OOOO AAAAH the "SECOND ROUND!!" FAIL Thats the problem your speaking in theoretics! You cant definitivly say that hes done more than any other GM could have possibly hoped to do, you have no idea what another GM would have done. I would have hoped would have traded yao and gotten something for him before he totally breaks down. Next year we will have a bunch or roll players and another injured center if things continue the way they have been. If your cool with that, thats fine, but not me.
I'm sorry but your posts are just incoherent. Yao, the same slow 20/10 guy that got us out of the 1st round and put us into position to get to the WCF and possibly the Finals. You're an idiot if you would have wanted to trade Yao before he got hurt. Yao when healthy is the best center in the league, including D. Howard. The Rockets sacrificed the 09-10 season to get a long-term fix for Yao's foot problems. Everything points to Yao being healthy for the near and long term and you want to trade him? You wouldn't get 50 cents on the dollar. I would bet money that the Rockets make the playoffs this year with or without Yao considering all the talent, BESIDES YAO, that Morey has accumulated. If anything, Morey has tried to build the rest of the team in a way that could compete with a lesser Center. In 1 year Jordan Hill has actually put up decent per 48 stats. Are you seriously that mad that we didn't trade for AL JEFFERSON?
No one is getting defensive. Your posts are just so stupid that it elicits a harsh reaction, that's all. One thing you may have failed to realize is that other teams also want to win. Just because you want someone from another team, that doesn't mean they will gladly accept your garbage in return. Regardless of how brilliant our GM is, he can't offer something he doesn't have. In this instance, the Wolves want cap space and picks. We don't have cap space to give. Also ironic in your posts is the fact that you blame DM for sticking with an "injury prone" center yet you want Al Jefferson.
As a fan on the outside, I really have no way of knowing what the Front Office intentions are. But the reported transaction had we landed Bosh was purported to include sending Scola back to the Raptors along with our expirings. And as I understand it, this alleged transaction would have actually still kept us under the lux tax threshold. That's why I'm still a little wary of what exactly will end up happening with Scola/Lowry this offseason. I want to believe that Les will finally give Morey the go ahead to go above tax territory, but that little voice keeps saying "probably not."
Did we get the WCF? NO! Did we get the finals? NO! why?! Because for what ever reason DM is so stuck on yao leading us to the promise land, i dont know how he cant see that yaos ankles, feet, knees, etc. cant do it!! I understand all you guys wanting to hope for the best and are content with what we've done, but the second round is not cutting it, for the 4th largest city in america with a history of back to backs. The fact is, yes yao got us to the second round....but he is also the reason we didnt go any further than that.
I really do love how fired up you guys get! lol Im not angry with you guys were all rockets fans, we can have different opinions....its ok.
I guess rimshot has a plan to trade Yao and make us a contender at the same time. Somehow he'll use some un-DM-like Jedi mind trick to make the Wolves believe that we have a TE that doesn't exist. Heck, he already must've used some sort of psychic trick to know that DM hasn't attempted at all, because, as you all know, the Rockets management will keep us updated on every behind-the-scenes move that they attempt. This is beyond ridiculous.
I dont even care that much about jefferson, i was using the latest transaction involving him as an example that it doesnt sound as though DM has done much after the failed attempt for bosh to sure up his PF/C spot, way to go overboard though!
I'm disappointed the Cavs didn't acquire Jefferson. I'm hoping they find a player that can ensure they make the playoffs. I know it would be EXTREMELY unlikely, but how great would it be if they played the Heat in the first round and pulled off the miracle to win? :grin:
My point still stands that just because names are being signed by other teams doesn't mean no attempt is being made. There's more to blindly offering trades left and right until something happens. Jefferson was not available for contracts. Everyone else was a sign at this point. Ilgauskas looked like he didn't care for money. Chandler's concern is as much as Yao's. The idea is that if DM isn't doing anything, he should be fired because it's his job to look into things. I sincerely doubt that he's sat still since Bosh signed with Miami. There were talks of the Rockets getting involved for Chandler but the best guess is that something else came along. Sometimes, you sit back and go through the motions or you will end up with a situation like the Rockets did in the early 2000s where you have contracts that you couldn't pay someone to take.
Chris Paul and Carmel sounds nice and all, but didn't they just put themselves in the running to join NY? We shouldn't waste time waiting to be disappointed again!!!
....We're going to roll the dice one last time on Yao, in the final year of his contract, and see what happens. If it works, great. If it doesn't, oh well, we can rebuild Realy? thats what im talking about...."oh well" wow
...You, heck people like leeb who continually argue this, get this into your head. Huh? Please translate, i didn't get the first part.
And you're doing exactly what I'm discussing when I discuss a lack of patience. It is possible that Yao breaks his foot within 10 games and we're doing this junk all over again. It is also possible that Yao can actually have a good healthy season after extended rest and the nature of his surgery. I don't know, and to be quite blunt, you don't know either. But it's a gamble worth taking. If we can get the latter, then this is a damn good team, one that while a dark horse, can win. And at this point, with Yao's value at an unfortunate all-time low, there is no way in hell, we'll get anyone remotely near a healthy Yao. And even if Yao breaks his foot, we can rebuild after the season, when we'll be in much better shape then if we panicked and sent off Yao for virtually nothing,
Bandwagoners are known for their indifference to take team aspirations seriously. Its win all or GTFO for them. This here is a bandwagoner. Nothing to see here, people, move on.
