(my comma key isn't working so sorry about the lack of them here..weird) I'm glad and not really surprised to hear this. He's not some big scrub everyone makes him out to be. Nothing new about him being able to execute in this offense well. He can shoot we all know that. He can cut...if you watched last season you could tell that. He plays good D especially for his size. If you disagree I think you should take the hate-glasses off. I've said this time and time again. Head's problem is not dribbling...shooting...cutting...defense...etc. It's his DECISION MAKING. *IF* he can refine that then he is a very good option for our (or any) team.
My thoughts exactly. It's in the players best interest to do well in camp. If he doesn't make the Rockets squad, then he'll make himself attractive to other teams.
this is not true at all. Landry looks just like the Landry we all began to love before he got hurt. Now as far as Head goes I do not agree with article at all and maybe it is because I am a little bias after the eggs he has dropped the past few years. Head to me kind of reminded me of when we got Mike James back. In practice he seems to look good, but as soon as preseason games began he (Mike James) begin to show why the Timberwolves traded him to us. So take it for what is worth, but I do not see anything to be happy about when it comes to Head in practice
I smell good trade bait. I hope he somehow pulls a Donte Greene during preseason and we can trade him for someone bueno.
Head is a very good player during the 82 games season but he is a different player in playoffs. Anyhow, he is definitely play better as SG than PG. He can't pass the rock well. If he is traded, I hope we'll get a good player back. If he stays, I am fine with that too but I don't think he can play PG.
A lot of people are cutting Head a lotta slack. If Rafer shot 7% in the playoffs and under 30% the previous year someone would've assassinated him long ago.
Rafer plays 35 plus minutes, that's why he would get no slack. Head shooting 7 percent is like Mutumbo grabbing 2 rebounds in 5 minutes: I-r-r-e-l-e-v-a-n-t. I don't see why people insist that he MUST go. I guess chocking must be contagious. If chocking is contagious, then what about being clutch?
That argument fails in last year's case because, as a result of Head's utter ineptitude, we were forced to play Tracy, bad shoulder and knee and all, into the ground. He had something like 40-43 minutes a game and the Jazz just took turns running four different defenders at him, all fresh when they checked in. Ask Morey is he thought Head was an adequate back-up. All he did was add Barry and Artest (and it would have been Greene if not Artest). Head's fine as a benchwarmer playing 2-5 minutes per game, but last year the fact that he could only play 2-5 minutes per game absolutely killed our team. Don't underestimate that factor.
I think it should be pretty apparent Head plays in a manner in which he's afraid to make mistakes and of course, he makes them. He already said in his interview he's just going to not worry about all that. He just wants to go out and play as best he can. I think that's why you see two different Luthers. Reg vs. post-season. IF he can really relax a little, I really feel like he's a very solid player.
People make too much of his duds against Utah. I subscribe to the theory that Utah is a bad match-up for him, not that he's a playoff choker. If we can finally draw a differnt team this year, we'll see. That is, if we don't trade him, though we probably will for simple luxury tax reasons. If he plays well to start the season, he might improve the pick we get for him. What I do find odd is that his (and everyone's) 3-point threat went down when Adelman took over as coach.
Year Team G GS MPG 99-00 TOR 3 3 37.0 00-01 ORL 4 4 44.5 01-02 ORL 4 4 44.5 02-03 ORL 7 7 44.0 04-05 HOU 7 7 43.0 06-07 HOU 7 7 40.0 07-08 HOU 6 6 41.2 Career -- 38 38 42.2 This isn't the first year he played 40-43 minutes in the playoffs. He does that because he's an important player, not because he didn't have backup. He even averaged a minute more than he played last year.
Why does Head do this all the time! He looks good in training camp and through the reg season...then when playoffs come, he makes NO contribution! Its like he gets nervous or something? he is undersized for his position too (we all know this) but he does somewhat understand the RA system I guess we'll see what happens
I say as Rockets' fans, we should appreciate all the help we can get. and seems to me Head is trying to make a statement. Worked for Rafer last season, why not Head?
I agree. On a more humorous note, with our luck. Head will somehow become an integral part of the team's success...only to get hurt and miss some games or all in the playoffs, and we'll be left saying..."Man, if we had Head blah blah blah." Then again, most people that post (who knows what lurkers think) think Head is useless and should be dumped asap.
Doesn't matter if he plays well in camp or regular season. I can't stand another sight of him turning the ball over in PO at crucial minutes. Hope he gets traded.
Luther Head is a asset and two bad series against the Jazz doesn't constitute being a choker. If that's the case you could call the whole team chokers, remember "Choke City". It's not like the Rockets as a team have had many playoff face-offs lately. Rockets fans are quick to throw Head or Rafer under the bus and give Tracy a free pass when he says things like "it's on me" or he admittitly gets "tired" in the fourth of a elimination game. I don't take those traits lightly. Some of coarse will call me a Tracy hater and I will be until he proves me wrong, I hope he proves me wrong. But I am glad that the basketball gods sent him Ron Artest.
