My theory on why the Rockets have been winning games when Wizard is playing good.

Don't ever, EVER, use another racial slur in your signature.

 

Miggidy...right on! And you will find guys like Nolen do to. Welcome.

As for the slur...didn't see it. Save it for the basketball court where you can deliver it into someones eyes. Are you going to play with us in early July? Where are you from? How'd you find out about the board.

 

Miggidy, no harm done. I understand completely.

Let me ask you a question. You said:

Well, he had all season to do that, didn't he...? I agree that we were a more effective team when Walt began playing well down the stretch-- but again, he had all year to step up and play, and he couldn't get it done until the season was a lost cause.

PS: The Geto Boys would whoop up on Onyx like Mike Tyson against Evander Holyfield's ear.

 

Miggidy- like 'partner said, I'm right with you. We had a damn good second half of the season, a lot better than several other teams with supposedly better core players on paper , and that was because we excecuted our offense extremely well.

Sing it with me: Shooters make the offense work. Period. End of story. If we have payers who can make the mid-long range jumper, Steve, Cat and Shandy take over, baby. If we filled the floor with five super athletes who could get to the hole but not outside/perimiter game, the offense falls on it's face. Shooters like Williams and Bull are an absolute necessity to the success of the offense. That's why Croshere would be a perfect fit. More importantly, that's why I truly believe Hakeem could have a great season next year. He's perfect. He can hit J's from anywhere inside the arc. That's why I would be extremely happy to have Miller, who could be another option to bring it up court along with Mobes when Steve is trapped, likes to play with some flash, and can shoot, shoot, shoot.

We played .500 ball from January on with last year's cast. We're only going to improve on it. Re-sign Mobes and Moochie, sign #9, keep Cato, pray that Hakeem ditches his breathing problem, get help at the four, and send those boys to training camp!


[This message has been edited by Nolen (edited June 02, 2000).]

 

Nolen, Vancouver has a better core of players.

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I personally wouldn't think that a team with Walt Williams as their 3rd leading scorer would make anywhere in the playoffs, unless the first two were Shaq and Kobe.

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I agree w/ya man , the thing that also makes Walt such an important part is the fact that he can handle the ball ok for a guy his size , he can pass and get to the hole , he is not the fastest but if he can do all those things w/consistency other teams will not be able to just ignore him . This give both cat and Steve a better opportunity to do their thing . Only if he can improve on his D then we are talking about a more complete player , if he could have done it for the whole season who knows how many more games we would have won, think how many we lost by 10pts and under ? lots !

Another player that took a wile to get w/it was S.Anderson but like the Wiz once he found out his comfort zone he started to tear it up... I can see Anderson be a 12 to 15 ppg player next yr. he showed he is very capable of doing so .

Kenny T. was another guy that was a very nice surprise , am sure the coaching staff knew he could do it but they did not know how he would respond to the pressures of being a starter , well , I think that next yr. he will be a much more improved guy .. can we say maybe a 9 to 12 ppg and 8 to 10 rbs a game player for next season ? good possibility....

One thing I will say is that at the beginning of the season I stated quite a few times that we needed to have patience w/this team , that it was going to take a wile before they all started to get into the groove , they would have done much better earlier but every time they started to hit their stride an injury would occur and that would be another setback (specially the one to CB... gosh remember the look in all their faces ? and the loosing streak that followed? ) , but they did showed us what we can expect from them , they really were a good team once EVERYONE saw the light at the end of the tunnel of course by that time it was too late to make the playoffs but like Rudy T. himself said , this yr. was like a lab experiment and to tell you the truth I think they were happy w/the end results , we don't need to make drastic changes regardless of what some of you think... we just need to find a few more pieces to the puzzle and we will be set up for yrs . to come.

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