An Old Man's Opinion: Luther Head will be trade before the start of the season

How about we say some positive things about head. I mean he made all the "who loves head" jokes possible. and he has a 30 plus vertical leap, even though he only dunked like once the whole season. I say talk positively to inflate his value.

 

The last thing we need IMO is a brittle, finesee, softee 4 or 5 who can't defend. We may also already have our 6'10" softee who can sit out there to hit 3s for special situations but play weak otherwise, and we have him at a rookie contract.

Sorry I think the Raef, Mihm and Cook ideas are pretty bad. We want more toughness, physicality and athleticism if we are to add another big. Personally I am not that troubled with Yao and Battier playing the 4 and 5 with Howard and Hayes providing alternates versus the few wider bodied and overpowering 4s left in the game. And further Deke and Howard play back-up 5 depending on circumstances.

I am pretty happy about our 4s and 5s in numbers, quality and options, both to start and sub for. Our backcourt has the much bigger questionmarks.

 

I see him beeing traded with howard and someone else

wouldn't be my decision tho

 

I'm in agreement with those who feel that our guard position is too weak to trade Head. I thnk Snyder and he will be our 2 guards for the season. I'm not in favor of trading him and Howard for Cook or Mihm.

 

He shot .482 from three point range in November. That is good enough for me.

 

One's opinion on the likelihood of Head being traded depends largely on what position one sees Battier primarily playing. If Battier is primarily playing the 2/3 with TMac (the positions are interchangable), then there aren't going to be a lot of minutes for Head or Snyder or anybody else at the two because those guys aren't going to rest much (barring injury, knock on all wood available). However, that doesn't seem to make much sense... why would we sign a bunch of guards if Battier's signing more or less solved that problem? I'm one of those who believes Battier is going to play mostly power forward. That means we're actually quite weak at shooting guard. Snyder could self-destruct at any time or simply suck, and Head made it clear last season that although he's far from a bust he's not going to be a true NBA starter anytime soon. Then we have... uh, the other guys. I really don't think Spanoulis is anything but a point guard, and the rest are barely NBA material if at all. I think we have to conclude that the two-spot belongs to Snyder and Head at least through the preseason. With Wesley gone we don't really have anyone else (assuming, of course, that Battier will be playing at the four) that has proven capable of handling the position.

 

it all depends. Unless the rockets can really get a pretty good player i'd like to see head back.

Like someone else said, he is one of the few guys who we actually know can really play on this team. we can be hopeful for the new additions, but its just a question mark at this point.

 

I don't think it'll be before the start of the season. Probably somewhere mid-season, if not deadline.

The problem with our glut of guards is that none of them are really proven other than Alston and Head (I'm excluding T-mac from this conversation).

Sura is very doubtful to play.
Snyder still has a lot of growing to do.
VSpan and Lucas tore it up this summer, but how will they respond to the real deal?
Jacobsen has been no more than a scrub so far in his career.

Sure, all 5 of those guys could come up huge if they lived up to their potential, but we have no way of knowing when that'll happen. I think they'll evaluate them all in training camp and part of the season, then probably move Head if they feel comfortable with what they've got.

 

I think we'll be hanging on to Luther this year, at least I hope so. If you subtract him from the team, our shooting is very questionable. Heck, it's questionable even with him on the team, but I think you have to keep him just in case.

Alston- can't shoot
Vspan- can't shoot
Snyder- surprisingly solid shooter
Lucas- unproven, not likely to get minutes (surprising 43% in the D-league, though)
Jacobsen- let's hope he doesn't have to play much. decent shooter if he has to play
Sura- can't count on him playing
Battier- good shooter
Novak- great shooter, but how long can we afford to play him?
Tmac- volume shooter, hope he does better this year from 3

Our best shooters are our forwards. As far as the backcourt, only Luther and Snyder appear to be reliable shooters who can defend their position. We don't want to be playing guys like Frahm and Jacobsen significant minutes if we seriously want to make noise. With the loss of Mike James, we can't afford to trade Luther. And that's not even taking injuries into account. We saw last year what happens when a couple of shooters get injured. It gets UGLY.

 

Wow, I never thought of Milm like that. I haven't watched every one of his games, but when I have seen him, he appears to be a pretty good shot blocker and rebounder. Also seemed to have some nice footwork around the hoop. If he is like what you describe, I would agree. Why do you think he is a "brittle, finesee, softee...who can't defend?"

 

I'd have no problem with Mihn as a backup, but would like to keep Luther more. Head is a guy you know will be in the rotation if he's not traded. While not an All-NBA guy, Luther will not be the reason the Rockets lose games.

Snyder will be in the rotation if he doesn't have a mental problem.

 

Suck is such a strong term
How about "NBA Skill Deficient" or "Abilities Unworth of a 10 day contract ".

 

Trading Head before seeing Synder and V-Span play a game in a Rocket's uni would be foolish to say the least. Right now I don't see how he could be anything less then the first 2 off the bench unless the rockets are serious about Howard, Battier, and McGrady playing major time together. The worse assumption is that the Rockets would want Cook and Mihm. Haven't we gotten our fill of softy bigs with Mo Taylor and Juwan Howard?

 

It's true the Rockets have lots of guards, but how many are proven? Head is one of the only decent shooters we have on the team. If we were to trade him, get a quality PF. Otherwise, try to only trade Howard and keep Head around, because we can never have too many shooters.

 

Very true.

Vspan actually has a higher trade value than head

 

Hmm...

If we traded head for Mihm wouldn't that be just like just...
...giving head to the lakers?

hehe

 

I know at least one member of the Lakers who would love getting Head.

 

When our sun is finally a white dwarf star in its death throes and all life on Earth has long ceased to exist, an explorer vessel manned by aliens from another galaxy will land on our planet in search of sentient lifeforms, and its crew will somehow stumble upon an old basketball card that has miraculously survived the passage of countless millennia..

And then they will crack a joke about Luther Head's last name.

 

Oh, the possibilities of Laker girl jokes...

Must resist..

 

How about "very special players"