I don't think the Rockets want Rashard

Bad thread title.

 

I think we want him...i think the fact that the Mavs want him as well, makes us want him more. If the Mavs (or anyone else in the division that we will be butting heads with over the next several years) are trying to get him, you can bet that we will do whatever we can (within reason) to get him away from them.

 

I would not say they showed any interest, really. You know if CD is interested you will know. All last week we were talking about the team's silence. Clearly they had more important things to consider like the agreements with Ming and Francis. I am sure whatever interest they had, it is now futher reduced based on his diss of the organization. I agree with you that we do not really need him. In fact earlier I had said that if the team went after him it would be purely to correct what they may consider to be past wrongs. I also said that CD's work is done and should just chill and relax and leave it up to the players and coaches.

 

Good point NJ. But if that is the case then they want him as a pre-emptive measure and not because they want him to make the team better.

 

Boo to thread title's that are stated as fact, but are actually just opinion.

 

Couldn't have said it better myself.

 

I don't really see the redundancy you speak of. The Rockets were one of the worst outside shooting teams in the league last season. Lewis is one of the best outside shooters in the NBA. It seems like he will be adding another dimension to our team...espeically if its true that Ming is as good at kicking the ball out from the low post as everyone says he is.

Rice and Morris should not factor at all into the decision to get Lewis. Rice is old, injured, sucks. Morris is a twelfth man at best. So, forget about those two. That leaves Nachbar. If you're that positive that Nachbar will be as good as Lewis then I might agree with you, but I'm just not that sure.

You might be right the Rockets don't want Rashard, but it would be their mistake.

 

It looks that way; certainly when compared to Dallas' pitch.

I wonder, however, if it might only be the result of the method they are using in a possible acquisition. On the one hand, Dallas doesn't want to give up any players for Lewis in a trade so they are giving him the royal treatment in hopes of wooing him there for the MCE. Houston, on the other hand, would like to get rid of a couple redundancies if they are going to acquire Lewis, so they are concentrating their energies on getting Seattle to agree on a mutually beneficial sign and trade deal. They know that Lewis will want to come to Houston if he gets significant money in an S&T deal, so they don't worry about the courtship.

But, if that is the explanation, they'd still be well-served to cater to Lewis and pursue a possible MCE signing at the same time. This would put pressure on Seattle to participate in an S&T and may help negotiations with Lewis when it comes to determining his salary. That they are not doing this makes me think Dada may just be right.

 

So, Juan, are you saying that The Rox are just using Dallas and Cuban to force Seattle into a S&T? I like it-- especially the part about using Dallas.

 

Do we have a solid SF right now? Is 'Shard a SF? However we don't want a SF.

 

He is redundant if we don't have any injuries to Rice. Are you gonna bank on that after his history the last two years. Maybe Doc Rocket/Pops can give us a detailed med update on Rice so we could better judge his condition.

Otherwise I could agree w/ DaDakota that this wouldn't be as beneficial if there wasn't a S&T for Rice, and I doubt Seattle wants Rice's contract.

IMHO, I like Rice and what he brings to the Rox but I would definitely like to have Rashard. And I don't think the Rox have shown their intentions on signing Rashard yet. Once they make an offer then that is when we can judge their full intentions.

But they haven't even made an offer as yet so you could take that as they don't want to sign him on up to now.

 

I thought you had proof on this. Oh well, you can't really use example 1 because Hakeem said he wanted to get traded, but example 2 makes sense. The Rockets never said they really wanted him, but a sign & trade would make a lot of sense. We probably won't try hard to sign him, because that would just give us another log-jam, but a sign & trade would be perfect to land him.

 

I think the Rocks HAVE been silent... the insiders are silent... it's freaky. Something must be up. Don't know what, but something.

(I know, it's easy to say that... but the silence is getting weird, imho)

 

I wish the insiders would come around and enlighten us about whats really going on.

 

How is the title misleading? It says "I" don't think that the Rockets want Rashard, it doesn't say "The Rockets don't want Rashard". While the Rockets may have interest in him, I think that a section of the fans want Lewis more then the Rockets want him. I think the Rockets know that if they sign Lewis he is going to eventually want the max, and they're not willing to dish that out to him, especially with Francis and Griffin, and Ming possibly getting the max in the future.

 

The thread title was changed afterwards by the admins. It first said "The Rockets don't want Rashard.".

 

I agree with you DaDakota. I think they are giving lip service , but the worse scenerio is for him to sign with Dallas. It would benefit the Rockets if he resigned with Seattle or signed with us. Him going to dallas is a bad sign for us.