Hey guys...My brother is in the media...none of you would know his name so need in discussing that but...he recieved word today from a colleague that JVG has talked about a new and totally different starting lineup. Personally...I like it...here it goes... PG: Francis SG: Posey SF: Griffin PF: CATO <-----I actually like that C: Ming What do you all think? I actually like Cato at PF, the man is athletic and heck he had a good year last year and I think he could flourish in that role. He only has to block shots and get on the boards and those alley oops he connects on...Cato can get us 10 & 12 per night in that role. Eddie is a bigger SF but that works to his advantage. The thing I worry about is his quickness but who knows. Posey can play the 2 no prob and Cat is a better 6th man than starter in my opinion.
Dont tell me that...Tell JVG...It is his idea. I like it though. Why cant Cato play PF? What is your reasoning other than you just dont like him probably cause he makes alot of money.
I like Cato as a backup center. That's what he does best. He's a good defensive spark off the bench. Plays hard, and give it his all. We need to have something off the bench. And it's not Griff. Griff and Yao play well together in terms of shot blocking. I like that tandem better. Starters should start. And Griff is one of those type players.
The twin towers idea has been discussed ad nauseum here on the boards, and the sides are bitterly divided. Personally, I like the idea. I see nothing wrong with making a 3-man rotation out of Yao, Cato and MoT. Rice backs up Griffin at the 3. Francis, Posey & Mobley play 3-man rotation at the guard spot. 8-man rotation. You're in the playoffs. That's the way I see it, anyway. Others will beg to differ, saying Griffin won't be able to defend quicker 3's (though I say if you play a 2-3 zone with Griffin, Cato & Yao down low, who cares?!).
i thought about tht last year and its good idea since hes gettin all this $$$$$ so y not make him work harder...and then givce him breack and check him in for yao and then the regular way we do the other check ins... i had this idea when once rudy played both on court at sam time thanks
Who is going to put the ball in the hoop? Both Eddie and Cato have very limited offensive games and thats being generous. Thats a nice defensive lineup, but starting? If you thought last years team was boring this would be 10X worse.
nice, now we have absolutely nobody who can hit a shot to help out yao and steve and we are playing 3 people out of position. teams would ignore eg and posey and cause our offense to stutter to start games last year. now we're trading cat for cato? good lord it could get ugly (unless jvg is an offensive genius and has a spectacular way to make this work). on defense, we would be tall as hell no doubt. but posey does not have the same footspeed that cat does to stay with 2's. he's a 3, he said in an interview with bill and calvin after the game that he's not comfortable as a 2 (or something to that effect), and he has the size and speed of a 3, not a 2. eg has even less footspeed to stay with 3's. cato i have no problem with as he can bang with anyone (which is our biggest pf concern) and is a rebounding machine. my only concern is will he like starting or is his recent production related to being an energy guy off the bench. while i like the idea of cato on the floor with yao during parts of the game (especially if yao will be playing even more minutes, we can't keep cato around for 10 measly minutes), i don't want him starting. even with the quickness problems, i do think the height would win out and we would be better on defense, but i think the offense would suffer too much. also, cat is better than posey, and your best players at each position should always start.
Cato is a power forward while he was in Portland. I watch one game between the Blazers and the Jazz. Cato block tons of Malone's shot.
That starting line-up can work. But I see it as give the ball to Yao, have EG and Posey spot up with Cato crashing the board. Then Francis gets the shot when the 24 sec clock goes down. Seems like a stagnant offense could result of having a line-up of players who can get their own shots off.
having 3 guys with no ability to either get their own shot or hit an open shot will leave teams free to double yao and steve at will. that will be a poor offense. i'm sure the lakers won't be crying having all those guys who can get a shot when they need to.
I don't think Eddie can flourish like a Scottie Pippen type. He really doesn't have any ball handling skills.
man...thats like the knicks putting charles smith at the 3...and ya know what happened to charlie smith...knigga couldnt hit a damn lay-up
It would be better to bench Eddie and put Cat back in. Francis Mobley Posey Cato Ming Cato has about the same offense that we got out of Griffin last year and is better on defense. I guess that makes Mo the back up center, or you play Ming a lot of minutes and have Cato slide over when he goes out.
Griffin dosen't have the body or the tenacity right now to play the 4 spot. 1. Francis 2. Cat 3. Griffin 4. Taylor 5. Ming Barring a trade this is your Rockets line-up for next year.
actually I like the idea of playing Cato @ pf, Griff @ sf, and Posey @ 2, but not at the same time! if we have Kidd that's fine, all they have to do is slashing, catching, and dunking. but with Francis playing the point, we need someone who can help creating shots for their teamates. Rudy should have play Griffin @ the 3 since very begining like S.A.R. did. yeah he won't be able to stay with some smaller but quicker 3s but those smaller 3s can't guard his turnaround Js either. Griffin would also block more shots (being guarding smaller players) he then develop into a pf when he gained confidence and also beef up later like S.A.R. did when traded to Atlanta. Posey & Cato played 2 & 4 before traded to Houston. Posey was the #1 option for the Nuggets and averaged like 14 pt/g. what's even better is we'll have his hustle and D on the opponets' top scorer every night. Play Cato at the pf is like have a bigger Brand rebounding and playing D for you but who can only dunk at the offensive end. maybe trade Griffin+Rice for S.A.R (a trade that reportly turned down by CD during the season) so we have more fire power from the line up and still a good defensive team: Yao Cato S.A.R. Posey Francis
