Our whole offense is spreading the floor, which works better now that we have Howard because he commands more double teams vs asik. That's our offense bread and butter how will bringing in a post up PF that never shoots 3 pointers help that ? Love is a different situation because he shoots the 3 but I'm still unsure if I would give up Lin + asik for him. LMA never been to the finals harden & Howard have and they are here
Aldridge to win us a championship??? For all you MeMac fans, LMA has been around since 2006 and although he had led his team to the playoffs three times he has never led them out of the first round or even to a game 7. Otherwise LMA is a great player and I just don't think Portland would trade him outright for Asik (would probably also want Parson and/or Lin and one of the PF's). No go in my book.
Is Love is a better shooter than LMA? For their career, LMA had a better eFG% (.494) than Love (.482) Love has a career 3P % of .352. (following posted on another thread) Here are LMA percentages and attempts from various distances last season: Distance - % - Attempts 03-10 ft .447 - 253 10-16 ft .438 - 260 16-3-pt .418 - 507 Notice the steady decrease in percentages and high number of attempts from 16-3P? They are consistent and hence, easier to project. The longest distance from 3P line is 23 ft and 22 from corners. That's seven more feet max from 16-3P. If LMA plays on our team, he becomes option 2-3 and it will only increase his efficiency. How much of a decrease from 41.8% (507 attempts) if asked to stretch the floor at 3P line? It's reasonable to predict that LMA is FULLY capable of shooting the 3's if asked AND at a decent percentage of no less than 35%. Just because a player who hadn't shot many 3's doesn't mean he is incapable of stretch the floor by making open 3's.
It's about chemistry and winning, not the number of stars. The Lakers had four last season and self imploded.
so we get him to come to Houston for 16mill (asik+Lin) change his game and ask him to shoot 3s, Oh ok that sounds like a good idea
Dwight is simply awful at creating his own shots. Rockets aren't going anywhere if we are depended on Dwight to create. We would be better off with DMo who ranked 5th (synergy) in the league in postup efficiency (small sample size).
It is totally not about that. Centers never create their own shot except shots except of off of offensive rebounds.
Are you living in some fairy tale world that LMA is obtainable for Asik and spare parts???? Damn, I assume that you think that we can trade for LBJ along the same lines. Please find reality somewhere. It is close.
Maybe you should look at the context first. I am saying the Rockets only need to give up Asik+parts to make salary work, so hypothetically the starting lineup would not change besides the addition of LMA. I did not say Portland would accept the deal. Is your head always this far up your ass or is it just stuck in there?
Dwight's ability in creating his own shots is just fine, providing he is not always double triple teamed. That require better spacing and it was not good in last few games. Also he might not be 100% healthy right now, sore hamstring and what not.
his comment was 20 minutes of asik was more useful than 30 minutes of other players. The 'other' was a pretty clear reference to Ryan Anderson since that had become the vogue theory trade.
Don't need Lin for the salary, not sure why they'd want him any way, Asik they could move on, the kids and draft picks have value if you're wanting to win in 2015 and not today But for the offense, the goal is to win a title, and that for the most part means beating Miami. a duel big front line is a lot better for beating them than trying to beat them h2h with their own offense, mainly because of that lebron guy.
