The last 10 games, he has actually played pretty well. 29.5 mpg 16.4 ppg 4.8 apg 3.7 rpg 1.3 spg 43% FG If he keeps those numbers up then, we should try and sign him to maybe an MLE.
I wouldnt call a 20ppg-10rpb-almost 2bpg SOFT. Back to the main subject...I think Manu would be a good fit here. He's not the player he was a few years ago, but definitely an improvement over Battier or Ariza. He's got a high basketball IQ, he can shoot, plays defense, and plays hard. What more can you ask for? You're not gonna get a Superstar this offseason without giving up either Brooks or Landry or even BOTH. I dont think we'd be willing to go that route.
who the **** do you think you are!!! The Rockets don't focus on health? That is a ridiculously Stupid comment.
If the Spurs don't want him, I'd think he fits the mode fo what Morey would call a guy "with more treads left than people think." Morey would be wise to manuever for Manu. Properly composted, Manu can make great fertilizer for offense.
Are you serious? Calling that comment absurd isn't adequate enough to describe just how rediculous it is.
Normally I agree, but I have watched some Spurs games and he has seriously lacked the explosion and quickness. I think he might be done as an elite level player. DD
Tim is not duncan anymore. He is settling for contested jumpers. Did you watch last night game or you only watch rocket games?
Nobody has any idea what McGrady will get next season. With NBA owners out for blood to get salaries down, don't bet your house he will get much. Some team might offer him a partially guaranteed $8MM for ONE season and perhaps a team option for the following years(s). But with his unproven health, who knows? The Spurs aren't looking toward next season. Next season they will be worse off than now. Trading away McGrady for too little? They may not even trade him at all. I still don't quite understand why some people here think he is some kind of prize that teams want. You realize he's only played about 45 minutes the entire season. There is a reason teams aren't breaking down the door coming after McGrady. The Spurs don't give a flip about Scola naming a kid after Splitter. The last thing they will do is repeat the same mistake they did with Scola. The Spurs didn't win 4 championships by being morons.
Why should we sign him, he has been great player in the past, but in the last 2 or 3 years he has been nothing but an injured prone, plus he'll be 33 in July what's point of signing him, not to mention he has been incosistent.
When the Rockets sign an old hobbled Steve Francis, they are not focusing on health. When the Rockets are thinking of resigning Yao Ming to an extension, they are not focusing on health. When the Rockets want to trade t-mac for another injured proned player(Kevin Martin), they are not focusing on health. When the Rockets have Keith Jones splitting time between athletic trainer and VP of basketball of operations, they are not focusing on health.
Teams seem to more often than not offer larger contracts than what poeple think. Injuries didn't stop Brand getting his contract. If Splitter is unwilling to leave Spain, and the Spurs want to get something out of that pick. The Rockets could become a preferred trade destination. Other teams aren't likely to trade for a player who tells them that he won't be heading over to the NBA?
So...why are trading for Splitter then? Essentially that's whats gonna happen here, you're trading Tmac for someone who won't come here and Manu Ginobili (whom the Spurs are reportedly letting go anyway)? I'm not sure Houston has something that's so special that a player who doesn't want to play in the best league in the world under one of the best franchises in the world will leave his country and play for the Rockets. I mean, sure Scola's here, but don't Splitter and Scola play the same position? If he comes here and signs with us, how does he know DM won't trade away Scola for a good wing player?
I don't want Tiago Splitter. Sure, his european contract expires after this season. If you were Tiago, would you come to the NBA when the CBA expires after next season? There is even a possiblity of a shortened season and another strike. Does he want to risk moving from Europe to the USA, if he ends up back in Europe, after his 1st season because of NBA labor issues? Tiago will sign a contract and be locked up like Scola until he is almost 30.
Splitter is a C. Yao's future is uncertain. Also Big Z came back playing 20 mins off the bench after he his foot arch surgery.
Why can't you understand the Rockets have nothing worthwhile to give the Spurs for Splitter's rights and, even if they did, the last team they would give him to is the Rockets? It's OK to be a homer but you have to use at least a tiny amount of logic to consider the other team's perspective. The Spurs need him just like the Rockets do and if he ever plays in the NBA, it will be with them. Very very simple. Other teams don't exist to make dumb trades that favor the Rockets.
McGrady, rights to Eliyahu (Lindsey's high on him), and Llull. Dallas is the only division rival the Rockets have traded with in recent seasons. I don't get why you're gettting all flustered. All suggested trades are unlikely to happen anyway
Which is why I usually avoid trade discussions. Not getting flustered, just trying to debate and reason.
and the spurs would trade splitter to the rockets after giving scola to them in the first place as a spurs fan i would kick buford in the nuts but splitter and his agent said that he wants to play with the spurs but the same thing said for scola back then ginobili said he wants to retire a spur spurs will offer him a contract but will not be 11-12 million hes earning right now i dont see no reason to not resign espically if he probably wont get more money somewhere else
