He banged LeBron's mom. Ran around town with three loaded guns strapped to his back... didn't he try to commit suicide once? No. We need crazy, not mentally r****ded/insane psycho. Artest is pretty much the limit we want to get to.
Not only that, Artest provided a great asset to this team, I would say his play on court outweighs whatever crazy stuff he did here. Delonte is no Artest, he's not as good on the court and not as sane as Artest.
Ron Artest for all his crazyness isn't bipolar and didn't go around on a motorcycle carrying 3 loaded guns, one on each boot and another in a guitar case he was carrying desperado style. I'd rather not have disturbed people on the team. Who know what they'll do.
He admitted to drinking alcohol during halftime during his rookie season with the Bulls. He applied for a job at Circuit City to get an employee discount. Was suspended by his coach for 2 games because he asked him to take a month off to record an album. Suspended 3 games for smashing a tv. Suspended 4 games for trying to fight Pat Riley Suspended several times for flagrant fouls. Suspended 73 games and arrested for the Pistons brawl. Arrested in 2007 for animal abuse Arrested in 2007 again for domestic abuse Suspended by the league in 2007 for 1st 7 games because of legal problems Sounds familar? Spoiler Morey went after him and he had a history even longer than West.
Delonte West is a high risk-low reward player. At best he would displace JT and be the 2nd SG backup behind Lowry (who already gets PT at SG). At worst? He might end up breaking Yao's foot again when he goes wild during a practice game.
He is also a much much better player than West ever was. Are you of all people seriously trying to argue with aelliott?
When has Lowry ever played SG? I was under the impression that when Adelman had both Brooks and Lowry on the floor, Brooks was the SG. We also need not only insurance for Martin, but also Lowry if he goes down again. We need a backup guard who can also play the point. West provides both and I think he can be had for cheap. We still have 1.85 million of the MLE and we can offer him a partially guaranteed contract around that range for a year.
Has anyone else noted that DM the GM has never (to my knowledge, at least) been involved with anything C's related since arriving in H-Town; not a rumor, FA p/u. Nuthin. Odd?
I don't miss him. Does he have a hilarious, unpredictable personality and make lucky, lucky, lucky game-saving lay-ups? Yes. But I prefer to watch him from afar.
How about when Martin goes down with his usual injury and we have zero legit NBA shooting guards to fill in? When the 2-10 seed in the west is seperated by 3-5 games, every win counts.
Only way you bring Delonte to Houston is to where a "I'm yo daddy" shirt and ride a bike around the court when Miami comes to town. Other than a using him for comical reasons he has no real value. He is a head case and showed up to Cavs practice in pajamas before and is bipolar. Over on realcavsfans they have been wanting him gone for sometime now.
he's the combo SG/3rd PG that we're looking for...but character issues hobbles him..it depends on wizard Morey