at this point, we really need to move luther and hayes. i agree with dd, we do need to sign gerald, and also play brooks more with the second unit. i think bj has some value here, not only his contract but he knows the offense well, and is at this point better than brooks.
Guys, Gerald Green was caught smoking pot by team management on not one occurance, but twice. These weren't on random room/house checks either. He couldn't even leave the stuff at home. One of those times was near/in the team locker room where he tried to light one up. He has to mature and he knows it. I know people connected to the Rockets and that is why he was waived so quickly. The Landry injury to bring in Harris was a nice cover though.
Too bad,GG still has potential.We can't let him hang around our rookies and other young players if he is a drug user. If he can straighten up some other team might still give him a chance.
I think that someone needs to prove it, or Clutch should delete it, as this could spread throughout the internet and may just be something made up. DD
No more room at the inn for Gerald that's my point. Also, I think it's well past time to move on anyway. If the guy was a player, he'd be on someone's roster and not in the NBA limbo he's in today. I like DD a lot but he has this penchant for falling in love with guys who cannot play or who are sitting on the end of the bench. What he keeps forgetting is that they are there for a good reason.
I don't fall in love, I like potential, and giving someone a chance to grow.....low risk high reward.... I don't know whether GG will develop or not, but if he costs us very little, then why not be the team to find out? That is where a lot of people mis-read the players I am suggesting......not that they are ready now, but that they might be, and in a position of need... If GG did what StevieRebel says he did, then pass, but if not, they sign him to a very low contract and see if he develops by being around professionals like Battier, Yao and Tmac... DD
God's Honest truth with what I am saying. I am not going to reveal who I know but having season tickets gets you networked if you sit in the right location...
Here is what I am thinking: There is always a chance that GG can "get it," I just don't know that the past few years supports betting on it. Sure, you can say he's still 22, and has "upside." But if he does have upsdie, would you not expect him to have improved between ages 18 and 22? Isn't that what "upside" is about? Ability to improve?
Stevie, I believe you heard it but this is a pretty serious accusation. It is sort of like that Tmac issue a couple of years ago where someone made some erroneous stuff up about him. Not saying that is what is happening here, but that is a pretty serious thing to be accused of..... DD
Sure, but everyone has a different age at which they mature....some are driven at 18...and others take a bit longer.......and still others...never get it..... I don't know which one GG is.....but he has insane talent.......it seems he needs maturity....and that can come from being around a good group of professionals and watching how they go about their business. DD
DD, you always fall for the mutts and the long shots and that's OK with me. All I'm saying is that the odds of guys like these busting through to become the kind of players you are seeking is very small. Take what you just posted about GG: He's been around professionals on 3 teams now and apparently it hasn't made one difference. And even if a guy like GG was a good option, the Rox simply don't have the years to spare waiting for someone like him to get a clue. Not with the clock ticking on Yao & Tmac.
Ugh, That is just not true......I don't fall in love with them, I like taking low risks on players and hoping they work out. Just look at the players I have been talking about lately...V-Span, Harris, Gerald Green, Aaron Brooks..... Those are all young players with something to prove.........I enjoy discussing potential, and filling out the roster with a couple of low risk-high reward...YOUNG players versus.....veterans. See, I would rather have Aaron Brooks as my 3rd string PG, than Mike James.....I prefer younger players developing to old veterans hanging on....at the end of the bench. DD
It's not his maturity level that I'm worried about. It's whether he can play functional NBA basketball. In the last few years, his ability to play functional NBA basketball is basically a flat line. Stuck on the same level. If he had potential, you'd expect him to keep leveling up and gain new abilities and spells. And don't act like not having NBA role models is the problem. He spent the last few years around pros like Paul Pierce, Doc Rivers, hell... even Brian Scalabrine and young Kendrick Perkins and Al Jefferson. All these guys are good professionals. Let's not pretend that there's somethng magical about Tracy McGrady, Yao Ming, Battier, Hayes and Adelman.
The point is that the kid was developing, in his 2nd year he averaged 10+ ppg, then was shipped to siberia.....in the Jefferson trade and quit getting playing time. He WAS developing, maybe he took a one year sabatical due to situation? I don't know...but if he is dedicated (and drug free) why not take a low risk look at the guy? DD
because he is lazy, has a poor work ethic, has a severe case of coasting on talent alone, apparently does drugs, and was irrelevant enough to be cut despite the rockets wasting a second round pick to acquire him. think of the rockets like an office work environment rather than a basketball team. they are all professionals. they come in, work hard, practice hard, train hard, and the harder they practice and train, the better for them all. then you throw in some lazy dude who thinks he can skate by on talent alone, and he'll screw it up for everyone. would YOU want to work with someone like that everyday? hoping he'll put it together instead of smoking pot in the bathroom while you work your butt off? the rockets already have to deal with some of that with tracy. but he's a proven NBA superstar. GG is a nothing.
You're both wrong. I can't say where I heard this, but he got his pink slip because of the way he ties his shoes. I swear.
