When healthy, Rockets prepared to take off, Boston Globe

dartherus · Apr 3, 2010

Sweet Lou 4 2 said:

Lowry and Brooks play the same position...not sure if you can play Lowry at the SG position in crunch time effectively....our back-court might be too small.

If lowry improved his jump shot I think it would make a big difference.
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Have you noticed that Lowry has waay better court vision than Aaron Brooks and is a worse shooter?

In case they have to play together at the same time, isn't it more logical that Aaron Brooks play SG?

Tfor3 · Apr 4, 2010

As Celtics coach Doc Rivers noted this week, "the Rockets play very hard, a reflection on Adelman."

Adelman is a player's coach and he definitely has buy-in from his soldiers. They fight hard and never quit so as to bring honor to the GREAT ADELMAN!!!!!!

Hakeemtheking · Apr 4, 2010

tmacfor35 said:

Scola is probably my favorite player not named Hakeem to ever play for the Rockets. Guy is incredibe, reminds me of the men who play at your local ymca. He is the heart and soul of the Rockets. What a great player, didnt we get him for Spanoulis?
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If we were living in ancient Greece, Scola would have been a Spartan! Man does not know the meaning of the word quit.

leebigez · Apr 4, 2010

pippendagimp said:

imo, iguodala is not an upgrade to martin.......joe johnson on the other hand, YES
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Iggy plays both ends and plays every game which is alot more than what we can say about martin.

Tiger23 · Apr 4, 2010

WinorLoseMate said:

The one thing that strikes my mind about this article is that we really don't need to acquire anything in this free agency. We have played the majority of this season WITHOUT Yao and Kevin Martin. Realistically, any other team would be thrilled to have two high quality starting players being added to their roster. Morey's also set up the future with high picks from NY and a potential lottery pick coming up this year which we can deal or choose to keep.

This season with our best players out, our role players have stepped it up a notch. Aaron Brooks has been recognised as a high quality PG, Budinger can hold his own and is already producing, Lowry is young and still improving his game, Scola has stepped up big time after the Landry trade (which I had doubts with at first; but again Morey has done a magnificent job) and Jordan Hill is starting to step into Landry's shoes.

So to sum it all up, the point I'm trying to make is that we can pretend that we have just acquired Yao and Martin for the start of next season. We know who we are without them (a borderline playoff team and a good one at that). This year in reality may have been a blessing in disguise. Almost all our players have higher trade value which Morey can take advantage of to make the right acquisition. Yao will be fresh, the team has the off season and pre-season to gel and our role players are as good as any in the league. Championship run? You betcha. GO ROCKETS
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we need a star PF who can play above the rim.. if u stand pat at the 4 then ur not trying to be a championship contender

VBG · Apr 4, 2010

dartherus said:

Have you noticed that Lowry has waay better court vision than Aaron Brooks and is a worse shooter?

In case they have to play together at the same time, isn't it more logical that Aaron Brooks play SG?
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Doesn't make much of a difference.

Generally, Lowry plays SG on defense as in he guards the opposing SG. On offense they usually alternate

VBG · Apr 4, 2010

leebigez said:

Iggy plays both ends and plays every game which is alot more than what we can say about martin.
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Meh, Iggy's overrated and definitely not worth his contract.

nebula955 · Apr 4, 2010

dartherus said:

Check it with your own eyes and ask yourself, are you sure such numbers back up your statement?
http://www.nba.com/playerfile/joe_johnson/index.html
FG: .455 this season, .433 career
http://www.nba.com/playerfile/kevin_martin/index.html
FG: .398 this season, .449 career

Even if Kmart would be healthy most of the time (a big if IMO)....even in such optimist scenario....wouldn't Joe Johnson be a better fit playing alongide Brooks and for the team in general? Better D alone wouldn't make Joe Johnson better?
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Yes, I'm sure. try:
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/players/stats?playerId=1007
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/players/stats?playerId=2394
18 fga for JJ, 15 for martin.

Still... I think Joe Johnson is the better player, but will cost near max if we want him...Martin is worth it for the price, but if we can upgrade...go for it.

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