Is it me or has KT made major...

This is really hard... I am a big fan of Kenny Thomas, I like Maurice Taylor, and I loathe Glen Rice big contract. There is no getting around the glut here. We cannot afford to give Kenny a decent contract (Mobley type money) with Mo Taylor and Glen Rice big capital investments. Maurice Taylor has no trade value until he has a full solid season behind him. We get nothing for him until after next season at the earliest.

I do not want to lose Kenny Thomas- because he is our only inside -consistent presence. He is the only trade commodity here. We could not give Glen Rice away.

I really hate this, but we have to trade Kenny and just ride it out with Glen Rice for 2 seasons or buy out his contract.

I say we make the best of Mo Taylor- look at him at the end of what I hope will be a very successful next season, and trade or keep him.....

This is really hard......

 

I'm more and more getting to the pt
that having KT as a start SF is looking attractive
mainly because
Glenn, Walt or T-mo start is not attractive to me...


Rocket River

 

How's he supposed to set himself up with easier shots when the guy guarding him is usually at least four inches taller. Its a wonder he creates any shot for himself at all when he gets down low. With Kenny, you have a guy who is simply maximizing his abilities, so how can you really criticize him? The ONLY thing holding him back from being a star in the NBA is his height.

I'm just trying to figure out why we're complaining about a guy who shoots 49% from the field. At what point do we stop complaining about him "missing too many layups?" 55%? 60%? If you can name some undersized-players who can go into the lane and finish like Kenny I would really like to know.

Sorry, I just don't see much backing for your criticism. But at least you aren't responsible for the worst post of 2001: "Kenny is a Cancer to This Team."

But I do agree that it would be in the Rockets best interst to try and trade Kenny this offseason if they can get a quality player in return.

 

I don't even know why anyone would even respond to Kidrock8 anymore. The guy is obviously biased against KT. He is officially on my most ignorant list for the BBS. He is 100x worse than ZRB... If this forum was a game show you would have been the weakest link.

 

Agreed, It gets real old to read, Lets rip on a guy that was drafted late in the first round, who is nearly getting a double double for us.

KT has done a lot more than I expected of him. . . . And I was a huge fan of his in college

 

KT has done a good job.I'm happy that he is on the team.With Mo being injured and Griffin a long way from becoming a PF it's very important to keep him with us. Mo will get minutes at the 4 next year and KT will play both as a PF and as an SF. Griffin does need more minutes as he develops his low post game or if he improves his ballhandling and learns how to create his own shot he might become a future 3, although he clearly wants to be a PF.

 

Hate me if you want, that's fine.

I don't post here to appease to your emotions.

I guess we'll have to agree to disagree regarding KT.

 

The rockets need to strap EG's little body into a weight bench while connecting him to an IV of food. Just straight protein inflow through the vein as he pumps some pounds into that skinny little frame.

If EG does not strengten his upper body, I don't see him being anythig more than a 3 point shooting shot blocking SF. Not the much needed low post scorer than can create with his back to the basket.

 

I always knew KT had a lot of potential... finally he has begun to maximize it.

 

I agree that there probably won't be enough minutes long-term for all of Eddie, Mo T and Kenny, if all of them play up to their potentials. However, if they do, what's the problem? Unless one of the players demands to be traded, the Rockets will have a great hand. They can take their time weighing the best offers for the player they're most willing to part with and then do a trade, not before.
As has been said before, having too many quality players is a problem GMs love to have. Whatever you may think of Mo T, adding a solid player to the lineup only helps the team at this point. If he doesn't pan out, well, tough luck. No one's going to take him until he's proven to the league that he's healthy and capable, so it's not like we can spring something on somebody.
And as for Kenny, unless his game just plummets or he demands to be traded, I don't see how we lose waiting until an offer comes along that we feel is worth taking (assuming he's the one they feel is the most expendable).
It seems like Eddie's practically untouchable for many people here, except for the perfect deal, if anything, so that's not really relevant.
So what have we got? We've got a lottery team right now who we hope will do better next year, with injured x-factors whom we have no choice but to wait and see how they pan out. Why should we be in a hurry to resolve a logjam at PF we don't actually have (right now)? Mo T's still injured. We can't trade him until he's had enough time to show the team and the league what he can do. KT's value is high, but unless something happens, there's no reason why that should decrease in the near future. Most people won't trade Eddie. And right now, we could use all of them, frankly. One thing at a time. I'm glad management's taking it easy on this. Obviously, I wouldn't mind if they pulled off a good deal involving one of the players right now, but I fail to see any reason why we should be doing the active shopping-around.

 

The problem is that the Rockets have tried 3 different 4's in the last 3 yrs. Something has to give and even though he's playing good, it might be Thomas. Personally, I like him more than Taylor, but like someone said , it will be hard to move Taylor with him being injured and soft. Griffin is the future, and similar to what Best went through in Indy, I don't think next yr it will be enough minutes for all 3. The ideal situation would be next yr for Eddie to mature very fast,they trade Thomas and the pick for something real good and Taylor to backup Griffin. Realistically, Rudy won't play it that way just like as soon as walt came back, Morris stop playing. I know Walt has played ok since he's been back, but what does he bring to the team that will help us in the long run? Sometimes , I just don't know with Rudy.

 

The only way I'd be happy about dumping KT is if we pick up a solid low-post player. Is KT ideal? No. But we need him.

We do not have one solid low-post scoring threat including Cato, MoT and Griff.

If we get rid of KT, our guards will wither away.

Rockets, please pick up a low-post scoring threat this offseason. With that, we'll open up so many options on our offense.

P.S.: Lewis is NOT the answer for us. He's good but he doesn't fill a need.