Landry needs a new agent. If he keeps the current one he's definately looking at a Jerry Mcquire scenario. He'd be better off with Fegan. His current agent Buddy Baker has nearly zero clients and negotiated a dud for Landry last year. Just sayin. Andrew Baker Works for: IM Sports Current and Future Known Guaranteed Salary Represented as Primary Agent: $427,163 Current and Future Known Non-Guaranteed Salary Represented: $0 Represents: Vytas Danelius - (Primary) Mike Green - (Primary) Carl Landry - (Primary) Anthony Winchester - (Primary) Team Option | Player Option / ETO | Qualifying Offer | Partially Unguaranteed | Bought Out Name 2007/8 2008/9 Guaranteed Carl Landry (Primary Agent) $427,163 $0 $427,163 Guaranteed: includes POs/ETOs $427,163 $0 $427,163 http://www.draftexpress.com/agents/Andrew-Baker-7/
true but anyone that gets floor time and decent minutes is also statistically significant. By the way, do you see any other rookies up there on that PER list?????
Look at the kind of contracts Kapono and Brian Cardinal's of the world are getting. I don't know if his stock is high enough to get that kind of contract, but who knows what will happen.
Whoa...uhh....yeah all that makes sense if a guy can shoot a high .400 percentage from three. I doubt Landry can get even decent in one summer when he isn't even great at midrange jumpers. Obviously if a guy is a high percentage three point shooter he should shoot it. I just don't think a guy like landry should waste his time with it. Heck, Yao would be great if he could shoot the 3 too but it would be a waste of time for him to spend all summer on it when he could be becoming more dominant inside and around midrange. My problem was with the guys who want to take the 3 but aren't good at it when they could easily knock down the 2pt shot. By all means if you have a knock down 3pt shooter let him fire away but i would rather Landry become more like Carlos Boozer than Antoine Walker.
Most of his basketball players are over seas, not in the NBA. Also he has a lot of other sport clients. Carl uses him probably cause he has connections to Purdue. http://www.imsportsservices.com But I agree, he isn't the top of the food chain where agents are concerned. Here's a good article about him... http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=203286
Well, get him to shoot some roids then if you want him to be like Boozer! No, he's not likely to become an accomplished 3 point shooter in one season. But he's just coming out of his rookie campaign. And my point is.....IF HE DOES DEVELOP A 40% 3 POINT SHOT, HE IS GOING TO BE UNSTOPPABLE! Not only that, but how many times do I have to say it, Landry already has a midrange game. Last year, Landry shot 42.7% from midrange as a rookie. By contract, Mike Miller, largely recognized as one of the top 5 shooters in the whole NBA, in his 7th season, shot 43.9% from midrange. Where is this garbage coming from that Landry needs to develop his midrange game? He is more likely than not to be at close to 50% from midrange next year, just because of a year of experience under his belt. And where did the idea come from that shooting the 3 will somehow detract from his midrange game when in all likelihood, it is going to make him more accurate from midrange.
I really liked how Landry played for us, but let's not overpay. I think expecting him to become as good as Marion is delusional. I'd say his value is probably close to that of Paul Millsap.
His shot is not fluid its too mechanical. When he shoots it looks like he trying to shoot with a medicine ball. Does anybody have any update on his knee,is he next in line to get his knee scoped or is the knee not problem anymore.
The only thing I worry about is that the posturing keeps the Rockets from getting into free agency for fear of using too much of their MLE and having a team outbid on Landry. In essence they have to wait for Carl before doing anything. DD
Yes,that's true. I would hope that in the unusual event of us getting a really good player who could be a big difference maker they would change their stance quickly.
Don'r see it that way at all. Unless the team is delusional enough to over pay, the process is extremely simple. You tell Landry's agent on Day 1 that top end number is the bi-annual $2m...would like 1 year or 2? From there, you go after the sequence of full MLE FA's that you've prioritized in advance. The only people who would have a problem with this are people who think Landry is worth than $3m+. Like I mentioned prior, if you give Landry $3m, you've effectively taken yourself out of the FA market. Go look at the FA list and tell me that you'd rather have Landry then EVERYONE on that list? The advantage to this sequence is obvious. There are only a handful of teams with cap space...IIRC, MEM, CHI & PHI. The other 26 teams have the same MLE as the Rockets. If they over pay, they've taken themselves out of the FA market. One less competitor. Further..and it's common knowledge I'm not a fan of Chuck Hayes...if you use a full MLE to shore up your perimeter with a tall athlete who can create his own shot, then you can live with Hayes at 2nd string PF. And if that FA is a 3/4...all the better.
That's true. Which is why I've always wondered why people say he has good form on his shot. The form is good yes. He releases the ball high over his head. But his shot is also arguably flatter than Tmac's line-drive slingshot. And his form, albeit textbook, is extremely slow and mechanical. That hardly lends to him becoming a good shooter. He needs to go up and release the ball in one smooth motion instead of breaking the process down into gathering, elevating, aligning the ball and then releasing it at the top like he's doing it now.
I agree with all that. You can tell he is thinking his way through the shot. He definitely needs to smooth it out. But what I like is his thought process. It's already there. He just needs to continue to develop it. The mechanics are good. And there is something to be said about slow mechanics. Slow mechanics on a shot leads to a lot of defenders diving at the shot, which then gives you the opportunity to fake, dribble drive. We haven't seen that from Carl yet. But is there really any doubt that he can put the ball on the floor one or two times from the top and hammer it down after he steps in? So, I'm okay with his slow mechanics for now. I agree he needs to get faster and smoother with all that. And I think he will. But he's a thinker. He's a high IQ guy. He was looking to fit in in his rookie year. I think he's gonna be looking for more than just fitting in next year. The BIGGEST questionmark about Landry's game is his health.
Here is what I think the Rox Management is going to do: 1) At first, they will offer Landry the LLE and delay the negotiation process 2) During the negotiation, they will try to use the entire MLE to sign some big time free agents that are significantly better than Landry 3) If none of the above players materialized, then they will up the offers on Landry and use the remaining MLE on someone else.
