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[ESPN] Three Rockets Named in Worst NBA Players

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by AFS, Aug 16, 2011.

  1. AFS

    AFS Member

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    http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/6862838/nba-player-rankings-401-500

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    Chandler Parsons
    Houston Rockets
    F | Age: 22 | Stats

    487
    Marqus Blakely
    Houston Rockets
    F | Age: 22 | Stats


    488
    Marcus Cousin
    Houston Rockets
    F | Age: 24 | Stats


    Their system for developing these rankings is pretty awful, but I just thought it was interesting to see how "experts" evaluated players.

    Surprisingly, Kwame Brown is nowhere on this list...
     
  2. Spankie

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    Blakely and Cousin probably won't make the team by the start of the season if there is one. The only guy we should focus on is Parsons, and he is on thin ice as well :\
     
  3. apollo33

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    whos Blakely

    I only remember Marcus Cousin cuz I thought he was Demarcus Cousins for a second.
     
  4. meh

    meh Member

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    The thread title seems misleading. Or maybe I'm just reading it wrong.

    This is the ranking of the 100 worst players. The Rockets have 3. There are 30 teams. Seems kind of normal that our likely 3 worst players be listed.
     
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  5. Tom Bombadillo

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    Kwame Brown isn't bad, he just isn't very good for a number 1 pick.

    Actually a pretty damn solid post defender/backup Center...
     
  6. sirbaihu

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    At least they're better than Eddy Curry :p
     
  7. REEKO_HTOWN

    REEKO_HTOWN I'm Rich Biiiiaaatch!

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    lol. Guess who's on the list?

    Hassan Whiteside

    So much for that hype.
     
  8. durvasa

    durvasa Member

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    It doesn't make any sense to me to rank players who've barely even stepped on the court.
     
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  9. Carl Herrera

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    They can't get any minutes cuz they SUCK and Morey SUCKS!

    And you SUCK!
     
  10. ico4498

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    ESPN doing us favors now?
     
  11. Damion Laverne

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    So much SUCKing going on! What is this, a gay porno movie?! :p
     
  12. Asian Sensation

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    I thought for sure Hasheem Thabeet would have been on that list.
     
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  13. JuanValdez

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    The Rockets listed aren't very interesting. I'm pretty sure that those polled know almost nothing about those players and thought about them even less. It's probably a pretty safe bet, though, that they aren't in the upper echelons of talent.

    I thought the more established names were more interesting, though given their ranking system it's all pretty subjective anyway. Former Rockets Luther Head, John Lucas III, Mike Harris and Jermaine Taylor. Once coveted players like Eddy Curry and Bobby Simmons. Asian sensation Jeremy Lin. And a bunch of centers who will could still get multi-million contracts today despite being in the list of worst 100 players.
     
  14. Chris Jent MVP

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    ROCKETS HAVE BOTTOM LEVEL TALENT
     
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    So parsons, who hasnt played an NBA game, is already among the worst players in the league?
     
  16. scolandry1

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    glass half full : RGV d-league team has NBA level talent.
     
  17. da_juice

    da_juice Member

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    Yeah. And seriously what do people expect out of a 2nd rounder in a weak draft and 2 D-Leaguers? I think the author got lazy.
     
  18. Chris Jent MVP

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    lmao!

    also: rockets have 12 players not among the bottom 100.
     
  19. mrjohn

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    Cole Aldrich is pretty bad on this list too. I'd like us to trade for him. It looks like if they start Harden at SG. They'll need a Bud or Dragic. I like dragic a lot but he will make 4-7mil on his next contract. Would you trade dragic for Aldrich? Giving Flynn / twill some pt and boosting value / see what they have?

    we have Flynn who was a lotto pick and showed flashes in his rookie year. We have twill who we kinda gave up a pick in a loaded draft for. And dragic could get an offer that may be to high for us next free agency? On the surface, it's a win for okc but it could potentially help us in multiple ways too.
     
  20. amaru

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    I don't think any of these guys will play significant minutes on the team if at all
     

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