Cato now plays center for about 12 minutes to replace Yao. However, he can play another 20+ as PF. How do you think?
That is very unintelligent. I am very intelligent, but your statement is unintelligent. It would be unintelligent to put Kelvin Cato at the Power Forward position when we have Eddie Griffin as well as Maurice Taylor. Kelvin Cato and Yao Ming would collide with each other. Two centers can not play at the same time. The Trio of EDDIE KELVIN AND YAO? A block party for sure. Cato will have 20+ Personal Fouls if he played the whole game.
You are the unintelligent one. Yesterday was a great time for both of them to play along side each other...when Jermaine O'neil was abusing Griff and MoT before he got injured, Rudy should have put Cato in with Yao....The way Cato was playing, I was suprised he wasn't even in the game the second half....maybe Cato's physical play with shake O'neil up a little...if he's getting burned by Jermaine, we can always play zone with two of our shot blocking centers...
ok... well it really ain't that bad of an idea. At least in theory it could work out pretty well, matchups allowing. I agree, against Indiana it may have been worth the try when miller ad o'neal were playing.
Depends on the matchups. But I am all for getting as many minutes as possible for Cato. He is a man out there.
I basically like Cato, but let's face it, his offense is picking up the garbage, or being fed by Steve. I don't see why both situations don't improve with Yao in the line up. I don't know how he would defend against the quicker forwards, but Cato is no ox. I'd give it a try. However, my guess is that they did try it in practive and it didn't work. That's why we are not seeing it.
Agreed. Like what Rudy said in the tonight show, the Zone D makes executing post-up plays a lot tougher. This could be one of the reasons why KT was traded. The ideal PF nowadays should be able to shoot midrange jumpers consistently. Like C.Webber.
I'd like to see them try this. Cato's been playing like a star when he's had the chance. If you have Yao on the floor with him, it creates less pressure on him to do anything offensively. All he has to do is move without the ball, and I think Yao can set him up for those alley-oops as well as Francis.
Shut up newbie. Think before you write. At some point Cato will play along side Yao and you will look dumb. Cato is a mad rebounder and when our guys at 4 have defensive problems, Cato is all we've got. Change your tune SLA, newbies aren't allowed to insult other newbies, leave it to the rest of us. If not, at least post something better than this garbage. Ming Friend has some decent ideas that our coaches have probably thought of as well. Maybe Ming could play some PF minutes.
You all are right. Since Cato is like the highest paid player on our team besides Steve Francis, we should let him play because we pay him so muc hand he has been known as the Least Valuable Player. Yao can post up from one side and Cato can wait on the other side to get the offensive rebound. Then Cato will learn to pass it out and we will continue to have 2nd chance opportunities if Yao actually misses. Then we can forget about Eddie Griffin and Maurice Taylor. They are no use! Or we can move them down to the 3, and Glen Rice can rest peacefully. Yeah. That sounds great. It could work for a couple of minutes.
Cato played some PF with Hakeem a few years ago. He can do it. Cato's better now, and Yao is better. The zone thing is a red herring. I'd love to see Cato in with Yao in situational minutes. I think Rudy avoids rubbing out the PF minutes because of the egos with the logjam. If we were shut down with with a couple flu bugs or injuries, sure he'd play him there. Assume Griff and MoT have the flu one week. You want Tmo or Cato? Ok, now assume that sometimes, Griff and MoT play poorly against a particularly big, strong opponent AS IF they had the flu. Why not make the same decision? Are the egos that fragile?
I think it might be a good idea against certain team. If the other team's PF is eating our PF alive then I don't think it is a bad idea to put Cato in. As far as Cato being fast enough, I think he is definitely fast enough. I think with Yao making other player better, I don't think it hurt that much to put Cato in along with Yao on the offensive end. Even though our PF is not burning up the league now,but I do want Eddie on the court so that he can develop. I believe our PF of the future will be Eddie. He had all the potential but it just need more time to develop. We should look at Jermain O'Neal as a prime example.
Cato got nine rebounds in nine minute the other day.. if he plays 20 min, he would have gotten 20 rebounds, if he played 30 min, he would have gotten 30 rebounds! He could be one of the best rebounding power forward, lead the league in rebounding, besides, he is strong, perfect compliment to YAo, to protect him from guys like brian grant and thug miller. Cato is coming, he is going to change the way power forward is supposed to be played
Why are you so against this?? What's your reasoning in the fact that Cato can't play the 4 against some of the stronger pfs? We've seen many pfs pound Griffin and it's known that MoT isn't exactly a model defender. And anyways, Griffin and MoT aren't contributing so much offense that we can't afford to give a few minutes to Cato, at least to TRY IT! Cato's been rebounding like mad, and plays solid solid man on man D. Give him his dues. Putting him beside Yao will probly lower his rebounding #'s/min, but having him in will increase second chance points for the team and overall rebounding #'s. EG still needs some time to develop and MoT is really sucking it up right now. I think Cato at the 4 may be worth the try right now, but it has to be done against the right team in the right matchups. Cato deserves some more minutes anyways. With Cato and Yao guarding the paint ANYONE would be scared to go in.
Rudy is all about match ups... There might be a time where he does play both Ming and Cato, but FOUL TROUBLE would probably be his concern. Getting Yao and Cato in foul trouble early would stack the deck against the Rockets. Then who would we turn to to relieve Yao or Cato..Collier...
