Are you crazy? what do we need this glassy FT guard for? scoring? give more room in the active roster cause his always injured? damn!
we need a good athletic backup center that can run when Yao cant especially when we play warriors and Suns...and I really see so much potential in Luis Scola he could easily be our third scorer if we give him the chance to provide more offense to us...he barley touches the ball some games...make that argentinian a force to be reckon with! also i liked the corey maggette deal mentioned earlier...but i dont know if thats possible
Cavs S&T Varejao for Bibby Kings trade Miller for James+Snyder+Hayes Kings: (James) Udrih Douby Greene Martin Salmons Artest Garcia (Snyder) Moore Varejao (Hayes) SAR Hawes Williams Watkins* *Watkins non-guaranteed waived. Rockets: Alston Francis Brooks McGrady Bonzi Head Battier (Harris) Novak (Miller) Scola Landry Yao Deke
i would be more consistent and build a team for a coaches system and stick with that coach and not fire him and bring in a coach wiyh a different system for a team built for the other coach
I think I'll go for Artest...I'll give them Battier + players...this team lacks toughness and competitive ability...
Brad miller makes like 14 million year for the next century. no thanks. not to mention he is overrated. i rather sign jackie butler then pay miller 14 million a season. thats yao type money.
I'm glad you responded before i did I can't stand how some people on here are so damn obnoxious. Always trying to disrespectfully correct someone's grammar.
We have a 3rd option in steve francis. Have you seen how the team plays when he is in the game. He practically won us the game in phoenix. I beleive with a healthy steve in the lineup we have a legitimate chance to win.
We have one. His name is Steve Francis. Never thought I'd say this now, cuz I thought Francis was done, and his bball IQ is what it is. But I have to eat my words. Francis gives us heart and tenacity, something we desperately lack. We got away with it in the past cuz our coach then was the fire and heart of the team, but not with this coach now, who looks like he needs an angioplasty more than fighting with the players. If I was the GM? I'd do nothing, unless there's a way to get Corey Maggette. Bonzi and Mike James will probably work. Gives the clips a big starting 2-guard and a point who can legitimately play and score. Solves their problems, we solve ours. Otherwise, Daryl Morey has given Rick more than enough pieces. You can't tell me that this group of players isn't talented. Then it's the coach's job to make them play well together, especially one with a reputation of being a coach who adjusts his system to fit his players. Looks to me like someone isn't up to the task. 18 games now, and personally, I haven't seen anything that showed me any significant and long-lasting progress with our play.
Obviously players need to be moved around, but what if our third scoring punch is right under our very noses? Why don't we ever play Aaron Brooks? Honestly? Don't give me "he's too young", "he's not ready" non-sense. He could possibly be the type of player that Sam Cassell was for the 1993-94 Rockets. Beno Udrih: Jacque Vaughn was above him in the rotation... Now look at him, starting for the injured Bibby on the Kings, and he's playing incredibly! Brandon Bass: What about the power forward position? We were sweating in the off-season about the four spot, until we got Scola. If you had told me "hey, what about Brandon Bass, maybe we should get him" I would laugh till I couldn't breathe anymore. Look at him now though! Not even Yao can contain him. Kelenna Azubuike: He was part of our pre-season roster last year... where is he now? Starting for the Warriors averaging over 13 ppg. Mike Harris: That kid was an athletic freak... why did we let him go? If I were GM (which is what this thread is about after all), I would do, at least at this stage, do one of the following: 1. trade Luther Head for a future pick and/or cash considerations 2. package Luther Head and Kirk Snyder for some young prospect player This way, this would allow Brooks more playing time, say maybe, 13 to 14 minutes a night. At this point, isn't it at least worth a try?
I would trade for a guy who promised he would not set a career low in FG% like half of the our roster is doing. Seriously, the pieces are already here. Outside of an athletic backup for Yao I don't see any weakness IF the guys we brought in would just do what they have done throughout their careers. Maybe it is the adjustment to the new system, maybe it is Adelmans' coaching style or maybe it is bad luck that is holding this team back. Regardless, I don't see a realistic trade that helps this team.
If I were the GM, I'd consider one of the following options- 1) A package for Ron Artest. I haven't seen ANY slid evidence pointing to the Maloofs refusing to trade with the Rockets because of Adelman, so I will continue to push for this trade. Artest will give the Rockets supreme toughness, 3rd option scoring ability, and everything that Battier offers but better (defense, rebounding, etc..). His strength would allow him to play the PF position, which would allow for T-Mac moving to the SF position (where he is best at on both sides of the ball), and Francis move into the starting SG position. That means we would have a good passer at each position, VERY good defensive play as well as 4 different players who can effectively create their shots. The question is...what to offer the Kings? With Bibby on the way out soon, they'd probably want a PG, so Brooks or James would be lucrative. Since he only has a 1 year contract and already proved himself in Sacramento, Bonzi Wells might look good to them. Then we have fillers like Novak. 2 deal breakers might be Battier and Scola. I personally want to keep both, but I'd give up Scola before I gave up Battier, who is too good of a shooter and defensive player, whereas Scola is still developing. 2) A package for Andre Miller. Basically a better version of Rafer without the 3pt chucking. He is smart, terrific passer, very solid midrange shooter and finisher at the rim, and a good defensive player. A package of Rafer and a few filler would probably get the deal done since he is reportedly on the trading block and the team is rebuilding.
Make a new reality show called 'Houston Rockets Survivor.' At the end of every game I take the worst performer and he's off the island...err I mean trade him. Because we clearly need to make a trade after every single game (and make 10 threads about it).
Prior to taking the job, I would have negotiated a comp structure with a bonus tied to revenue. As long as the team plays at a second tier level, I'd make a lot of player and personnel changes every year to keep the fan base interested. If I happen to stumble on the right combination of players/coaches to take me all the way, all the more better.......that would mean I'd get to ride the Yao marketing gravy train that much longer.
If i can i would try to look for a reliable 3-point shooter like Barry, Stojakovic, Jackson or those who make around 6 millon, i would use any player not on the starting 5 plus Scola, Brooksand Francis. (Although i may include Alston if de deal includes ANY pass first PG) -too bad we couldnt get Uldrih from SA he seems good at sactown.- OUT of that i have a lot of faith on the team as it is.
Hmm, a lot of radical ideas here... I don't know... but maybe a radical move needs to be taken. If we were to trade for another player, I wouldn't want that player that has had a championship ring, because I'd be afraid he wouldn't bring intensity to the team; rather he'd make the team even more passive because he's already got his ring, which is not what we need, so forget Kobe. We need a player who has never won it all... maybe got real close, but never won it all, but wants it badly. Our Houston Rockets are low on fuel... we need to fill up the tank. We need a player with a mentality like stone, who can make our team hard, make them cold-blooded, yet motivate everyone; a player like Steve Nash, not that necessarily that caliber of player, but a player who has that on floor presence... But you know what, I think Steve Francis has that presence... when he's on the floor, it just seems (at least the games/possessions/highlights/etc. I watched) that everyone is playing better, ie, Suns game.
