It would probably work out esp cos Smoove is gonna play hard and play motivated for a contender. I expect he be more like his ATL version as well as willing to listen and fit in. Personally, I still can't over the fact that some of these entitled players sign a big contract with a bad team and then dog the team by intentionally criminal level of play, complete sabotage, forcing team to waive his ass, and then still get to claim the full amount of the multi-year money without any work, then immediately scoop a nice new contract on top. From time to time someone will act like this and they would actually get rewarded by money, and face VERY little pressure of shame, I think maybe even zero. Is anyone ashamed at all, even a tiny bit? What I'm saying is this type of player has some bad screws in their head, but in a new situation one may behave well. I still don't like it though. Anyone cares?
Has anybody heard when Smith is going to actually sign the contract? Will there be a mini press conference?
I am thrilled with the Rockets latest acquisitions. We were desperate for front court help and for a scorer off the bench. We acquired both in Smith and Brewer. These moves will only help us. True, DMO's time will be cut, maybe, as now he can fill in for Dwight at backup center. The faster we move Black and Dorsey to the end of the bench the better, both hard workers, but not talented enough to have significant playing time. Im very excited to see our new look Rockets continue to gel over the next 4 months in route to the playoffs in late April. And dont worry about the lack of recognition the Rockets receive. Its always been that way. Winning will take care of that. ROCKETS!!!
Pistons fan here. (I loved the Rockets in the 90's though) Some of you guys don't know what you're talking about. 1.) Smith played PF 90% of the time he played for the Pistons this year. I watched ALL of the games. The only time Smith played SF is a week or so stretch when KCP (as well as Meeks) were hurt and only to start the game the first 10 min. Then he was a PF the rest of the game. So get it out of your heads that he played out of position. HE DIDN'T. He did last year quite a bit. That actually did have an advantage advantage against some teams. (eg: guarding Melo) 2.) He didn't shoot a lot of 3's this year at all. He just didn't. Have a look on the game logs. The ones he did were usually at the end of the shot clock, or wide open. 3.) He is a 3rd option. NOT 1st, not 2nd... 3rd. We tried him as both. He fails especially at being the 1st option or play maker. You will love his hustle and some of his passing, but be prepared for a lot of turnovers too. All in all I wish Josh the best, but some of you need to get the straight story. Granted the Pistons are my favorite team, and always have been (I was born there), but even we acknowledge that the GM (Joe Dumars) mistakes in the past have cost us. Well now SVG is calling the shots. He only has probably about half of the team he wants so give some time. The teams problem aren't all on Smith. We have other players who have played awful this year that should've been good and or injured (I'm sure you guys can relate a la Yao Ming and TMac)
Not saying Smith isn't at fault at what happened in Detroit, because he certainly didn't try hard enough to make things better. But Detroit should have known this "experiment" with Smith at the SF was doomed to fail. The numbers were out there that said that Smith was a much better PF than SF even before he left ATL. Why would Detroit even offer such a contract? I'm a firm believer that if money is on the table, a player shouldn't be blamed for taking it. If a team is willing to offer you a crazy contract, you shouldn't be at fault if you take it. I can't blame Parsons for taking that crazy contract (I blame him for the stuff he said thereafter about Houston/Rockets). Same thing for Smith. This is their livelihood and in a profession that one injury can destroy a career (see Bowie, Oden, etc) and financial security, you can't be blamed for going where the money is. To me, this is more of bad management from the previous Piston FO. The Pistons are notoriously bad because of their bad decision making and poor coaching. Hence the change to SVG. SVG seems to be the kind of guy that rather cut his losses than try to force a square piece in a circle hole. Clearly Smith was not going to work out on their team and no other team was offering favorable deals, so he waived Smith. Again, not saying Smith is not to blame but, in my opinion, this is more of the fault of the Pistons previous management and lack of good decisions than Smith's attitude.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Rockets' hope remains opening up roster spot for Josh Smith by completing a trade on Friday. Houston, I'm told, still pursuing various deals</p>— Marc Stein (@ESPNSteinLine) <a href="https://twitter.com/ESPNSteinLine/status/548310889544556547">December 26, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p>Rockets expect to make roster move needed to add JSmith tmrw, source said. They think Smith will be able to join team in Mem, but uncertain.</p>— Jonathan Feigen (@Jonathan_Feigen) <a href="https://twitter.com/Jonathan_Feigen/status/548284392632614912">December 26, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Great news! Hey, I would like to know exactly how does a waived player work? Do we sign him for the remainder of his contract or is the price like renegotiated?
Because you're serious about winning and joining a team where you can do do it. And you're not a washed up bum like some would like to believe.
Because it's pro-rated in January(aka he loses money)! On top of that, he likes basketball and would be an improvement over D-Mo.
