well... if you are not getting enough minutes in memphis... DO WE REALLY want him to get a lot of minutes here?
I like it, but because it clears the floor for Aaron Brooks, who is ready imo, and it clears the locker room of all other leaders for Yao to take over. DD
I know you've been one of the staunch advocates for Rafer to go, but we didn't even get a player of Hinrich's caliber in return. Are you really content with this trade? I still held high hopes for our team for this season
Im leaning towards 'no'. It just doesn't come with enough PROS vs CONS in my opinion. It feels like 'trading just to be trading', you know? 'Activity' isn't always 'progress'.
We didn't get a Hinrich in return, but the Rockets obviously hope that Brooks becomes a better player with an expanded role. Lowry can be at least a competent backup PG. The Rockets are looking to the future with this move. They didn't feel Rafer was the guy to lead them to a championship this season, so they made a move to accelerate development of Brooks and add another intriguing PG prospect to the mix. They didn't tie their hands with a bad contract either, which Hinrich very well could have become. This fits the MO of the current Rockets regime. Add young players with small contracts who might become much better than others would have thought instead of going after the big name with a bad contract.
If Yao was going to be a leader do you really think Rafer was holding him back??? Seriously DD you are in denial...you know its a bad trade.
Unless there's a yet-unannounced deal behind this, we just worsened our team for no reason at all. Giving Rafer to the Magic becomes a "you were right about Tracy, sorry" olive branch. Of course I don't know what would leave me more upset - this being our move for the day, or finding out we got Puffy the Cancerous PG as well. Evan
I don't know enough about Lowry to give an answer. I've heard he's a good defender and a crappy shooter. And he's cheap. Sounds like Rondo lite? That's something I'd be OK with. I'm surprised Luther's still on the team...
Brooks disappears every third game. Completely. And is going to be worked over by every starting PG with size he faces. Yao could be sitting in a room by himself and he wouldn't take things into his own hands.
Good point of view. Still tough to swallow. As a fan, I lived with Rafer's streaky shortcomings because I always felt him to be solid for the Rockets. He was a big reason why the Rockets didn't get past the Jazz this past playoffs. So in your eyes, are the Rockets still poised for a deep run this year with this trade?
isn't the MO winning now while yao hasn't start declining?? i doubt AB as a starter fits that mode of thinking.
Yao is a 7 footer, you can't run the floor so well with a big guy. Alston was a guy who could feed Yao in the post and could organize messy offense. Clearing the cap was the only thing that makes sense.
