Lets see1) Eddie Griffin, perhaps, (2) Terrence Morris, for sure, (3) Bostjan Nachbar, thats what he was drafted #16 for, (4)James Posey, yeah, (5) Glen Rice, has been, but yeah, (6) Pete Mickeal, on injured reserve; am I making my point? How many small forwards do we have to have before we have ONE that does the job right? The above just makes my blood boil. How much longer are we going to have to put up with the bumbling drafting/development of our players before someone, (Les Alexander?), gets smart and does something about getting this sorry situation corrected so we can start back down the road to CHAMPIONSHIPS!!!??? I am very proud for San Antonio winning the NBA championship, but I want the Rockets doing that, and the sooner, the better.
This is an odd thread. Most around here feel that JP is a darn solid SF for us. BTW, Pete Mickeal was released and EG is no longer considered a SF. JP and Boki should be here next year and either Rice or Morris should fill out the roster. I am expecting either a) Rice will be traded or b) Morris will not be resigned. You can't have a stud/superstar at every position ya know.
Uhh...I think James Posey does the job right...and he is improving his shooting. Eddie Griffin hasn't played small forward for a long time now... Terence Morris is a good 3rd stringer. I think he plays small forward well. Glen Rice is going to be gone. He's just an old veteran. He played because he and Rudy were good... Bostjan Nachbar should get an opportunity to play next season. Pete Mickeal was waived early on because he had a foot injury. Our small forward position is perfectly fine to me. Jeff Van Gundy needs to utilize James Posey's athleticism even more. POWER FORWARD is our problem...they are too inconsistent.
EG ain't no PF either, at this point in his game!! Besides, his body is more conducive to be a SF, so what!
PF, or SF, there really is no one that has PROVEN themselves yet. And the point still is not so much the players as the system that has allowed this sorry situation to happen. Correct me (as I am very sure you will), but didn't they draft Nachbar, as little as a year ago because there was still some doubt about the SF position. The point I am so diligently trying to make, is that the drafting/developing of Houston Rocket players SUCK!!!
The sad thing about EG is that he is a power forward, but he plays like small forward. I hope VG can teach him to bang down low and to stop hanging around on the three point line.
I never said EG played PF well, but the fact is, that is the position he plays for us, not SF. His body and is game are more condusive to playing the 4 than the 3. He doesn't have the defensive capabilities, foot work wise to play the 3. Also, at 6'11'', 235, he is a little big to play the 3, not to mention the fact that he is our best shot blocker, arguably, and you want someone like that playing one of the post positions.
The rockets got a new coach to correct the system that we all thought sucked. My concern is with Nachbar. I don't see why they did not play my behind Cat at the shooting guard position. The Kings play Turgulou (however you spell his name) in either the SG or SF. The little that we've seen, his style of play seems to be like a shooting guard. Hopefull JGV can teach him, there is more to basketball than 3 point or dunk..AKA- The Mid-range Game
So Posey gets less than a year to 'prove himself'? Who would you put at the small forward position? I'm eager to hear your plan.
Posey wasn't there when we drafted Nachbar. Then he got injured before the season started. Then there was the PF logjam problem. So they traded a PF for a SF to solve two problems in one shot. Now, whether the PF problem is solved depends on how Griffin pans out. The most urgent area for improvement, IMO, is the guards rotation. We need better backups at both guard positions.
Hopefully A. I'd hate to see us give up on TMo without giving him a decent shot because he has...a decent shot. I'd like to see Posey and TMo at the 3, Cat and Boki at the 2. I know Boki may not be able to guard anyone at the 2, but I'd like to see what all these guys can do before we trade/cut them. You want midrange? That's TMo. Am I the only one who likes his game (what we've seen of it)?
I think the original poster was implying that we have too many SF's. Well, we've had about a 20 year search for a decent PG and a decent SF. We were lucky enough in the last year or so to come up with several GOOD SF candidates. EG is a PF, Rice is outa' here, Nachbar will certainly get a better look next year, and Posey was a 2,3 swingman when he got here and could end up the 2 next year if Nachbar shows up. We still are looking for a PG, although I'm one of the lone supporters of Stevie. He just needs the right coach, right system, and the right supporting cast. Refer to the all-star game 4th qtr and O/T when Stevie brought the west from 17 down to tie and win, with Nash and Marbury collecting splinters. Any chance the SAC coach, Rick Addelman, might know something we don't. BTW, I think one reason EG goes out to the three point line so often is to take the opposing PF form under the basket. Improves our rebounding, which I believe improved greatly over the previous year.
SF position is all set. And I am happy with the PF spot too. How happy? Well I have a combo of players playing the position that no more than 5 teams can say they have a better combo. The combo is EG, MoT as primaries and Tmo and Collier as secondaries.
I see nothing wrong with our small forwards James Posey Glen Rice Terrance Morris Bostjan Nachbar those are okay ball players I mean we could have Chris Jent Buck Johnson Chucky Brown etc......
A minor point but didn't Buck Johnson start for us for about 5 years? Could he really have been that bad? Not picking on you BigRay (nevery pick on anybody named BigAnything) but I've read lots of snipes aimed at Buck's small legacy and I don't remember him that way. He was very adequate for awhile and ended up being a semi-long-term solution.... as I recall. Too lazy to check his stats. Maybe later.
to tall to play SF why don't u tell dirk nowitski that he will dunk on, shot da 3, and da fadaway, and talk **** in german boy
