Magic fans don't seem to be too high on him. I'm not too excited about this pickup. I want players who can legitimately create their own shot. Maurice Evans from the many many magic games I have seen is not who I would like doing that. To me, this is only a move we make if we know for 100% sure that we can trade for that player who will be able to create his own shot. Please please don't say this is one of our primary options with the MLE money. I can live with Brent Barry with the LLE although an aging guard doesn't get me excited either for a pickup, but at least it doesn't cut into our MLE.
I don't think the landry thing drags out that long. They will want a quick decision so they can move on to others they want to pursue. But yes, they must decide on landry before touching the mid level exception. But even so, barry could come for the vet minimum, and evans for the LLE or that trade exception mentioned earlier in this thread though I figure it will probably take the MLE to do this deal.
name me a swingman who can create his own shot better around MLE or partial MLE value? posey? no. pietrus? no. barnes? no. maggette is about it, but the full MLE won't land him. They need a backup for tracy and shane anyways and that would be evans role. and he would be a very solid backup 2/3.
Okay... Maurice Evans just isn't worth being mentioned as a primary target I guess I am saying. He is not a good defender or a good offensive player. He is nothing more than average. Posey is a great defender, while those other two I really do not want at all. If the Rockets try to sell us, Maurice Evans as one of our big signings of the summer. Then I am disappointed.
Who is this magical player acquired with the MLE that will not disappoint? There is NOBODY. Then again, Morey already knew this and said all along that trade will be the key.
Evans is very athletic, a pretty decent defender and rebounder, and he can finish. He's the best thing in our price range. Either you're in denial about what that price range is, or you've never seen Evans play. Or both. Sad as you think it is, Evans would be a big upgrade over what we already have at backup 2.
If the Rockets were to settle on someone who is just decent, then Evans would be the signing. But Morey is an overachiever; he should be able to get someone better than that.
Is that you Kirk? Kirk can't hit the basket, unless he's at point blank range. Mo Evans can actually fire off an open 3 pt shot from either corner, play defense, AND make that point blank shot.
I remember watching Maurice Evans during the 1 year that he played with the Horns. He's really nothing special. He doesn't do anything great. I guess he'd give us size at the 2 spot, which we lack. But don't expect him to be more than a spot guy who can give you 10-15 minutes a game. But I guess at the $2 million/year range, he's worth a shot.
Why do we need more defense? It's those ugly 4th quarter droughts that have been killing us. It's sad to see Adelman bring in Head for a spot up 3, and to give up and then bring in Novak, and give up again. I doubt we will be able to use the LLE on Posey. We can let it go to waste and get nobody, but why bother. I don't see how Maurice Evans stops the Rockets from making more moves. It's only been 1 day since teams can start making offers.
I think you are selling him short if you are judging him solely on what his game was like in college almost 10 years ago.
I think that we should let those small pieces for now. Barry ok but not Evan. Look at the other ECF teams: LA Clippers get Baron GS may get Arenas Spurs may get Maggette And we want to get guys like Cassell, Horry, Evans? Barry is ok but not the other ones. I hope that we get our third scorer his off season.
Doesn't really matter what the rockets want. As far as when the landry deal gets done, it's really in his court, and it's in his best interest to drag it out unless he gets a full MLE offer right off the bat. Remember landry's agent pretty much caved into Morey last year iirc, but they dragged their feet then as well.
evans is a much better overall player than brent barry, who only brings shooting to the table. and comparing evans now to aging vets who have seen their better days is doing him a disservice. you do know they aren't going to get that 3rd scorer via free agency right? there is nobody available that good. Also, they need a backup SG/SF desperately(evans would fill both roles) or you could even get both evans and barry potentially which would make for a strong bench.
I was just about to say he is Kirk Snyder had Kirk reached his potential. He isn't quite the scorer I would like to see on the roster but he is definitely a nice guy to have off the bench. Love his size and he is a guy who will attack the rim pretty damn hard.
Sure, landry and his agent probably want to drag it out(in hopes of a full MLE offer), but if they want to play that game the rockets should set a deadline where the negotiations with landry cease. They can ill afford to let him hold up the entire offseason, waiting on his decision. he's not that good and there are other targets with similar worth out there.
None of those teams are in the EC. Arena and Baron will never sign with the Rockets for the MLE. It's not even a close comparision, $120 mil max contract vs mle money. It's pointless to bring up max players, with only MLE money available.
Well it appears the rockets are in no hurry for negotiations either. They haven't even started them apparently. They seem to be lowballing him and hoping that the market isn't really there for him. There really isn't any other player of his calibur out there that we are guaranteed of getting. Landry is ours, now we are just haggling over the price. We've known all season long that the Landry contract debacle was going to **** with our MLE. Small price to pay imo.
What would the rox do if landry drags it out like the varejo and pavolic deal last offseason? They're throwing mud and he's agent is pissed off and this thing could drag out with the rox missing out. They should offer him a 4 yr 9m deal and if he turns it down, move on.
