No. 2016 offseason has screwed over a lot of players and a lot of teams. A lot of players are signing for less years AND less money and you have a bunch of teams with zero cap space to not only sign guys but the cap space effects who they trade or who they trade for. The 2016 offseason also gave birth to the current Warriors dynasty. In any other year in the history of the NBA Kevin Durant would still be on the Thunder unless he signed for a significantly lesser amount. Screw everything about the 2016 offseason.
People forget that Ryno was a big part of us winning 55 games the year before last. Without that good year (which followed that horrible 41-41 year), there is no way we would've been in the conversation for a star like CP3. Of course, the Rockets overpayed on money and years BIG time. I'm not saying it was a good deal. I'm just saying: context is key, and in the grand scheme of things, this deal isn't as bad as a lot of others that were given out that summer.
Not to be the last loser at the station, but... Ryno got off to a good start this year and people were going nuts about his chemistry with Paul. Then combinations of a brutal slump and injuries derailed him. He came back and became the backup five and was good again before once again getting hurt. He didn’t return until the playoffs, but by then he hasn’t played in weeks and was rusty and no chance coach would trust him. He is brutal against the warriors in a switching system. Against every other team he is an asset if healthy. As a player I’m fine having him for next season.
Lol what are you smoking? Anderson shot 28% from 3 his first year here, then last yesr he shot 0% on 0 attempts. You think that didn't hurt the Rockets? Of course Anderson is one of the worst contracts now, people are looking at trading Anderson for Bazemore as an UPGRADE, and Bazemore is one of the worst deals in the league wtf. Ever hear of opportunity cost? Look it up, its gonna help you make a lot of decisions in your life.
He may not be the reason of our failed expectations but he sure didn't help the cause. An outcome is a total sum of it's parts and Anderson definitely failed on his.
What doesn't make sense is looking at a guy who is a career 6 ppg in the playoffs and saying he isn't the problem. Rockets didn't just face GSW in the playoffs, they have faced OKC, Spurs and Jazz too. Which series did Anderson show he deserved a spot in the rotation? In the 4 different teams the Rockets faced which series has he showed up? Anderson has been garbage ever round the Rox have played in the playoffs, he is a joke. I find it ridiculous, insulting, and downright offensive people like you are coming out of the woodwork to say Anderson isn't that bad or he is fine or he isn't the problem. Why weren't you defending him when he shot 28% in 2017? Or he had -12 when the Rockets lost by 9 pts last year? Dude is a career playoff choker why would you want a guy who only shows up during the regular season? His deal is the problem regardless of GSW because if we had a good player in that spot, we would have won game 7 last year and have our 3rd championship by now. Rockets lost that game by 9 pts Anderson was -12 in freaking mins and you think he isn't a problem? WTF!!!!!!!!
Ryan Anderson made $19,500,000 this past season. Third highest on the roster. He scored 0 points in the WCF's seven games. He scored 2 points in the second round. He had a breakout 12-point game in a blowout loss to Minnesota in the first round.
Uh, is anyone arguing that Ryan Anderson is a good basketball player right now? I haven't seen that. "The problem" is the Rockets' lacking the cap room to make the upgrades that fans want. Even if Ryan Anderson retired tonight and immediately came off the books, the Rockets would not have any additional mechanisms with which to build their roster. Thus, he's not the problem that is most significant to what we all want, which is building a better team.
His biggest problem is that he was two more years left at $20 mil and is so bad you have to dump multiple draft picks . If we had signed two players $10 mil each in 2016 it would be much easier to make trade packages
Did you even read the two posts I replied too? They said Anderson was a fine player and an asset to the team blah blah blah. Just because you can't solve it by removing him doesn't mean he isn't the problem. If for example Rockets were able to trade Anderson for Bazemore, then the Rockers will be building a better team without changing the salary of the team. There are lots of overpaid players in the league who are better than Anderson because these guys won't give you 0 pts 0 rebs 0 blocks while being a defensive liability. Rockets only lost by 9 pts for 20M in salary lots of players could have given the team the 9 pts they needed to tie or 10 pts they needed to win.
It's not as bad as you make it out to be and it's not as good as Justtxyank makes it out to be. I realize this is your issue as you've made your opinion clear, but you aren't right either. It wasn't a good signing in hindsight, but oh well. Signing an elite stretch 4 with injury concerns was risky, but who could have predicted he would have been relatively healthy but not mentally there. He averaged 16pts on 37% 3 pt when we signed him from the Pels, it didn't work out. Move on and stop being a cry baby pee pants when others are trying to rationally figure out what the rockets are doing.
The Rockets became too successful for Ryan Anderson. If we were a 45-win team, Ryan Anderson would be viewed like a Ilyasova or Trevor Booker type player. And while overpaid, no one would care. And guess what, when the Rockets signed Ryan Anderson, people were pegging the Rockets to be a .500 team. He was fine to help rebuild on the tatters of the 2015 disaster. Just not good for tackling the modern Warriors for the championship. It was a mistake. But the guy did not commit treason against humanity.
To be clear, I agree it was a bad signing in hindsight. He also doesn’t contribute enough to warrant his salary. If he was a buyout candidate I think people would be fine with him
Kelivin Cato Contract was the Worst in Franchise history because it did cost us Hakeem Olajuwon to not retire in Houston. Carroll Dawson is the Worst GM in Franchise History. His CD jersey needs to be burned. Nothing but Lottery years from him. Trading Steve Francis for Tracy Brokeback McGrady, quitting is the ultimate insult. Carroll Trading for Charles Barkley for Robert Horry and Sam Cassell was terrible.
