Yea but I meant Barkley helped us get by Seattle and if it wasn't for the bear hug from hell we would have gotten to the Finals with his assistance.
I get what your saying but those were championship teams while this version was a 42-40 non-playoff team. Those teams had 2 elite but aging stars while this one has NONE with only an injury prone center as the closest thing to one. We NEED one more elite player to even come close to title contention and we have the assets to do so without disrupting the core. Oh yea and on Barkley...how far did we get the year before???
trade battier and jared and my this round pick for al jefferson hes big can block shots rebound play pf and c run hes a low post presents hes proven he can come back from and ingury (t-mac) and play and hes a franchise type of guy who maybe available
look at two other moves the first is Anthony morrow hes a shooter young can play 2 or 3 great rebounder perfect fit for a back up and also trade Trever ariza and maybe another piece for Corey maggettte i think even tho hes a lil older he can play perfect with the rocket a gut that can get to the line whit Kevin martin and lowry for yao what you all think?
Whatever they do, they should not trade this years pick. This years draft will be the best chance to get a legit center to be. The Rockets have a pretty decent pick with #13/14. Which ever one it is, it's a good pick. This years draft is better than next years, as far as centers go. I hope they don't miss this rare opportunity.
look at free agent Anthony morrow hes a shooter young can play 2 or 3 great rebounder perfect fit for a back up 2 guard and also trade Trever ariza and maybe another piece for Corey maggettte i think even tho hes a lil older he can be perfect with the rocket a guy that can get to the free throw line with Kevin martin and lowry for when the rockets are in the bonus yao can live at the foul line get me?
Sorry, I could barely read that. Next time, write in paragraphs. Unless Warriors give us Randolph, no way I deal with them. Maggette is getting older and his contract sucks. Morrow, maybe we can sign him for the minimum.
I'd like to see them trade up, but I can also see them keeping the pick, and trading for a later first-round pick. Those are relatively easy to come by, and DM has so far been a wizard with picks.
Bosh said he wants to be the guy wherever he goes. So actually it may help us if Morey says to him "Well you'd be the guy, we don't even know how good Yao is going to be any more...and we are not sure when he'll be back on top of that." I think there is a good shot that Bosh would want to come here. Fits all his criteria especially the part about him wanting to be the guy. He's not going to be the guy playing with Lebron or Wade. But at the same time he still will want to go to a more than solid team. I think Bosh really wants to be the guy, thats why he's asking for Toronto "Can you please get someone else here fore me!" because he wants his own legacy and not play robin to Lebron or Wade. Houston is the perfect place for this, he'd definitely be the guy here while Yao recovers and Yao would have no problem playing robin to him.
well i look at it like this hes what 30 battier is 31 and you can say hes one of are best player or most important players on the team (even thou i think hes a good trade bit) but any look at Corey stats shooting 50 % from the field 83 % from the free throw line and he gets there whenever he want to 5 rebounds and 20 point at 30 even you should take those stats over ariza youth. age dont mean a thing getting it done on the court does and anthony morrow i think is the sleeper of free agency if the warriors let him go. which ever team gets him will have a steal i think hes worth more than a minimum but would mind getting him for that much and how about al jefferson what u think about him i think he would be great for the rockets for a lot of reason ? 70 29.7 457-886 .516 13-50 .260 460-551 .835 1.3 4.0 5.3 .74 .06 2.40 3.30 2.5 19.8
Paul style doesnt fit this offense.. we run the Princeton O with continuous cuts and backscreens etc Paul is a pickNroll guy over and over and over...
I'm wondering whether the Clippers (who are now just barely able to make a max contract offer to an outside free agent this summer) would be willing to trade down if their guy was off the board by #9. Something along these lines: Clippers trade: the #9 pick for Rockets trade: the #14 pick, their 2011 second rounder (which was going to be the higher of theirs or the Clippers, from the Steve Novak trade), and up to $3M in cash The Clippers reduce their cap by about $400-500k, add some cash, and potentially get their second round pick back next year. The Rockets move up into a range where they can grab the guy they want, without having to give up any significant assets. Moving up 5 spots without really giving anything up may be a stretch, though. We'll just have to wait and see.
Man that would be great for the Rockets. #9 is a whole different world there. We may even get Cousins at #9 in the best case scenario.
No, thanks on Cousins. Sure, he's talented as hell. But he's a damn child who makes Michael Beasley look like Shane Battier. Frankly, I don't know if I'd even want anything to do with him on the Rockets. That said, if Morey likes him, I'd be willing to change my tune. What I'd love to see is some clever draft-day maneuvering like Morey did in 2008, trading down from #25 to #27 (netting the Rockets the #33 pick) and then again from #27 to #28 (netting the Rockets the Grizzlies' 2009 second rounder), and STILL getting their guy in Donte Greene! Sure, the Rockets didn't strike gold with Dorsey at #33, and they never got to select a player with that Grizzlies pick (using it instead to dump Francis's salary and save millions in tax), but those were some DAMN fine minor trades by the Rockets. THAT, I think, was when I knew that the Rockets' management was special.
Ai! I do not want to see them trade down. Maybe if it's only 2-3 spots, and they really do want somebody that they can get later... I guess.
I want Cousins because I want Morey to go for a swing-for-the-fence pick in this upcoming draft. That could be just me though. :grin: I'll stick with Morey the wizard no matter what decisions he makes. On 1560 Richie Justice said Morey was very interested in acquiring Cousins in the draft.
Why not? If Morey likes only 10 or 11 guys at the top of this draft, and they're all off the board by #14, frankly, I'd MUCH rather the Rockets trade down as far as they have to in order to get the best VALUE with their pick. If that even means trading out of the first round completely, I could live with that. If Morey likes a group of 25 players fairly equally from picks #12 to #36, why wouldn't he want to trade down as far as #36, still get comparable talent, and acquire additional assets? Taking a guy at #14 just for the sake of taking a pick that high seems ill-advised to me.
