Hey, thank Les too people, the guy opening up his wallet right now. I just cheaped out on spending 70 cents to get extra pepperoni on my pizza, I can't imagine how Mr. Alexander is feeling right now.
I think with the way that Free agency has been going and the ugly contracts that are being handed out Kyle Lowry is worth what he is given. He's no longer an unknown and a bargain but rather he is a capable point guard that could start for a lot of teams in this league. Our D would have instantly been worse without him. Also, we could no longer bring in the two PG lineup where AB plays off the ball and KLow guards the 2. I'm sure Morey and Les are glad to pay the 5.8/yr for the PG that leads the league in pushing the tempo of the game (According to DM's stats). Welcome back Kyle.
Ah, wasn't familiar with the system until now. But still, doesn't the MLE put us over the tax line? We might use it for a backup center (ala Brad Miller).
I'm glad to see the Rockets stay loyal to a very important player on the team. Now we just need to bring back Scola.
http://twitter.com/dmorey/status/18542114097 Credit Mr. Alexander - bringing Kyle back took one quick phone call. I appreciate the unshakable faith he has in the plan we laid out in Feb
It's really not a bad deal. Chris Duhon and Luke Ridnour are significantly worse than Lowry and got 4 million a year. Lowry is an elite backup PG, so that really is not too much, especially for your 6th/7th man.
Considering we had the Bosh phenomenon and other teams signing free agents left/right, I see a reason why the Rockets didn't do anything... status quo. It isn't a bad summer after all considering the Rockets maybe the very few team with roster changeover. Well done!!!
the fact they match so quickly though tell me that his contract was probably lower than what value they believed he was worth - so in that way its a bargain the problem is that we may never known what the rockets staff value lowry at. -- we have shooters around yao with martin, ariza (who is a good 3pt shooter when spot up), scola can hit the midrange, having brooks out there will help create more space no doubt but how long do you think Yao will last out there with Martin and Brooks as the starting backcourt? Opposing guards are just gonna go right by either of them into the paint and get Yao into early foul trouble and then at that point the added benefits of Brooks' shooting goes down since Yao isnt in there anymore. Lowry may not shoot the 3 ball as well as we would want him to, hopefully he is working hard on that this summer, but his midrange is decent and get gets to the line a lot which is still a more efficient way of scoring points than the 3 ball. I think the starting five can do five with Lowry everyone loves to run except Yao and Yao can trail the play if there isnt any easy transition baskets to be had. IMO Brooks may benefit the team more off the bench but if he were to be traded (as I personally expect, but do not hope for) he is better being a starter so his stats stay up. I just personally feel Aaron's weaknesses will be magnified even more with Martin and Yao back than his strengths and Lowry's strengths are Aaron's weaknesses.
