I think its about time we get rid of Maurice Taylor. He is not that great. Through these playoffs he has shown me a couple of things. #1 he rebounds horribly for a power forward, #2 he has horrible defense, and #3 he is not our answer at the power forward position. Karl just torched him in the final deciding games. We were able to hold Shaq and Kobe pretty well, but Malone torched us. Malone is good, so I can see him doing well, but to see hardly any scoring coming from our 4 spot is awful. Its time to look for another answer at the 4 besides Mo Taylor.
mo has been excellent coming off the bench this season. the only thing is, if we get rid of cato, who will be our back up center for yao? but we do need a powerforward that'll greatly compliment yao. cwebb is on the top of my list. rasheed and elton i like them too.
Maybe we should just get rid of Ming instead. I'm truly starting to believe this. How about someone to go along side Oakfor?
Better yet if we can get him renegotiated his contract to free up some cap room to get Rasheed W if possible.
I say we deal MoT to the Celtics for Chris Mihm and Marcus Stewart. Both of their contracts are expiring, and they may be interested in Mo because they are horrible at PF, and Ainge is trying to turn his team into a scoring machine. Vin Baker was removed from their cap (not completely though), so they can do this and they'll have a great starting 5 for next year: LaFrentz MoT Welsch/Pierce Pierce/Ricky Davis Chucky Atkins We get a couple of expiring contracts that could be tremendous for us. We'd be holding around 9M in expiring contracts along with a 7M trade exception. We could go tremendously below the cap after one year and sign someone good, or we could trade those assets. Point being, we wouldn't have anymore horrible contracts. Teams like the Hawks, Sonics, Blazers, Bulls, Heat, and Hornets would be looking to shave money off their salary cap, and we could offer expiring contracts or the TE. I don't think we'd be worse off than before, and besides, we could pick up McDyess via the MLE maybe, and we could ride out the expiring contracts and let the TE expire to be in top condition.
Is it really? For a guy that is as talented as he is, what has he proven? It's not like he doesn't have the size or the skill to make an impact in every single game he plays in. He just doesn't have the desire or an edge to his game. I would like to see someone with alot more quickness and dominance down low, that's all I'm saying.
Every single team in the league would like that. Unfortunately, there will not be another Hakeem Olajuwon. Okafor is not half the offensive player Yao is. You think a rookie Okafor will be better than a 3rd year Yao? Give me a break. I'm not saying Yao's not to blame, but the blame is on everyone. This team is flawed, and among the big 3 (Francis, Yao, JVG), Francis will most certainly be the one to go first if there is a need for major change.
You want to trade Yao because of his lack of desire (very questionable), I have to feel sorry for you man. I'm not too worry about quickness and etc. because those can be taught and get improved over time but you can't teach height.
We all are. The problem with this team is that they just don't fit together. I think we need an overhaul, and I think Francis and Ming should both stay. But we need a different type of SG, and we need a better PF. Best possible and plausible scenario IMO: Tyson Chandler and Jalen Rose. I know that Chandler's available for the right price and that Rose is outright available. I think it would be pretty easy to snatch Rose from the Raptors, a Mobley/Cato package should do it. Chandler would be a bit more difficult. However, what if we sent them the TE and Pike for a big contract of their choice and Chandler? Chandler is a superb per minute shotblocker and rebounder. In his limited minutes, the numbers are staggering. He pulls down 7.7 rebounds in around 25 minutes. MoT hasn't done that in his career, and he's played upto 36 minutes per game a couple of times. The difference between Chandler and Cato? Chandler has slightly better length and athleticism. Meaning? We can run the same things we do with Cato, probably with better results (alley-oops) while also rationalyy holding out hope that Chandler's offense will improve slightly. All we're asking for is a consistent 15-foot Jumper from a 21 year old. Jalen Rose, although, whiny, has tons of experience, and can play both backcourt positions. He candefend the 2 and play the point on offense. He has a nice 3-pt stroke that can only improve with a big man. He's a good all-round threat, which is what you want in JVG's system. Take the good with the bad. Rose is a better fit with Steve than Mobes.
Agreed. Everyone says Taylor provides offense off the bench. As the games got tighter, he took more and more shots beyond 15 feet. This guy will not fight for a rebound to save his life.Talk about low expectations! We pay this guy 42 million dollars and we like his scoring off the bench? Guys who can't chew gum and walk at the same time have rebound and defended better than Taylor.
Mo T does provide offense off the bench but wheres his defense .The Rox need a true point and a real power forward that can score and play defense.
dumb MoT. I agree with the thread. he is worthless. a PF that shoot outside jumpers and does not rebound or defend is MAT Bullard. and since Mo cannot shoot the three he is worthless
