What should the rockets do for the 2nd Half Season?

Agreed -- at least, in terms of option 2. Sorry, abc2007...but why such a limited poll with such a realistically unrealistic option 2, especially the first part of option 2? Given the two choices, the poll seems a waste of effort. Sorry.

 

And since we're not getting Mr. Wall (we could lose every game left this season and probably still finish better than Minnesota and New Jersey), who else?

 

Theoretically, the team that has the worst record has the best chance to improve the most for the next year.

Still, I think making the playoffs will make us that much more attractive in free agency. But we still don't know what is going to happen in free agency till the trade deadline passes. We have to wait.

 

I may say trading Ariza is larger than that of trading Batter because of the importance of Battier individually for the Rockets, great leader and mentor for our youngsters, especially for C-Bud and JT.

Buying out T-Mac would hurt our chances of making a playoff run since we're running out of gameplans that we could draw up before the game, but none of the current Rockets are fully capable of making plays consistently besides some flamboyant plays by Brooks and Lowry.

 

Yeah, it's meaningless to hold him but as you said, if it's a developmental year for our rookies, then they should better keep Battier over Ariza 'cause our youngsters could learn more from him than Ariza despite his experience of championship run with the Lakers.

Also it's gonna be a moot point that we couldn't even stay in the playoff race, they just wanna make the playoff that bad so they can taste it. At least getting into playoffs and gaining experience in a long run, which would lead to a good start next season.

 

Suggesting that a team with a winning record at this point in the season could or should tank is what I see as a kind of foolish suggestion for a poll option. I just don't see any logic or sense of reality associated with that. If they had any kind of shot at the first pick by virtue of having a really poor record and it was later in the season...yeah, it might be realistic to suggest.

 

I'm just talking about the absurdity of the poll choices. What the Rockets will do is try to win as many games as possible, probably acquire another player or players in the second half of the season (depending on what the powers that be decide), and see where they stand once the playoffs begin. The "tanking" part of the poll is what I find unrealistic as far as rational discussion.

 

Yes, I could choose option A...but in this particular case, I choose not to choose (no vote cast).

 

Favors? Davis? Aminu?

 

Rockets are the best team in the league minus every other teams biggest two contracts.

 

Just to comment on the logic...or lack thereof. I think it could have been improved by offering more choices. There were too many limiting factors imposed by option 2, if you understand what I mean. I'm just commenting without voting.

 

bad logic.
First, if you tank now, you still be better than other teams, and that means that the rockets could be in the lower picks in the lottery, like 10-14, then what team is going to trade ariza for a 1st round pick? a very bad GM would do that trade. so you want to have 2 1st round picks, and a star player, by only trading battier or ariza? thats a very wild dream.

and now its a little late to think about tanking, with 23 wins, and coming the easy part of the schedule.