We don't need any more nutrition at wings, Kidd is not Payton so I don't think he'll join us earning minimum. Wally is a good target though.
A stress fracture isn't going to develop over an extra 5mins in one game...that's irrelevant, they've already cut back his practice and running, which provided much more wear and tear...
Hill and Barnes actually only make between 1-2 mil each, that's well worth it to me if it means replacing Barry, Cook, and White. I think both of those guys, especially Hill, are better than them. That's assuming we let Ron walk. Hill fits much better than Ron, comes cheaper, and still leaves money left over. Given how much ron gambles, he pretty much cancels out his good defensive plays with some boneheaded ones, so we wont miss his D much. I dont expect Kidd to take the minimum, but he should be open to a severe paycut given his age. 10 mil for a year, maybe two isn't bad. He's never relied on quickness that much so he wont age as fast as other PGs.
We didn't have Landry the last time we played Lakers either. I'm not trying to defend Adelman. I'm just supplying what I consider to be the probable reasoning. Lack of scoring at the backup big positions + no Tracy means more minutes for Yao Ming against really good teams that are hard to shut down defensively.
You know the Rockets just lost when "Nick" is back to rag on the coaches. Missed you after the SA, Denver, and NO road wins. When Yao can get position on rail thin Pau Gasol, he'll get the ball. However, he's proven he either can't do it or won't try. He also missed multiple point blank shots tonight. You tell me Red how to "use" a guy that's 7'6" and can't get position or make point blank shots?
exactly what I was thinking. He was brought here to improve our offense but with about two seasons under his belt here, I don't see our team's offense much better than what it was under JVG. disappointing...
Ok lets get this right. Rag on Coach, your a douche. Rag on your star player, and your cool. Check gotcha. I think I saw maybe 2 missed close shots. One with defenders all hacking away at his arms, grabbing, and forearms in his back.
Did you not watch the game? Yao was having a good game. The second half he spent 95% of the time around the free throw line. I am pretty sure that was Adelman's decision. He did shoot 50% in the game but he got the ball in the post like twice in second half.
are you f-ing kindding me? on one single possession, yao made him foul twice in a row, only to not see the ball from our guards again...
can you be a bit more direct of what you want? oh, and great post by the op btw. i may not agree to every single point, but it was a great post, especially when it was just a rant.
well written. a 25-10, aggressive and confident yao IS the best for the team - with everything considered - especially with the current makeup of this team. but obviously, adelman thinks otherwise.
Strange. JVG seemed to be able to use Yao and he was far from an offensive genius. I guess until we're all at Adelman's level of offensive brilliance, no one will be able to understand (except you, apparently) why your leading scorer only gets two field goal attempts despite playing 20+ minutes in the 2nd half. I guess Adelbrained is so far advanced with his offensive schemes that his ostensibly counterintuitive and asinine gameplans are in reality sheer brilliance. If only the Lakers would understand how brilliant Adelbum's offense is then the Rockets would have won. And the Kings way back when. Dumbass Lakers.
Hawks won't let him walk as this guys has been working good with them. I think Jason Williams is more acquirable for us. Jason is old but he is still a decenter defender, at least he won't be blown out by fisher or any other average PG.
Nice input! I don't think coach A does not understand all these, come on, he is a successful coach. I just feel Yao is not the type he needs.
“From the first minutes of the game up until the last minutes we didn’t run our plays,” Yao said. “We keep saying that from the first games of the season till now and we have two weeks left until the playoffs. We’ll see if we execute.” You can blame the players for that, but if they keep running wild plays, sit them down is the responsibility of the coach. JVG won't never allow that to happen all game long. Adelman's team doesn't have discipline, more and more selfish plays come out form Artest and Wafer etc.
What kind of playoff team runs random plays for an entire game? Why didnt Adelman do something about this? We know we cant trust AB or Artest to do the right thing at times so Battier has to speak out. Yao and Scola are usually quite about these things so it has to be him. Hearing things like this makes you wonder if they can ever get out of the first round.
