Sorry, it's the right comparison. Someone was trying to make the point that NBA ROYs never bust. My point is yes, sometimes they do. If Tyreke Evans doesn't get serious about developing his game, he'll be playing overseas in a couple years. His ROY was a product of the Sacramento Kings promoting him in the media similar to the way a college team promotes Heisman Trophy candidates. His ROY was a joke to begin with. He WAS NOT the best player in his rookie class. His statistics were and still are hollow. High usage rate, very, very low efficiency.
I have serious doubts about McHale in general and don't give him a dime of credit for Dragic's success. Dragic proved himself to be talented before coming to Houston. Either way, unless the Rockets give up nothing more than pocket change, do not want a player like Reke. As someone else said, the 5th pick in the draft is the bacon around the pill (Reke). Maybe there is a sensible deal to be done. The Kings know they won't get spit for Reke unless they combine him with the draft pick.
Wow Tyreke Evans isnt a BUM, he has talent, and is fairly young I have my doubts of how he would fit here in Houston, but his talent is unquestioned. He is a ball-stopper because he is willing to pass the ball to the open shooter, or man( and stats back that up). But i just see him a huge tweener, and 1 that should NOT be playing PG I would give up Lowry, Morris, Budinger, and maybe the 14th for Reke and the 5th
So let me see if I understand how you think free agency and agents work. If Morey offers Player A $5mil, and another team offers Player A $4mil, because of his cheap ass reputation the agent would tell Player A to sign elsewhere for less money. OTOH, if "Hypothetical incredibly generous Rockets GM" offers Player B $4mil, and another team offers Player B $5mil, because of reputation the agent would tell player B to take less money from the Rockets because of our GM's awesome overspending reputation.
Besides his ability to drive to the basket, which skill does Evans possess that's above average for a guard? I see more all-around basketball skills oozing out of TWill than Evans, but he's much inferior to Evans in terms of shot creation and getting to the basket. I actually prefer if Evans' problems to be motivational issues. If so, I'd love it if the Rockets trade for him. I see him as someone who's incapable of improving much, rather than someone who doesn't want to improve.
Who cares about journeyman free agents. I'm talking about the stars who get max offers from multiple teams. If the offers are the same, why would they want to sign with Houston when we have a reputation for trying to nickel and dime our "assets".
I contested u and your 3pt theory. 3 pt % doesn't indicate you can shoot or not. That's my point. You can be a great shooter and a terrible 3 pt shooter. I didn't chart hit shots,but you have to add it all up. If he can get to the rim and shoot that 30% on jumpshots, I can work with that. Most is shot recognition and repititions. If he's shooting 45% from the floor despite being a 30% jumpshooter, thts a easy fix. Pretty much if he gets to 40%, he's gonna shoot over 50% from the field. Tell me derrick rose jumpshooting % the yr prior to his mvp yr. If you can get to the rim and finish, you don't have to be anything more than a avg jumpshooter. Why? You're getting layups,floaters,baby hooks,dunks, or fouls.
30% is not an average jumpshooter that's a horrible jumpshooter. You're talking about a 10% increase in mid-range accuracy, how often does that happen in the NBA when you don't have 3 pt range? What easy fix are you talking about, if it was that easy then everybody could increase their mid-range accuracy. As you said it takes a lot of repitition and practice, and looking at how Evan's game hasn't improved at all the past couple of years I don't know why you think he'll suddenly wake up one morning, decide he wants to be the best NBA player in history and start working on his game like mad. As for getting those layups, floaters, babyhooks and dunks it'll be hard to penetrate in the lane and do anything if the opponent can zone up and prevent you from getting close to the rim. Right now he's playing on a garbage team so opponents don't take him too seriously and let him dominate the ball and have his way because every time he ball hogs his team loses. However when he goes to a winning team Miami and OKC will clamp down on the paint so hard he'll be rendered useless.
Why would star players compare themselves with journeymen? What kind of bizarro world do you live in where your Dwight Howard, Deron Williams of the world care whether or not we pay Aaron Brooks or Courtney Lee? If anything, nickel and diming mediocrity is what allows you to save up enough to offer the max. I want to be the team with max capspace instead of splitting that money on overpaying those assets you speak of.
Basically what rosalian above said. If you can "easily" get 30% jumpshooters to get shoot 40%, then you should be able to get a very good job for any NBA team. Because no NBA team can "easily" make players develop jumpshots.
Well that's part of the risk of acquiring the guy. If he can work on his mid-range game and learn when to take better shots the guy could be very good. He's already a beast going to the basket. He's only 22. You're telling me the guy has peaked at 22? I don't buy it. BTW, there has been a ton of guys have come into the NBA as bad shooters and have gotten better through hard work. The risk is assessing if Tyreke wants to put that work in, because like it or not the kid has talent.
Oh, I like a reclamation project as much as anyone. I just prefer them to come at a very, very cheap price. For example, Lowry's price was Rafer. Dragic, Jordan Hill, Thabeet, Flynn were all throw-ins or semi-throwins in trades where we really wanted the picks. But for likely a 1st rounder(probably our 14th pick), I prefer a more clean project, like one we can get in the draft.
Living here in sacramento and watching many of his games I warn everyone against Evans. He is an awful shooter, who has very low basketball IQ. The only time he truly is effective is when he has the ball on a fast break....then he can by dynamic. In a half court offense he is awful. For those of you who think evans is a better player than a healthy lowry, or dragic, you guys are on some serious drugs.
On Tyreke being a ball hog. HE can improve. He needs the right coaching and the right environment. Look at Mcgee, the right coaching got him playing really good in the Playoffs. Its not their fault for being in a crappy team. Tyreke can pass, as he did show is Rookie season.
Don't be an ass or I will simply ignore you. Let's take a guy who the Rockets have targeted. Morey wants him, but other teams do too. Now this guy is thinking one contract ahead. He's getting essentially the same offer from several teams, but one of those teams (us) has a reputation for playing hardball on contract extensions. Why choose us if he thinks Morey is going to nickel and dime him four years down the road. Morey is smart not to overpay, but he's not very smooth in how he goes about it.
