What would it take to get Mihm?

I read this from Daily Texan (UT newspaper) 2 yrs ago during draft season that Mihm would love to play for Rockets.
He is from TX.. why not playing for TX team?

 

i think it may take kt to land him. they have big Z, doleac, and diop at center if mihm is traded. the cavs may have interest in kt since niether skinner or t. hill can score like him.

 

I dont think getting Mihm would really solve anything. I guess you could argue hes a home grown product, but thats the only reason i would want him. To put it flat, he isnt that good. He averages 10 and 6 and although thats better than cato (who averages 6 and 6) and willis ( 7 and 7), mihm is not the answer to our problems. I mean, our point guard averages more rebounds than him. Even Mo-T, the much hated "soft" guy on the boards, got about 6 boards a game.

 

let's get him...do what it takes sans Francis nor Griffin

 

Mihm is a good player - if he could stay in the game. Every other game I see him in, he has 4 or 5 fouls in about 20-30 minutes of play. If he could stay on the court, I think he could be a 15-18 pt and 8-10 reb guy for this team. From watching Cleveland play (I like watching Andre Miller play), he seems to disappear in games, though. I don't know if this is a by-product of their offense or of him just not being into the game.

 

I haven't seen much of Mihm, so I don't have an opinion on him. Personally, I'd rather see us make a run at Brad Miller.

 

How about:

Houston trades: Oscar Torres $332,817 to Cleveland
Houston trades: Dan Langhi $465,850 to Cleveland
Houston trades: Terence Morris $490,000 to Cleveland
Houston trades: Moochie Norris $3,600,000 to Cleveland
TOTAL: $4,888,667


Cleveland trades: Chris Mihm $2,067,960 to Houston
Cleveland trades: Bimbo Coles $2,475,000 to Houston
TOTAL: $4,542,960


TRADE ACCEPTED

I dont really think Mihm will ever be more than a 10 pt, 7 board guy and probably wouldnt do that trade, but it works.

 

I'd rather get Diop, or both, but not just Mihm. Diop has the potential we need, but Cleveland probably feels the same way, and won't part with him...

Mihm is not the missing piece we need at center ... a role player backup, which we could use, but not the starter we need.

 

One problem with acquiring Mihm would be the cost to keep him. With the dearth of centers in the NBA today, Mihm will command at least 7 million a year when his rookie contract expires. If you don't believe that, go back and the review the bidding war for Todd McCulloch.

With Steve and Eddie sure to get maximum dollars in the future, will our owner be willing to shell out big bucks for an average big man?

 

DaDa-that trade makes a lot of sense to me.

I like Mihm-he's a solid shotblocker, and has the center body, just needs the mindset. Pairing him with Griffin, you could either bulk Griffin into a center, and use Mihm as a PF, or make Mihm your center.

Cleveland is using him as a PF (because of Doleac, Diop, and Ziggy). I'd think KT would be more valuable as a PF than Mihm.

For the foul trouble, I wonder if that's because he's guarding the PF. At 7'0'' 265, he's pretty big for that position, so his opposition would have the quickness advantage, which could possibly lead to fouls for him trying to make up for it.

 

Big Mihm fan from UT so my opinion has a little bias.

Mihm's +'s

1) Catches the ball consistently.
2) Shotblocker.
3) Can Shoot the ball.
4) Rebounds effectively.

-'s

1) Not an all-star.
2) Not a double digit rebounding threat.
3) Fouls a lot
4) Tries to do to much offensively

Let me look at his minus's first.

Currently, Francis is the only lock for an allstar appereance. Griffin should develop into an allstar in 1-3 years. Only a few players are allstars and Mihm isn't one. Mihm is better than Collier, younger than Willis. A platoon of him and Cato would be an improvement.

Few are 10 rebounding threats. This is a weakness of Mihm, but I'd say he's only slightly below average. When teamed with Griffin this shouldn't be a problem. A Mihm Taylor frontline would require a good rebounding SF (Morris maybe) and the backcourt to rebound.

With Cato and the possibility of Taylor and Griffin playing minutes together, Mihm probable will be held to around 20 minutes per game so I don't see this as a problem considering the FT shooting of centers in the west.

Doesn't always pass. With the presence of Francis, Mobley, Taylor, and Griffin, I expect Mihm to get easier shoots so his percentage should become respectable.

On the pluses, his being able to catch the ball opens the door for many plays down low for easy scores.

Mihm challenges more shots than Cato and plays the PF spot also. Against GS for example, Cato, Mihm and griffin could plat together to neutralize the their big lineup with a bigtime shotblocking line.

Mihm can hit from 16-18 ft. Either a team allows him open looks or the basket isn't guarded from penetration.

He isn't a bigtime rebounder, but when playing center he does an effective job getting defensive boards and boxing out.



I think he is better than Cato and at worst would be a decent platoon player with Cato and Collier at center. KT won't be used much after this year, but should do well in the East considering their lack of West quality PFs. I'd throw in Langhi if it would help which it might considering their offense.

Not the solution to the rockets problems, but I believe the problems can be solved with better play at the 2,3, and 4 positions.

 

The thing that I like about Mihm is that he has (or had) the consistant 20 foot jumper that Mo had, but Kenny doesn't yet. Add to that that he'd be a real Center-sized person for this team, and I think he'd be great. The problem is, I think that Cleveland kinda likes him. I don't see them giving him up.

 

Brad Miller seems to me to be a guy that is a major improvement for this team and make an immediate impact for the future. He is an all around center type player who would solidify our post. With Chicago's young studs at the 5, it seems to me to be possible to land Miller...what would it take?

 

Miller is nice, but he won't be dealt until they feel Curry is ready

 

I can't prove this, but I'm willing to bet that Mihm has played most of his minutes at center this year due to the injuries of basically ALL their centers.