It will be at least very likely. He has been improving steadily in his career and he raises his game whenever there is competition against better talent. IF you will.
Yaaaa bc a fan's take (in this case, he was just annoyed by your whining) is directly correlated with his life. Worst.Logic.Ever
15-20 round is not bad talent You got your Rondo, Metta WP, David West, ZBo, Javal McGee, Danny Granger, Big Al Jefferson, Josh and JR Smith, Tayshaun Prince in recent years
Essentially our starting 5 except you took away two of our best players. It would be more logical to at least allow Scola and Dalembert to put up numbers for a possible trade down the line. Are you even aware of Dalembert's value given his current contract? What you are proposing would do nothing more than to sabotage our assets. Is that what you want going forward? You have to be kidding me. He is 31 years old. um... In Memphis? Do you really think they immediately gave up on a second pick? He was the backup for Gasol and played starter minutes for a stretch while Gasol was injured. If they saw something in Thabeet, do you really think they would have traded him so quickly for an expiring contract? I find it funny you would insert Thabeet into the starting lineup over Hill. It would seem you have given up on him. As he is way ahead of Thabeet on the depth chart, what makes you think he would be any better? It's terribly ironic how you propose to develop our youth, yet seem to have given up on one young player in favor of an even less proven talent in hopes that he actually has a very small chance to pan out. Wow.... His production for his contract right now is a steal. He is going to be a tremendous asset next year as a legit center and an expiring contract. If you can pick up an asset like that without compromising the overall flexibility of your cap space, why wouldn't you do it? Are you opposed to having another trade chip? We are developing a young core. In fact, we are the youngest team in the league. We brought in Kevin McHale to develop this talent. Sorry it isn't your idiotic way of thinking that involves benching Scola (essentially killing his value) and bringing our current 4th string center into the starting 5. As these are the only tangible suggestions you have given, it's safe to say you are grasping in desperation. I'm not sure how you expect any better results from your ideas. I find the last sentence here absolutely hilarious. You make the mistake in thinking that with Scola and Dalembert we will suck this year and next year, but by playing Patterson and Thabeet instead, we will suck this year but miraculously not suck next year. As if by next year Patterson and Thabeet will be better than Scola and Dalembert. Please... If you really want to trade our best players for prospects it is going to take way more than one year to not suck. lol... Not long at all. Bynum was very good at a very early age. In any case, you never saw the Lakers trade Bynum for nothing. Honestly I would be surprised if the Rockets actually retain Thabeet....
This wasn't the team Morey was envisioning, however this is the best hand he can have so far. Let's see what happens, there's plenty of basketball to be played and trades to be made. So some of these guys suck. It happens.
nope, your two best players are still on the roster- lowry and martins. Dalembert is trash, there is a reason, the Kings(arguably worse than us) let him go without any offer or contact with his agent. Dalembert contract was a waste of money on the Rockets path, because they had two big men they could have developed this season and as usual managed to screw it up. Your assets? really? those two old men are your assets? Exactly, either minimize his minutes or bring his old ass off the bench, to be used like ginobili. He can score as many points as he wants. Umm, the same Memphis that let Lowry walk and kept Conley even though Lowry was more efficient. It takes big men arguably more time to develop, and Thabeet wasnt given that luxury in Memphis. Look how long it took Bynum as a full time starter for the Lakers- well look at him. Consider this, Thabeet recently playing basketball, Jordan Hill has been playing his whole life. Jordan Hill has maxed out- what you see right now is his best. And based on size and play style, he is a pf.
spooner i messed up with the quotes, but most of the replies are there somewhere. Thabeet can still be revived. He just needs a whole lotta playing time, with dalembert being practice fodder. Considering his lack of pt all these years and being a number 2 pick, he might also need someone to help him with his self confidence cos im sure its as low as low can be. And over 60% of what a player does is his confidence. Ok, i made that last one up, but u get what im saying
You can't run the Rockets like the RG Vipers..... You take Thabit out and move on to the new destination.... take the new project. A Chandler Parsons alike center.
If you would read what I said, you would notice I never said your two best players. Scola isn't old. He is still in his prime. Not true. Jordan Hill is very new to basketball as well. Dalembert has a 22.6 per right now and is just now getting in shape. He is also on an amazing contract. Tyson Chandler signing is looking terrible. Aside from the player, it would be really stupid to debate the fact that an expiring deal the size of his will be in very high demand next year. Which of our young players are rotting? Terrence Williams? Guess what, he was beat out on the depth chart by 23 year old Chase Budinger and a rookie in Chandler Parsons. Thabeet is in a suit now because he couldn't hang with younger Jordan Hill and even younger Jeff Adrein. Johnny Flynn was beat out by a young developing Dragic and Lowry. You would be hard pressed to say we are not developing a young core. You are mistaking "youth" for "hope" in the players you haven't seen. This is Hasheem's third year in the league and he can't crack a rotation. You know what Bynum's numbers were in his third year? 13pts 10rbs. and 2bpg.
Congratulations RedStaag. Now I have you in my sig to remember you. Apparently you can't even count the number of teams that make the playoffs. FAIL. Lulz....
He is a short term fix, a patch - because we dont have anyone better. He is not the ideal candidate for a team that's looking to go past 1st round in playoffs. We need a vet. Dont you think this team would be so much better off with a Diaw, AK-47 or Wallace starting and Parsons coming off the bench. He can maybe become that quality/caliber in 2-3 years time with progress and experience under his belt. I wasnt referring to the 1st ten games. I was referring to the last few games. We looked like crap when we played against good teams - but as you point out they were some of the best teams and we had a coaching change and some roster changes too. We are looking better now but we are still not playing like a playoff team. It will take time of course, patience however - is not one of my virtues. My hateration is dying down as Jordan Hills playing time is dying down. Only Bud left now. Unleash the cracken! He He.
Apart from the first 10 games not counting...... we won the last games - a streak of 4 Sacramento at home - W Portland at home - W this was the only OT Win Batum went crazy Washington away - W Detroit at home - W
