We have to sign Gerald Green and play Brooks

Gerald Green needs to grow a brain.

 

Indeed.

Maybe Santa will leave him one under the tree sometime soon.

 

DD, was it ever actually confirmed that Green turned down an offer from Miami or are you just speculating? I remember when he was in talks with Miami, but I could have sworn that They decided to sign someone else. Do you have a link?

 

lol, this has nothing to do with hating you... it has to do with hating Gerald Green. seriously, he freakin sucks

 

From what read in an article from a Minniapolis newspaper. G. Greene was very gifted athleticly, but coudln't grasp the offensive system and defensive rotation. He didn't understand the philosphy and missed assignments.

 

First of all Brooks gotta understand he has to drive more and more, because sometimes he falls in love with those long jumpers too quickly...but it would be nice to have him as a 2nd option.

But in this case, trade Rafer !

 

Hahahaha Who needs Gereld Green anyway, we have Donte Greene!

 

Green was waived because we needed a big man cause yao went down. He was simply at the wrong place at the wrong time.

 

Brooks and Green deserve minutes...
on a lotto team

 

I can only assume Gerald Green isn't in the future plans of the Rockets. We already have a high potential player that we are grooming in Donte Greene, no real need for Gerald.

 

Most. Predictable. Thread. Ever.

 

I see no harm in paying him little and giving him a bench spot and let him compete in practice to earn playing time. He seems likes he's finally ready to learn. Maybe he was just to immature coming into the league after high school? He would still be the closest athletic player to T-Mac we'd have and has shown slow improvement but would still do more then the other Greene now.

If he we're coming out of college right now, what kind of numbers could he have potentially put up there off plain athletisicm? The only risk is a roster spot and it's all reward potential from there. Who's roster spot would he have to steal, Novack or Hayes? I could still sleep at night. Now that people have forgotten about Rashard lewis, we'd look real stupid if this guy panned our elsewhere when wanting to play here. I'd rather take the risk than hear stories like Rashrd's all over again for years!

 

Green is a freak athlete and has a nice shot. I think he's worth a roster spot. More so than Mike Harris, Loren Woods and other scrubs. A big factor for him I'd imagine is scenery. He averaged 10 ppg for a lottery team at the time in the Boston Celtics and was a solid contributer. Why did he disappear in Minnesota?

Motivation. The Celtics are a storied franchise with 16 championships and a great sports town in Boston, I'd love to play for them. Minnesota on the other hand...I wouldn't be so motivated. That's my reasoning behind it, and why he didn't learn the system there.

Houston, on the other hand is his hometown. I heard he turned down a contract in order to work with Lucas here in his hometown. He wants to play for us. He's motivated. People think he's a terrible defender, but when you're as athletically gifted as he is great defense is just a matter of motivation and dedication. I'm sure Shane can help him out. Our Rockets set a hard working, tenacious tone and I'm sure it's contagious.

The only reason we released him was because of the Yao injury, at least in my opinion. Being acquired in February, I wouldn't expect him to learn Rick Adelman's offense that quickly. Jackson played with Rick before in Sacramento so that's why he started contributing right away. At that time, we needed size immediately, so room had to be made.

Now is different though. He's had a few months to work on his game and possibly the entire summer and training camp to learn the system. We need an explosive 2/3, especially since Battier is the only listed SF on the roster (if you don't include Greene). Our backup for the 2 is Luther Head, for the 3 it's Steve Novak, according to the depth chart on espn. He's worth the risk.

For those of you who say the Rockets staff saw something they didn't like, what is your source? Where did you get that info from? Or is it just your guess?

 

sign green for the summer camp, then let things roll.

With 2 rookies coming in and signing, a 2-1 or even a 3-1 trade seems to be down the line, as morey seems to be hinting about with that 2nd round draft as a daft bait.

Good times to look ahead. Hopefully we get pick no 30 and 60 next season.

 

i've lost all faith in GG. He can still be a good player but saying we "have to sign him" is a long shot...sort of like thinking vpsan is a good player

 

ya sign gerald reen so we get two greens bros:}

 

Morey's pretty smart, you can almost always get a decent 2/3 in free agency for the full MLE or less. You can pretty much never get an effective big, or a tall/atheletic/upside player without drafting them. I see us picking one of those wings out there whether its GG or not.

 

Yes, we should get GG back. We need to dump Hayes (sorry Hayesfan), Harris and Loren, and see where Eliyahu, Dorsey or Greene fit into our scheme during camp.


I have a feeling Greene's going to the NBDL to develop. Dude's 19 and has alot to polish on his game. Dorsey is 24, probably has a better chance of contributing today than Hayes.

And let's be honest. We can't get GG until Landry gets his contract situation fixed.