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Does the Battier/Gay trade still bother/frustrate/infuriate you to this day?

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by W22_STREAK, Jun 4, 2008.

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Does it still bother you?

  1. Deeply

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    17.8%

  2. Slightly

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    23.3%

  3. I didn't mind the trade

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  4. I'm glad the deal was made

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  1. maarrrtiin

    maarrrtiin Member

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    agreed. rudy would not have developed as much on houston as he did on memphis. he would have gotten 20 minutes a game and would have been the third option at best. JVG def would not have allowed him to take shots at will and that would in turn cause rudy gay to be as good as tmac was on toronto. plus rudy gay cant guard kobe like shane can! and with artest and tmac, id rather have battier for the next two years, cause defense wins championships. artest would be worn out trying to guard kobe in a series, and you know tmac cant!
     
    #301 maarrrtiin, Nov 25, 2008
  2. Yao4REAL

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    No the trade doesn't bother me. What bother me is PEOPLE like you that have to start a thread like this. GET OVER IT!
     
    #302 Yao4REAL, Nov 25, 2008
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    Well, in his defense, it was made way back in June.

    And I'm glad this trade was made. Battier>Gay. That's my deep thought on this.
     
    #303 GuerillaBlack, Nov 25, 2008
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  5. W22_STREAK

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    Not when T-Mac/Yao missing half of our games...
     
    #305 W22_STREAK, Nov 25, 2008
  6. YaoMingsSoldier

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    w/o battier, we wouldnt have anyone to guard the opposing teams best defender. Dont you guys miss Shane being out there? Every game I watched so far this season, I'm thinking "man, I want shane back." Rudy Gay is good, but shane fits perfectly with the Rockets.
     
    #306 YaoMingsSoldier, Nov 26, 2008
  7. W22_STREAK

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    Well now with T-Mac out of indefinite amount of time, just like every season for the past few years, I'm sure Rudy is can make a much bigger contribution than Shane!

    Oh and for those who said Rudy can't get enough touches in our team compared to him being in the Grizzlies, why not just let him DNP and develop like Bynum...no Laker is b****ing about Bynum not contributing in his rookie year...
     
    #307 W22_STREAK, Nov 26, 2008
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    Well now with T-Mac out of indefinite amount of time, just like every season for the past few years, I'm sure Rudy is can make a much bigger contribution than Shane!

    Oh and for those who said Rudy can't get enough touches in our team compared to him being in the Grizzlies, why not just let him DNP and develop like Bynum...no Laker is b****ing about Bynum not contributing in his rookie year...

    we didn't exactly win anything with Battier...and we would win a lot more with Rudy instead of Shane on board this year and every upcoming year...afterall Shane hasn't done ANYTHING so far...

    to those who think Rudy won't be played by JVG...so you saying he'll play Luther Head/Chuck Hayes loads of minutes but not Rudy?!
     
    #308 W22_STREAK, Nov 26, 2008
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    Well now with T-Mac out of indefinite amount of time, just like every season for the past few years, I'm sure Rudy is can make a much bigger contribution than Shane!

    Oh and for those who said Rudy can't get enough touches in our team compared to him being in the Grizzlies, why not just let him DNP and develop like Bynum...no Laker is b****ing about Bynum not contributing in his rookie year...

    we didn't exactly win anything with Battier...and we would win a lot more with Rudy instead of Shane on board this year and every upcoming year...afterall Shane hasn't done ANYTHING so far...

    to those who think Rudy won't be played by JVG...so you saying he'll play Luther Head/Chuck Hayes loads of minutes but not Rudy?!

    Rudy is what exactly this team needed and still needs! Offensive Firepower and Great Rebounding!
     
    #309 W22_STREAK, Nov 26, 2008
  10. 5KR4TCH

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    nope damn happy with Battier
     
    #310 5KR4TCH, Nov 26, 2008
  11. kellume

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    It wasn't going to be Rudy Gay...The trade stopped us from making yet another bad draft per Caroll Dawson...
     
    #311 kellume, Nov 26, 2008
  12. W22_STREAK

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    Is there any evidence that we were never interested in Gay?

    Anyhow, its worse to DRAFT a star player and TRADE him away than PASSING up on a star.
     
    #312 W22_STREAK, Nov 26, 2008
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    Is there any evidence that we were never interested in Gay?

    Anyhow, its worse to DRAFT a star player and TRADE him away than PASSING up on a star.

    Still we did DRAFT Rudy Gay right?
     
    #313 W22_STREAK, Nov 26, 2008
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    Is there any evidence that we were never interested in Gay?

    Anyhow, its worse to DRAFT a star player and TRADE him away than PASSING up on a star.

    Still we did DRAFT Rudy Gay right? And we traded him away AFTER drafting him right?
     
    #314 W22_STREAK, Nov 26, 2008
  15. Kwame

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    It would've been nice to have Rudy Gay in there at the end tonight - especially since he's a clutch player who takes and makes big shots.
     
    #315 Kwame, Nov 26, 2008
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    It really doesn't matter because we are the better team, and have been since the trade went down. I think battier coming to Houston is a good thing, you have a guy with as much class as he does, and it starts to rub off on the other rockets.
     
    #316 1Bowler, Nov 27, 2008
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