Rudy and the Rockets could benifit greatly from all the talent on display!

Do you really think the Rockets would learn more about Bateer watching him in the Worlds than they did watching him last year in the NBA?

 

IMO, the point guard for Spain, Juan Carlos Navarro, would have been a better pick for us at #37 than Tito Maddox. I'm sure there's other young players the coaching staff is getting better looks at for future drafts.

 

Mengke's problem in Denver of last year was mainly foul trouble, otherwise he could get more minutes. He did pretty well against the Dream Team 5, staying out of foul trouble and scoring 19 points shows improvement in the foul controlling category IMO.

 

I really liked that reaction: "How dare you be so insulting". That was definitely not a reaction of a fair weather fan who is just interested in adding certain international players just because that players ethinicity is similiar to theirs. I still think thats the deal with some other guys on here though. But I hope you will accept my apologies, you rabid Rocket fan you.

 

Spoken like a true gentleman......

I think there will be MANY more players taken from the international scene, esspecially if this yrs crop works out, you could see an inundation of foreign men that will cause this group to pale in comparison.

 

Hey just because I'm a new poster and being Chinese doesn't mean I'm a fair weather fan or strictly Yao fan. I've been a Rockets fan for several years for that matter. I came out of lurkdom partly as registration was required to view the borad, partly because at that time of "Yao=Bradley" Yao needed a defender on this board. Quite jumping the gun and assume all other new guys as fans of inferior knowledge or lesser loyalty.

I see where you come from, you think the "new guys" are just team hoppers that only follow a certain player, you are not entirely wrong on that, but that's common everywhere. When Francis came who's to say there's no Maryland homies hanging around? In fact, I like this as it is good for increasing the fan base, I know for a fact some people followed the Rockets initially for their fav player, but remained as a real Rockets fan as they grew fond of it as time passes by. No loss but gains there.

As to trading MoT for Bateer, after watching both of them play in the NBA, I'd like a tough banger inside instead of a soft jump shooting forward. Seriously, who's the next best physical banger beside Shaq in the league? One can make a case out of Bateer. At 6-11 and 290 lbs Bateer is built like an ox and pushes a lot of NBA centers around with his brute strength last season. He's sometimes double teamed as a ROOKIE. He also have some solid post moves. Is that your definition of international fodder? I just like more power game for the Rockets to make them more balanced as a team. I know your dislikeness to the international players, hey at least those cocky Dream Team 5 were giving credit to where it's due after their defeat.

 

Panda,

Maurice Taylor can nail jumpers in peoples grill all night long. You act like thats a bad thing? You want a banger, I like Mo who can shoot the long ranger(s). Maurices game meshes well with what Rudys likes to do offensively. I just dont see how a Batteer could fit into the scheme of things. Plus bringing in Menke would be a hell of a slap to Kenny Thomas's face because Kenny can bang with the best of them. Anyways have you seen the size of Mo Taylor ass lately, If need be, that dude could bang.

 

Let's not get carried away in lengthy discussion. The MoT for Bateer trade was purely hythetical on the already denied premise of Bateer being able to play the pf spot. It's just a fantasy trade used to illustrate my likeness to some international talents such as Bateer. So it's moot point to argue about if it's a good trade, I guess.

 

I'm trying to figure out what are the knicks and magic waiting for on Bateer. Hell, he would be a good addition to the Lakers also. I didn't know he had that kind of range on his shot. He looked very good in the wc.

 

texas stoke...

before you get all upset about Yetti's post.. you should read his first post very carefully before u make any decision.
He just suggested that there might be some decent players out there that Rox can use .. and he brought couple examples. You are way over reacting to his suggestion. Nowhere in his post mentioned "replacement". You sure do make it sound like Yetti was all up for replacing current Rockets players for international players.

go read your first post.. and read yetti's first post..

 

This is a perfect example of a situation where if we had better foreign scouting then we could have picked up someone we could have actually used. Look at Pepe Sanchez getting picked up by the Pistons. One of the reasons that these international players do so much better in the Worlds than their brief NBA stints is that in the Worlds their teammates have confidence in their abilities and in the NBA they are looked at as inferior.

Also, in international play where there is more ball movement, these guys get more into the flow. Look at the best ball moving team in the NBA - Sacramento - and notice that the International players on that team would not do near as well on an Iso team. Specifically Peja. He would never get 20 points a game unless there was so much ball movement.

Yetti - Good post, I hate it when people respond to posts as if they didn't even read them.