[Chron.com] : Adelman impressed with potential of newest Rocket

Please no!!! Alston cant be the starting PG!!! I would rather have Mike James or some other PG. Atleast James can shoot and create his own shots with decent passing skills n assist numbers which the Rockets will need under Adelman offense, n Alston cant do any!!

 

He's too busy flyin I heard.

I hope this team can play smart like the old Sac did. This is gonna be really hard for the likes of Novak. But hopefully we won't need him much anyways with Scola, if all the rave about him is true.

If we're gonna mold our team towards the old Sac, then we still need a Bibby. But I guess we don't need one with Tmac and Yao around. Yao is the next Divac, YUSS!

I'm so excited, why can't the season start already?

 

Sikma, Peja, Elston Turner, and Adelman himself have all said that Adelman is the kind of coach who molds his offensive and defensive strategies to the team's roster. He is looking to feature a team that runs more fast breaks and secondary breaks to score more efficiently. He is also looking for players that have more real basketball skills and not just players that fit a certain philosophy. JVG was looking for players to boost his defensive, grind it out philosophy. Adelman wants players period.

A little known fact is that many of Adelman's teams were ranked high in defensive efficiency (one of the Kings teams was ranked 2nd). I think we will see a rise in PPG and PPG allowed as well as a rise in offensive efficiency ranking. We will probably drop a couple of spots in defensive efficiency ranking, but I do not expect us to be much worse on defense this year as our personnel is still capable of playing good team defense.

 

That is just the writer's speculation. I would say Rafer is a prime candidate to not even be on the team considering Brooks' great play in the summer league. With teams like Miami and the Lakers in need of PG help and no free agents left that fit the bill, Alston could be on the move.

 

the way adelman speaks scola, it seems there is little chance he won't be starting. it may be a as much as a month into the season but he will start.

 

Actually that's Dr of Dunk's speculation - which I agree with. Alston is ok if he's not the 3rd option and doesn't play 40+ minutes. With that lineup and bench, he won't be. He can setup the O better than James and 1 rookie as a starter is enough. Plus, I'd love to eat crow, but it's only SL games right now.

 

That's like saying we should have kept Juwan, instead of going for Mike James and Luis Scola. Phil Jackson couldn't turn the Rockets into playoff contenders with Juwan as PF and Alston as PG. Van Gundy got what he could out of Juwan and Alston. Adelman wouldn't have done any better with them. Go Scola!

 

I think as of right now!!! Alston is the best option for the team. He protects the ball well. And without the constant praise by Van Gundy which had him on an All Star pedistol; I think that Alston cuts down on his shots.

Because I don't think that Alston is going to learn how to shoot any better. He is a mid to high 30% field goal shooter.

As long as Alston relies on his passing, he should be the starter. Because that is what this team is going to need. Yao, Scola, and McGrady should do most of the scoring for the Starters. And Battier should ALWAYS be an option ahead of Alston.

And Scola is the definite Starter!!!!!!!


Where do ya'll think that he'd been drafted had he been in the Draft? Top 5?

 

I think Adelman is salivating. Has he ever had 2 bigs he could put on the floor that dominate their matchup both from the low block post and from the high post face up?? I don't think so. Vlade was not the low block force that Yao is. Neither was Webber. Brad Miller doesn't post up at all. Now he's got one of the 3 best post up options in the low block in the league, combined with a PF that can both face up from 18 and post up himself. And Yao is gonna be great facing up, we all know that. What I envision is our offense coming down and dropping one or the other of those 2 in the post, depending on who has the matchup that they can beat the easiest. It's gonna be matchup hell for our opponents.

 

You haven't been to SpursTalk because they have been criticizing management for making bad deals for years.

 

Why not? The only reason that Kings team didn't win is because, outside of Bibby, they didn't have a guy capable of taking over a game. Webber had the talent, but not the heart.

 

Take a look at Adelman's Trailblazers teams and his Kings teams. Two different teams. Heck, Adelman's early day Kings were different from his championship contender Kings. Besides, it's silly to say that a great coach maximizes his assets and doesn't need to recruit to fill what makes him comfortable. Outside of a coach that took over a recent championship team, name one championship coach that won a championship with the exact same roster he inherited?

 

Are there really people who still call Duncan Soft? I mean really? 4 Titles, MVPs carried his team most of the time. Defensive studs are soft?

And I get what the original poster is saying. If Scoula was that good, the spurs would find a home for him. You cant tell me they wouldnt.

 

if the owner was cheap they wouldn't.



and duncan is soft. you can't be hard and be a crybaby at the same time.

 

To end this Barbosa as a Spurs mistake notion I want to set the record staright. In a pre-arranged deal the Spus picked Barbosa for the Suns for a future draft pick The SPurs were trying to trade that pick away from the outset. Barbosa was never in their plans

 

Ok, then I guess, 4 time champs are soft in the NBA. League MVPs are soft. All Defensive team selections are soft. Go figure.

 

Did the article just call Rafer Alston an 'offensive trigger'?

 

We Got OUR Power Forward!!!!


Don't ya'll get it? We are Texas and Texas sticks together. After the Spurs stop winning their championships, they want Houston to carry the torch.

Houston has supported the Spurs with dignity and Respect througout their championship reigns. So did the Spurs when the Rockets were winning.


Texas brother hood. That's what it's called.


What other explanation would ya'll have?

 

when have you ever seen him try to take charge? it's very rare. he seldom defends players better than himself. and as someone else pointed out, he plays pf so that he can avoid banging around with a tougher defender. he's protected. soft. that's not to say he can't excel. i never said that and i would be woefully ignorant to do so. but he is soft.

 

nice!!!