Game 4 is why the Rockets did not invest in a backup C

I hope management will realize that small ball has it's limitations. If we had executed better,it wouldn't have been too bad.The Lakers took full advantage of our lack of size,length,athleticism tonight.

 

I think your nick fits you pretty well. Hehe, but maybe you should read the thread.

 

It's going to be difficult,we aren't going to get Chris Anderson(tall,athletic,not 7 foot but I know what you are trying to say here) cheaply or anyone else.

I like David Lee with his ability to play at the 4 and 5 (I know he is 6'9'' but he has length),it's going to cost us too much. I like Camby to an extent despite his age(he has a short contract which I'm sure you are aware of). Marcus can play at both the 5 and the 4. I admit I would be very reluctant in giving up McGrady's expiring contract for him and Baron.

 

Frankly, I don't know what we are arguing any more. Given we can't find anyone, we just play the guys we have, see game 4 for proof?

 

I actually think game 5 was the fluke.

 

I hear ya but I like Morey's ability to wheel-and-deal with the draft and find underlooked free agents. Hopefully, he'll able to find a cheap yet rotation-ready player that can bring some versatility to the 4/5. Basically my point is we don't necessarily HAVE to shoot for Marcus Camby or Birdman type in order to find somebody capable of playing the "Deke role" of playing defense, crashing the boards and blocking/altering shots.

 

I totally agree with you there,a backup C/PF is secondary to that.

 

see it?
no back up C means Yao is more likely to get injured
and without yao, we may win some games occasionally
But we are much less competitive

 

We just need a healthy tmac or yao.
With any of them, we are competitive to any team of the league.
With both of them, we are totally nightmare for others

 

Maybe I should translate "is why" as "evidence"? Look, all I know is that Rockets need a backup C. A small ball lineup is out of necessity rather than best bet. It will be scholastically dominated and can't sustain long. Small ball doesn't win 33 games last year either. Even after Yao was out, Deke would come into the game and provide some pivotal shot blocking and defense. It was well documented. You can't say Deke is needed in certain series, but we can go small ball in regular season. If that's the case, maybe I should speculate they didn't get a backup because they know Yao can get through regular season fine, maybe not playoffs? Playoffs is what matters, and I don't see any evidence small ball, ours or others, has great success.

I don't want to speculate why they didn't get a backup C in the offseason. I've already listed possible reasons.

 

We need Pachulia on this team as our back up for Yao. He is a free agent now and can be had at a fair price. I think he would be a great sub for Yao and plays with his heart so he should fit right in.

 

I am referring to next year incase anyone gets confused.

 

So we're only aiming to keep Yao in for 28-33 Minutes a game? I seriously don't see any issues with Yao logging in no less than 34 minutes a night if he cuts his weight to a more chiseled mobile 285 lbs. At that weight he wouldn't be a twig, he'd have a good amount of muscle mass with good mobility, just look at the typical sprinters physique...285 lbs is Yao's perfect playing weight for putting up at least 34 minutes per contest.

 

I did read it. I don't get your point.

 

game 5 is why we need to

 

This thread really got exposed after tonight's game