Just my theory. I think Lee makes us able to move Lowry along with Jeffries and Taylor to Philly for Iggy at the deadline. Iggy gives us Lowry's D and playmaking from a much bigger frame, and he also gets to the line a lot, similar to Lowry. Here's the catch and you should watch for this during pre-season. Can Lee play some point guard? I know he can play the point defensively. I am wondering if he can play some point offensively, maybe not in the pure playmaker's role, but alongside another playmaker such as Martin. Ideally, if a playmaking 3 were here, someone in the mold of Iggy, then Lee may look awful nasty at the 1 with the ability to defend at a high level and spot up for the 3 ball. I'm not saying taking the PG job from Brooks. I'm saying the combination of Iggy and Lee being better than the combination of Lowry/Jeffries/Taylor. I can see Lowry becoming available for trade in December along with an expiring and one of our youngsters for Iggy, if Philly is sucking wind, and it is obvious that Turner is their guy. Before you yell and scream at me, I was one of the guys that was wanting Lowry on the Rockets long before we traded for him. I am a huge Lowry fan. But he does have his limits. And now he is getting paid big money. Things change over time. I'm still a fan of Lowry, a big fan of Lowry, but his contract is prime pickings to help us get a significant star to add to our rotation. And if Lee can give us anything offensively, which I suspect he can, then he is the low budget replacement for Lowry if we can trade Lowy for a significant upgrade.
The Rockets like Lowry a lot, but this could happen. It depends on how well Lowry and Lee perform next year.
Lee really doesn't handle the ball or pass well enough to even play PG in spot minutes. I think what you're really arguing is that if we got Iguodala, HE would make Lowry expendable. Which I also disagree with, but it makes slightly more sense.
I know very little about Lee but from the stuff I've read over the last day or so, he has poor playmaking skills by SG standards.
I really love Lowry and I think the Rockets feel the same way, but you make some very interesting points. Could be.
lee doesnt make lowry expendable. lowry is our only pure point guard, lee isnt even close to a pure point.
I really don't see anything Lee has done to make him even be considered for point guard. He doesn't get assists, doesn't penetrate. Just doesn't make any plays. He'll be a good complementary player that can feed well off of others who set him up, but that's it. Kyle is pretty much the whole reason we turned into a semi-running team last season. Lee won't be able to maintain that. Lee has the ability to defend point guards, but that's about it.
I said the same thing in the trade thread...that he played PG in college, and if he can handle minutes at the backup PG spot.....he might make Lowry expendable. DD
I'm pretty sure Tyrone Brazelton was W.Kentucky's PG. I'm also pretty sure that Lee's played almost no PG at the NBA level.
In Lee's sophomore year he played PG at W. Kentucky... Probably true, but teams usually do not pay backup PG's $6 million a year when their starting PG is due a raise, unless they are named Indiana..... And the only way they do it, is if the team they are trading with wants Brooks or Lowry.....etc. DD
Oh, okay, you're right. Well, he averaged 2.9 assists and 2.7 TOVs that year. Yeah, I'll just leave it at I really don't think he makes Lowry expendable. Seems more like he could maybe play PG in an emergency situation.
"Lee makes Lowry exendable." "Can Lee play point guard?" Are you serious? You don't even know if Lee can play point guard and you want him to replace Lowry. Hey, does PatPat make Battier expendable? Can PatPat play SF?
I think the more relevant question for this thread is whether or not PatPat can play PG. What are your thoughts?
thats what im sayin. in college lee could get away with playing some point guard because he was on another level, talent wise. so he could get away with it. but seriously u think he makes the best backup point in the league expendable? no way. just cuz he did it in college dnt mean he can do it in the nba
Lowry is more likely to start this year than he is to be gotten rid of. In fact, if Lee makes any one expendable, which he doesn't, it is probably Aaron Brooks.
I think the Rockets want to keep both Kyle and Aaron but I think they may realize that they won't be able to afford both at some point. And if they have a starter playing 36 minutes, that leaves only 12.....and both AB and Lowry will not be satisfied with that, so I would expect them to move one of them in a trade at some point. It's a new day, it's a new dawn, it's the same old song !!! AB starts. DD
