[Chron] Asik intends to return to lineup vs. Celtics

Was thinking the same thing...!

Onlyk and a unprotected 1rst or Green/lee, would work.

 

westbrook == ball dominant point guard

 

And look what happened in OKC. Harden played 6th man.

Later on in Houston, where Lin was also a ball dominant point guard, Lin has to play 6th man.

Who are you going to move to the bench when Rondo gets here? Rondo or Harden? I think there'll be attitude issues on whoever you try to get to come off the bench between these two.

 

I thought the coaches handled the dissent well. McHale told them that the team needs to stay together during the adversity and losses. And I think everyone shut up and tried to step up their game.

 

not bad for tjones...he is still starting...asik is backing up howard...dmo though might be riding the pine more

 

with smith out...dmo will be the 3rd string 5

 

It takes courage to admit you were acting stupid and come back to face everyone. (But it's the best thing for him to do.)

 

just throwing it out there. why not Asik for Kenneth "Manimal" Faried?

 

If this were the beginning of the playoffs, we'd be thankful that Omer was on this team.

 

You ask Lin play 6th man, Lin will just oblige you.
you make Rondo the 6th man, Rondo will revolt.
so, pls dont trade problem for problem.

And, I watch almost all Knicks' games this season, shumpert apparantly has lost a bit of exposiveness and defensive tenacity after the knee surgery. I doubt he will improve, and value add much to this team.

 

Got over his b****assness? Good for him.

 

Speaking of which, is Royce White still a Rocket?

 

Rondo has been my fav NBA player because I'm a Kentucky alum. If Harden can take a step back and let Rondo run the offense, Rockets will be unstopable. Problem is if Harden and Rondo share the duty, it'll be really tough to watch. We saw that last year when Lin was sucking at spot up.

 

This would be so awful...

 

That's a good description of Rondo. But the shooting part is important. Whoever plays with Harden in the back court needs to be at least a decent shooter.

Remember when Lin was shooting poorly at the beginning of last season? Let's just say that LOFs were working REALLY hard. :grin: If Beverley ever struggles at his shooting, his minutes will diminish.

 

Rondo could certainly thrive with Harden if you ran a different type of offense. He'd need to be doing a lot of off ball movement and catching and shooting/driving. I'm not sure he wants to play that way though.

If this team ran an offensive set that had a lot of movement and screening outside of the one ball handler then it could work.

 

We "public" don't really know facts of who feels what and what discussions were had or if Asik was really sick. Everybody gets their ego bruised from time to time. It just takes a little recovery.

If he shows up, plays hard and helps the team, for me, all is forgiven.

 

You are saying that if we get Rondo, it's Harden who needs to fit Rondo, not the other way around.

 

do you like nba championships?

 

You really think Rondo was in any part a big contributor of that championship? That ring was won by KG, PP, and Ray Allen.