Morrison isn't really a SF guys, dude is about the same size as Rip Hamilton and Reggie Miller. If you have T-Mac and Morrison, Morrison is your SG and T-Mac is your SF. T-Mac would not be switching positions so he could guard quick 2's and so we could have a 198 pound SF.
Honestly, it doesnt matter who is SF or SG. McGrady will always defend the best scorer on the opposite team. Those two positions are interchangeble so no sense in even making that an issue!
Exactly. And on offense, T-Mac's style of play makes it more suitable to describe him as a guard than SF.
The point is that we don't want TMac guarding the other team's star. By having to guard Kobe, DWade and Lebron it'll take a toll on him and make him less potent on offense. We all saw how offensively dominant he was in Orlando when he didn't play the greatest defense. Also, look at DWade against Dallas. He's putting up 40 points a game and some of that can be attributed to the fact he's guarding Devin Harris who isn't doing much on offense. And as far as I know Morrison is 6'8" s can ONLY play the 3. Theres no way he's quick enough to defend 2 guards in this league. With that said, the Rox must aquire a lockdown defender that every championship team has (ie Bowen, Prince) to keep the other teams star working hard. Wesley was our guy but hes too old, undersized in this day and age.
If moving Tracy to SG is what it takes to get more talent on the floor then he'll do it. If coasting on defense and ratcheting it up down the stretch is what it takes to keep him fresh on offense, then he'll do that too. Tracy moving to the SF helped a lot two years ago, and ignited our team, but things have changed since then. Our team has gotten exposed for the dried up talent pool that it is. Tracy can and will move if it means more talent and more wins. Period. Maybe the ideal is to bring in a guy that can take the tough assignments away from T-mac, but he could do it if he needed to. Kobe does it, while carrying more of the load. Whatever their assignments in this series, Wade usually guards the opposing SG be it Kobe, or Rip Hamilton, or Vince Carter or whoever. Most of the top SG's guard the other top SG's in the league. If we can bring in a creative scorer, and a competitor like Morrison then it's worth it. Whether he's worth the move up to draft him is the real question.
yes, I agree, but I don't know if we have the pieces. Swift? Head? Swift's value isn't that god right now(could be wrong). It's either Gay, or trade down for 2 picks, one of which I'd assume would be Redick
he's actually the same height barefoot and same weight as Reggie and Rip, well 3 pounds heavier. He would be very undersized at the SF
I heard an ESPN radio (?) an interview with either Gay or Roy where the interviewer said that one of them took Morrison to school in one on one play for scouts. I can't remember which one they were interviewing though. Whoever it was, he was really diplomatic about it and kind of chuckled and said they both played well in the matchup.
Actually Morrison abused Gay in a workout, then Gay rescheduled and in the next workout Gay dunked on him 3 times, but Morrison still won the game. No suprise, Morrison is a bad defender. Redick is a better defender. But Morrison is way better offensively than Gay is.
I really don't think the rox have what it takes to move that far up in the draft, but it's nice that they are trying. Supposedly.
Maybe the reason why NBAdraft.net and Draftexpress.com have Houston taking Foye is because James is bolting or he's involved in a trade with Houston after being resigned. If the Rockets took Foye at #8, sent Swift, Head, to Toronto.... That's Foye, Head, Swift for Morrison and James That might be what nbadraft.net and draftexpress are thinking, but why would Toronto do that?
i don't tihnk so. almost every basketball sourse will tell you the same thing about the Rockets. They all think we need a PG first and foremost. then a banger at the 4. then a 3rd scorer. in thier opinion foye fits #1 and #3. so they assume we really want him. some sourses would have us take shelden williams or marcus williams. it's funny how not a one understands our HUGE gaping hole at SG and complete lack of outside shooting.
Very true. If we were to somehow manage a move up to pick AM, and not also somehow pry Seattle's #10, then we can kiss Brewer good-bye.. hopefully we would still hang onto #32, and be able to grab Bobby Jones in that spot.. from everything I have seen, he is supposed to be everything defensively that Brewer is.
I tell you what, you put Redick or Morrison on this team, and Rafer is going to look like an all-star. He will push 10 assists a game.
If we picked morrison what is preventing us from playing him at PF like so many of the other undersized PF's in this league that have a great deal of success. Offensively speaking I think it would be a huge success. Defensively speaking of course he would get abused by Duncan and KG and Brand. But all of those guys would have there hands full trying to come out of the paint to guard him as well.
I doubt Morrison has much chance at PF. If you're undersized, in order to play PF, you need either excellent length, strength or athleticism. More like all three to be really effective. T-mac has a much better chance of playing PF defensively than AM does. And if we do land Morrison, I bet we will play Tracy at the 4 during certain stretches. Tracy and Stache at the foward positions would pretty much be impossible to defend unless they go small as well. And you don't really want to put your star PF at C where Yao's 300+ lbs body can lean on him. So it would be a really tough matchup for a lot of teams.
