after another piss poor performance from reefer everyone's answer to this question should be HELL YES!!!
only under one condition I would not let Steve have a try:he is reluctant to play and as fat as Bonzi last year.
wow, this poll is a bit surprising. I would never have guessed that 90% of the board would want to see Stevie.
What the F happened to Adelman being a guy who could handle egos? All I see is a huge pile of BS, and it is really starting to stink.
Play Francis already and bench the brickster. not my pic I guess it's jb2rocket's pchop http://bbs.clutchfans.net/showthread.php?t=137693&page=6&pp=20
Rookie, I am sure most long-time Rocket fans would never question the heart and courage that Francis has displayed for this team in the past. This alone should warrant a shot at some play time....... He has put forth more passion in a Rockets uniform than Tracy would ever dare to show, Just ask Yao.....
Production On Court/Off Court Roland Player Min Own Opp Net On Off Net Rating Yao 79% 29.6 9.3 +20.3 +7.1 +2.1 +5.0 +15.9 McGrady 79% 28.2 16.5 +11.8 +3.7 +14.6 -10.9 +5.3 Wells 45% 16.5 14.5 +1.9 +9.4 +3.2 +6.2 +3.1 James 50% 16.2 12.0 +4.3 +2.4 +9.7 -7.3 +1.0 Head 24% 9.7 17.0 -7.3 +19.8 +1.7 +18.1 -0.1 Battier 75% 10.5 15.7 -5.2 +6.0 +5.9 +0.1 -3.7 Hayes 53% 14.7 17.7 -3.0 +2.5 +10.0 -7.5 -4.3 Scola 35% 7.9 15.5 -7.6 +8.3 +4.8 +3.6 -4.4 Mutombo 6% 8.5 8.3 +0.2 -10.3 +7.0 -17.3 -4.8 Alston 54% 10.3 21.5 -11.2 +5.9 +6.1 -0.2 -8.0 For those people who's still defending rafer, take this. Alston is worse than mutombo by a large margin.
Nah, He was pretty damn awesome with the Magic until they traded Cat for Doug Crusty. The downward spiral began there, but if you look at the games that he recieved 35+ minutes in New York, He played very well....
Maybe Adelman is afraid Skip will slit his throat if he benches him! Alston & Snyder for Kurt Thomas!! Kurt is a free agent after this season, and would be a nice veteran PF grab from a struggling team.
Looks like most wanna see Steve including me...I don't care how bad SF3 plays or how "out of shape" he is, he won't be as consistenly atrocious as Rafer Alston. Did you guys watch Steve tonight on the bench? He was all over the place - jumping up and down, going out on the floor to congratulate his teammates, talking smack to Rudy Gay after he dunked it, and working the refs over during timeouts. He's really been a team player so far.
I don't want Francis even if he is in shape. We're lacking ball movement right now, if any of you guys think Francis could help our situation then you might want to put down your pipe. Our offense will take a large step back with Steve running the show. Let Adalmen handle Francis; you guys complain about Steve's playing time more than Steve himself. Yes, Alston's playing terrible, but what can we do? Start the rookie? I'm one of the biggest Alston haters on this board, but please...we have no other option. Like Van Gundy use to say, the players all have their opportunities in practice. Adalmen isn't stupid, if Francis was lighting it up in practice, then why isn't he on the court. You guys need to take a step back and look at the player he is now. He isn't the Franchise anymore, so stop drooling over what he did in the past. We DO not need another 4 turnovers each game.
