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Ish Smith's Days as a Rocket are Numbered?

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by durvasa, Jan 4, 2011.

  1. DaDakota

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    That is the same one, yes.

    DD
     
  2. cheke64

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    Morey isnt the stupid one, but I bet Rick would waive Ish.
     
  3. Rashmon

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    This is the third thread I have seen you post the same crap begging for attention. Either follow the rules or get reported.
     
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    What? Adelman raved about Ish, calling him the best passer in training camp.
     
  5. Seven

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    Rather than release Ish or Jeffries, we should just keep them both. They're better than whoever's available right now. If we need a center...just play Jeffries.
     
  6. rju1986

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    Goodbye Ish :( was fun while it lasted.. but we do need something else, at another position

    A player, with mixtures of both..
    Kyle Lowry's passing ability (but cant force the foul for freethrows)
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    Aaron Brooks' quickness (without the shooter's touch)
     
  7. cheke64

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    Then why the **** isnt he playing? Same for TW.
     
  8. Seven

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    Because we need brooks, and Chase has been good.
     
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    Its like when you go to the grocery store and you think you are saving money by not going out to eat that you buy way too much food that will go bad in a short period of time and you end up wasting money on food that goes bad fast.

    Morey's time is running short on packaging all these assets aquired in a trade to upgrade the roster. If a move cant be made by the trade deadline then at least two players will probably have to be moved for practically nothing.

    Ish and Twill aren't playing because the roster is too crowded right now and those two and Jefferies are the odd men out of the rotation.
     
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    I'd rather see Brooks go than Ish honestly. Ish has much better court vision and passing ability than Brooks. Brooks lets everything get in his head and affect his playing.
     
  11. Yung-T

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    Would prefer a trade package including AB, Bud and Battier.
     
  12. da_juice

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    I was talking about this with a friend of mine, who's a Knicks fan. He said that the Knicks need a center, I said we do too, the probelm is there are none. No one with a decent center wants to trade one because there so scarce, it's like the position is dying out. Look at the upcoming draft, how many of those guys are Centers? Not oversized power forwards, but legit Centers? The only teams that don't need a starting center are Lakers, Clippers,Orlando, Bucks, Nets, Memphis, Boston, Indiana, Phoenix, and maybe Sacramento because they have Cousins. Of all those teams, the only one that would deal one would be the Clippers because they have Deandre Jordan who's cheaper and younger than Kaman. There are no centers left, none. There's plenty of guards, but no centers. Why is that?
     
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    I think that the Rockets don't need a role play center. I think we need center who can add us 15-10 every night.
     
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    Something they've been putting in our food the past 12 years or so. Notice how you see 11 year old girls that look like they're 18 now? Maybe guys aren't growing as tall anymore.

    conspiracy theory for the day, lol
     
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    Brian Chapman?
     
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    I hope they don't get rid of him. He's a great player and fits the team well. He already showed in the short time he played that he was the best passer, best ball-handler, and fastest player on the team as well as a good defender.

    I'll be a mistake to let him go. We do need a center bad, but I even doubt if we call one up from the D-lg that Rick would even play him or have him even active.
     
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    What did Morey say on 1560?

    Can someone please get a transcript or podcast?
     
  18. OkayAyeReloaded

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    Well, our PGs have had injury problems too. And Ish was useful in that span for small doses.

    Until we get a true center (or Hill develops a few years down the road), I do want to have a shot blocking tree with legs who erases mistakes and protects the rim. The D league leader in blocks might help.

    But I think we might just suck it up until we make a trade. We have Hill, Miller, JJ, (maybe Patterson) and in a month or so Hayes back. These D league guys may block shots and do other things, but who knows if they have bigger holes in their games than the guys we have here?

    We have a logjam with big men who aren't true interior rim protectors and defenders. If we make a trade freeing up some space, we could add a D league guy later.

    But we either run the risk of losing the D league player to another team, or a PG getting hurt and lacking a true PG backup who is totally familiar with the offense. A risk either way but we do have more big men than point guards.
     
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    Yea, Ish is expendable until we need him again :rolleyes:
     
  20. OkayAyeReloaded

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    :confused:

    So we're just supposed to cut him and hope he will still be there when we need him? (or that we will find a PG as with his potential or as good as him in the D league?)

    He will very likely get picked up by another team if we drop him.

    Lee isn't the answer at PG, and Twill is a very good player, but he isn't as familiar with the offense as Ish is and isn't a true PG either. Aaron's ankle still isn't 100 percent, and Lowry has had the injury bug a few times in his career as well. Not to mention if we trade any one of our PGs in a month or so.

    So... your car insurance is expendable until you need it as well? :rolleyes:
     

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