Valid point, if we can manage to keep Battier than it would be an even more solid trade for us... Jeffries, Hill, Taylor and 2 picks for Iggy BTW shane is 220 lbs at 6'8" and iggy is 207 at 6'6" and plays a lot of time at sf so not too much sizewise... http://www.82games.com/0809/08PHI6.HTM
stat sheet weights can be misleading its worse then height. Iggy has a very muscular build almost as thick as Cory Maggette, who is 6'6 225 and listed as a small forward. Backup Small forwards are a dime a dozen if we can put together any combination of players pics and cash to get Iggy that does not involve Brooks, Martin, Yao, Scola , Lowry, Miller , Hayes or Smith do it. We only need a solid 8 to 9 man rotation any player out side of the group is just going to sit and gather dust on the bench. Lee, Battier , Budinger, Jeffries , Taylor , Patterson and Hill are all expendable and easly replaceable. And to the right team all have some value. None of the above listed players carry a negative value that would warrant us having to pay to get rid of them. Something is going to go down I can feel it. Our Roster has to much talent in areas that are starting to lead to a diminishing return. We have to many 1 way players and not enough to way ones. Im very intrested to see what Morey does next.
It's how he fits with the team, not just his individual stats. I think he would be a great fit and bring us significantly closer to a championship.
He does a lot of good things.Defense,athleticism,can pass,is a young vet and also is healthy. The only thing that makes me hesitant about having him is his jumper.
While his jumper is a major weakness, his game is mostly predicated in attacking the rim. With AB, Martin, Scola, and Yao on the floor, AI's jumper is something I could live with(I am of course assuming he doesn't decide to take a ridiculous number of "TMac heat checks")
He is still overrated here. People act as if he is the final piece when, in reality, he is just another super role player, which we have in spades. What we need is a durable stud player capable of carrying games on his own...someone that forces the opposition to gameplan for him. Iggy is nowhere near that and at most gets us an extra win or two but nothing more than that.
He doesn't. Go look at his assists stats. Iguodala will pass it out to someone else who is a better shooter. Another plus to Iguodala's game is that he is clutch. A lot of people are saying the Rockets need a closer.
Is that really what the team needs, though? Is that really the final piece? I know that's the conventional wisdom, but I'm not sure I buy into that. The Rockets have plenty of players who demand the ball, who can score and any one of them can go off a given night. I like Iggy because of his defense and athleticism, and that you get that defense in a guy who can also give you some offense. It's a different kind of offense than what Brooks, Martin, Yao and Scola offer, a guy who can cut to the basket, who is known to play well in the clutch, who, most importantly, won't always look to take the shot, but who can pass the ball out to Brooks, Martin or Yao. I think rather than vague "stud" or "superstar" qualities, what the the Rockets need is a skilled player who fits well with the others, makes them better, and gives the team what it's lacking. This is a rather rare player who is talented yet unselfish. Besides, a Kobe Bryant or a Chris Paul isn't likely to be available. Iggy is far more realistic.
Iguodala is a LeBron-lite. He can get you plenty of points, assists, rebounds, steals, and blocks on any given night.
Just last night against ATL Iggy had 26pts, 10 ast, 6 rbs He is capable of this every night. I think on a good team the game becomes easier for him and he becomes more efficient. He's a total package HANDS DOWN. You gotta go get HIM !!!!
Perhaps Shane Battier (expiring) + Courtney Lee (!) + Jordan Hill + 1 future 1st round draft pick for AI. Then we have a more manageable 5 player rotation from 1-3 in AB, Lowry, KMart, AI and Chase to share the 144 minutes (as opposed to the current 6). When Lowry comes in for AB, can slide AI to the 2 and play Chase at the 3, that'll be an amazing fast-break team and a pretty disruptive defensive group. It's a pretty good deal for Philadelphia -> an expiring, two 1st round talents (a starting 2 on finals team 2 years ago + an athletic PF/C, both of which are still on the rookie salary scale) and a future 1st round pick. ------------- On an aside, the problem with the Rockets isn't Yao Ming's play or injury risk, it is that because of Yao Ming's uncertain status, we're in a win-now mode all the time. Forces us to play old guys like Brad Miller & Erica or guys not in our plans next year like JJ ahead of Jordan Hill/PP when minutes given to either one may make them a much better player next year (and both Hill and PP are under contract on the rookie scale for 2/3 more years). Same issue but to a smaller extent Chase not playing more than Shane (when Shane could be traded at the trade deadline for an expiring, and is already slowing down). -------------- Damn ... at the current rate, NY's 1st round pick 2011 will be more valuable than ours.
