David Andersen's already a better Rocket than V-Span was. I don't recall Spanoulis ever having "a couple of minutes of making shots." A couple of minutes making turnovers? That, yes.
1) my prediction was not off because ... 2) I was not judging him solely on the one game - although that one game did bring out the hate and disapointment that I knew would soon come (I didnt know it would come after one game mind you). Sorry for calling you a **** - I just wish you had of read and understood my posts and the thread properly before going off saying I had 'lost cred'.
wow was Dorsey fouling out a blessing in disguise or what? David Andersen's best two minutes of his NBA career so far.
DA may not be an NBA All-Star, he may not be an olympic champion or a legend overseas...but the guy can shoot a jumper from the 3 pt line and in and has a solid passing ability, at 7 feet tall. You don't have to be an NBA expert to realize his skills are useful in an Adelman offense, and therefore, he'll be used as well as anyone can use him. That alone is enough to have some faith that he'll be decent in our lineup. The Rockets never talked his defense up or his rebounding abilities. They knew those were his weaknesses and big ones. Yet they still traded for him. Why not look at this move for what it was, getting a player that fits, rather than the best player available? Trashing him for not being a rebounder, defender, or physical player is like trashing Brooks for not being a pure point or Hayes for not being an offensive player. Only the best players have small or limited weaknesses, all role players have significant weaknesses. If you focus on the weaknesses then they'll never be good enough in your eyes. Like i posted before, the guy can't be a 7 foot stiff if he lasted this long playing professionally and now was traded for by an NBA team. He's not Malick Badiane, an unknown and raw player you hope can develop. The guy has been around and you can watch minutes and minutes of tape on this guy. So again, the rockets must have felt could help the team out in some way consistently if they gave him 3 mil for what, 3 yrs?
That isn't saying much when you surround it with "i will be right at the end" or " i know i will be right"..... Just realize you jumped the gun on this thread, you were salivating waiting for the opportunity to post it...its not even about Houston or Andersen as much as it is about you "being right all along"... It's great to be the one guy to make that big or significant prediction, but as of now it's not any different than being the guy who predicts Houston will make the playoffs this year. It's just too early to be right.
1: Dont jump into conclusions after 1 friggin pre season game (game 1 ie) 2: Dont condemn a guy after watching just 2 pre-season games. and its just his OPINION that DA will suck. 3: DA has to definitely hit the gym and build muscle.. I think he will be pwned if he plays against D10 and other big centers of the NBA. and BBS experts.. is this guy capable of becoming a pseudo-Keith Van Horn types?
Oook... Let's look at what you said then? That's the comment to start the thread? Basically you're saying that the comments you made all along (about him sucking) are VINDICATED. (that's a strong word). Then - 'yes only 1 game - yes only pre-season, but I'm right' So I posted: to which he replied: Clearly a statement brimming with confidence that Anderson would "never amount to nothin'" In fact you even went so far as to say: You basically proclaimed the guy absolute junk - and, lucky for you, he was awful in his first game. So you strutted like a peacock - "I was right - Morey wishes he knew as much about Anderson as aussie rocket". Uh huh. Then - whaddaya know, Anderson plays well in his second game. Which leads people to criticise aussie rocket - and rightly so. And now you're fumbling around "oh - uh - um - I didn't say that - what I meant was- erm, ahem" C'mon mate? don't be so British about this whole thing? Tell you what - at the end of December, if he's stunk it up completely and is a failure as an NBA player, I'll eat crow. But give the guy an NBA game next time before you start your "I told you so" routine [which was made even worse by the "oh - he only scored against 3rd tier opponents...] Anyway - the sad thing is that in the end it didn't take 2 weeks to bump the thread - not even 2 days.
Dont have time to reply to your post as a whole 1) Im not stumbling (uh, erm, ah) to anything - Im very direct and to the point. 2) he didnt play well in his 2nd game - he made a few shots and had 2 boards. His first 8mins was horrible. 3) What was VINDICATED was my prediction that people would soon turn on Andersen and he would soon be a game thread villain. 4) I agree that we should wait for Andersen to see how this pans out, and i'll spot you the All Star break - hell even the end of the season - much less December. There will be no meaningful contribution.
No one is condemning Aussie for his opinion , but creatinga thread about it after one bad game in the guy's first ever NBA Preseason game........uhhh....
bro his from wollongong his been here before in the NBL his played for the boomers. He can barely make it off the Australian bench past Nielson/Anstey/Bogut and none of those guys with the exception of Bogut have a chance in the NBA. What makes you think Anderson is even a passable role player. A good backup center in my opinion can actually do something meaningful over a season. Its like Novak, he was useful for spot situations, but would you play him every game no. Anderson is the same, his got some offensive game but his defensive/offensive limitations will restrict him to a bit player. To be fair I don't rate any of the Australian players with the exception of Bogut and Mills. I've seen them all play alot and none of them have any hint of the necessary athleticism/skills to make it as a decent player.
You can't be a center and not rebound and defend. He maybe have been able to do this in Europe at a passable level but that doesn't mean he can do it here. Can you please explain to me how you can have a center that cannot rebound. Look at most teams with Centers, half of them are ONLY good for rebounding and blocking shots. Telling me he has a good shot and he fits into Adelman's offence means nothing as well. So did Novak and he got no where. I think Aussie Rocket is right, and thats because I'm also Australian. Classify me a center that is useful for us. A guy that could at least impact the game like Deke, get rebounds, get blocks, score some points. Can DAs scoring keep him off the bench? when will be the first one of us to rage when someone like Al Horford starts schooling DA? Is he really quick enough to cover someone like Josh Smith??? Assuming Scola/Hayes/Landry always takes the harder 5 or 4 will he even be passable against the weaker post player on everytime? The only team i can think of where he will not have problems against is New York and Golden State. All the rest he can't even get on the floor for burn time in my opinion.
