What a draft pick up Ming and Nachbor and then get Wang to help out Ming. Talk about improving the Rockets we could rival Dallas with foreign players. Nachbor is considered ready to start now. Wang has played in the NBA. From what i see of Yao Ming the Rockets can't help but be better and they can help make Steve better too. What do you guys think?
wait a minute, is nachobar the real deal, if he's as good as peja, he should be top 8. Cause peja, numbers are like dirks, excluding the rebs.
Doesn't Nachbar have some contract issues? If these issues are not resolved, he may be playing in Europe next year?
would love to get wang too. but i think the others on this board have suggested that rockets have too many players as it is... Starter Material 1. Francis 2. Mobley 3. Rice 4. Griffin 5. Taylor 6. Thomas 7. Williams Decent Backups 8. Cato 9. Moochie 10. Morris 11. Willis Scrubs 12. Langhi 13. Collier 14. Torres 15. Brown Now we add: Yao, Nachbar, Wang? Somewhere, somehow, we need to unload some players... Who's gonna go? I'd hate to give up on a 1st rd pick like Collier, or Langhi's potential, or the warrior in Torres, but we'd have to cut them AND MORE to get the three rookies on board...
BRown, Willis, Williams, Langhi bye, bye, see you later. I heard that Nachbar might not play next year too, but that is what they say every year about foreign players. They did it to Pau Gasol too. Nachbar is the real deal, not as good as Paja, but I would compare him to Vladimir Radmanovic. Here is a brief history of what he has done in his career. http://www.euroleague.net/plantillas/jugador.jsp?id=AHX Won the 1997-98 Slovenian National Championship with Olimpija Ljubljana...won the 2001 Italian Super Cup with Pallacanestro Treviso...played the 1999 and 2000 Slovenian All Star Game...selected for the World Team, played at the 1999 and 2000 Nike Hoop Summit...member of the Under-20 Slovenian National Team...won the gold medal at the 2000 Under-20 European Championship...member of the Slovenian Under-22 National Team...played at the 1996 European Under-22 Championship...played at the 2001 World Under-22 Championship...member of the Slovenian National Team.
Bostjan Nachbar vs. Tayshaun Prince http://sports.espn.go.com/nbadraft/story?id=1394910 While most foreign players are unknown to American fans, Bostjan Nachbar vs. Tayshaun Prince may be the best example of the unknown trumping the known. Teams and fans saw Prince for four years in Kentucky. They know his strengths and his weaknesses inside and out His so-so senior season probably knocked him down a few notches. Nachbar, on the other hand, is a young player on the rise. Because he plays in Europe he doesn't get nearly the exposure or the criticism of Prince. This season, his first as a starter on Benetton Treviso, he had a breakout year. Nachbar loves to play on the break, has excellent ball-handing skills and a dangerous mid-range jumper. He's a decent athlete who knows how to play the game. Some scouts say that he reminds them of a bigger version of Sacramento's second-year small forward Hidayet Turkoglu. Believe it or not, Nachbar is a better shooter than Prince and is much more aggressive running the floor and taking the ball to the basket. Prince, however, does has a much more developed low-post game. The key to Nachbar, unlike a few other potential first-round foreign prospects, is his ability to come in and contribute right away. He's played at the highest level in Europe for the past two seasons and has the ability to immediately come in and help a veteran team with his shooting and experience. He can play either the three or the two, which gives him added versatility. Prince, on the other hand, will have to make the switch from playing power forward in college to small forward in the NBA. That should hinder his development, at least for a while. Both players have similar weaknesses. Defensively, both Nachbar and Prince will struggle playing the quicker two-guards in the league. Nachbar doesn't have great lateral quickness. Both Nachbar and Prince need to hit the weight room, but right now Nachbar has the weight and strength advantage. Nachbar's strong performance during the Euroleague Final Four, along with a strong recommendation from his coach, former Nuggets head man Mike D'Antoni, has pushed his stock into the late lottery or early first round. That's a meteoric rise for a guy who couldn't sneak into the first round last year.
Rockets current contracts: 1. Francis 2. Mobely 3. Rice 4. Griffin 5. Taylor 6. K. Thomas 7. Cato 8. Moochie 9. T. Morris 10. Collier Guaranteed contacts: 11. - #1 12 - #15 Possible additions: 13. MCE if used 14. IR ? Observations: Willis - Why 4 centers? Langhi - probably gone Torres - depends on trades or if #15 plays both SF & SG Brown - probably gone Walt Williams - probably gone Wang - Dallas can meet or beat Houstons MCE. Wang and the Clipps seem to be working something out and the Clipps have the cap $ to outbid Houston or Dallas.
I did also but some research and an explanation by NIKEstrad determined that he is not. Basically, Wang was under contract to Dallas for 2 season and thus the Mavs have Early Bird Rights. This means that the Mavs can meet or beat an offer up to their MCE (think Mark Jackson last summer). Since the Rockets are over the cap, they only have the MCE to offer Wang. But the Clipps (and Bulls and Wiz) have enough cap room to outbid Dallas for Wang ZhiZhi. This is the part that appears "unrestricted". For offers greater than any the Mavs make, the choice is Wangs. This is similar to Cuttino and the Raptors 2 summers ago. The Raptors could or did offer more but Cat stayed in Houston by his own choice.
