I'd rather see what the kids do with the pf position than what Gooden has done ineffectively for 9 different NBA teams in 11 years. I respect that at times he's shown some game, but overall... Let's just not pick up a vet just for the sake of him being available.
He has a career PER of 16.6, and per 36 minute stats of 15.7 points and 10.1 rebounds. He's not a total scrub assuming he still has something left in the tank. And he's not that old, either. I don't think anyone is suggesting making him the starter, but I think he'd be a nice insurance piece on a vet minimum deal.
I'd just rather someone else have the minutes/roster spot. Every time I watch him there's just a little good and a lot of meh. His best seasons were with Lebron in Cleveland six years ago and since then he just hasn't played that much. There's a red flag about a guy who doesn't get into a lot of games and switches teams so often even if he can score/rebound.
If Morey spends even 1 minute reading these forums, its to humor himself. And I'll bet he got a good laugh with this one.
Why do so many guys expect a vet to play like an all-star? U can't expect too much U should consider what he can do to help the team, if he can give some helps to the team, it's great; if he can't do right thing, it's no problem to let him go
To OP: GREAT IDEA Ignore those so-called "experts" who has tunnel vision on LaMarcus Aldridge and LeBron James and no one else It is these kind of creative moves that serves Morey's platter
Thanks, I appreciate that. The thing is, I'm not an idiot to the game. I coach competitive high school and AAU ball. I understand chemistry, offenses, defenses etc. Drew Gooden seemed like a good fit at THAT ONE SPECIFIC PF AREA WHERE NO ONE CAN SHOOT TO SAVE THEIR LIFE! :grin: Love ya'll...it's great to be a Rockets fan.
Roster Spots are precious commodities this year in our contender squad. So no to Drew Gooden, he doesn't bring anything we don't already have from our bigs including the many mental lapses on defense.
A lot of people making threads on who should be our new power forward via trades. Why look when we have D-Mo & Jones
