[Chron]Gundy: Players should enjoy win + Spanoulis wasn't good

Valuable roster spots to sign whom?

I'm trying to remember who else out there as an option when we signed, for example, Rick Brunson and Charles Oakley.

And yet there are all these "Bring Rudy back!!!!!" and "Rudy >>> JVG" posts.

I guess those guys just prefer Maloney, Cato, the Iso-mania Twins to Battier, Sura, Wesley, Barry, etc.

 

True.. Rudy was great at balancing all these egos on an All Star team. If Van Gundy ever got put in charge of that, he'd probably get a few stars and a ton of Battier/Mike James-type guys.

 

Explain to me specifically how this is supposed to happen and how it relates to Mark Jackson. I'm confused.

Missing out on Lonnie Baxter is worth fretting over?

Boki? He couldn't develop during all these years, how is Mark Jackson stunting his growth?

 

Beno Udrih was drafted in the first round Summer of 2004.

Did he declare for the draft in 2003?

If not, how can a team draft a player who did not declare for the draft?

Assume for a second that he could be drafted in Summer of 2003.

The Rockets did not have a first round pick in the 2003 draft. Thanks to decisions made back in the Rudy era, I believe.

So unless Udrih would have lasted all the way to pick 44, the Rockets probably couldn't have drafted him.

Now let's assume for a second that the Rockets do have an first round pick in 2003 or Udrih would have lasted until 44.

Mark Jackson did not sign with the Rockets until January 15th, 2004, a couple weeks after Rudy Era signee Moochie Norris got traded.

So unless there is evidence that in the Summer of 2003 that the Rockets knew that they would sign Mark Jackson in January of 2004 to take up Udrih's spot, I'm not sure how signing Mark Jackson has anything to do with Udrih.


As for "players need minutes to develop!!!" Players will develop according to their talent/committment rather than developmental entitlement minutes. All the minutes in the world didn't turn Curry into more than what he is. Playing few minutes as a rookie did not preven Kevin Martin from becoming a very productive player.

 

So, if "agreement between NBA and NCAA" is the only reason why teams don't sign players before they are drafted and NBA teams can sign every European player as free agents before they are drafted, why do teams keep on wasting their draft picks on foreign players like Dirk, Darko, Yao, Parker, Udrih etc? Why not just sign their asses "as free agents" as you claim they can do?

Are they stupid?

Please explain.








As for Boki vs. Bowen... who cares.. Rockets got some uses out of Bowen his first season, then he wasn't ready to play a bigger part last year. Big deal. Boki got us David Wesley for a couple of fairly productive seasons.

He looks semi-decent now, but if he were on the Rockets now and getting 15-20 ppg... guess what? People would be b****ing about him stealing Novak's minutes. Players like him are not worth fretting over.

 

Back already from cross-burning in front of Rafer's house?



If this is where you want the thread to go, I'll play. But it's hardly useful or have anything to do with the original topic.

 

Perhaps... and sorry, but I was merely saying that If OMR wants to sink the level of the converstion down to "Shut up and have sex with Van Gundy," I'll go down with him.

I made a post saying Van Gundy was not responsible for wasting picks on Fred Weis and John Wallace and Rudy was not personally responsible for Rockets winning the lottery and getting Yao. Then I got "shut up and have sex with Van Gundy" as the response.


I'm just tired of every single topic degenerating into "Van Gundy sucks and anyone who defends him suck! You stupid ****s should suck his dick!!! Bring Rudy back!!!!"


Does anyone remember the original topic? Van Gundy saying the players should enjoy the win and that Spanoulis was "not good, but outstanding"?