The subject of the thread is self-expanitory. Do you think that Eddie could be our future at the 5. Obviously he needs to gain a few pounds, but if he does, who thinks he could be a good 5? Also, why? By the way, I do!!!!
I think the luxury of having a tall athletic player like Griffen is that you can play him at the 3, 4, or 5. If the rockets are able to land Rashard then you can move him to the 5. If the rockets luck out and get Ming you can move him to the 3. Griffen is going to be AWESOME anywhere he plays.
i think i have always seen grif at the three no matter his natural position being the 4 etc etc that with some kind of dynamic defense and a big big 4
What if you had an offense featuring two strong, tall fowards, such as Griffin and Drew Gooden, if we were to draft him? Both can hit the perimeter j's with some consistency and both can dominate on the boards in time. This would create serious matchup problems for opposing teams. We could keep switching them in and out of the post and perimeter setups. While one is low post, the other is on the 3-line, and vice-versa. Then, when they switch, the other team's defense would struggle to guard either down low, if they have a true small foward guarding one of them, inside, or on the perimeter, if a slower, more bulky 4-man is on coverage out there. This would also expell one of their rebounders from the inside post. We can even call plays where both line up on the perimeter like a couple of sf's or the inside at the same time, like two power fowards. Add both of these scenarios with our usual pg / sg and center trios, as they are, and we could be in business. Could this even work????
Not that well... Unless Griffin vastly improves his passing skills. Not to mention post-up skills. Your idea is what the Rockets envisioned with Barkley and Olajuwon. As we found out, they just cancelled each other out.
How tall is E-Griff? I heard he was somewhere around 6'9 when entering the draft, but then her grew to 6'11. Is it true??
I haven't seen much of EG this year, but how much defense does he play? Sure, he gets some blocks and stuff, but how effective is he overall on the defensive end? Does he do enough to harrass the opposing player to pass off or take a bad shot? Just wondering because he all the taller 4s in the league, his defensive ability would be really vital. I would rather see him maintain his current frame and play the atheletic 4 than be the undersized 5 and get pounded underneath the basket.
What about what RNuss02 said. Since Rudy is not going after a 5 this off-season, could he be invisioning something along the lines of this type of senario: 2 Big PF's (can block, rebound, shoot, and post up) 1 tall SF (can play D, shoot the 3, rebound, and pass) Mobley Fancis Who else are we going to plug in at center if we are getting rid of Collier, and Willis is not signing back? Exactly, it has to be Cato/Griff for part of the year, otherwise the 2 PF thing starts to seem plauseable.
When healthy, the first year that Barkley and Olajuwon were together, they were pretty much unstoppable. Both were great on the low block and both could hit shots from the perimeter. Add in three three point shooters and you have the perfect setup for the DIT offense. You post whoever has the more exploitable matchup, or you can alternate so one player does not get worn out. The start of Charles first season as a Rocket shows how effective this can be. Now if we just had a big, defensive center who could hit the three. MING!
Watching Cha-Orl tells me exactly why the Rockets won't be serious until they get a post up type of player or a good big player. Even though Davis and some of the others were struggling, they were feeding Campbell and he was killing. Elden is a nice player, but no one will confuse him with a great player. Even though they lost the game in overtime, they managed to stay in it because they were getting fouled and scored inside on post ups. Until Griffin or someone on the Rockets can be this type of player, at most we will be first round fodder. Jump shotting teams never win rings and thats what we are right now.
