[Chron] Don't rule out a trade despite Rockets' recent run

And sometimes it takes one incredible player and a great group of complimentary ones. 1994!

 

We don't need to add another big impact player. We just need solid role players (ie: not Garcia/Casspi).

 

Exactly. If you have the best center and the best shooting guard in the league why the f**k do you need anything other than role players? The Rockets are competitive right now. Sure a third star would help but would it actually help? What would you give up for that player? My answer is little. F**k it lets roll with what we have and may the competition be damned.

 

I think as long as he understands his role as scoring and he is given the green light to be aggressive Lin can be a reliable scorer coming off the bench. Lin's ball handling and decision making are where he is less reliable in my opinion.

 

Do you actually believe some of the stupid things you say?

 

Look who's coming to Houston...

Spoiler

 

I hear Dudley is on the market, and I know the Rockets's brass likes him.

He can be a 3 & D guy for us.

 

Nothing stupid in what he implied.

Each time Lin has played the Heat, he has been locked down. Their back court defense suffocates him and his handles arent good enough to fight through them. It's not going to get any easier for him in the playoffs or in this case the finals should we ever get that far and meet them.

Lin's deer in headlights look against OKC in the playoffs even before he got inured was not very comforting either.

Based on what we have seen of Lin against these two teams so far, I dont have confidence in him should we meet these two teams in the playoffs. He will have to prove it on the court to change the current perception.

 

Christ on a tortilla, Harden is making up for russell westbrook's absence in the festivities.

 

Yeah. You hit the nail on the head. But in today's NBA it is what it is. And why would you ever map today's NBA to an arbitrary point in the past is totally beyond me. Christ. The player domains are of course completely different. Do you enjoy just throwing out random comparisons just to obfuscate issues? Oh, I guess that was not a question. We all know the answer to that.

 

You know I think Carl is a bot. Constantly all over the news but absolutely simple stupid in a conversation. Anyway it is the best explanation I have come up with.

 

I used to watch him a lot when he played in Phoenix. I think he's way too slow for our team. His conditioning has always been a concern. Overall, he's a nice guy though. I wish we had an enforcer like Ron Ron was for us that year. We have a bunch of gun slingers but no true cowboy.

 

Awww man we're getting Romo

 

I agree. Lin does not handle ball pressure very well. He has good handles for a SG which is what he was at Harvard but below average handles for a PG. Maybe a year of scrimmaging against Beverly has improved his handles some.

 

So, no teasing update for us, eh?

 

Never want to tease, especially posters like you. I always have to respect those of us who have been around for awhile. Much respect to that join date!

I just can't be as blunt just yet, though what I just posted is subtle. We're looking for another leader in this pack. I'm sure Morey is busting his ass right now to keep up. We all should take some breaths haha

 

I do get what your saying and your not wrong, Morey has said himself he wants to still improve the team going foward and feels we need that 3rd best player in a championship team. Now with that said I don't think the rockets need another allstar player to win a championship. What we need is a Courtney lee, Kyle korver and Brandon bass type players to replace Garcia, casppi and dmo. If we had those three player wight he current roster this team would have to be considered the odds on favorite out west and maybe in the entire league.

We're 5 loses back the best record in the entire league at allstar break. This rockets team is very good as is and could IMO beat any team in a 7 game series, and with minor improvements to the roster this team could turn into the favorite not only out west but in the whole league.