Wesley helped turning around the 2004/2005 season-- the Rockets were struggling to start the season. However, his trade cost us Boki and Jim Jackson. Was the trade a mistake?
Why look back...Wesley was good that year, Boki was an unknown.....and raw. However, Boki is better than Wesley today... DD
Man if it was not for a banged up Sura, a few bad calls and a blown lead in game 3 we sweep Dallas and after that who knows? I was a Boki guy but the moves made by CD that year patched together a flawed team and we were close to being good enough for a title.
we needed a change at that time, and, though i don't have the statistics in front of me, David Wesley's arrival coincided with a HUGE change/trend in terms of our record and ability to stay with teams. Wesley guarded the other team's best player every game, and Boki, pre-trade, didn't do much besides get spot minutes. i think a bigger loss at the time was Jimmy Jax's offense, b/c he was a pretty reliable shooter for us. i'm glad Boki has matured into a decent defender, but even with hindsight being 20/20, i'd still do the trade b/c it brought about a much needed change - a change that propelled our run to the playoffs. btw Van Gundier - don't get upset about the JVG-hating **cks on the board. JVG could go find a solution for the Middle East crisis tomorrow and all of the haters would complain that it took him this long to do it..
I said so at the time, and was flamed. I always thought Wesleys' contribution was overrated, although he is a very nice guy. At the time, Boki stunk, but I really liked Jim Jackson. How is Boki doing now?
I am just wondering what the general sentiment on the board is... Boki isn't doing too badly now, but I don't figure he's that much of an upgrade over our current forwards. The team NEEDED a change back then, and he was the price... and the change worked out just fine, too.
It was a good thing for Boki. Being traded away made him realize that there was someth9ing missing in his game. Now he's finally overcome a bit.
Come on, dude, are you kidding me? Is it really that slow around here that you would feel compelled to start a thread about freakin' Boki Nachbar?
The guy is averaging 6.3 points and 2.3 rebounds in 18 minutes a game. David Wesley was started for us for almost 2 seasons. It was a very good trade.
Busti sucks and still sucks. Busti Nachbar avgs a mere 2.6 rebound per game... Busti avgs 6pts on 39% shooting... 33% 3p oint shooting all in 19mins a game... playing with 3 of the best perimeter players in the league including one of the best point guards in J-Kidd. Can we use someone like Busti Nachbust... sure! If we needed to get Yao a playtime friend or counterstirke buddy. Other than that I dont see what possible use he would be for the Rockets. The trade was definitely NOT a mistake. We got David Wesley for two productive season. Two seasons where he was MUCH MUCH more productive than Nachbar whom last year avged 2.8 points, 37% shooting, a whopping 1 rebound per in 9mins a game. Frankly we should be thankful we got anything of value from trading such a limited one dimensional player.
The more apt question would be, who are the 19 who voted it was a mistake and what medications are they not taking?
