People always think the best 5 for one team is 2 G,2F and 1C. But today the team shew us that the best five for the team is 3 G, 1 F and 1 C. How about Steve+Mobley+poesy plus Yao and Griffin?
Yeah...but Posey is a forward. If you haven't noticed, Posey has been substituting for Glen Rice...who is a small forward.
Posey should start just for his rebounding and hustle. I don't think he is as good as Hawk on D but he is a better rebounder and ball handler.
I'm not sure. Posey is a great player, but so is Rice. Rice used to be a superstar...but now he's too old. Rice is unable to keep up on defense sometimes. Posey is better. Posey is a much better rebounder. And he made a 3. So he can shoot...even though he had a bad field goal %. I like to see Hawk play too though.
I miss the hawk, Anyone notice that our defensive lapse this month coincided with Hawk getting less minutes and KT being traded. Thats two of our best defensive players gone. We need at least two defensive stoppers in the game at all times. Yao, Cato, Posey or Hawk. I think Posey and Yao(obviously) should start with Cato coming in for Yao and Hawk coming in for Cat. If we go to the 3 guard lineup then we should have Cato and Yao in at the same time.
That would be a good balance. 3 guards and 2 centers. I would like Hawkins and Posey to play at the same time. That's when we terribly need defense. If we really needed defense...our top 5 defensive players and presences are Yao Ming, Joaquin Hawkins, James Posey, Eddie Griffin, and Kelvin Cato. This would be our defensive team, but we would need offense.
I like Rice in at the 3 spot. He his having a pretty good year. And I do like his veteran presence on the floor. That being said, as the season goes on, I believe that our best line up will be Steve, Cat, Posey, Griffin and Yao. Each of these guys can score, and this is probably our best rebounding lineup. The only other lineup that I think may be better defensively than this one, is Steve, Hawkins, Posey, Griffin and Yao. But Hawkins for Cat is too much of an offensive drop off. We have not seen this one yet, and I do not think we will unless we have some strange circumstances. As for Posey v. Rice, Rice is a better offensive player, but Posey is not bad at all. And with the moderate amount of shots that Rice gets, it does not make much of a difference. Posey, however, is a much better defender and rebounder, and is younger and more athletic. That makes a difference on each play down the court.
The only way Posey can be labeled a guard is because he can defend against guards. Other than that, he doesn't show much of the traits of a guard. He was a power forward in college and was having trouble adjusting to small forward in the NBA.
Hawk played alot at the 2 spot when Cat was injured. He is totally capable of playing the backup 2 especially since it is would be for less than 10 minutes a game. Until Rice gets his shot going, he is just dead weight out there. He just plain aweful on the defensive side. This is the best defensive game I've seen from him this year and Mash still lit him up.
Yes, saw alot of that. I was not talking about seeing Hawk. I was talking about seeing Hawk (at SG) and Posey (at SF) on the court at the same time. Can't recall seeing that one yet. And (of course this is my opinion) unless Cat is injured or in foul trouble, we probably will not see it -- at least not very much.
you amaze me with your ignorant responses. Guard oriented play was the main deterent in our seven point fourth quarter. With Kelvin in the game we are relegated to guard oriented play. Not that Cato is bad it is just that he can not create his own shot and the defense does not have to honor him. You would like to start a game with your strongest lineup. A center in the post to create is the pivotal piece that creates a strong lineup. Cato should not start Cato should not start All work and no play makes jack a dull boy All work and no play makes Jack a Dull Boy Cato is a fantastic back up center and may be traded to a team where he is a viable starter, but while on the rox he is a backup
Actually Ming was in the game during our 0-13 effort at the beginning of the third. I agree that Cato should not start but I think he should be in the game more often especially with the three guard lineup (which I really hate). He provides interior defense which helps with the defensive mismatches we have when we go small. I would really like to see him in the game with Ming when we go to the three guard lineup. He is also our best rebounder.
What's up with Maurice Taylor? When is his A game gonna show up? After the regular season? Wouldn't Rudy Tomjanovich by now be itching to try the other benched players like Terence Morris maybe? I know Morris is no power forward. But he's 6-9'' and has showed some hustle in the games he has played. When does Rudy T start using Maddox, B. Nachbar, and Morris? Maybe some good will come out of it...while no trade is made for the moment.
rockbox, you are right that Ming was in, but the guard oriented play was what was concerning me. Did you notice that in the fourth quarter how much easier it seemed to get the ball into yao in the post? And what's more is how this created baskets? The shoddy play of the guards and small forwards created the seven point third. My point was that if they dropped the ball into the post they could have created. (Remember the shanghai shake by Yao). With Cato in the lineup they could not have done that and would have been relegated to the same style they were losing by
Mo played fairly well tonight. I would lay off the dank if I were you On second thought pass the douchie to the left hand side
In the game,Poesy was labeled as a G. Maybe three guards are needed to transfer the damn ball to Yao, while Griffin played pretty well as the forward
I think the Rockets should start Moochie, Francis, Posey, Griffin and Yao. I think that it would work to their advantage to have Cat com off the bench because, knowing him, it would get him all fired up and make him play harder. He'd feel like he had something to prove and most likely would play a lot more focused.
