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Which one of these bad things produced the best actual result?

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by jamalccc, May 18, 2003.

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Which one of these bad things produced the best actual outcome?

  1. Not making to the playoffs in 2002-2003. (Giving Yao Ming some needed time to rest in two years; Sho

    16 vote(s)
    28.1%

  2. Trading Jefferson for Griffin. (Producing a terrible season in 2001-2002 and the loss of a future al

    28 vote(s)
    49.1%

  3. Not trading EG for Abdur-Rahim. (Leaving the door open for the development of a future Jermaine O'ne

    5 vote(s)
    8.8%

  4. Losing Rudy T. for the last part of 2002-2003 to health reasons. (Exposing the incompetence of Larry

    8 vote(s)
    14.0%
  1. jamalccc

    jamalccc Member

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    Here is the remake of the screwed up pool. Vote and explain please.
     
    #1 jamalccc, May 18, 2003
  2. jamalccc

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    I personally think losing Richard Jefferson is a good thing in fact. If we were to have Jefferson instead of Griffin, our record for 2001-2002 would be inevidably better, and our chance of landing Yao Ming would be much much much smaller. I probably would have happened if that were the case. Choosing between having a future all-star SF and a future super-star center, I choose the second option in a heart-bit.

    The whole point of making this pool is to show that apparent misfortunes are sometimes in fact the pathway to greater outcomes in the long run. Of course, not every bad decision lead to better results. However, history has taught us that so many great achievements were based on temporary defeats. Some times, bad things are necessary for great things to happen. We need to look at every apparent crisis from a different angle and discover and exploitate the hidden opportunities.
     
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  3. BubbaMac

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    Actually the incompetance of Smith isn't really his fault. After being an assistant for Rudy for so long, you can't expect Smith to know how to act like a head coach, if the head coach himself seems confused half of the time out there.

    If the teacher is a moron, the student will be a moron too.
     
    #3 BubbaMac, May 18, 2003
  4. smoothie

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    i voted for getting yao. as long as we have him we will be ok.
     
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    I voted for missing out on RJ but getting Yao. None of the other 3 have produced anything positive yet, they've only opened the door.

    You can't say that getting sucky aspects of the team exposed is a good thing unless it actually leads to change, which I'll believe when I see it.
     
    #5 Jebus, May 18, 2003
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    Of course getting Yao Ming. He's our future. Dynasty. It was a good thing.......but painful to watch them. But in three years.....HAVOC!!!!!!!!!!!

    Houston, Texas.
     
    #6 SLA, May 18, 2003
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    im torn on the griffin/jefferson thing. if the trade didnt go down than we most likely would not have landed yao. but we also would still have kenny thomas cause there would have been no need for posey. our lineup would be...

    collins/cato
    thomas/taylor
    jefferson/rice/t-mo
    cat/harris/hawkins
    francis/moochie(ugh)

    would this line-up be better than the one w/ yao? jefferson would have been a nice fit w/ cat and steve and collins has proven to be a pretty decent big man (in the east, at least).

    i think that in the short term this would get us into the playoffs and we probably would have made it this year, but yao is a guy who i believe will eventually win it all, so id have to go w/ the yao lineup.
     
    #7 jo mama, May 18, 2003
  8. jamalccc

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    Forget about Jefferson. We got Yao Ming. If you were to choose one, which one would you get?
     
    #8 jamalccc, May 19, 2003
  9. white lightning

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    Also remember that Jefferson was drafted at the request of the Nets. We might not have selected him for ourselves even if we had kept the pick. Also, I don't think that making the playoffs and losing to SA in 4 or 5 games would have tired out Yao any more than he was already.
     
    #9 white lightning, May 19, 2003
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