Why are the Rockets not filling out the bench quickly???

Because they can't sign anyone until tomorrow

 

Because we have a low value MLE to offer and most of the players that people are worried about are signing for more than we can offer.

Also, our bench is not empty. Garcia, Casspi, Beverly, Greg Smith, DonutsORJones, Asik...

Some good bench players there and then a guy named Casspi.

 

Um aren't we actually pretty much set??

Lin/PBev/Canaan
Harden/Garcia/Anderson
Parsons/Casspi/Anderson
Smith/DMo/Jones
Howard/Asik/Smith

We have three players for every position and the only one of those who hasn't seen real NBA minutes before is Canaan.

 

If Neal's value drops I would love to sign him, otherwise, I'm hoping T-Jones and D-mo come through for us this season. There is not really anything out there that jumps out at me that we need to sign. Is better to be patient and see what players might be released and what players might be traded.

 

I think we're set at every position. I'm going to make a claim that Pat Bev will be the eventual starter, with Canaan backing him up.

Lin will be the 6th man off the bench and play off guard with Bev or Canaan.

If you remember, Lin played 2 guard against the Thunder while Bev was playing PG, and it worked pretty darn well. Expect to see more of that next season.

 

I'm not sure why you think we don't already have a pretty filled out bench. As is, it looks something like this:

Lin/Harden/Parsons/TJones/Dwight...Bev/Canaan/Garcia/Casspi/DMo/GSmith/Asik

That's a very solid 12, very good starting lineup, and a very good bench.

 

Huh? The roster is pretty full. Unless we cut someone there is not room.

1 D12
2 Asik
3 Smith
4 DMo
5 TJones
6 Ohlbrect
7 CP25
8 Cisco
9 Caspri
10 Covington
11 JHard
12 Anderson
13 JLin
14 PatBev
15 Canaan

That's 15 people under contract.

 

Because they have only played two games of summer league. Once SL is over then the bench will be filled.

 

This!

What the hell bench are people expecting?

Our bench is pretty solid as is.

 

I am betting that Ohlbrecht gets cut if there isn't a trade.

 

Well, it's not like the Rockets have a game that counts they need to play tomorrow night. No worries. Plenty of time to make roster moves.

 

We have by FAR the best backup center in the NBA, plus if Smith comes off the bench instead of starting, one of the better backup power forwards, and a pretty good backup PG in PBev. Garcia is an average bench wing.

Looks decent to me.

 

The Rockets are probably waiting for a quality player to slip and sign for our limited $$$. I am assuming Brewer wants too much $$$.

 

olbrecht. Covington. Anderson are non guaranteed

 

Even without Anderson we still have two backup wings... Garcia and Casspi.

 

The Rockets bench is fine. If they're going to upgrade, it's not depth, but rather front-line talent. PG and PF seem to be the most likely position to upgrade if they find someone.

 

Lin/Beverley
Harden/Garcia
Parsons/Casspi
Jones/Motiejunas
Howard/Asik/Smith

There's really just a need for one more guy. Either a good wing defender (Brewer) or a quality vet at the PF spot.

With Canaan, Anderson and Ohlbrecht being in the d-league or in suits.

Bench has 3/5th's of the starting unit that won two playoff games against OKC, really not bad at all! Doubt their is any other team in the NBA that deep.

 

When I look at the roster (and Free Agency class, for that matter) I look at the guys and imagine how they'd play in a Game 7 fourth quarter of the Finals. We are a contending team now.

Lin/Beverley
Harden/Garcia
Parsons/Casspi
Jones/Motiejunas
Howard/Asik/Smith

I'm still iffy on Lin. Seems like we can use a guy like Corey Brewer to round out our bench. I doubt Casspi will be a rotational player. Certainly not in the playoffs. Obviously, our PF slot is far from a finished product.