Only 5 players from the 2007 draft received extensions: Kevin Durant(#2), Al Horford(#3), Mike Conley(#4), Joakim Noah(#9), and Jared Dudley(#22). Maybe defense earns extensions. Here are the previous years: 2003: 14 extensions (epic draft class) 2004: 6 extensions 2005: 7 extensions 2006: 6 extensions
I think anyone who has a job gets uncomfortable with uncertainty it if bothers them. I run a trucking business with Wal Mart as the main contractor and when there was talk about another company getting the contract, guys started wondering,looking around,and plotting their next move. Not myself personally,but other guys owning trucks and having drivers on payroll. Its no different than a cooporate takeover or downsizing in the real world. Its a distraction and just like last year, it had an influence on the team. Whether or not the no extensions policy works or not, I guess we will see in due time. I think he overpaid for lowry and took away some leverage for this year. He cant trade lowry without his consent and he's on a byc. Brooks contract is too small unless its paired with someone else.
How did Scola and Lowry manage to perform under such uncertainty last season? How does Chuck Hayes do it this season?
Exactly, any professional athlete is going to perform their best to get the best offer on the table.... Unless they are dumb. Maybe Brooks is just slumping right now I don't think he would purposely devalue himself when we valued him much more then Lowry last season and look at the $$ he's making now.
Everything will be ok. The Rockets will have a defined direction to a ring in the next few weeks, rebuild or no.
They already have a direction, it is rebuild.....by the time the trade deadline happens, or the trade (if their is one) everyone else will understand. The question is, will Rick Adelman be on board.....I doubt it. DD
Brooks is a beast. He's obviously not 100%, but the second he gets back to his old self you guys will be back on bandwagon. No way Lowry's the long term solution for us
I hate that line business is business but sports is personal .. I dont care who you are you play in a city 4 years your going to develop an attachment towards it .. I dont care about the CBA Morey should've signed AB a long time ago .. On the positive he'll have to pay him much less now that his value went down
only one player from that class has an extension already and AB isn't even remotely in the same class as that guy
Daryl is right, but I sympathize for AB. Dude was just unlucky to have a stellar year on the onset of an impending lockout. Although unfair to Aaron, it was a right choice.
Those guys all had/have a lot to prove. Besides that Scola did struggle prior to the trade deadline last year and picked it up once Landry was gone.
Lowry didnt get hurt and miss the 25 games at the begining of the season either. Scola was playing big minutes especially after the landry trade. He and alot of others struggled leading up to the trade deadline also. Chuck also was playing consistent minutes since the begining also. There is a difference and every case is different. CH and CCorn, I don't know what you do for a living or if you've been in a situation where there have been downsizing or a buyout. Like I said,I've never been job or career scared and for awhile, I've run my own show,but thats me. No matter who players are and this is not just brooks,they're human,have families,and like security or a sense of being wanted. Some players have their best years in a contract year. I mean should it taken 6 yrs for hayes to hit free throws and make layups? He's in a contract year, wants to increase his value, put in the extra work. Like I said,we will see how everything works out. Landry is going through similar distraction filled situation in Sacramento. That doesnt mean he cant handle it,but its clear when I watch thathe's not into the game as much as he did when he was the closer for the rockets.
We had a lottery pick last year. Hello?? I'll give you $100 if you can definitively prove to me DM is making regular lineup decisions and is the reason Lowry continues to start while Brooks is on the bench. I agree with this. And I might even go as far as to say perhaps Adelman should just let Brooks start for a few weeks to see if he gets back in rhythm. BUT...Adelman is in limbo there, cause he really is trying to win games, and when someone is not giving you scoring (9 points a game over last 5), efficiency (26% shooting last 5 games, 13% from 3 - yikes!) or assists (8 over last 5 games, 2 games with 0)... well, what do you expect him to do...play AB more?? Even with those stats, AB averaged 21 mpg during that 5 game stretch...almost half the full 48. Then you go back to 6 games ago and see how he destroyed the Hawks and you think if I just keep playing him he'll round back into shape. Whatever the case, impossible to blame this one on DM and very difficult to blame it on Adelman. I guarantee if AB was playing better, he'd be playing a lot more, whether starting or not, and he'd still be in line for a big contract next year. But he's playing like ASS. Maybe, but AB will never be more than a borderline starter type. Which doesn't mean you wouldn't want him to start on 10-15 teams in the league. But on the other 15ish, they've got a better starter. Lowry is the same way, btw. So, AB needs to learn how to play off the bench. He needs to learn how to come back from injury. Moreover, as noted above, we weren't exactly playoff material last year with AB playing his starter role as the guy having the offense run through him.
I think AB is gona get traded to a team that wants him this trade dead line, we offer a friendly contract in AB (which is only an illusion) only for them to resign him for what ever money the other team wants, hopefully we can get a star in return.
