......what Glen Rice is worth, and the amount of good basketball he has played this season. save for the 3rd quarter against the clippers a few weeks ago, he has been brutal. he is a huge waste of space and minutes, and it baffles me to see rudy playing him for 35 minutes a game, whether mobley isn't playing or not. he SUCKS. he cannot create his own shot, gets blown by on defense, and can't hit whatever wide open looks he gets. that 3rd quarter in LA was the worst thing that could have happened, because carry-over from that is the only reason that he is still getting any PT. why can't rudy come to grips that, chances are, bostjan nachbar is his best perimeter shooter, and better at all facets of his game than glen rice?? is rice's fat contract the reason they feel compelled to give the scrub the PT that he is getting? rudy is absolutely lost with his substitutions/PT dispersion. i can understand why that is a problem (trying to work Mo Taylor back from injury, adjusting to revolving the offense around Ming, etc.), but i am baffled at the play that Rice is getting. on a side note, moochie is miserable as well, but he gets a one-game reprieve from bashing from me, as his meaningless buzzer-beater in OT covered the +4.5 spread that i bet on the Rocks tonight.
IMO, Rice's wheels are just about gone. He has no explosion or lift on his jump shot, he cant get to the rim and of course, he struggles to get up and down the court. There was a play last night where Davis had the ball on the break, and Rice was somewhat between him and the basket and Davis just blew by him like Rice had cement in his shows. Wow. If Rice's shot is not working, he has very little to offer this team with the exception of his leadership and his passing (guy is not a bad passer). At this point in time, its hard to tell whats going to happen with Rice. I can easily see Rudy giving Morris more minutes and Rice less, with Glen eventually fading to the end of the bench.
I was pretty happy with Rice's play the last couple of games before his 'sore back'. If he could keep that accurate shooting the whole season, we would be the 3rd seed this season, easily. Of course, Rice turns back into the Rice of old...err I guess that would be the Rice of new. He hurts his back, sits out a game, then comes back cold. 1-5 against SA, and 1-5 against NO, and of course looks horrible on D. Hopefully he'll get a lot less time on the court with Cuttino coming back.
Rice on the Rockets kind of reminds me of when we had World B Free. He has had one really good game and a bunch of games where he just does not have the old Rice touch. He is just old and worn out.
I disagree...I was and remain one of the biggest opponents to the trade that brought Rice here, and do not think he in any way suits our needs even when healthy. That said, I have actually thought that Rice has been playing fairly intelligently for most of this year. He just doesn't have the ability/health to do it very well or consistently any more...but I don't think that, last night excepted, the problem has been with his choices or priorities on offense...just his physical abilites and defense.
Rice hasn't got enough legs left to be an effective SF game in, game out. I see his role evoloving into that of a "Bullard gunner." The nights he is on (and I think they he will shoot better as the season progresses), he can be devastating. If not he is a major liability, especially on defense. Fortunately we have the depth to pick our spots with him. D R
i agree completely DR (although "devastating" is a bit extreme to describe him when he is on), but my point is, they are NOT picking their spots with him. they are playing him about 20 minutes/game more than they should.
thas another problem for Rudy, most his players arent consistent, i mean rice was beastin it for 2-3 games then he does his Dan Langhi impression........... same with MoT, KT, and Griff, and of course juaqin.. the only consistent players we can excpec the same are Steve, Yao(kindof) Mobley(he'll get his points), and Nachbar(no Playing Time)
dan langhi impression??? there's only one player doing a dan langhi impression, and that's bostjan nachbar. inexplicably never getting a chance to produce.
Absolutely agree. This has been true for the past few years for Rice. The trade was f'ing baffling. We should have just let Shandon walk... Instead we get Walt Williams twin brother, but he costs more.
Glenn Rice is not the problem. He played what, 14 minutes yesterday? It's funny that people scapegoat the players that don't have much impact on the game. I'm going to start a thread that criticizes Boki and implies that he is causing the sluggish play. Come on, let's look at the Rockets who played in the 4th quarter and overtime to see who lost this game. Personally, I don't like the use of Moochie as the 4th quarter point guard. Give Francis the ball or get someone that is a threat on offense or defense. Secondly, I like Kenny Thomas, but don't iso him down the stretch. He is NOT a go-to guy.
ok u tell me would u rather have Hawk in ther, mooch has had the best shot for the ROx other than Yao for the past couple of games, now who else would U have put in
uhhh....hate to break it to you Mr. Clutch, but you're an idiot, and you obviously didn't watch the game. way to make smart-ass remarks without any clue what you are talking about though. Rice played almost 40 minutes last night, and he played pretty much every minute of the 4th quarter and overtime. and you're damn right he didn't have an impact.....the rockets are playing 5 on 4 when he's on the court.
ok, you're right, Mo Taylor was the guy who played 14 minutes. Well, maybe you can blame Rice for this game, but he did only take 5 shots. It's not like he was the focal point of the offense. If you want to blame his defense then I can possibly agree with you. But talented teams always have a couple of scrubs, the top guys have to lead the team.
