this time, we have a different case. we saw what he did in one preseason game. clearly, mh can ball against those nba players. G-Mac didn't do any eye-pop thing in nba in front of our eyes.
No, IIRC G-Mac also did an awsome job last summer. Yao even claimed that he saw "Nash potential". Remember?
what are you basing this on? one preseason game where Landry, Brooks, and Butler did not even set foot on the court and SF played only 5 minutes?
nope. G-Mac is good at penetrating. he is not good at shooting. He did have turnover problem. unfortunately, jvg did not need his strenght. jvg couldn't stand his TOs and his aweful shooting. mike harris looks good at all aspects last nite. he didn't get attention from other teams because, i guess, it's his size. since he is listed as pf, just like chuck.
Harris has produced in the summer leagues too, and he doesn't need the ball to be effective, unlike Vspan.
I don't really know anything about Butler, I based putting him in the cut list on the fact that he is out of shape which I find unacceptable when your job requires being in shape. Landry played in the same summerleague games as Harris and didn't have near the impact that Harris did. SF is a known comodity. IMO he will not fit in with this team and will be a PITA when he doesn't get PT. I hope I am wrong, we shall see. We all know SF3 ain't gonna get cut to keep Harris anyway. Brooks is the hardest one. I think he has all the tallent in the world but will never amount to squat cause he just ain't big enough. I'd rather stick with Harris than any others on this list cause I think that his work ethic and attitude along with what skill he has already shown will translate into a quality NBA contributer. I also think he will do this without creating a big stink when things don't go his way. This is the kind of guy that works harder when things get tough and I would rather hitch my wagon to a guy like that.
It seems like everyone thinks the only impact that can be made on a game is scoring. Harris played 3 throughout the whole summer league and didn't even have to guard any big players...while Landry had to play up a position at 5 and guard centers instead of PFs and he did a pretty good job. Just because Landry didn't score as many points as Harris doesn't mean he didn't make an impact on the games. Maybe you need to watch those SL games again. And don't forget, this isn't a team that needs a lot of help in the scoring area. It needs hustle, rebounding, and passing. Which both Landry and Harris contribute pretty evenly to.
I think you need to watch the summerleague for the first time. As far as Landry guarding only bigs, I have two things to say. Check the summerleague rosters for quality bigs and you won't find many and especially not centers so that argument is crap. Not only that buy Landry couldn't guard a SF so its a good thing Harris could. Harris did guard bigger forwards in the summer league but the fact that he can play and guard both PF and SF just adds to his value. I got nothing against Landry I just don't think he will ever be as valuable as Harris. Neither has played and NBA season game much less a season so this is just an opinion.
No, but I don't see any reason to think that Landry will be better than Harris in a few years. They're both rookies and Harris has far outperformed Landry in summer league and has apparently done so in practice, according to the Jonathan Feigen's article in the Chronicle. I see no reason to believe that Landry is somehow going to surpass Harris in a few years or ever. I just hate to see Harris lose a spot he's clearly more qualified for just because he wasn't drafted and management may not want to look bad it invested so much in Landry. Landry may turn out to be a good player, and I hope he does, but there's no reason to believe he'll improve more than Harris in the future. The Rockets didn't necessarily make a mistake in pursuing Landry, when we had not yet signed Scola and didn't know about Harris or how good he was. I'm sure they made what they thought was the best decision at the time, but once things have changed, you need to adjust to the new reality rather than stick with a past decision to avoid it looking like a mistake.
That's my point in comparing Hayes and Harris. Harris hustle the same, out shoots, leaps higher, and has played with back to basket most of his career, defended larger bodies. I think he's a no brainer over Chuck, Snyder, and Definitely Novak.
1. Lucas is not gonna make it. 2. Sura is not gonna make it. 3. Reed is not gonna make it. 4. Snyder has no place on this team if he cant shoot. He isnt a premium defender, he's just an average to below average player. Like someone said earlier, he might be the worst shooting shooting guard in the L. I would cut him with our glut of guards. Novak is probally gonna get cut instead of snyder. 5. The final cut should be between Landry and Butler with Butler slightly edging Landry because Landry does not have anything this team needs. We dont need another undersized 4. Harris is undersized but can play 3. Butler can play 5. They add depth and can back up multiple positions in case of injury. Harris is better than lucas, reed, butler, synder and novak. And therefore should make this team. (All my opinion.)
Thank you. The comparison between Chuck and Harris is not a good one. The only thing they have in common is that they both hustle. Harris does not play like a PF nor can he guard starting PFs in the NBA. Chuck has proven himself to be one of the best post defenders in the league. That said, I love Harris' game going by last night's performance. What stuck out to me was that he did some things to help (rebound, defend) but more importantly he didn't do the things that hurt the team aka turnovers, bad shots etc. The young man stayed within the confines of his abilies.
