Afflalo & Calderon (JC is a salary dump & done) Nene Hillario (old & done) Mayo or Vasquez or Bayless (all their expendable players... yuck) Pau (old & no defense)
These guys need to rally around no their new coach and show some humility. These guys aren't stars. Wtf? How is Harden going to respect things when the other players are complaining - sounds like things are not right. This is a me team focused on me and not anywhere close to competing. And that's a lack of leadership. Problem is that Harden sets a terrible example. It's too bad no one really mentored him
I completely agree. Bickerstaff has no idea what he's doing. We don't have an Hakeem to carry the team mentally on the court like Rudy T had. We need someone who can impose his will on these players. Bickerstaff definitely bit off more than he can chew. I kind of feel bad for the guy because the Rockets put him there to fail. Bye Morey and bye Bickerstaff.
So when Bickerstaff "called out" players for having their own agendas, he had Thornton in mind. Like Marcus, wtf dude, how dare you be unhappy with 0 minutes, I go tell on you to media.
So Codman drops a bomb that some players do not want to give Thornton his shots since he needs a few to get hot / is always going to look for shot or whatever and people still look at Marcus as a bad guy here?? WTF is this ****, whoever those players are, **** THEM!! Really, they can go **** themselves and never call themselves basketball players again. This team is ****ed, bunch of whiny ass mother****ers with all the money in the world and still do not want to let others shine. It's a team sport you assholes!! If I were J.B. I would suspend players, bench Harden and start Thornton and do whatever it takes. I don't care about ego, it's about the team. What does he have to lose. They going to replace him anyway. Go J.B., do what you have to do to let this little ****s know what the **** is up.
You will be surprised how good a leader is Mayo. But what do you know? Do you follow the team and read and see everything that goes on? Nope. And going nowhere is not the same as going into the high lottery buddy.
Obviously when Milwaukee gets mentioned we're not getting our hands on the Greek Freak or Middleton (i.e., not a trade to make us jump through the roof), but the so-called "cast-offs" would probably be a decent addition here. Mayo and Bayless would be decent fits alongside Harden (as long as they don't stand there and watch Harden masturbate the basketball at the top of the key, as do our current players). New York? Supposedly Morey has pursued Afflalo before. Having to take Calderon's expiring-in-2017 contract doesn't inspire happiness, though. I think when Codman mentions a Spike Lee movie making a city look bad....wouldn't that refer to "Crooklyn"? Not a city, but with more than 2 million people and a distinct history and atmosphere, it could be. (J. Jack, et al? They're closing in on 25 losses, that magic number Cod mentions, although no thanks to us, because they'd already be there.) Washington....Nene (what's left of him, anyway)? Pelicans.....well, Ryan Anderson and whomever.
Im afraid those trades refer mostly to lawson. And they are about expirings worthless contracts or bad contracts. Vazquez calderon nene etc. I dont see at all afflalo getting traded. Why ? They dont own their pick they have no incentive to sell and tank.
lateral move...and i'm ok with lawson going out together with jones...washed out for bad fits..but who i'm curious about is that player that would make the 50% happy? is he a PF?
I'd assume Ryan Anderson is our target for the Pelicans but who would be the salary we'd have to soak up? Only other players making big money on that team are: Eric Gordon Tyreke Evans Jrue Holiday Alexis Ajinca Anthony Davis Omer Asik All of them are making over 5 million. Davis is out of question. Asik and Ajinca seem unlikely because of Capelas growth. I hope it's Eric Gordon but IMO I think it could be Jrue Holiday. This would allow Evans to play his correct position of PG. Maybe Holiday and Brewer for Holiday and Anderson?
I'm going to guess something along these lines: Pelicans: Anderson and Tyreke NYK: Afflalo or Melo Washington: Nene Milwaukee: Bayless, Vasquez, or Mayo Chicago: Mirotic, Heinrich, Noah, or Gibson
I am with Cod on MT. MT needs to get Brewer's minutes. It doesnt matter who the Rockets trade for, if Harden wont trust certain players to make plays. That trust has to be fixed first.
