Try to get Francis, keep Battier, trade Alston and Lucas - possible destinations?

Why has Morey not even hinted at possibly getting Francis? because he DOESNT want him. Rockets do not want Francis.

 

Maybe it's because he's not available until Tuesday or Wednesday next week? The waiver time period is 7 days and no team is going to jump before that. I think the only team that has seriously started talking with him are the Clips and that's because of Mobley and Cassell. All talks of the Mavs, Houston, and the Heat is just speculation by sports writers so far. I haven't seen anything confirmed about Francis talks with any teams.

 

Well, Chucky Atkins just agreed to terms with Denver this afternoon so it looks like it'll be a Blake-Atkins committee next season for the Nuggets.

Cleveland seems to be the only logical taker of Alston now... Maybe Miami if Mo stays in Milwaukee or vice versa?

 

exposed because there was no one else to play the point position. Because no one can set up an offense and take care of the ball besides rafer. Francis does neither of those.

 

You're right cause Francis is a scorer and leads the league in Free Throw percentage. Francis probably has a better 3 pt shot than does Alston. Rafer is a bricklayer.

 

refresh my memory.

we can still trade james in a 1 for 1 deal correct?

the idea of james and francis sharing pg minutes sounds like a nightmare. so imagine how I might feel about them possibly sharing the court...

a rafer/steve combo makes alot more sense.

 

leads the league in FT %?

francis is a worse 3pt shooter than rafer

but he can throw down "sick" dunks so i guess he is better.

Francis is/was a talented player but rockets need at least 1 pg on this team that can actually play the PG position traditionally and run an offense...francis isnt that type of pg.

 

while I am all for the idea of bringing in camby I just don't see it happening. for starters he makes 10+mil for 3 more years, so suddenly we're in luxury tax hell.
secondly denver will be looking for alot more than that for Camby. head is good, but at this point one dimensional and nowhere near a star. JL3 might develop into a good back-up in a run and gun system...but thats the roll they brought atkins in for. and a late first round pick doesn't have a very appealling face value.

not to mention we'd then have a logjam at te 4/5 for minutes. I think our big dillema has essentially been solved for the offseason, at least in the eyes of mgmt. scola was brought in to assume starts minutes (by the end of next season at least).

 

dawg that is a stupid trade idea....post it over on a Nuggets board and watch them laugh you off the web...its just ignorant.

 

good lord. Alston is not going to fetch us Camby. neither is a bunch of potential 8-11 rotation players.

And please, please do not get Francis. As I posted in the other francis thread, he is the death of ball movement, player movement. the two things on which any Adelman offense is built. He didn't like Mobley in Sacto b/c the offense ceased to flow when Cat got the ball. Stevie makes Mobley seem like Steve Nash or larry legend as a passer.

Alston is a better fit than Francis in this offense>

 

That writer who used to hate on the Rockets because of JVG and was a real homer for Phil Jackson thinks Justin Reed is a really giood energy guy.

 

Enjoy the discussion, but Francis is not coming here.

 

Forget Francis, we need a back up SG/SF with some size. There's a chance Bonzi will come to camp like he did last year.

 

Keep Mike Harris, sign Ime Udoka.

 

I agree Camby is a pipedream. Start with Battier and Head or Alston (which I don't think I want to do) and they might not hang up the phone either laughing or angry, maybe.

On Francis, I am just not interested. James/Alston/Head are all healthier and all are certainly more disciplined, within the system players--in competing for 1 minutes and back-up 2 minutes behind Tmac. Francis even makes Mike James seem discipline and focused, not that it is James' strength. I'd certainly take Francis back for the vet min or LLE, but we honestly could not and should not promise him PT over Alston, James and Head.

Marshall would help. In all honesty I am more confident of his NBA worthyness for 20MPG than Scola or Landry at this point. At least we would have a fall back position of someone who could help out Hayes just in case Scola or Landry have terrible flaws once brought against NBA competition.

I would imagine Cleveland would give Marshall away for free. Basically a combination of player that include Sura, Snyder, JL3 or Novak. I wouldn't trade him for Alston unless we got picks from Cleveland.

Finally I am skeptical on counting on other teams unwantededs to produce. That means Scola (if we get him here), Bulter, and if we signed Francis. There is a reason they have been jettisoned. SA clearly thought Butler would probably never produce, and that Scola was no sure thing over the not so impressive alternatives of Elson, Oberto, and Bonner. It wasn't like Scola was competing with Duncan for PT. Now you could chalk up Francis flailing in NY to the Knicks franchise, but then Portland thought so little of his scoring punch and leadership that they would rather pay 90% of his contract and let him walk than hang around that young team.

At least with Marshall it is understandable that Cleveland would rather have their money on Gooden and Verajo. Marshall was not actually a bad player for them for 15-20 minutes. He rebounds solid and hits 3s. They just have younger and (slightly) better ones, and Marshall is quite expensive for a team's 3rd PF.

 

Apparently San Antonio is prepared to give Ime Udoka a pretty big contract. They see him as Bruce Bowen's eventual replacement. He wouldn't come to back up Battier for the forseeable future.

 

Udoka is already 30. I doubt he is in their long term plans.