I WONDER IF OTHER TEAMS WERE SCRAMBLING TO GET ANOTHER CENTER AND SG/SF TO HANDLE YAO AND T-MAC? YOU KNOW LIKE WERE FRETTEN OVER THE PG POSITION. JUST A THOUGHT
It'd just like to point out that "three to four weeks" is VERY pessimistic. That would position him to be back for like the last 10 games of the season, which is nowhere near enough to be comfortable and in game shape by the playoffs. I fully expect him to be back within 10 to 14 days... anything significantly more will be very disappointing.
a lil disppointed tat we didn't get chris duhon from bulls by exchanging wells, chris can be our future pg. hopefully we can get him on offseason.
This team offense is based on ball movement. A shoot first tweener PG kills that chemistry. Remember, the rockets only traded him in the first place because they thought they needed a pure pg(which I never will nor did agree with considering the makeup of the roster) and they were worried about james impending FA the next season. This james wouldn't pass to t-mac myth is as dumb as the sura won't pass to Yao myth that was started two years ago.[/QUOTE] The Rockets did need a pure PG and they got it. For all of Rafer's shortcomings he can run an offense. Mike James could not. Mike James is and always will be a shoot first PG and that never fits on a team that already has two all-world players. There's no myth about the way Mike James played while in Houston.
I think the only way to bonzi will get "more comfortable" is if someone removes the silver spoon from his rear end...
I like our roster and I dont think we really are missing anybody but a solid back up or starting PG(depending on if hes better than rafer)
Yeah, this team's offense is based on ball movement...when there is a playmaker in the game. Without T-Mac in the game they just pass it around the 3 point line like a hot potatoe. The idea of bringing Mike James here was to give them more offense coming off of the bench. That offense would come in the form of penetration, and attacking the basket. That would have come in handy for the playoff's when team's make the other role players beat them instead of letting T-Mac do it.
What part of our offense at full strength requires a pure pg? Dumping it in to Yao? Handing the ball to t-mac? Seriously, the rockets are not like most other teams in this regard. By having two dominant players, their pg/sf/pf have to be able to simply protect the ball, buy into the team concept, play good D and hit open shots. And in the case of the SF/PF help with rebounding. Neither mike james nor rafer alston will or would have been the primary initiator at full strength. That is t-mac or yao's job. The difference is james shoots better than alston and is a more physical guard than Alston. Defense and turnovers i'd consider about a wash. Provided you think James could throw an entry pass to yao(I do) he is a better fit for us than rafer. You aren't going to see a lot of Alston penetrating and dishing when yao comes back, unless he is playing with only one of the stars on the court. His role will be spot up shooting, and to me mike james is a much better guy to have taking those shots off double teams, and you aren't losing much in terms of passing/etc. Right now, yes they need Alston's drive/kick skills because having t-mac do everything would drain him, and nobody else can create their own offense in the starting lineup.
Good points but you're wasting your time. The masses have to be b****in about something. First, it was Battier/Gay, then it was TMac's alleged lack of fire, then it was JHo, then it was JVG, and now its Rafer. BTW what happened to all those Battier, JVG, and JHo critics? They all turned into Rafer bashers!
