GATER, you need to post more often. What do you think about Sean Williams from NJ as a low risk high reward move? Yeah, he's had problems and was in Frank's doghouse with the Nets, but he's a hometown guy and he fits the requirements that you list above for a C. I was thinking NJ would do it for Barry's expiring contract.
We wont get Okur cuz rox has no enough money. If trade Tmac, we can get a good backup C such as Nasheed or Okur. Kaman+Baron for Tmac ,we'd have both perfect C backup and perfect PG.
While Sean Williams has length, and athleticism, he does not understand the defensive positioning, it is something chucky hayes understands better than anyone else, but just does not have the athleticsm/size.
How about Hamed Hadadi from the grizzlies, they love trading with us. im sure we could just send them cash for him. They already have darko and gasol and never use hadadi. I see a lot of upside with him, hes raw alright but i could live with him being on the floor 10-15 min a night.
Isn't Marcus Camby getting a little old? Should we try to get some youth to go along with the other young guys for the future?
Understood, but we are talking about a back up center. Ideally, I still would like to get someone who could back up Yao now and be groomed to take over as starter in the future.
I understand. And you're right, the Rockets should have a viable backup in place for if/when Yao gets injured. But, as happened this season, there's always the possibility that Yao and his backup go down, and realistically Yao needs to be healthy for us to make a deep push into playoffs anyway. Before, you made it sound like the Rockets would not be able to get out of the first round with Yao healthy but without an additional backup. I just wouldn't go that far, because they were able to essentially do that this season (Mutombo was not the reason we beat Portland this year).
Deke didn't take any more of Yao's minutes during the regular season when he joined the team. In game 1 against Portland, Yao still played 19 minutes in the first half -- no indication there that Dikembe was giving him extra rest he wouldn't have gotten otherwise. As best I can tell, Yao's minutes were determined by two factors: (1) a default, set rotation Adelman has already mapped out, and (2) the need for more offense on the floor. I don't think the need for size on the floor was a significant factor. That's why I think if we want to limit Yao's minutes next year, the best way to do it isn't adding another backup but getting better offensively.
i dont believe that's true, last i heard it was a hairline fracture, not stress fracture, that resulted from one incident to the foot/ankle, not repeated wear and tear. He probably landed on it too hard and at a bad angle early in the game and that was the problem, not previous minutes
Well as I've been saying, we should try to get Theo Ratliff, Mcdyess, Kwame Brown or even Marcin Gortat. Neither of them are offensive minded except Maybe McDyess, but he's more of a power forward than a center. The guy I honestly suggest is Theo Ratliff. He is injury prone like Yao, but in the past years he has shown that he could stay healthy especially in the playoffs with the Pistons and the 76ers in the last 2 years. Theo is my guy to pick.
Actually if that's the case I'd be relieved. An accident in this case is better news. But I'm not sure about that. Too many different stories.
Ratliff is a nice shot blocker. But I'd prefer adding someone a little beefier. Someone who's a good post defender and rebounder. Ratliff is built more like Stromile Swift. I'd prefer McDyess out of the players you mentioned. I don't know too much about Gortat.
I believe it's about match ups. Against Portland and Lakers big front court, RA would have played Deke more. He took Yao out in first two games in 1st quarter playoffs, but kept Yao there for an entire quarter after Deke went down.
