i want odom, woods, and amare. And if we can't draft woods, and amare. We have other great player we can aquire. Players that will be there at 8,12,15 after odom trade. 8-wilcox,woods,wagner,tsisk(mabe), hilario, and more... 12-woods,amare,nachabar, hilario(mabe), ely,jeffries and more.... 15-woods,amare,ely,prince, nachabar and more.... One big problem we had this year was lack of a good bench, we had collier, and langi gtting pt, we had brown and ot getting pt. Face it those guys suck we have no bench. Lets do what new jersey did and get lots of player not one. Cause we could fill our sg,sf,c/pf backup voids we have. We will replace brown,langi,willis,ot, rice,willams with player a lot better if we trade our pick to la, heck we might get maggette to, that would be better than torres. I hope i get a lot of POSITIVE responses for this well though out post i made.....i doubt it though.
I totally agree with what you said but your title should be "Screw the CBA" Ming wants to be here but thanks to the CBA...he may not be. Lets pull this years New Jersey in the draft!!!
you didnt think hard enough to spell the word 'thought' correctly. just kidding. im not excited about any other player but ming at 1. but you make some nice points.....
Holden - You dont get excited about Caron Butler?? Hell Im getting pumped on the fact we may get Woods or Stoudemire with the 15 pick!!!
NO ODOM!!!!!!!! TOO MANY NEGATIVES . WOODS NO DEFENCE TOO ROUGH, NEEDS TOO MUCH WORK -A LONG TERM PROJECT!
NO ODOM!!!!!!!! TOO MANY NEGATIVES . WOODS NO DEFENCE TOO ROUGH, NEEDS TOO MUCH WORK -A LONG TERM PROJECT! Ming is our man and will be picked #1. So settle down and support your team"s selection!!
butler, stoudemire, woods, gooden, nachbar... they all excite me... ...at 15 though... anything but ming 1 is unworthy..in my opinion...
I agree with you Holden so I would trade down, pick up a Vet and a lower draft choice then select Butler with the pick.
Hey 'stevie', Um, who won the Ring this year? Err, I think it was ther LAKERS, not Jersey. Sorry, but Jersey has had its one and only shot for another 20 years. Kidd will be gone, everyone will be gunning for them now anyway, and who cares because they got ROLLED, because they did not have a CENTER. You think Lamar Odom somehow makes the Rockets more of a contender than they are now? 'Stevie', try to remember wayyyy back to 2 years ago, when the Rockets became the best team in NBA history NOT to make the playoffs - remember that? You didn't have Odom then, nor even anyone LIKE him. Remember who you DID have over the last couple months of the season? Remember a guy named Hakeem? Remember what it was like playing with a true (albeit nowhere near his prime) CENTER? You think Kelvin 'I-need-a-nap-and- some-stretchy-pants' Cato is going to be able to help 'you' bring a ring to this team? Don't you know that Shaq has maybe 2 years left (if that), and after that, all bets are off? Do you like playing with people (such as yourself) who play ZERO defense so much that you really really want Q Woods, who is dropping like a rock for that very reason, the fact that in all his workouts, the reports that he has absolutely no defensive skills whatsoever? You think Odom will be able to help the team while you and Cat are playing iso off all by yourselves? Give me Matt Bullard over Odom, at least Bull could consistently knock down his open 3's. And gee, I don't seem to remember Bull ever getting suspended from the league for violating the SAP.. By the way, 'stevie', maybe you have never heard of a little thing called a CONTRACT. How the heck do you think you are going to 'get rid' of numerous players under contract just because you traded a draft pick with another team?? Sigh. Come on dude, stop embarassing yourself.
actually the kings won the ring this year. in my opinion...and no one will ever convince me otherwise... but thats a different story.. either way draft ming....
more than likely the only player left at 15 will be woods and maybe nachbar or amare. also more than likely ming probably wont be the best player to come out of this draft. maybe for us he's the only player worthy of number 1 but i think caron butler and jwill could easily become better players than yao.
Stoudimire and Woods will be long gone before #15 pick is up!! Both their popularity had arise in the last 48 hours!!If Ming is not there on one let's pick Williams and get someone already prove something in NBA.
more than likely ming wont be able to stop shaq in the next year and we wont even be good in the next two years. odom fills a void at the SF and then we also could get amare, borchardt, or hilario who could all turn into better centers than ming or atleast better bangers. right now ming isnt a true center, he plays more like SF. if he cant learn to board downlow and post up then he'll never be a true center ur talking about. itll probably take atleast 3-4 years before he can play downlow and this if he ever can. since we probably dont have a chance at a title within the next couple years anyway why not start cato at C until amare, borchardt, or hilario improve? then we dont have to worry about ming always being away practice for his crappy national team and we probably wouldnt even take woods if we traded for odom, and if we did woods would have plenty of time to delvelop while odom and rice take most of the minutes next year. odom can create for himself and hes a good passer. if steve and cat run iso and get doubled teamed they can jus give it up to odom who can do as much as the other two with the ball. rice's contract is done next year and i think steve maybe willing to take a pay cut if we trade for odom and the picks so we can keep the team together. if not then we can trade odom and woods can step up. i guess taking yao at number 1 or trading could both work out i jus think we would have a better chance to get a lot of talented players if we traded. u can give points for both sides so shouldnt tell peeps to stop embarrsin themselves and jus see what happens in time.
If you kids don't go to sleep, how can Santa Claus come around and leave you your present? Seriously. Are we still doing this? Whether posting or lurking, I'm as addicted to this board as anyone, but I think I've found my limit. It's the night before Christmas and I'm actually bored. After weeks of waiting in vain to celebrate the number one draft pick (and isn't it a shame how no one will let us celebrate?), I'm finally giving up and waiting for the actual draft. Til then, here's your homework: explain why you do or don't want Ming and also which draft picks and/or proven players you'd rather have, also explain why Ming is or is not the biggest bust ever, you know, like it's the first time it's been discussed. Can't wait to read all about it tomorrow.
Let's make a deal: All of the Ming and Francis bashers have to take a one month leave of absence if: a. Ming comes and plays better than they think he will be. b. Francis continues to improve and is on the all-star team again. c. Francis loves playing with Ming. I'm keeping track of you playa hata's out there and will hunt you down. os
im not a francis hater so i wouldnt bet on b and francis will only hate playing with ming sux next year and we dont make the playoffs. the only deal ill make on ming is that itll take him atleast 3-4 years to develop into a decent center in the NBA.
