Speculative off-season trade proposal involving Rashard Lewis

There is really no difference between the 2 and the 3. T-Mac is good enough to play anyone at the 2 or the 3. Getting a guy like lewis kills other teams trying to post up the guy opposite of T-Mac. Lewis is a ok defender, but no one but knowing hoops fans thought Tracy could lock people down. Lewis is just what the Rox need, its just a matter of the Rox having what it takes to get him.

 

On offense, there isn't. On defense, there is. Moving McGrady to the SF position was mainly a change defensive assignments, allowing him to conserve his energy and be the primary swingman on offense.

That's the reason why we traded for Wesley. He was a bulldog-type player with great lateral movement (before his surgery of course), and he defended opposing 2s. If we get Lewis, McGrady will have to go back to guarding opposing shooting guards and frankly, I'd rather not have him chasing guys that are half a head shorter than he is around the perimeter for 35+ minutes a game.

 

Pretty much hit the nail on the head right there.

In a lot of cases, the SG/SF matchups are interchangeable if you have adequete players on both ends of the floor. With Shard's inability to guard quicker and smaller opposing SG's, you are forced to have T-Mac handle that assignment which I would rather not see happen.

 

Yeah in the playoffs it's fine to have T-Mac locking people down and then going off on offense, but that stuff won't fly in the regular season. Even Jordan had Pippen to handle the toughest cover.

Imagine how much better T-Mac would have been offensively against Dallas if we had someone else to lock down Dirk?

 

why is it that Houston in these trade ideas always end up with a star player, and all we have to give up seems to be howard and a future draft choice.

 

Per AstroRocket:

"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."

Van Gundy will never go along with this. I cannot see the chemistry working for JVG.

 

I like the idea of Shard because having both of them on a team would cause all kinds of mismatches on the offensive end. Name one team that has the defenders to cover Tmac and Lewis.

San Antonio has Bowen and Ginobili. Who ever Ginobili would cover would abuse him.

The Pistons, you Prince and you have Rip. Can you see rip covering either one of them.

The only team that have the players to match up is the Lakers but they have no one to cover Yao.

With Shard and Tmac, you have 2 guys that can shoot over and post up their defenders and mismatches is what the pro game is all about.