Cato can rebound, block shoots, give hard fouls, and save Yao's ass at the defense end. He is exactly what we missed this year on defense. Yes, Cato is a offensive liability. But give him time and special training, I think he can develop a mid-range jumper. If Ben Wallace can learn how to shoot and Bruce Bowen can shoot 3s, why do you think Cato can't learn to shoot from 10-15 feet away? It should be easier to teach Cato shoot some close-range jumpers than to teach Yao about lateral quickness. Cato fits Yao's game. Cato also fits MoT's game. But Yao and MoT is so redundant. Both good at offense and both bad on defense and rebounding. Then think of Howard is another MoT redundance. It is hard to imagine that some role players are so important to the team. Without Cato, Yao even had problem to stay on the floor. I wonder why MoT can't take more fouls? Anyway JHoward can always fill in for him.
LOLOLOL Me thinks you have forgotten what an offensive liability Cato was to this team. He couldn't hit any shot outside of 3 foot and then he had trouble with those. And he has been in the league how many years now? How much more time do you think it will take for him to "develop a mid-range jumper"? If by "mid-range jumper" you mean the 5 footer, he may come up with that shot in about another 8 to 10 years. The only shot he can hit consistently is the alleyoop dunk shot. As much as he gave us on the glass and the defensive end, he cost us on the offensive end, with his defender sagging off and doubling Yao with no fear of Cato burning him with the jumper. Cato is another middle of the pack starting center and good backup bench player. His role is replacable. You sure are starting a lot of threads as if to say we gave up too much for TMac. I miss those guys but we are not worse without them and with TMac. Yes, Yao needs some help on the glass and in the defensive paint. It will come, maybe next year or the year after that, but it will come.
"Your high expectation is YOUR fault, not Yao's" "The falling domino in Houston" "If Rudy is here, would Rockets do this TMAC trade?" "This two-man team just won't work" "Evaluating Houston supporting cast and management" Your threads are pretty redundant...
on one end of the court we miss him a lot. on the other end i'm still waiving goodbye. all we need is a PF who can rebound, play D, and hit a mid range shot. if he could block shots thats a big plus, and having 3pt range would be great too, but i don't think KG is available. really, we are asking a lot out of our 4's. but we do need a great 4 to be a perfect fit, unfortunately.
Only an ignorant Yankee like JVG will sign expired Deke to replce Cato. I would take Cato back in exchange for Deke anyday
Cato is a post defender and a huge liability on O. Plus he doesn't always play hard or intelligently. We need a lanky 4 who can defend on the perimeter and can knock down outside shots.
You guys can make fun of his offense all yall want but it's pretty clear that Cato is sorely missed, especially by Yao.
Yeah, I would too. But I wouldn't take Cato back for Deke and TMac. Because Cato helped us get TMac. If we don't include him, Weisbrod sends TMac off to Indy, and Indy smokes people and TMac resigns with them. The choice wasn't Cato or Deke. The choice was Cato, Cat, and Steve, or TMac, Juwon, Lue, and Deke.
He's grabbing about as many rebounds as Mo and Juwon combined in less than 30 minutes a game. He averages as many blocks as Mo and Juwon have had this whole season. He's given dudes more harder fouls this season than Mo and Juwon have given their entire careers, he's caught more alley oops this season than our whole team. With that said, I'm not even sure if you're against the idea that Cato is missed... Actually the first time I've looked at their stats, depressing!
I am not sure I will for the sake of Cato break a deal that would land me Tmac (although Tmac is making me feel a little blue now by not driving more to the basket). I think and feel we cannot eat our cake and still expect to have it per se. Tmac is the cake we wanted and we are eating it now (whether that makes sense). Getting Tmac comes with the price and I am satisfied by the price we payed to land him.
I watched the game. Cato just couldn't get it going tonight. I would still rather have him on the Rockets. We lost our muscle giving him up, but atleast I get to watch the Orlando Rockets on NBA League Pass!
we never wanted him to be a great offense player.that takes touchs away from yao and t mack.we need rebounding and defense,you could have just sub mo in for offense like we did last year.iam not surprised at all with how we are playing.I been saying this since the summer.I know we would be bad on defense and we are.
Cato is an average Pf/center. he is a decent rebounder and a good shot blocker but has no offensive game to speak of. He will never develop a 10 foot jump shot or a good post move. We have seen him in Houston for several years and we should know this. I am not saying that Mo-T or howard are better than him but i also know that he wouldnt solve all our problems either. However i do agree that we need someone in a Cato type mold but with a little sump shot. A young P.J. brown would have be perfect. I think Nene or Tyson Chandlor would fit in nicely but i dont think we have the chips to deal for them.
