Speculative off-season trade proposal involving Rashard Lewis

I'd treat my first round picks like gold in the near future if I were the Rockets, and certainly have it lottery protected.

Is it me just thinking that the only thing we can get back for JHo is another aging journeyman PF (actually doesn't matter what position) that the other team wants to get rid of also...

 

I agree with u about the first round picks and I think the same way about JHO.. but close your eyes and pick any aging journeyman PF in the NBA and he'll be better than JHO>..

 

I want them to trade Howard for anyone just so that we can get his "professionalism" off the team because regardless of how he performs that "quality" endears him to coaches like JVG. I'd rather endure Stro's roller coaster than Juwan's consistent suckiness.

 

I used to be a real proponent for Rashard Lewis, and I think he could really help by being able to hit the long ball (and range of shooting), which could draw defenders away from Yao. HOWEVER, he does not have the defensive prowess, rebounding, or shot-blocking that we so desparately need out of the PF position. I'd rather have a solid rebounder and shot-blocker along with a SG that can hit from outside than another big who can score.

That said, I wouldn't be too upset if we got him, unless we paid a lot for him.

 

I don't think he's saying trade for Lewis so that he can play the 4. He's a 3, I'm guessing T-Mac would move back to the 2 in that scenario.

 

Which is what invalidates the trade scenario. A priority should be improving our quickness on perimeter defense. Shifting McGrady out of position to SG and picking up a lazy defender like Rashard doesn't make sense.

 

People forget that perimeter defense ins't as crucial when we're straight up outscoring the other team. I'd be fine with the T-Mac-Lewis combo. They'd be more than adequate defensiveley under JVG.

 

I wouldn't do it. Lewis said yesterday that he doesn't think Seattle can afford him. We'd probably offer 3/4 of what Seattle would offer, so why would he take a huge discount to come back here? He still has another 10 years left in the league. He'll be back sometime.

 

we can definately offer more than seattle...the rockets in general are a more profitable franchise and les is willin to spend...secondly that need to spend will only arise in two years or so when his contract expires...wherever he goes he will still be makin the same money until the end of his current contract...

 

Lewis isn't worth as much as he thinks, although some team out there would be willing to overpay for him.

Lewis should be worth about 6-8 mil and nothing close to the max.

 

Shard is a good player but you have to be skeptical as to how he would fit in as a Rocket and whether the whole experiment would be worth it or not.

Shard is not a PF, too big and slow to guard SG's thus leaving him strictly a SF. The obvious problem with that is that is where T-Mac belongs and needs to play. I am well aware that the NBA is all about matchups and not labels however in this situation, we are stuck with T-Mac guarding the more difficult SG/SF matchup simply because he can and Shard cannot, which isn't ideal.

If the goal is to add an established scorer to the mix, I would rather go after a guy like Maggette or somebody along those lines that is capable of playing and defending both positions. I cannot emphasize enough how important perimeter defense is. Shard is soft and doesn't like to play defense. Maggette on the other hand has never been known for his defense, but he has all the tools needed to be a solid 1-on-1 and team defender. Ideally, you want T-Mac guarding the weaker SG/SF matchup.

 

i fully agree

 

I really don't think we need Reshard, I mean he will help but we only need complimentary pieces around yao/mcgrady, not a star

 

I think I'm officially burned out on making player decisions based on what town a player is from.

 

Could have had him for free.....



How are Mirsad Turcan, or Bryce Drew doing these days anyway?

 

I agree with him. Maggette would be a better fit.

 

DD nailed it.

Plus, we'd have Richard Jefferson too, but we gave him away ... along with GOD knows what for some paper playa with a gun, no game, & mental illness.

 

no way the sonics go for it. why do they need Jho? q takes shards place as the SF, but is a huge down grade. the future first won't be worth much coming from us. and they already have 4 bigs that they want to keep (wilcox, collison, swift, petro). no season for them to make this move.