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[chron]Cassell looks back at championships with Rockets

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by tinman, Jun 18, 2008.

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  1. declan32001

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    We tried to retain Thibodeaux, but we were better defensively without him, and I liked some of the defensive adjustments that were made last season.

    I'm happy for Thibodeaux though, he found the perfect situation.
     
    #21 declan32001, Jun 19, 2008
  2. JayLau910

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    heh. ya i didnt forget about those two. it was interesting how jvg was raving about how good a player posey was. he was basically describing an ideal type of role player that he'd want for his teams and had posey as the epitome of that type of player. and i was thinking "heh, we sent him away right before you got here." though not sure ... how exactly did we not keep him? trade? fa? i forget.

    but ya. thibodeaux ... sigh.
     
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    Well when can Sam I am quit those poser Celtics and come home to where he really belongs?
     
    #23 poprocks, Jun 19, 2008
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    I dont think that keeping Thibodeau would be solution, he is defensive minded and as you all know Rockets try to maintain speedy high motion offense ala Suns before Shaq trade.

    But years with Tom were great on defensive end, we were and still one of the top defensive teams in the NBA.

    So as for James Posey I think that he is something like Seedorf in soccer, sneaks in the right team and wins a title.

    Remember, he has already won one with the Miami Heat...
     
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    I dont remember Olajuwon overpowering anybody on the court, he was so good because he was so skilled and finessed. KG tries to be finessed. Sam needs to realize that KG's fakeass dream shake was started by Olajuwon(it was automatic) and so is Sam's layup fake that the Dream pulled on Robinson in the playoffs. KG is nothing like Olajuwon in the finesse area.
     
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  6. declan32001

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    Ugh. I'm not doing the rant this year, but you probably would have said Wilt was a finesse player too.

    I'm really sad for Dream, but that's exactly why so many millions of hoopheads hate the current NBA.
     
    #26 declan32001, Jun 19, 2008
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    If you don't think Hakeem was physically dominant, look at his career highlight clips, especially the early years.
     
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  8. tinman

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    That's because the highlights you see are of him dream-shaking or fade-away jumping Shaq and David Robinson. Two hall of fame Centers and one was 300 pounds. Dream dominated the paint, he didn't have to use the shake/fadeaway/ or hook over about 99% of the league. He dunked on so many people in his career. the reason you don't see the Shaq highlights of other than dunks is that that's all he can do. also Dream was so quick, he can just blow by people.

    it's like HOW DO YOU LIKE ME NOW?
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    Sammy is right. Can you imagine the different trajectories that those careers would have taken - Jordan and Vernon - had they met in the finals? Maxwell would have schooled him.
     
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  10. tinman

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    This is a genius point.

    Kobe is better than Paul Pierce, nobody denies that.
    However, Paul Pierce defended him very well in the Finals allowing other players to play team D.

    The Celtics were the team that LA had problems with in the regular season this year.

    flash to Sam's statements. The Bulls had difficulties and embarrassing loses to the Rockets of the Maxwell days. The Rockets were one of the few teams who don't double Jordan. Allowing players like HAKEEM OLAJUWON to just worry about his man and the paint. that DREAM guy, you know the DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR, ALL TIME SHOT BLOCK LEADER guy.

    the dream matchup would be like this year's finals.

    The only question I have does Jordan help on D with Dream? does he leave Maxwell or Kenny Smith open?

    Would Jackson just single cover Dream with Cartwright?

    What about the Bull's bench? quick name me a bench player from that Bulls team...

    how would they match up with a younger and quicker Cassell?

    Kenny Smith wouldn't have to worry about Derick Harper who plays way better D than BJ Armstrong.

    Maxwell vs Paxon? Maxwell the guy who scored 30 points on Mark Price /Cavs in one quarter?
     
    #30 tinman, Jun 19, 2008
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