Robert Horry is done dude. plus there is noway horry can play The C spot. it's not common sense. Horry's biggest weapon was he's daggar shot and thats sadly vanished along with the rest of he's game. we'll allways apperciate th back to bac rings he played in instrumental role in, but he's time is up.
I think you'll find Scola playing Center a fair bit, with Artest in there at PF. Dorsey/Landry can play at PF as well.
I dont see Scola playing Center " a fair bit". i see him chipping in there occasionly, but i dont see him playing that role a fair bit. if deke dosent return and we dont sign a backup, i see dorsey seeing the majority of those minutes at the Backup center minutes. i certianly see Luis alternating occasionly to the C spots, but i dont see how hes game is suited for the C spot.
Both Landry and Deke will re-sign with Rockets. There's no doubt about it. One good thing for Ron Artest trade is Houston won't need any "minor trade" now. They can keep Novak. I do believe steve Novak will be a bench killer like Steve Kerr. If SF3 can play some minutes, the team will be a 70+ record-broken.
brad miller is availble it seems. I wouldn't know what we can give to get him especially since kings want to go young. Plus salary cap issues. But he would be a great fit i would think. It would be tough but I would give up shane and luther for a brad. Brad can step up if yao is injured. He's probably too much to ask for. Even shane and luther might not do it. Morey does seem to be a genius in this game. So who knos. WE do need a backup C. Lets all pray everyday for a healthy Rockets next season guys. We need it and if healthy honestly we're going all the way. So everyday please no less. Bastketball God please keep Yao healhy and his feet strong for the upcomming season. Also Mcgrady back, Artest physically and mentall, plus the whole rocket and definitly no more season ending injury on anyone.
Thats one of the silliest things I have ever heard. Horry is finished unfortunately :\. I just say we 'fa'cuss' on getting Deke and Landry back. Because if we add those 2 along with Artest, that means (hopefully) less playing time for Yao. Which (hopefully) means no injuries.
They will ask for Brooks if they send us sean .Luther is not as attractive as he was 2 years ago.And I don't think sean is more potential than aron,besides ,sean will not have enough game time to improve his skills as that we already have scola and hayes at 4 and dorsey at 5.Never underestimate hayes even though he is not able to shoot.Chuck's defensive awareness also contributes to his brilliant defence other than his stronge body.he is so clever that he knows how to utilize his stronge body and avoid his disadvantage in size.
what are you talking about? scola? landry? hayes? dorsey? the game doesn't need legit centers nowadays and we can swing out that lineup to fill in for yao for 18-20 mins a game easy. and hopefully deke can come back and provide minutes here and there throughout the season.
nah, it sounds odd to me, but with the selection of head to the US select team, certainly adds in to his portfolio, and AB is no longer the "commodity" of last year, where his the summer league MVP, US select team player. His only a rook last season who cant even spell minutes when the team only have RA and a dinosaur as a PG. Only us on the rox board still rates him so highly.
If you don't think it's that big a deal, I guess you guys weren't paying attention to the trouble Scola was having against Utah in the paint. It got to the point he looked unsure of himself going up with Okur and AK around. He would have the same problem with the Lakers, Hornets, and Celtics. I don't know what the fascination is with Rockets management and 6'7 power forward/centers. Year after year it's the same crap. We can put 5 on the floor at 6'7 every night. (..it has to be a childhood thing) Yao has needed help since he's been here. I really hate to say this, but other than Deke, the best back up center we've had was Cato, when he backed up Yao. We don't need a scoring backup center. Just some long tall ass dude who can jump and block a shot. When Yao is out, the middle of our defense disappears....
agree with the shortness of overall lentgh at the 4 postion, but i think the rockets draft that certain spot for mobilty to support the interior because yao's foot speed and lateral movement is that of a sloth" okay not that slow" but it hinders his weakside defense thats why we got; chuck, landry, and so on.
This exactly what I am talking about... Wait til we have to play a team like the Suns this year when they have both Shaq and Amare to go against quite possibly at the same time....
I would like to go with some no-name kid like Serge Ibaka, whose only job is to swat everything out of the sky, and pull down anything that reaches the glass. Period. I'd love to get him from Seattle. Or an early round draft pick who was a flop a few years ago because he was asked to carry too heavy a load, like Curry and Haywood years ago. Give them a chance to redeem themselves by focusing only on their "D".
Why free agency? I hope Morey gets packages some good contracts for a decent backup. August 14th, package Singletary, Ewing, Head, and Novak for a backup C, from another team that blows it all up like the Kings.
Darko Milicic - This is what I posted on ESPN Memphis board. I'm not sure how Memphis fans feel about Darko but here me out a bit. We all know 2010 is the meca of free agency but also 2009 is great as well. and looking at your available cap space in 2009 looks pretty good. How about making it better? You have Darko for 2 more years at 7mil per. He only plays 23MIN!! a game ???? My proposal : Darko M. traded to Houston for Luther Head/ChuckHayes/Steve Francis/+ Cash Luther Head and Steve Francis are expiring in 09 and Hayes in 2010. Trade Machine link. http://games.espn.go.com/nba/featur...55~2834~2763&teams=10~29~29~29&te=&cash=29:10 The only reason why I see you do it is because you need some cap room next year to get some really big names. Kobe Bryant, Carlos Boozer, Allen Iverson, Ron Artest, Richard Hamilton, Jason Kidd, Shawn Marion, Andre Miller, Lamar Odom and Rasheed Wallace(List copied and paste from espn) These are free agents in 2009 not 2010. Why we do it because we need someone who only plays limited minutes (23min a game) tall Power forward. We are in a win now mode so it's either this year or next year. 1. Darko is the perfect fit for Houston because he can play the Center and Forward position. 2. Out of all the Forward/Center guys in the league he is one of most effective in limited min (he averages only 23 min a game) 3. He's damn young did you know he is only 23 4. His contact in in 2010 so again the 2010 free up money comes into play 5. He's athletic and long (We need a legit 7 footer because some of the legit title competitors are that big) 6. He's a blocking machine because even for being a 7 footer he can jump out of the gym for his height. 7. He has more than average midgame 8. And his fg% is nice as well., List goes on and on but when it comes down to it there is nobody in the league I think we can try to get except Darko. I remember Darko giving us fits and that was against Yao/Deke. I know Memphis would trade him and I believe we have the pieces. Any Combination of Brooks/Novak/Hayes/Francis/future 2nd rounder/Cash hell I would do a sign and trade of Landry if it meant getting Darko. Stop going for bigs that only spell 6 fouls and look at guys that can really contribute in limited minutes. That is the key limited minutes!!!!
Darko is so overrated is sickening.BTW, you dont pay Seven plus millions a year for a backup center. for a guy who putsup a mediacore seven points and 6 rebounds a game, he sure is made out to be some sort of star. Honestly, landry is pretty much allready on par or even better then darko. if we dont sign deke, i wanna see someone cheap like elson or give the minutes to the best defensive big man in the whole college system in joe dorsey.
Overated?? He only averages 23 frigin min a game. I'm not saying he's going to start but with those stats in limited play, being a legit 7 footer, actually athletic, top 15 in blocks that is damn good man.. We still don't know what landry can do or if he's injured. And stop looking at 6'9 and under powerforward/center to guard the Lakers and Boston teams.. we need size which doesn't just mean width and girth but also height.. Are you saying I think Darko is the next Michael J in a Center body (Hell F$%#^^ No) but what I'm saying is that he is perfect in a 23-25 min role. Dorsey cannot give us that becuase he lacks the height and because of injury. Also Darko contract will end in the mega 2010 off-season race when it counts.
