The way I am looking at this, if we were to trade all 3 picks and move up to get the 4th 5th or 6th pick in this years draft. Then is the number 6th pick in this years draft and KT worth Lewis? I think so. But not with Moochie in the deal. I don't see the Rockets keeping all three picks. Maybe 13,23 and KT and Moochie for lewis leaving us one pick to get T. Morris(Steve's boy) ------------------ "Instinctly u recognize things,now take advantage of what u just recognized!".. Hakeem..
I would like to trade anyone on the Rockets for a time machine. Go back in time and slap Rudy on that memorable draft day and make him pick R. Lewis instead of Drew that foreign guy. If I could do that then the Rockets would have Lewis and still have the picks to move up and not need a SF. ------------------ take it one day at a time
PineTreeFM60: Okay, you've made your splash. Now will you PLEASE tone down the hostility. This is the Fun Place. The Angry Place is over at the BBS Forum. ------------------ Time is a great teacher-- only problem is it kills all its pupils.
www.clutchcity.com ------------------ [This message has been edited by Rocketsauce (edited June 15, 2001).]
MManal had some good points up there. I'd like to add one more: Did Tracy McGrady have Gary Payton on his team? No. Did Rashard Lewis? Yes. Playing on a team with the best PG in the game when there aren't many other talented players is GOING to give you some good numbers. The defense has to concentrate on Payton, and Lewis got a lot of good looks off of Payton's penetrations... and hte defense couldn't focus on him. Before you go to ga ga over Lewis, remember the circumstances he played in. I would *love* to have Lewis. But I join the consensus here: two first rounders and KT. No more. ------------------ Lacking inspiration at the moment...
I think Rashard would work well with the current Rocks, but.... I can't see trading for Rashard Lewis when he has a Player Option in 2002-2003. If he wants to be here, sign him outright AFTER the coming season. If he's happy in Seattle, we didn't want/need him anyway. If you trade for him now and he becomes unhappy in Houston, you have given up 2 or 3 very valuable draft picks for someone who is only locked in for 2001-2002. Pretty risky IMHO. ------------------ GATER
PinetreeFM60 / Rocketsauce - Dr. Evil says "we're here to have some fricken fun, O.K.?" !! That kind of sniping will have both of you included in the Cato trade to Chi-town... ------------------ Our purpose in life is to find our gift, and the meaning of life is to give it away!
Haven, If anything, playing with Gary Payton has hurt Lewis' progress. He's pretty much excluded from the offense for the most part, and has never really been able to show what he could do. His stats don't tell the whole story. ------------------ "Modern bourgeois society with its relations of production, of exchange and property, a society that has conjured up such gigantic means of production and of exchange, is like the sorceror, who is no longer able to control the powers of the nether world whom he has called up by his spells."
PinetreeFM60 - The page wouldn't open. Just some lighhearted fun intended. Hope your intent was the same. Just for the sake of decorum, I will say again that Rashard is worth a look, but he is a Dillard's product at a Neiman Marcus price...wait for the discount that will inevitably come when Seattle goes 30 and 52 next year without Payton. ------------------ Our purpose in life is to find our gift, and the meaning of life is to give it away!
pine tree: for being a lawyer as your profile indicates you make a real a$$ of yourself at defending your points.. nobody likes a know it all..and no.. sorry you dont know it all... maybe its the isolation you experience in the international city of lufkin that creates such delusions of granduer.. just an observation from a spectator not involved...remember you never know whos lurking and I couldnt resist to make this comment to you... ohh yeah rashard is just a *good* role player for now.. ------------------ "no matter how good she looks someone... somewhere..is tired of her sh*t"
by the way pine tree i am referring to your posts in this thread.. i actually agree with you on the collier issue.. maybe i should rethink siding with a know it all though just on priciple for your sorry way of attacking people with 'holier than thou' attitude... ------------------ "no matter how good she looks someone... somewhere..is tired of her sh*t"
Laying it on a little thick there, huh Pine? successfully sued? As a lawyer, wouldn't the proper phrasing be "won judgements against", or "successful litigation" Hell, I've successfully sued plenty of people myself. But winning is another matter. Pine, take your high and mighty alter ego to some sex chat room somewhere. ------------------ I always thought "With my talent, it's only a matter of time before I'm discovered". Now I think "With my talent, it's only a matter of time before I'm found out".
I trust the Rockets management in making solid picks in the draft. So far the only bad pick they've made is passing up on Lewis. They did the best they could with last year's pick. Roleplayers are all over the place in the draft, you can't say the top 5 players picked in this draft will be stars, it NEVER works out like that. Mobley was a 2nd rounder and I'm sure when we drafted him, he was only thought of as being a roleplayer. With 3 picks and another player, the Rockets could probably trade for a superstar like SAR. Lewis isn't worth 3 picks, nor do I think he's being shopped. Lewis isn't even mentioned in that article, the GM said they'd give anyone up for the right price. Translation: If we find someone that will overpay for Lewis, we'll do the deal then. It was a mistake to not draft Lewis, it would be an even bigger mistake to trade 3 picks in a talent rich draft for him. 2 wrongs don't make a right. Lewis will be good, but so will Mobley, and so could any of those 3 picks. We have too many holes to trade away the draft for just 1 guy. ------------------ Beauty, was the allure that brought me close to you, Loneliness, was the bond that made me stick like glue, All fantastic images, they only are apparent, Promoted by desperate hope, That things are somewhere better.
