not many teams have cap room other than portland tbh. and portland plays at the SLOWEST pace in the whole league. Not sure why Pritchard being the shrewed GM he is is going to sacrifice that capspace and young talent for a PG thats long gone before any of his young studs Roy and Aldridge reach their prime. They are not in that much of a hurry to be contending right now. Golden State? Yeah they got all the young talent there is but thats all they have. Nash aint gonna let his career rot there...... Toronto??? Calderon for Nash??? Don't think so... New York??? Sounds alright. but they don't have any capspace and aint gonna give u any nice contracts. So that leaves us. heres why: ---Brooks is a stud ---Brooks is a stud ---Brooks is a stud ---Brooks is a stud ---Brooks is a stud ---Brooks is a stud ---Brooks is a stud ---Brooks is a stud ---Brooks is a stud ---Brooks is a stud ---Brooks is a stud ---Brooks is a stud ---Brooks is a stud ---Brooks is a stud ---Brooks is a stud ---Brooks is a stud
I bet if it was Nash and Amare for McGrady/Brooks/Landry (it works capwise) we would actually give a bit more thought into it.
Pros of getting Nash - Floor general Efficient (Great Shooter, Finisher) Great FT shooter Teach Lowry the ropes. (I assume they would want AB) Cons of getting Nash - Age Defense (opposing guards shoot 49% against him) Health (Back), No more Suns trainers Possible contract extension of more than 1 year. (Age) I can see why people would want to do it because the pros will really help the team and maybe our team defense can rub off of him but his AGE. If we could get a pick from them, (an early 2nd round pick), to draft another point guard to groom maybe the risk wouldn't be as bad. I trust Morey ... In whatever he decides I support.
If anything, AB just proved he's a SG, not a PG. Player like AB isn't rare, there are tons of better PGs in this league. AB's stock is so high now that he gets overrated everywhere, and his game doesn't fit Yao's. It's not a bad idea to find some better player to replace him and give Rockets the best chance to win NOW since the current core of Rockes are all close to 30s. And Nash can be resigned after one year too. Why do you want to give up a core you just built for years while they are all in their prime and start a new core which consists of role players only?
You put Amare next to Yao and you have the power forward that has the speed and size to defend the same players that caused us so much trouble this year in the playoffs. Yes, Amare only defends and rebounds when he wants to but he still has size and speed.
did you just say amare and "defend" belong to a same sentence? and why do we want to take more injury risks? plus, shaq is more fun. his interview will beat artest's. when motivated (which amare needs to be often time as well), he's proven still a force.
I don't want Nash on this team. It's not like we're 1 guy away from a championship. I'm more concerned with our front court than our back. We have a center with gimpy feet because no one significant is there to share the load (in a consistently positive way). We have undersized bigs across the board. The list could go on a while. These are the problems that should be addressed. For the most part, Brooks and Lowry will continue normal development with experience. They will each be better next year. You cannot say the same for our bigs. Move Artest and/or a combination of our existing undersized guys for some kind of legitimate 4. We don't need to bring in more damaged goods with Nash. It simply makes no sense in either short term or long term goals. Yeah, Nash is/was a good/great player. So what? Adding him without addressing these other more critical issues does not win us a championship. Yao Ming and the 7 dwarves can't win. It should NEVER be as easy as "front the Rockets, you win". Period.
haha like i said, amare defends when he wants to (which is probably every 5th game) but he still has what Scola and Landry lacks: height. I'd like to know which center are you going to bench if you want Shaq because playing/starting both is a tad bit unrealistic and I hope you know that.
"Yesterday is a cancelled check, let it go. Tomorrow is a promissory note, it may or may not happen. Today is cash in hand." -Stankie you need to look at your own sig.
been discussed (and decided) already in this thread. you just didn't see it. shaq will be the backup and play maybe 15 minutes, yao will still start and play his usual 33 minutes. shaq's motivation? to get one more ring than kobe. and when playing against lowly opponents, we can play the highest twin tower ever.
The Celtics gave up the #5 pick in the draft and Al Jefferson for a chance to win, and those trades put them way over the cap. I believe the Hawks got a lotto pick for giving up Sheed to Detroit. Are you saying Brooks would be able to land us a lotto pick, the #5 pick in the draft or Al Jefferson? When you have a chance to win a title, you go for it....
Both Ray allen and Kevin Garnett were old. Boston traded high picks and Al Jefferson etc away to get them and the Championship. Rockets used to get old players that is no longer good. that didn't go too well. Nash is a different story, old but still good.
