If he can shoot 45% taking bad shots, imagine what it would be like if it was Michael Redd taking all those wide open 3s instead of Rafer Alston. I imagine it would be like the Laker game, although more than the 1 time a year that Rafer decides to hit his shots. Lets seriously look at Redds criticism. This is a guy, who is a borderline superstar on a very subpar team. I imagine he is double teamed alot like Tmac is when the other members of your team are attrocious on offense. Of course he chucks, he else is gonna take the shot. He is the best player on thier team and he is gonna take the heat for them not winning. I bet he could thrive here. Redd here, takes the scoring burden off Tmac and makes him a playmaker, and gives him more energy for defense. All in all, the main reason I am for this is, we have 3 defensive specialists on this team (hayes, battier, mutumbo), yet still other teams get wide open layups repeatedly. Battier is a great guy, and I love him to death, but this is a risk I would take.
Both Redd and Corey have their deficiencies and it's good that to point them out.We need extra scoring despite all that. It's all fan talk among friends.I would like to apologize if any of my comments offended you.
If Redd comes to Houston he knows he will be the 3rd option and I don't think he would mind at this stage of his career. And I know Tracy wouldn't mind given up some of his shots if that means we will win more games. I don't see how people can say no to Redd with him on the floor you can't double T-mac and Yao because if you do Redd will make you pay from 3. So that means Tracy and Yao can play more one on one basketball and just think how great Tracy would be with no double teams most of the game. He would be able to put up 25 a game easily. If we could get this deal done I bet we could have 3 players avg. 20 or more points a game.
I agree. I live in LA, so I watch clippers when I am bored. I know exactly what Corey is capable of. The guy is hell of an athelete. But hey, why he was put on the bench even when he was healthy? Playing along side with Yao and Tmac, he wont be the guy finishing as often. People will just pack in on him, and with Yao in the middle, it's really clogged there. He can play some when Yao is at high post, but that's really limited use of him. If the asking price for Corey is same as Redd, I definitely go for Redd first. Maggette fits in Suns, or Phily's style playing best.
Too bad there is no Reggie Miller out there for rockets to pick up. He would be a much better pickup than Redd. He doesn't take many shots, shoot very high percentage and is always moving. I think a young Reggie would be a perfect third option on the rockets.
Again, I am all for Redd. Francis shot around 44% before the Knicks days. Did you want him to run the show and take those shots. Redd takes contested shots 20 feet away and lot of them when they are down. I can count with one hand that he actaully shoot the Bucks into a win in a season. He also forces the issue in traffic a lot. The guy is an amazing scorer in that his build is so compact he can finish strong and also has a lightening quick release with bull's eye. But if he is given too much freedom like the Bucks did, he is your Mobley Jr.
You guys are talking like Redd is perfect for the Rockets. He's not just some shooter worth 10mil. We're talking about 15,780,000 for 2008/09, 17040000 for 2009/10, and 18,300,000 for 2010/11. How the hell is he going to fit with Tmac and Yao already taking a big chunk of cap space already? And No, Rockets Owner is not the Knicks Owner.
Your general premise may be right, but hard to see this happening. First, Josh Howard is a lateral move, at best. You move Redd to gain cap space and get decent value in return, not to get basically the same level of player in return with the same number of years left on his contract, etc. Second, not only does Howard get paid less than Redd so their contracts don't match, Howard is also a BYC player. Which means you'd have to pair Howard with someone to get the deal done. Now, Howard + Terry for Redd works, but why would Dallas do that? Maybe there's some kind of complex deal with multiple players, or a three team deal they could get to work that makes sense... But again, the positive of the Battier/Bobby Jackson scenario is that you basically eliminate half of Redd's salary for the following year (as Bobby's contract is up), while using the other half to get a solid, veteran "winner" type player, which is a good fit for Yi. Very very very unlikely, but I could see it happen. As much as people like to hammer Memphis for the stupid Gasol trade (and it was stupid), when you're in a going nowhere fast position, trading one decent player for another decent player doesn't usually help a team. That is, the Grizzlies could have traded Gasol for Carmelo and they may have improved a bit, but still weren't going to the playoffs anytime soon. That's why a lot of GM's in that position focus so much on dumping salary, getting back multiple young talent on cheap contracts, etc. The Grizzlies just didn't get back enough, unless Crittedon turns out to be pretty good.
I don't know how to post a link but it's one of the scenarios on the Bucks RealGM Forum listed under Rockets Trades. It's only a fan's opinion. Some of their fans want Tracy McGrady instead. One of them said they should send Redd plus Charlie V for McGrady which isn't what we need.
Never, NO mcgrady trade unless for players like Paul Kobe Lebron Dwight H. What Tracy does for us is the sole reason we're not a lottery team. Just under Yao...barely .5 Just tracy .5++++++++++++
I sure hope you guys that are for trading Battier for Redd aren't the same guys that wouldn't trade Luther Head for J.J. Redick. Acquiring Redd would be foolish.
