If you are stuck behind a JJ and Pike, then to me the verdict is in. If he cant beat those guys out for some playing time....then his upside in the NBA is a role player, downside is he is out of the league when his contract is up. It is not like we are talking about beating out all-stars for PT; we are talking about a guy who has been on 14 teams in 12 years and another guy who has never averaged more than 12 points a game. There is a chance that one day it clicks and Boki turns into a solid contributor, but I will believe that when I see it.
Mobley was a great move. Some other team could have traded for Steve. We could have chosen Jay Williams. James Posey was a good move at the time. Kenny Thomas was a good move at the time. So was Eddie Griffin. Like the poster in another thread said, if we had to rely on Internet posters to be GMs, our team would probably be dead last. Real easy to criticize when you're not the one making the decision.
You know, Tywebb, Im sure in the beginning of the season you were singing a totally different tune. This site is really going in the wrong direction....
I've already addressed Mobley and Francis. Jay Williams NEVER would've been picked #1 over Yao by the Rockets or any other team not named the Lakers. Anyone who disagrees is a moron. James Posey and Kenny Thomas were good moves, I agree. Only one problem. They're both playing for other teams now. And this is mainly due to the ridiculous contract CD and Rudy gave to Mo Taylor. Kenny had to be traded to free up playing time for Mo(and Eddie to a lesser extent) since no GM in the league was gonna take Mo's deal off our hands. And the Rockets couldn't resign Posey without going into luxury tax territory thanks once again to that huge contract. My only hope is that with the expansion draft coming up next offseason, either Mo or Moochie's contract will become the Bobcats' problem. I ain't holding my breath though.
Mo was not a bad signing - he got hurt. Francis didn't fall into the Rockets' laps. They had to come up with players that Vancouver wanted. Presumably, the entire league had a shot at him, yet he ended up with the Rockets. The fact that the Rockets have only had one of their own draft picks land in the top 10 (outside of the Ming draft, which was the result of an injury-riddled season) in the years since they won championships and had the centerpieces of those championships retire proves the front office has done a good job.
Hindsight is a beautiful thing. I'll bet the same people moaning about the bad contracts currently on the books were yelling all summer about how we should have kept (paid) James Posey.
MoTaylor was never going to be any better than a 16 and 8 player. Furthermore, I doubt any team was offering him that much money.
Eddie was a bust but 99% of the people on this board thought we practically robbed the Nets. I can't blame CD for that move. But, not drafting (or not signing) Rashard Lewis is the biggest mistake that CD has made.(repeatedly) But CD even has an excuse for that move. We had our eyes on Pippen. The Mo Taylor signing was pretty bad but I am almost sure that we had a wink wink deal with him when we signed him to the one year exception. For the life of me, I cannot understand why we signed Moochie to such a unfavorable deal. I mean, we were the only team in the market for him. Even if he had other options, we still could of signed him to a shorter deal. I guess the Rockets were trying to keep Steve happy with that move. He has also had some successes. Cassell, Horry, Cat, Francis trade, Mario Ellie (for a 2nd rounder).. I am going to say that he has done an average job but I will start from scratch and give him a very short leash.
I don't understand why CD still does not propose a trade for a backup PG. When will he wake from Moochie nightmare? .
That's interesting, since he scored 17 a game twice. 7 mil a year is not bad for the level of production he potentially could have brought pre-injury.
16 or 17, he's not averaging 20 and 9, 7 mil a year is not bad comparing him to Cato. Its not the worst signing in the world, but he isn't worth the money, and as far as pre injury, why do you supect he would put up much better than he did his first year here, when he was a starter?
Uh, ever heard of... Scott Layden? How he still has a GM job is beyond me. Dude should be flipping burgers right now. "Would you like fries with that? How about Shandon Anderson or Clarence Weatherspoon, instead?"
Pre-injury, the guy was fat and lazy. I don't care how many points a pf scores. If he can't rebound, he is not a starting pf! We overpaid for him.
So do you think his injury is keeping him on the bench this year, I don't think its career threatening.
Most NBA GMs believe the third year is a true indicator of how good a player will be. Hence, the move with EG. Anyway you look at, the Mo Taylor move was a bad one. We had to draft EG, we had to trade KT,...
