Wallace would be a nice pick up for the Rocks, especially if he can refrain from injuring himself while playing so damned hard. Jackson? I'll PASS.
G. Wallace isn't the answer guys...dunno what the hype is all about. Just a decent player on a crap team in my eyes
I was able to hop over to the RealGM forum and see that thread on the first page too. So you're active and participate in a RealGM Bobcats forum? Do I have to explain how odd that is? Do you live in NC? The Bobcats are 24-32. Stephen Jackson is 32. SJax is owed ~19M over the next two years. If I was a Bobcats fan, I'd want to trade him too. But that doesn't mean he isn't good anymore. I am a bit worried about what our future is going to look like, assuming a few of these rumors come to fruition. If we end up landing Nene and Wallace, that would leave: Lowry Martin Wallace Scola Nene All good players, four of them being above-average for their position.. but none of them great. Coincidentally, we'd have almost 80% (~$40M) of our cap space tied into four players who are good, not great -- none of them considered "closers." I'm just worried about turning into the Atlanta Hawks-lite. We'll see what happens.
Jackson would add heart and toughness that left with Artest. I love him cause he is not a nice guy or a professional. He is an animal. Im meh about wallace.
Wallace is an excellent player. He's and excellent defender, an excellent rebounder, and excellent at getting to the rim. He's never been a good shooter, but the other aspects of his game more than compensate. The problem is that he's over 30. I would have loved to have him 5 years ago, but grabbing him now def. means we are reloading instead of rebuilding. If we can get another major piece in addition to Wallace, then i think we can end up in the playoffs, but we are not contending. I'm a little confused.
Larsv8 is a common entity in tons of team forums. He embarrasses logical fans with his absurd trade proposals and make us look bad.
I participate in most basketball forums where there are players the Rockets might be interested in. I was active in the Raptors forums last year during our pursuit of Bosh. I picked up Bobcats this year when they started sucking. I like to see things from both perspectives, rather than just our own. If you think thats odd, well then whatever. Basketball is a hobby of mine and I like to discuss it with other people. I have mutiple accounts multiple forums. And lol at this. Why don't you go ahead and swap the word Rockets with Bobcats in that paragraph. All the reasoning is exactly the same.
For those who doubt Wallace check this out: Bobcats vs. Lakers Feb 14, 2011: Wallace 9/16 - 20 pts / 11 rbs vs. Kobe 8/20 - 20pts However I do not see it happening. Never did we get a player that we were interested in, according to any source, since Morey has been here. He has suprised us every time so I don't expect Nene, Randolph nor Wallace here. Probably trade Bud for a pick or something like that.
When you get done laughing, perhaps you can explain your point better? I don't get it? I explicitly said the Rockets should NOT go after Jackson -- I was just saying it's dumb to say "he isn't good anymore."
I asked who it was you were posting as because it matters where you read things (same probably goes for Rockets talk too). There are plenty of simpletons around the recent technical fouls coming in that think "Jax is a cancer", "Hendo makes him redundant", "Jax just turns the ball over" - they watch a game or two a month and also come up with "Diaw sucks" and "trade Jax" and "Wallace and Jax don't get along - trade them" and whatever else seems to be the moronic-thought-of-the-day. I don't believe hardcore Bobcats fans have any issues w/ Jackson, we love Crash and we know that Diaw does stuff that no other player can do (when he's so motivated). And beyond that, Jackson loves Charlotte (and I was under the impression so does Crash and Diaw). I pray this is going nowhere because as a die-hard Bobcats fan, there is practically noone I want to leave the organization. I would have freaking liked Larry Brown to have invited Ish Smith to training camp after his interview BUT he must have had to do someone a solid at Kansas and now we have Collins and the Rockets have Smith. I think every trade mentioned here for Jax or Crash is unrealistic from a local (to CLT) perspective. Jax is the only player that consistently takes the game winning/tying/losing shot and he's far more likely to succeed than fail (for no other reason that he's willing to try and pressure doesn't phase him). Crash has played through an inured ankle and admittedly came back too soon in hopes to try help (he wasn't and for a while, he looked way way off his game). He's coming back around and I think the mention that he's injured "a lot" is funny (of-course he's injured a lot - his freaking name is Crash and it's an apt one - he however plays through most anything baring torn ligaments and/or a punctured lung). Personally, the only trade I'd like to see if Collins for Smith
As I recall...2 months ago yall wanted Wallace/Captain Jack badly..Now yall dont want em...Typical.....I like the trade..anyhting better than this weak hearted team we have here....
Even if you don't like Wallace or the idea of adding a player like this, you make this move because he is more valuable than whatever it will take to get him. Suppose it takes Hill + Budinger + Jeffries and somewhere down the line a superstar becomes available via trade. Which is the more appealing package? Landry + Hill + Budinger + Jeffries or Martin + Wallace
Bobcats have one of the best defensive frontcourts in the League. I think it's more to do with their depth there than just one big man.
b/c 2 months ago, theoretically, we assumed a healthy yao. if you add those types of guys to this team with a healthy yao, we're most likely a contender. now we're barely a playoff contender, and yet we're trading for old players that have zero upside? 2 difference scenarios
Why dont we just save the audience another annoying LTF/Larsv8 we dont see eye to eye conversation and focus on Wallace?
