Is It Possible For Joey Dorsey To Be Our Backup Center?..

From his press conference after the season:

http://bbs.clutchfans.net/showthread.php?p=4536086&highlight=dorsey#post4536086

Q: Where does Joey Dorsey fit in

A: he's not someone in the plan because obviously he's someone who hasn't contributed. he's struggled with injuries to both feet. for you a young player like him, sometimes that's hard to handle mentally. i don't think he handled it well. i think he needs to get stronger mentally. he's got to prove things to us that he can contribute, and so going into this offseason i see his upside the same upside when we drafted him. we think he can be part of a pretty unique up-tempo unit. he's a defensive force as a team defender, he can get out in transition. all the reasons we drafted him are still htere. but he hasn't done anything in the NBA. so there's no way I'm going into next season thinking joey is going to give us something. he's got to give us something first. skill-wise, he's like von. we feel he's like the future of how bigs could look. but having the athletic ability, that does me nothing. he's got to show he has the commitment to get out there and be focused and help us.

 

Sure, it's possible... but probable?

 

backup center with SIZE plz

 

i think i'd rather have brian cook play backup center over dorsey.......man that's sad

 

Is it possible for Joey to break into the rotation at any position?

I think that's a better question.

 

wow, that's kind of a negative overall, it just further reinforces they probably don't think we need size much and most importantly, if he's right, then Yao's future could be full or smaller, quicker, and stronger centers/pfs, not good.

 

sure why not anything is possible. I think having him as a back up center is going to be great. He has the whole summer. The season doesn't start til October so he has enough time.

 

He obviously has the physical skills from what I saw when he played at Memphis, but it looks like his problem is between the ears. He was a defensive beast in college.

 

Will Joey Dorsey be working as a janitor before he turns 27?

That's an even better question.

 

Dorsey will be heard from.

he didn't get where he is by being a slacker.

 

Dorsey is a nobody in this league and will always be a nobody.

 

Dorsey's offense is on par with Chuck Hayes but Joey's defense is way below Hayes. That is why Dorsey gets no minutes and is below Chuck on the depth charts. If Joey can't play better Defense than Hayes then he is useles. So far he is a bust and he has a really bad attitude. Dorsey refused to allow the vets haze him, which is a common rite of passage for rookies and he also talks too big for a rookie with no playing time.

Joey needs to really work on his game this summer and his attitude too.

 

I know you are joking but realize Dorsey makes $800,000 a year and has 1 more guaranteed year left and 2 team option years. Joey is guaranteed to make 1.6 million and as high as 3-4 million.

Most of us wont make that much money in our lifetime. He is fine as long as he doesn't live the NBA lifestyle.

 

Give Dorsey some Playing time! He's not that worse than Brian cook lol

 

Cook has a unique talent, he is the only Rockets big man who can shoot 3s so he can get some PT on special occasions. Dorsey can't play offense and his defense is subpar. He can't do anything better than Hayes who gets very little PT himself.

 

The dorsey draft just illustrates the mistake the rox made. If they wanted a project, they couldve had a 7ft 20 yr old project name Deandre Jordan.Has maturity issues, but he's big,cheap,athletic and 20. When howard comes out, they have gortat and nothing changes. When Nene comes out, birdaman comes in and nothing changes. When odom comes in, one of the most skilled bigs in the league in now playing center.Show me the last championship team had a 6'6 backup center.

 

We had Deke as backup center, who is better than either Gortat or Birdman. It's not the rockets fault he blew out his knee. If Gortat or Birdman were lost to injury, the magic and nuggets would be exposed at backup C too.

 

The 2004 Pistons had a 6'7 starting center (the player Dorsey was often compared to in college), and often pair him with a similarly-sized Corliss Williamson.

 

how come we never saw him play!!!!!!!!!!! ????