I can certainly see your point, and do not feel that strongly about numbers 2 or 3, I guess they could be 2 and 2a, as far as I am concerned. DD
Maybe that is how we got mixed up. I'm not talking about next year I'm talking about this year, right now. Right now since Yao is out our biggest weakness is at center. Yao is Yao and that's all I can say about him. But we need better production at our center spot.
good post The more tmac sets up everyone else, the better. If Rafer isn't knocking them down just put Jackson in. Even if they penetrate more they don't have the skills to find the open man the way that tmac does. It doesn't make any sense to me, the only upgrade we should look foward too is a pg who can shoot. We should think more along the lines of what the Cavs did, they upgraded shooting because Lebron creates for everyone. If Lebron goes down their doomed anyway, so are we if tmac goes down.
Yes, I agree there, I am talking about the Rockets team in general. Not just the one that we are currently able to put on the floor. DD
The same can be said about Toronto being able to lock Calderon up long term dont make too much sence but they should but then they have to live with T.J Ford and nobody wants him just because of the fact he is over paid and injury prone so how do they move T.J Ford at the same time being able to lock up Calderon long term?
But the Cavs suck. Why emulate them? I would emulate the champions, and they have 2 penetrating players on the floor at crucial times.....if you have 2 creators on the floor it is a huge advantage. I truly enjoyed the discussion HTowns_Finest, there are some fans on here who just resort to personal insults, and that is not very classy.....thanks for the quality discussion. DD
Agree. We shou;dn't look at Cavs. They are in East and even there they really suck. If LeBron doesn't score 30+ than we can't talk about Cavs winning. They are about 0-6 maybe 0-7 without LeBron this season and in those games they couldn't even reach 70 points. You have to have good team where even if you star player is down / on the bench the team can still win ballgames. Stars are very important but in my opinion the critical things are role players and the bench.
At the very least if the Rockets wanted Calderon then they would have to work out a sign and trade somehow and the package must be built around Brooks since Toronto is in constant rebuild mode. I just cant picture them wanting to take back Alston but i seen crazier things.
You're right (lets say the 3peat lakers instead of Lebron cavs) but what i was getting at is that tmac is more of a... dare i say... a "point foward" than a traditional sg so we need players to compliment his game. Having 2 or more cutters is nice (part of the reason we play so well with an active big like Landry on the court) but its hard to do with Shane out there. Im all for getting a slashing pg but i think its rare to get a quality slasher for cheap. The shooting pg is much easier to get and we have the luxury of having 2 top players who can make the pg's workload relatively light. See, i didn't insult you
Rafer's value to the team has been evident when he's missed games over the last few years. The Rockets look horrible when he's out. He's a bad shooter, but he's played better this year overall because he has resumed driving to the basket rather than exclusively camping out behind the three point line. I also don't think he gets enough credit for his defense, particularly his helping defense. Moving Rafer would be a good idea if and only if they have a better point guard lined up to replace him. I don't see Brooks being able to be a full time point guard. Who is available? Might the two expiring contracts (Jackson and Francis) expiring contract be the more likely route to acquiring a better point guard?
Rafer is a scrub no matter how you spin it. Rockets have plenty scrubs, but Rafer is a bad scrub most of the time. Our center position is weak but they dont give you a stat like this: 4/15, 3/18, 7/19....
Shooting drought happens to anybody. Hmmm...how about T-Mac in the last 4 games? Good players can draw fouls and go to the line OR get setup for a couple of easy baskets to get back to their rhytm. That's all you can do. And the law of average is always true. So, this season, Alston is actually showing some REAL improvements.
Alston has to play good for us to win games and it doesnt even matter if he is on the court or not he still has to play good for us to win more games. So its evident that the Rockets need a point guard in the worst ways. He is the type of player you cant win without but you can certainly win when he playes good and not just by being on the court. Its a combination of his play by taking tomany shots or not making the right passes which ties into bad decision making which also ties into taking tomany shots or launching a shot to early in the shot clock.
You know, right now with us not having any inside game (ok at least we have Landry) Rafer has to play well because a lot depends on McGrady's and Rafer's performances.
What could the Rockets do about this year now? I'm pretty sure the people posting here are posting for the coming years, not this year where no changes are coming.
