Did Tyronne Washington's workout affect our draft?

that's an interesting thought oakdogg. When Mickeal, Carrawell, Oyedeji, and Brown were all on the board at 38, I thought for sure Rudy would take one of them. 2 "winners" and 2 very good big man prospects. I was fooled. But, you're right, we didn't draft one of those tough rebounding/shotblocking big men, even though we could use one.
http://www.telebasket.com/player_info.asp?id_player=10815

Size and Athletic Abilities
Rugged and athletic.

Defense
Defensively he is always active, has presence and can block shots. Guards nmust be frightened to penetrate inside his neighborhood. He's also an aggressive rebounder who possesses a quick release outlet pass.

Seemingly ideal. Quick outlet pass, rugged while athletic, aggressive on the boards, shot blocker.

I dunno if he's a player who can start, but I could see him being an 8th or 9th man on the roster.




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The more lefties on your team, the better.
Collier is Seven Foot and Left Handed. How can you go wrong?
Trade or bench Kenny Thomas.

 

I too would love to know how Tyrone Washington's workout with the Rockets went this summer. Will he be invited to the Rocket's camp this year? I think we could use a physical presence in the paint. I do not know the answers to your questions, but here is a quote from Oeilpere that was posted in the 'View From a Bulls Fan: Wants Cato-Fizer Swap' thread on this BBS, "But let me tell you, the Rockets also were happy with Tyrone Washington's overall progress this past year".



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Possible to take minutes and/or job away from Pig Miller.

Mango

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That is very astute observation. I posted something along that same vein a while ago.

"T's" workouts were great and I fully expect him to take a run at a bench spot. If Pig comes in with the same attitude and physical shape, I suspect he will be there also. Actually unless something drastically changes, I see Cato, Hakeem, Pig and Washington as the center spot options this year. They may rotate one of them intermittedly to the IR but all four will be around I think.

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Throw in Collier to play a few MPG at center too. Assuming no trades, I could foresee the Rockets going to a young, outside shooting/slashing to the whole lineup in Collier-Thomas-Anderson-Mobley-Francis.

See, we have plenty of people to cover center if we banish Cato to Chicago for Fizer

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The more lefties on your team, the better.
Collier is Seven Foot and Left Handed. How can you go wrong?
Trade or bench Kenny Thomas.

 

Acting GM NIKEstrad,

If something like this went down:

Cat + Drew = Fizer + Hawk (Walt is traded for something, wouldn't have both Hawk and Walt on the same team)

Hope to have at least 2 1st round picks in 2001.

Haywood?
T Morris?

2001 Roster would be something like:


Haywood
Fizer
Morris
SA
Francis

Bench:
T Washington
Jason
Langhi
Cat
Mooch

Plus plenty of cap space.

Mango


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No No No. We want Troy Murphy in next years draft. You think Croshere is good? Wait till you see Murphy.

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Thanks for the update oeilpere! I was hoping someone could shed some light on the subject. Washington's skills interested me, and Pig really excelled cutting to the basket along side of our penetrating guards.

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Well, Fizer would make drafting a PF moot.

Mango-yep. Did you see my 3 way in the other thread between Houston/Detroit/Chicago? How sweet would that be?

Also, I think getting Haywood and Morris may be tough. Morris should be the prime target, and hopefully he will (fits this team SOO well), then, I'd think we'd use our other pick to trade down (and pick up another pick/solid player) and draft Ken Johnson or Alvin Jones-6'11'' athletic shot blocking super defense centers with little offense (sounds like Cato )

I would have no problem with a 1 year time of both Walt and Hawk on the same team. If it got us Fizer, I'd do it every day.

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The more lefties on your team, the better.
Collier is Seven Foot and Left Handed. How can you go wrong?
Trade or bench Kenny Thomas.

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NIKEstrad,

I responded to that post in the other thread and you had no problem with the changes I suggested.

Mango

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10 boards is out of the question. Last year, Cato was an AWFUL rebounder. Not just mediocre, awful. 10 boards is great numbers.

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The more lefties on your team, the better.
Collier is Seven Foot and Left Handed. How can you go wrong?
Trade or bench Kenny Thomas.