I don't know if Detroit was really guard oriented like MJ's Bulls. Their D was unbelievable. I loved Isaih(SP?), but really think the team was built around that D. Just my opinion...I was actually too young to understand B-ball in 90. Feel free to correct me.
Detroit was more guard oriented than the Bulls, who were a 2-3-4 team. Detroit was all about Isiah, Dumars, and defense. ( with an Aguirre or Dantley thrown into the mix) and Johnson coming off the bench. One of the best teams I;ve ever seen, maybe the best, in terms of role definition.
it is obvious...Ying Yang IS Yetti. look at the sig...and the fact that YY is Yetti's biggest cheerleader. I hate it when people on my IL find a way around it.
The story I remember about the "bad boy" Pistons was the first practice after the trade for Mark McGuire, he took the ball to the hoop. Someone knocked him on his ass (a teammate - in practice) and said "nobody gets a free lay up on us, NOBODY". Yea, I'd say theye were built around defense.
89-90 Pistons had arguably the games best PG at the time, and incredible depth that you can't assemble in today's league. They did not have a dominant big man, but a lot of good ones (Laimbeer, Rodman, Salley, Mahorn, Edwards). Additionally, their SF's could post similar to big men. Bulls had the games best SG and SF, something else which is hard to get these days. I don't think T-Mac is the games best SG. It is unless you have incredible depth (which you can't get today) or the games best SG and SF (which I don't see you getting today). Every other championship squad in the last 24 years had a big man (I see you forgot the Lakers, Sixers, Celtics, Rockets, Spurs and Lakers).
the lakers don't win with out magic, the sixers don't win without dr. J, the celtics don't win without bird, the rockets don't win the second title without clyde.
And the Lakers wouldn't win w/o Kobe... But that's only because you need more than one anyway, unless you're the 94 Rockets or the 2003 Spurs. The point is that all these teams did have dominant big man. And if I recall correctly, Laimbeer was one of the best defensive centers in the game. So that Pistons team did have an inside prescence, just on defense and not offense. History does reflect that you'll want at least one of your stars to be a big man. I mean, just look at all the top big men in recent history and what their team has accomplished, against smaller players? Mourning, Ewing, Robinson, Hakeem, Duncan, Shaq... All had taken their team deep into the playoffs or won it. It's almost impossible to find a great center whose team has done squat. Heck, even I-have-no-offense-Mutumbo has helped several teams do well in the playoffs. Yet plenty of smaller stars have done squat to help their team. Allen, McGrady, Carter comes to mind today. You can find them in bunches if you look back a bit.
you forgot one thing. TM is only interested in Houston because of YM. he can go a lot of places and you think he likes SF or Cat or JVG or H-town?
I am not a YOF or a SOF, im just throwing this out after last night's Detroit win over the Lakers. Obviously the Lakers can be stopped.. no matter if you want to agree or not, the rockets could have pulled off a first round exit for the Lakers if we made some smarter plays toward the end of games 1 and 4.. but thats the past... anywho... WHAT IF Orlando calls the Rockets and is willing to give up McGrady, the 1st pick (Okafur), Lue and any other players we might want (gooden?) for Yao Ming and ANY bad contracts that we might want to get off our books (cato, MoT, Spoon, and whoever else...) would you guys do it?? I would be interested to see how this would work out.. lineup: SF Cat TMac Gooden Okafur Bench: Nachbar, JJ, Gooden, Badaine, and Lue then maybe we can make a trade for Swift and sign Brent Barry and then McDyess to a small, low-risk contract!! sweet lineup, eh? I think our team would be pretty stacked if all of this could happen.. we would be extremely versatile in every position.. (im bracing myself for possible bashing!) intersting to see how this summer turns out.. woohoo =) oh yah.. just so you guys know.. i love both yao AND francis equally, its would be sad to see either one of them go =(
tmac wants to play with a big man. notice the teams he has been choosing. And the rockets are not gonna trade yao.
Is that you Yetti? Did you pick a new moniker since everyone had you on their ignore list. It's interesting how you would know what Yetti said 2 years ago when you registered only a year ago.
it is rather obvious....a leopard doest change their spots...and a pompous ass like Yetti would never change his style of writing. note the capitalization in the post and the sig.....it is Yetti.
I think this is a horrible idea even without evaluating how much we'd regret losing Yao. For one, a guard oriented offense just doesn't work well in today's zone-legal world. Two, we'd have two max stars and be stuck in the same salary-lock boat we are now. Who cares if we trade away bad contracts we've got 20+ million tied up in two players who are never going to win us a championship together. And don't get me started on Okafor. At best, he's a poor man's Ben Wallace. Defense wins championships, but so does a consistent low-post scoring threat.
definately was i was thinking too bejezuss.. I like Okafur, but i'm not so sure how he would fit in with the rockets if we didnt have Yao.. but yah.. lets see what happens
