I'm going to demand that you put my name down when you donate to the tipjar, just so you don't get to be a contributing member.
Man, I'm always amazed at the amount of ignorance on this website. Yes, if you can get Gerald Wallace you add him asap. People arguing otherwise were most likely predicting this team would be a top seed in the pre season.
Right, but i still dont see the need to bring in an additional guy who is a ? mark to mess up the chemistry on a team that won 55 games that year. And to play in RA's offense, you really don't need to be an outstanding shooter - Battier's above avg, Chuck cant shoot, Lowry has been above avg this year (below avg last yr). I would say Wallace is an below avg to avg perimeter shooter - but if you have Martin in your starting lineup, you'll be fine with Wallace in the lineup because he's more of a slasher than shooter.
Wallace is a stud, and makes reasonable money. The only problem is, he has a player option for the 2012 season, which is the year we need to have as much cap as possible... If he is a back up plan to Nene, then my thinking is Morey will go for Asik maybe? We would not be giving up too much for Wallace, so we would actually save most our assets, and land Wallace and Asik (for Lee)....again, Wallace's contract scares me just a bit...
What? Wallace was already on the Kings roster.. for three years. He wasn't someone they would have brought in -- he was with the team during all those successful years. I don't think playing him would suddenly disrupt chemistry as they had been playing with him in practice for years before. Wallace appears to be a good compliment to Martin, but I'm still not sold on him being the perfect fit in Adelman's offense. Bringing him in might be a sign that Adelman is on the way out -- I don't know. We'll find out soon enough. Maybe it was, I don't remember. Either way, I was kidding. If you donate, put your name on it -- that way everyone is a winner.
Still frustrating not to know what direction they're going in, but like it was reported earlier this year, it seems Morey will go in whatver direction is available in trades. If we can get Wallace And Nene, although not ideal, it definitely makes us an interesting team in the West. It could work out well depending on who we give up. It's two 2-way players we really need.
The Rockets most likely aren't going to have enough cap either way. Adding Gerald Wallace just gives them a better asset in 2012 that they can possibly give up in a sign and trade.
Its not about if he fits the system or not. Adelman has always played to the players' capabilities. Look at when Tracy and Yao were in the lineup... We played the pick and roll, slow it down, throw the ball in the low post game. Now without a true low-post threat, we play a more uptempo pace. And the team won 55+ wins withOUT Wallace in the lineup... if add him to the lineup, would it have helped them win a few games in the reg season? Sure... would it have helped them get to the finals? I highly doubt that. Either way..IMO.. Wallace IS an Adelman type player cuz he should be able to score without needing to dominate the ball. He can cut and slash strong to the basket for the easy buckets - something that Battier is unable to do because of his lack of quickness. If you can make the trade to get Wallace without giving up Patterson, Battier, Hayes, and Martin, you gotta make that trade...it's an instant upgrade
I've been thinking about that too in the last couple of weeks... I would be very happy to bring in G. Wallace, we really need rebounding and defense and he is one of the best if not the best in that at the SF position, Shane is probably going to get out of the lineup or out of the roster, we would substitute shane with a 4 year younger, more athletic, better rebounding and better scoring SF, at the expenses of Shane 3p shooting! Still this trade will not get us where we want to be until Morey brings in a C, and in my opinion is not going to be Nene... I expect Kaman to be the guy, we'll see if I'm right! Anyway Lowry - Martin - Wallace - Scola - Kaman is definitely a good starting 5! No stars, just 5 good players! Remember that the 2004 pistons didn't have stars, just 5 good players... Then, and only then, when they got the title people started to call Billups, Hamilton and co. "stars".
I don't know trade talk stuff and I get why you would make the AB to DJ comparison. AB might be the better one on one player but DJ has an ability (that might be there w/ AB and I just haven't seen it in the games I have gotten to watch) to go from slashing to dishing and he's shown some great play this year (esp. since Silas took over). He's actually got a better Asst/TO ratio than Felton ever did as a Bobcat and it's his first year as a starter (Felton had several years at the starting PG spot) - the ratio might be better than Felton's this year w/ the Knicks (but Felton is probably a more productive player). DJ however is not a defensive stopper (much like it seems the case for AB) and that's where the need is IMO. If they were to dish Crash, my guess is that they would move Jax to the 3 and either play around w/ TT as the starting 4 or bring in a defensive minded 2 guard to be more of a safety net for DJ (which could be Hendo, I don't know). I think the Cats will want a 1st round pick plus a player in any trade for either Jax or Crash (at least that's what I thought was the hang up the first go round). We still have Diop's contract which has been a bust from day 1 (but oddly, Silas comes in and he starts playing like a [semi] beast -- then ruptures his Achilles). I think they have been (surprised and) very happy with how Liv and Kwame have panned out - esp. for the money. Nazr is a great asset but we don't have a shot blocking presence w/out TT out on the floor (but he will be back in 4 weeks I believe). Bottom line is, they might be amenable to trades that could soak up Diop or Carrol's contract. The former because it's not proven he'd pan out under Silas and the latter because he's just not getting any playing time for the salary allotment My guess is that they might be trading form something including Terrence Williams if it's move GW out. I think there would not be a great need or want to replace GW with a SF (as in Battier) because in some ways, the offense does pretty well w/ SJax at the 3 and Hendo at the 2. Maybe there's some deal w/ Battier and Williams for Wallace but I honestly hope not. As a Bobcats fan, I want to see where this team (plus a healthy DJ and TT) can go.
Assuming they won't add anybody from here on out... then yeah, they'll have the space. But if we've noticed anything from these past few years, it's that most superstar free agents prefer to get that extra year they can get via sign and trade. Bringing in Wallace would give the Rockets a better chance at doing that without completely gutting their roster.
