Marbury really isn't worth taking a chance on. He is washed up. Has been declining for a few years now. Also, even back when he was putting up numbers and had his atheleticism, he always been a low-efficiency scorer and inconsistent jump shooter. Just because he had the ball in his hands a lot doesn't mean he played winning basketball. No, it ain't about him ruffling anyone's feathers on the team because they won't hand out with him. It's about Marbury not playing winning basketball.
The Rockets did do that, I am not going to ignore the truth. And your hatred of CD has blinded you to the good he did..... Oh well, we will just agree to disagree here. DD
No doubt that nothing can be gained by not taking risks,but Stephon is a shadow of what he was. Is he more talented than Rafer?Yes. Unfortunately that doesn't mean much,because he only shows up in 1 out of 6-7 games. He isn't Starbury anymore.I'm not taking his behavior into account here just his skill level.
I wouldn't rule him out just because he's a bit of a jackass, if he would help the team (I mean, look at Artest, who I'd love to see in a Rockets uniform). But is Marbury an upgrade over Rafer at this stage of his career? Probably not. And he's a me-first type of player. I don't think the team would be better with him. There are better options. Even giving Brooks more playing time is a better option, imo.
The ONLY good thing he did here was LEAVE. Or maybe you were on board with the crap way he ran this franchise. You most certainly were quick to buy into Les' BS and jump on JVG and blame him for ALL the ills of this team - in fact that became a holy crusade of yours. All he did was win 52 games with both Yao & Tmac missing significant parts of the season but hey it's the results that count, right? So where was all of this passion to assign blame and demand results when Dawson and the other front office monkeys were setting this franchise back years? Oh yeah right: they had nothing to do with it because the head coach did everything while poor ol' CD sat around collecting nice fat paychecks. It was all JVG's fault then just like it was all Rudy T's fault before him and in a few years, when Les will hold another press conference to explain how it was all Adelman's fault the franchise wasn't successful. And I'm certain that you'll be amongst those fans right up there signing along in the Les Alexander Choir. What is wrong with the Rockets starts at the very top with an owner who keeps blowing smoke up the collective asses of fans instead of really holding the right people responsible for the decline of this franchise. But that won't ever happen because then he'd have to first look into a mirror and history shows us that he will scapegoat and fire the head coach before that happens.
Whatever Hillboy, I call em like I see em, and while Les may not be perfect, he does a fine job as owner, a much better job than any other owner in Houston. He has gone over the luxury tax to try to win, and has taken risks, what you seem to fail to acknowledge is that not all risks work out, in fact a good many fail. But the cajones to step up and try to make something happen....Barkley, Pippen, Tmac, etc......is what is important....a willingness to go for the homerun. You can not always just sit back and hope that you draft well, in fact, MOST draft picks below 10 in the first round bust out, or are hardly notable.....while CD did screw up his fair share, he also got some gems in Dickerson, Mobley, Othella...etc..... Nobody is perfect.....NOBODY..... As for me and JVG, he did win 52 games, but for me was not a big enough risk taker....to win it all.....too much control = failure...... DD
Anybody that wouldnt be willing to offer Marbury a min contract has no concept of investment vs potential upside. If you get Marbury for peanuts, obviously shortterm, he's got the incentive to keep his nose clean and perform - for his next contract - otherwise, he knows he's probably outta the league. A motivated Marbury at point... naw who'd want that....let's just keep everybody b****in about how we need a third scorer and Rafer...
Well maybe for the minimum, possibly even the LLE. Anything more than that hell no. Also, the first time he started crap I would release him, even he was just making the minimum or the LLE.
This is why I find so many of your posts incomprehensible. You probably want to compare the "great" Danny Ainge & Mitch Kupchack to what CD did when he always made it clear he intended to do what his boss and head coach wanted him to do. It cracks me up that you then trash Les & CD while crawling up JVG's *ss and end up faulting CD for everything. Excepting the year that SF3 & Cat were injured this team was always competetive. And if you knew anything about the blunders of every team in the league over the last 11 years you just must only be impressed by Jordan's Bulls, LA's popularity, TD & SA being ahead of the curve on foreign players, Dumar's savvy - oh and LA's & Boston's absolute thefts this past season. But who am I kidding, you probably think Paul Allen's a bb genius right now. Any chance to trash our team you take. I wouldn't mind if I could figure out how you're any kind of fan of the Rockets.
The "decline of this franchise?" Starting with the '84-'85 Rockets, the season Akeem was a rookie (racking up nearly 12 boards and almost 21 pts. in his first season, but I digress), the Rocks have had three losing seasons. The '99-2000 season, 2001-2002, and in 2005-2006. That's it. They had 2 seasons with a 41-41 record. That is a remarkable record for an NBA franchise. 3 losing seasons in 24 years, with one of those seasons having Dream and Barkley playing a fraction of the games at the tail end of their careers, one with Francis, Mobes, and a bunch of role players, most of whom were crap, and 2005-2006, with 19 players being run through the lineup at different times, trying to cover for McGrady and Yao missing dozens of games. A season I'm sure you remember, when Van Gundy managed to win a game at the end that blew our draft positioning. That had to be CD's fault, right? The next two seasons saw us winning 52 and then 55 games. Big decline! Hell, HillBoy, most of the franchises in the league would kill to have our success over the years and our record the last two seasons. CD was far from perfect, but he devoted his life to the Rockets, along with Rudy T. Is the offseason so boring that those two icons have to get beat up to make things interesting? I don't think so. And if you're taking shots at CD, you're taking shots at Rudy T, in my opinion.
Amen. No Patterson, no Thomas, no Rudy and no CD equals no rings ever - so far. Hillboy wouldn't even recognize a Dream quote if he'd heard/read one. And I wish Moses could meet Hillboy and bring him up to speed about CD.
To this particular topic I give a definite thumbs down. If this really were to happen, low risk or not, this would be a very bad trap that Morey would be smart enough not to fall into. On pretty much every team this guy has been on they were broken down and a non playoff team, not including with the suns and amare. They have all been drug down and demolished by his attitude. He couldn't even coincide with KG, and for all you guys saying that he can come off the bench or share pt with Rafer, you have got to be crazy. Obviously people do not learn how these drama/diva stars operate, how long did it take for Stevie to complain about pt and finally when he gets on the court his fat ass gets injured. What do you think would happen with all 3 of these guys in our backcourt. I say NO THANK YOU.
marbury and sf3 on the same team together again, no. but marbury used to be able to score and but he is a scoring pg first, not sure we need that when we have yao and mac. worth a look but i'm sure morey won't sign him.
No. We have Rafer and Brooks already. If one of them got traded or got a long-term injury, then maybe I'd think about it.
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I heard Don Marbury was an Aggie. Couldnt even take advantage of the Aggie network. Coney Island legend is a consolation I guess.
