I don't really think its the centers lack of ability to score in the posts was the problem it was more that they are defensive specialists and not scorers. PPAt was in their and his low post game needs a lot of work, but he can hit the mid range jump shot. I have seen teams do well with one low post scorer, not that thats desirable. When you have one low post scorer you need good passing and good off the ball movement. Often times the Rockets tried to post Scola in the fourth quarter and he was trapped and struggled to pass and the rest of the team did not do well moving off the ball. This is something the Rockets must work on in the offseason regardless of whether we have one or two post up players.
No to Kaman. Camby is an exception at his age. I could see us drafter a sg with our #14 pick unfortunately.........
My impression is that he is better suited for the 4. At a weight of 240, he'll get pushed around by the bigger C's in NBA. Obviously he can play spot minutes at the C but doesn't a front line of 7ft pf and center who could both be threats sound appealing?
Minus the expiring contract, Caveman should have no place in our future. Aging vet, eater of capspace .... as others have already mentioned, goes against the rebuilding the Rockets SHOULD be doing.
McHale in his interview (posted in another thread) stated that we need to get athletic bigs (if we can). Kaman can block shots but I don't know if he'd qualify as athletic (thud, thud, thud, thud: HODOR!) Nor do I think we'll necessarily go after Nene again (expensive, not getting any younger). But someone more Nene than Kaman. Gortat'd be nice, but how badly does Phoenix want to tank?
Ok, I'm convinced, Kaman is definitely not athletic enough for our ideal situation, "athletic, low-post scoring, lane-clogging, shot-blocking, good passing" PF or C. Yao was all of those except athletic. As long as we can get all of those except "athletic", I think that will be an upgrade to Scola/PPat or Camby/Dally. Motie may have the "athletic", but will he have "low-post scoring, lane-clogging, shot-blocking, good passing". Whichever he lacks, we'll need to find a 5 to complement him. That's why Scola/Yao was a complete-ish low-block for the Rockets.
The moon. Gortat should have been considered for MIP this year. He's solid and they have their starting center for the future locked up on a very good contract.
He definitely is not an athletic big. I like Gortat as well but it all depends on who they'd give up for him. Another option is that they can take a run at McGee (athletic big) but he's a knucklehead and also thinks he deserves a big pay day. Morey could finally decide this is the year to draft on size but whats the likelihood of that unless they win the lottery or move up high enough. Many responding with the Rockets SHOULD rebuild, but the reality of it is that they want to stay competitive. With that in mind, this was more of a 'is Kaman an upgrade from Dally?'
Gorat wont happen. McGee getting an offer from Houston is a possibility, but I dont think they value him as high as him and his agent would think. He would be considered a "gamble" in the same token as T-Will, or Thabeet for that matter. He's not somebody they would bank on to be their future center.
Yeah, as you said earlier, the Suns would ask for the moon for Gortat. Big men like him are hard to come by for cheap. McGee has so much potential but needs to get his head on straight if that is even possible. Definitely do not see them banking their future on him but I do think he would be a better gamble than Thabust since for one he actually likes playing basketball. But the cost to gamble may be too much.
Kaman isn't to shabby, but I don't believe it would help us moving forward. But we should try to deal Dalembert this offseason
theres an article i found that said new orleans should get rid of kaman and landry. bad thing is the article is from bleacher report
No to Kaman unless it is our only choice. I agree the Rockets need to get all the height and muscle they can at C and PF. Mchale needs big guys, apprentice's that will call him maaaaaaster. I don't agree with every thing Coach did this year, but I do agree he needs more big guys. Real big guys, not guys that let people step on them and get away with it.
(Stats are from this season only) Kaman is more consistant than Dally. Kaman younger by 1 year. Athletic: Kaman < Dally Blocks: Kaman = Dally Passing: Kaman > Dally (2 ast vs. 0.5 ast) Reb: Kaman = Dally Minutes Per Game: Kaman > Dally (27 vs 22) Points: Kaman > Dally (13 vs 8) I see upgrade. I also see Kaman as our closing 5 instead of Scola/Patterson. But that would also entail resigning Camby at a small contract. Kaman/Camby > Camby/Dally So if we can sign Kaman on a contract relative to what Dalembert's was, I think that is a win. Somewhere it was mentioned that it will be a buyer's market for bigs this offseason with so many 5s that are free agents. Morey may be able to get a good deal on another 5.
I saw this article as well. They weren't saying that NO should let Kaman go based on his performance but commented more on how he was unhappy with the flip flop decision of trading him and his overall role on the team.
