Assuming we get Howard, the Rockets actually don't need a creator at PG. Between Howard's post-ups(even if they aren't his most efficient plays) and Harden's P&Rs, there's not much room for P&R PG. If the Rockets do trade Lin, I see it more likely for a tough defensive minded player rather than a similar player like Dragic.
Because some people just want to get rid of Lin under the pretense of shedding cap space, or finding a better-fitting PG.
I didn' realise his 3pt% was that low last year. His last year in HOU it was 0.337 12-13 PNX it was 0.319
So we're going to tell Dwight we're getting a PG that helped his center to go from 17.3pt/36min and 55.5% FG in 2011-12 to 13.0pts/36min and 52.1% when he became the PG? And got him 10.9 shots/36min vs 13.2 shots/36min the year before? With the Center obviously displeased with him most of the season. And we're replacing the potential of the China market in terms of global brand and marketing dollars, with that of the Yugoslavian market? And to top it off, that guy will help space the floor for me by shooting 31.9% from 3s? For essentially the same money as the incumbent, with an extra year player option, being two years older and game plateaued, and effectively the same stat lines without the intangibles and leading to poor team chemistry? Coming from and choosing a team in free agency that was one of the least "happy" teams in the NBA?
I was high on him when he was here but his stint in Suns showed to me he would be marginal upgrade at best..probably not worth the player option to management. Their are people skeptical of guards that put up monster numbers on a crappy team but Gogi didn't even put close to monster numbers for the Suns..
Bingo. Hypothetically bringing in a PG like Stephen Curry, Damian Lillard, or even Jarret Jack to replace Lin makes sense because they're already the type of PG that Lin needs to become in order to take the Rockets to the next level. But then, some people talk about bringing in Dragic or Rondo, and then I know that the only criteria they have for a PG is that they just can't be named Jeremy Lin.
would love to see the usual suspects turn on him when he goes through that 31% from the three point line for a month straight like he did last year. Dragic will always be one of my faves, sucks he just had to ask for a player option, but in the end, lowry, dragic and lin are all from the same maury mould, interchangeable with each other.
Only for peanuts would I want him. His value has to be at an all time low and his contract looks really bad right now.
Dragic's career 3pt shooting is .350. Lin's is .332. Dragic has only had one season when his 3pt shooting was worse than Lin's best season. Oddly, Dragic was on a bad team and couldn't get open looks his bad shooting year. Lin had his best year getting a ton of open looks. Lin's advantage over Dragic is penetrating. If the Rockets get rid of Lin, it won't be for Dragic. It will be to use money at another position.
Not sure that I agree with this. Considering how much we PnR, I don't think it's wise to put all of your eggs in one basket by leaving Harden the only player capable of initiating your bread-and-butter offense. Plus, it's not like Harden plays all 48 minutes. Having at least two players capable of running the offense seems like the better bet to me. The way I see it, our requirements for a PG should consist of three things: 1) Able to hit the outside shot, 2) Able to run the PnR, 3) Takes care of the ball. The rest can figure itself out. If we move Lin, I'll definitely be keeping an eye on what a player like Jose Calderon is doing since he fits the above criteria.
Add another criteria ... someone that can play at least decent defense as we don't want no defense from the backcourt. Easily rules out Calderon. In my opinion
In any other normal situation that would be a requirement of mine as well, but adding a monster rim protector like Dwight helps to offset things. Calederon routinely gets beat by quick guards, but plenty of them will take one or two dribbles and then get baited into a pull-up jumper or pass once they see Dwight lurking around right in front of them. I can live with that. Plus, it's not like you have to play him 40 MPG. You can play him 25-28 minutes and let Beverley be your defense/energy guy off of the bench. Finish the game with whoever is the favorable matchup and/or who is hot at the time.
