Eric Snow was 6'3 Aaron Brooks isn't even six feet tall. What made Snow and Iverson doable was Snow was able to guard the two guard allowing AI to guard the point , but on offense Iverson could slide to his natural position at shooting guard. I think a better example would be Iverson with Anthony Carter or Chucky Atkins, and we all know how that went defensively...
We have about $2.1 million left with the mid level exception before Pops contract is announced... $5.85 million exception total -$2.3 million Andersen -$.725 million Taylor -$.725 million Budinger =~$2.1 million so subtract from that whatever pops gets unless he gets the veteran minimum
Brooks and Iverson play 2 different positions also. Brooks speed alone gave opposing defenses fits. Iverson can create for himself. Break down defenses and make passes. Brooks can do the same. No one knows what Brooks was doing in the summer. His defense could have improved. He could have learned how to use his speed on the defensive end to bug the opposing pg. Even if that doesn't work I'm sure the coach will see things and pair up one of them with Lowry considering Lowry is defensive minded also.
I have not even seen one link where it shows that the Rockets are intersted. Anywhere you search only NYK, CHarlotte and Miami are shown. where are we getting that the Rockets are intersted. And im talking about recent sources not 2 weeks ago. Can anyone show proof where the Rockets are atleast intersted.
lowry is also a midget. nevertheless, if we do sign iverson, he's not going to get more than 30 minutes a game considering brooks and lowry will get a lot of the PG's minutes, battier and trevor will get the 2/3. and tracy mcgrady is going to come back. unless you're envisioning a mcgrady and/or battier trade, an iverson signing is a disaster. and i love allen iverson. his lack of height kills us.
Im 50/50 on a Iverson deal. I dont think he adds any new dynamic to the team. We have some decent "small" guys already. But, if we do happen to suck this year, it would be a more entertaining way to do just that.
If you were to play AI with Brooks or Lowry, who's gonna guard that 6'6 sg. Shane or Ariza can only guard one guy and thats assuming no Mac in the starting 5. This team would not play solid defense with AI in the backcourt.
Iverson seems to be a "holding pattern" move a way to squeeze out some wins until Yao gets back. I am not as opposed to it as I used to be because it is a throw away year...but not sure he should start over Brooks..... We should use this year to develop guys, not old vets. DD
hmmm...who cares? you think wilt chamberlain's 100 pts is going to be in jeopardy every night or something?
He does not have to start over Brooks. He can play alongside Brooks. The team will sufer in the defensive end but the team needs that scorer who can help keep the team stay afloat until Tmac or even Yao comes back. AI might not propel the team to an elite status but it sure addresses a need for someone to put point s on the board. Again, It is a low risk, The young guns can still develop, I do not see Adelman playing him major minutes unless He is on fire.
Im not talking about Kobe specifically. The average shooting guard is probably around 6'5. Thats a full five inches on AI. I don't want to throw away this teams defensive mentality. Offensively I don't think Brooks and AI would play particularly well together since both there games require them to have the ball to create. Lowry would seem like a better fit for Allen, and thats still a defensive nightmare. I haven't even gotten to how TMac and AI would play together. Maybe it would be like AI and Melo, but there still only one ball.
Well i would assume there would be a trade considering Iverson would be the 16th guy on the roster. There is a article saying the Rockets signed Pop Mesa Buhnosa ( SP??) so that would be 17. The Rockets really have nothing to play for this year unless they do make a trade to get a big who might raise expectations but who knows. Brooks / Lowry combo proved to be deadly last season and their height alone is awful. I don't know if the Iverson signing would be a disaster but it won't hurt to see. I mean it is a one year deal. Low risk High reward type of deal. Hopefully it won't be the same as the Ron Artest situation.
If your talking about Kobe ( im guessing ) then its Obviously Shane/ Ariza. Basketball is 5 on 5 not 1 on 1. There is a thing called help defense. Hell in the playoffs they had Artest guarding Odom at one point while Scola was on Ariza.
also just to add chuck hayes is 6'6. He guards pf's who are 6'10 6'11 and does a damn good job at it.
i dont know about iverson. hes a very good player but i really wouldnt want another ball hog. Every team he has gone too either got better after he left (76ers, nuggets) or worse when he got there (pistons, nuggets again). Yea i know that nuggets got better because billups is an elite point guard but iverson still left. We just got rid of someone who hogged the ball and jacked up shots and with the signing of taylor and chase i dont see how this is a logical option for the rockets. optimistically tmac is back at game 1 and taylor can be back up sg realistically well have to tough it out for a couple weeks. without yao and with tmac we have a pretty okay starting/backup 5 pg: brooks/lowry sg: tmac/taylor sf: ariza/scola pf: battier/landry c: anderson/dorsey/hayes (correct me if i am wrong) i dont think another one year rental is needed, we should instead spend that money on a better traning staff so our players stay healthy because correct me if im wrong i think we have an issue with that hehe just my two cents
