages are the same as Rafer's and like Rafer he's incapable of penetrating and scoring.
i live in chicago...and we dont want duhon. he's regressed in my opinion over the last year. also, he is absolutley god-awful in the clutch. i dont know if you guys remember that playoff series with the wizards, in the elimanation game the bulls were down by two or three or something and had the ball. someone passed it to duhon, who for some reason was running the opposite way, and the ball bounced off his back. game over. he's a career bench player. plus, the bulls dont want him. neither should we.
i live in houston...and we dont want alston. i'll puke if anyone says that "Rafer runs the team well" garbage
yeah well did i say anything about rafer? i was giving my opinion on duhon. i have no idea where you pulled that from.
Chris Duhon is Rafer Alston with a serious face instead of stupid grin. He's your "stay the course" candidate at backup PG, I'd rather have a "change of pace" guy at this point. I'm fine with 20-25 mpg of Alston with other stars, but he was overused by neccesity last season becuase all of the other guys stunk.
You're missing the point. Duhon barely qualifies as an upgrade. That speaks to how overrated he is. He's just as worthless as Rafer. We need to get a real upgrade instead of settling for a Rafer-clone.
