I'm out of state, so I don't see a lot of Rocket games, but this idea has validity because it grows out of what I read here on this board. Obviously it may not all be unanimous but this would seem to be the general concensus: Rocket Untouchables: Yao Ming (a great even if flawed player) Aaron Brooks (on the ascent) Ron Artest (inconsistent but beastly) Everyone else could be had for the right price/contract-- from the Rocket's perspective because their on-court contributions have been inconsistent but "not beastly." Blast away... but have fun with it. No need to insult me, my mother or anyone otherwise associated with me...
I think these are the only players (in order of "untouchableness") the Rockets would be unwilling to give up unless the trade was overwhelmingly in their favor: Yao Brooks Landry Battier
I think Battier and Brooks proved untouchable. Landry is almost untouchable imo. Other players include Tmac....i can careless. Tmac <---injured prone, lazy and has no competitiveness nature Scola <---Not athletics,not a good passer, can't dribble and create his own shot, got out muscled and rebound by bigger more athletic guys. Hayes <---No athleticsm, no offensive skills, too short. Rafer <---Not a good finisher, can't create his own shot, refuse to attack the rim...and if attack, poor finisher. Reduce to a 1-dimensional player of spot up shooter. Head <---Not a PG and not a SG...what is he?? Similar to Rafer in that he does not attack the rim and if he does...a poor finisher as well. These explain why these guys are not good at attacking because they're not physically strong enough to take on the punishment and draw foul and tall or athletic enough to do anything close to the rim. Therefore, reduce to their natural 1-dimensional position of spot up shooting.
Yes, you got the point,Yao Ming, Aaron Brooks, Ron Artest are the keepers, all others can be traded if there are good deals on the table, including Scola who I used to love him too much and Battier is just a good player who can not make a big player.
Eh? I think scola is more untouchable than Landry. Scola is way better one on one defender. We need that vs good PFs. And he's better rebounder. Landry is a great backup PF though. Both of course, were a great bargain for their price.
Keepers: AB Scola Landry Battier Artest Tradables: Yao Head Hayes Dorsey Dead contracts: TMAC Rafer Barry
Untouchable: Yao Scola Landry Brooks Almost Untouchable: Artest Battier Should be traded if the price is right: McGrady Alston Hayes Dorsey Head Wafer The jury's still out on Barry, but we'll see how he looks as the season progresses.
Haha, Scola can't create his own shot? Scola a bad passer? Yeah, sure... I would say: Scola, Battier, Yao, Aaron only like our untouchable players. Good performance/salary ratio, good team players. I don't say Ron because I don't know how much $ he will ask for.
I would like to see us keep our supporting cast intact. They should develop into ideal role players and be ready for the coming of the Rockets' messiah, whether he gets here through free agency or the draft. Keepers Artest Battier Scola Brooks For the right price Yao Landry Wafer Expendable (guys nobody else would want) McGrady Alston Head
You must be kidding !! Trade your franchise player- Yoa is the most untouchable of any player in the NBA. Y
Anyone who thinks there is even the remote possibility of Yao being traded is stupid. Let us not forget that this league is, unfortunately, a business to the powers that be more than a game. Yao brings in so much money for this organization from jersey sales, etc. that it just isn't going to happen.
No. Gadzuric is really, really, really....uh, not-good. Redd and Damon J's expiring contract (so we can re-sign Artest next year and not jump past the luxury tax)....yes. Although you'd have to throw Luther in there for roster-space considerations. And a 1st rounder from Milwaukee from saving them from paying Redd's most expensive year (and, injured or not, Tmac > Redd, if not necessarily to our team) might be in order.
I would have to agree and T-Mac too only if there was another 2nd scoring option to add or another star player in return it would only make sence to have a quad sqaud dealing with what contracts we currently have.
More and more people are using this, but what is this acronym of "imo"? The only one that i know that its stands for is - in memory of....
Yao, AB, Scola, Landry, Artest and Battier (i believe he's still only playing at 70% his full potential) are definitely untouchables. The rest are tradeable but lets be realistic, looking at those names are we able to get good value back in return? Even Tmac at the moment wont not be able to command good value in return as most logical thinking GM wouldnt wanna take a risk on him and his knee. and when he plays well then we wouldnt wanna trade him. remember, Tmacs injury is almost similar to D-Wade's and D-Wade hardly played last year to let it recover fully. Even D-Wade himself claimed that after the surgery and when he came back to the court, some night he's ok and some nights he's just so off, which is exactly how T-mac is playing now. But look at D-wade this season. i know there's a age factor as well. all im saying is, if we want to trade T-mac, its hard for us to get good value in return. i cant believe someone mentioned scola is tradeable, he's only in his 2nd year and he's got good years ahead of him, did KG win an MVP in his 2nd year?
