yeah, I agree. The biggest move the Rockets can make this season is keepingg Tmac and Yao on the court ALL SEASON. but my complaint is that it's unlikely, at this point, that will happen. I just wish Morey would have a contigency plan in place rather than taking a reactive approach at the trade deadline. I'm not complaining much, as you said.......not much he can do. what is the deal with DeSagana Diop? I'm too lazy to look it up and crunch numbers.
this really shows how bad the rox squad is. Most are happy that barry join, and thinks that he is the saviour of the rox. last time i check, his the 8/9 player off the bench for the spurs. And he is expected to be the 6/7 player for the rox. All he provide is an option on the offensive end, with his passing and shooting. he cant drive anymore, and he certainly is a liability at the defense with his lack of speed, agility and stamina.
we don't need pieces.. we need another superstar.. thats insurance incase one of our 2 fragile superstarts get hurt again (knock on wood)... just like last year's playoffs? what if we had artest? could he have helped get us past the jazz? look at the celtics.. one of their superstars may be hurt or not playing good.. but the other two compensates for it.. rox management obviously realizes that their 2 superstars are injury prone.. they can keep them, but at least spend money for a 3rd superstar for insurance..
There's the side that thinks he's the missing piece to a championship, and then there's the other side that thinks he's a washed up, old guy that will start his decline in Houston. The reason he could only get LLE is because of his age. You can't argue that his stats were bad. Brent Barry is a good player. He's just old. Who else are you going to get for the LLE? The MLE is being held hostage by the Landry camp, and I'm willing to let that happen. Sorry the Rockets didn't get you Maggette, Pietrus, or other high profile free agents. But they don't have much to work with. Your SPLASH will happen in closer to the trade deadline. I don't see how ANYONE can not like the Brent Barry signing. He can shoot, pass, and he's taking away LUTHER HEAD's minutes. BOTTOM LINE: The Houston Rockets signed the best available player in the LLE class.
He does get us something we desperately need, and that's long range shooting. He is a huge upgrade over a guy like Head because he gives us more size and he is way more composed and experienced. Head looks like he doesn't know what to do half the time while Barry has good awareness on the offensive end. He will make both Tmac and Yao better when he is on the floor. Looking at our healthy roster you can't really say that we lack depth anymore. If we sign Landry, we will have a good mix of players off the bench. Barry, Landry, Brooks, our two rookie forwards, Head, Jackson....Only thing missing from our bench in my opinion is a taller scoring threat inside. landry gives us inside scoring, but he struggles guarding bigger front court players in the league. I think by midseason next year Jackson and Head are gone and we pick up one more weapon off of the bench.
This is riduculous and ignorant, saying how bad the rockets squad is. A team that won 55 games with it's superstar missing almost half of the season. Actually that says how good this roster is. Tell me, what other teams would have won that many games with it's best player gone. Like I've said in previous posts, if Yao wouldn't haven't got hurt, they probably would have got the first seed and played Denver; surely advancing to the 2nd round. They were only 2 games behind LA. Now having injury free season is another story. Maybe now w/increased depth in the front court, Yao's minutes will be cut back somewhat, thus decreasing chances for injury. Having a smart veteran who can shoot lights out take away Head's minutes is surely a upgrade. Anyone can see this. And the beauty of it is, that we hardly paid anything for him.
i completely agree with mfgarza, the rox are a good team. last year when we made the bonzi james for bj trade i was furious we would give up a solid or possible sixth man in bonzi but when i heard talks of signing barry i immediately thought that if we got barry we would be set to atleast get out of the first round. you give us yao and barry last year and we at least end up with the 2 seed and a first round win. we've all seen how much pure shooters who arent known for defense can affect playoff like games ex. korver...
That's true, but like Battier, he really only had that 1 game. He scored 23 in one game and his playoff avg was 5.2. Battier scored 22 in one game, but avg 7 for the rest of the series.
When you compare Battier's minutes to Barry's there is a big significant difference. Barry is not a starter but Battier is. If Barry gets more minutes consistently like he was given the game he scored 23 points then we are talking totally different.
I know the photo is not current, thanks Mr. Obvious it still shows a younger bb going past a younger tm bb is a quality player, shooter, passer, and can start on other teams...and he will come off our bench..when your bench can start on other teams that is great... He is a large guard that is versatile and can even run your point if you need
no one here has proclaimed brent barry the "savior" of the rox. all that has been said is he is a much appreciated asset, will supplant luther, was the best LLE option available, and LIKELY not the final move for the team. he was the 7th man on the spurs - after manu. he's our 6th man NOW, but after the much discussed trade to come before the trade deadline, he'll likely be our 7th man, as well. so what were you saying?
For the people that said we needed to get a third superstar as an "insurance" policy incase one of our big two go down, think again. If McGrady or Yao go down, the season is over, regardless of a third star, unless it's someone amazing. If the Celtics lost one of the big three for the entire second half of the season or the playoffs, they would not have won the championship.
