Both Scola and Lowry are restricted free agents. So DM holds their balls. I have no worry about it for DM to resign both of them as economics is bad and cap limit expect to be lower, I bet no team will offer them big contract!
not a smart decision to leave for lowry imo. lowry would be one of the worst stating point guards in the league. sorry, but it's the truth. he is not a good outside shooter AT ALL and opposing teams would capitalize on it and force him to make jumpshots. he has found his niche on the rockets. he is a pace changer off the bench. he needs to stick to that.
I would be concerned if Kyle said he didn't want to start and play more minutes. The dude is a competitor!
I believe at least 2 or 3 teams would offer Lowry the MLE, the front runner would be the Lakers. I live in Los Angeles and follow the Lakers very closely, Fisher is aging and they do need a decent priced starting PG next year... As for Scola, I think he will get a contract starting at least $7 mil, maybe not at the beginning of the Summer, but after teams who have room to sign a FA but fail to bring the Lebron/Wade/Bosh/etc...
Agreed. IMO Lowry needs Brooks, Lowry is not a shooter and rely's to heavily on his foul drawing, which is not good to close out games.
i don't consider that a "dirty" move by a gm. i'm all for players testing their true market worth and receiving equivalent offers from their current team. from the Rockets' perspective it reduces the chances we might overpay and the player will be less likely to believe we short changed him. win/win imo ...
That is stupid analysis. This is what you need to close out game...driving and drawing fouls instead of settling for shots...especially when they're not falling in. The easiest pts are the one by driving and drawing fouls.
THAT is a "stupid" analysis. See Figure 1. Aaron Brooks desperate drives to the basket to close out games, where he was getting clobbered without calls (which are reserved for stars/high profile players). Now turn your attention to Figure 2. Aaron brooks string of Balls o' Steel clutch shots to close out the game. If your not gonna get the calls then its STUPID to drive to the basket. 3/4 ths into the year (which is ridiculously too late) you saw Adleman give up on that 1-4 flat, let Aaron drive strategy to at the end of games.
You know what? I'm just gonna sit back and let Morey do his thing. At the end of the day...I know whatever he did, its going to be good for us.
I LOL when people say Lowry is not capable to start. We all know we had Rafer for 4 years......Starting right.....talk about lack of shooting. People make Lowry seem like he isn't an offensive threat, the ability to drive into the paint and draw FT, something Rafer could never do....and he started for many teams...... Somebody will start Lowry
Team Chemistry >>> Individual stats... AB+KM in the backcourt = non-championship material if the best they can be is Francis+Cat, we already tried and failed. Depending on the roster changes, AKA bringing in Bosh or some other star who can score, AB may no longer be a good fit as a starter but more of a Terry/Stackhouse (provide scoring off the bench).
Yes but he did help us win 50+ games a season and he helped Orlando get to the finals last year (granted he was surrounded by some good shooters but Rafer could play defense). He was also starting for Miami until his family issues came up....... Either way if a player like Rafer can start, Lowry can start....that is my point. So saying he can't start is "FALSE", he may not be able to start for this team because of AB but it doesn't mean he isn't starter material.
rafer started for a heat team that didn't have a starting point guard. they changed the point guard slot many times to find someone that could start and finally settled for arroyo and rafer didnt want to go to the bench. even then we bag on rafer but even HE was a better outside shooter than lowry. not even derek fisher is that bad of an outside shooter lowry is a CAREER 26% f3 point shooter. he shot 27% this year . he has absolutely no jumper and that's going to hurt hi in terms of being a starter.
Lowry is very replaceble.We should not even spend more than 3 mill a year on him. We could get something better in the draft to replace him .He is nothing expectacular all he did was give AB a breather.
I really, REALLY have to stress the name Rajon Rondo. If Lowry can model his game after Rondo, or even Jason Kidd, then Lowry will be a great starter on an NBA team! It's like the five senses, and how if you don't have one of them, the other senses will be more potent. If the shooting isn't there, then the assists, rebounds, blocks, court vision, etc. should all be more powerful.
rondo lowry rondo may be a terrible outside shooter but he is a much better finisher around the rim than lowry. if rondo wansnt so well at finishing around the rim and getting steals he would have been benched a while ago.
but the problem is when people start scouting lowry as a starting point guard they're going to figure out he's not a great outside shooter and close his lanes like what the Celtics did last night on wade and FORCE him to make jumpers.
