Fear not, fear not. I have a friend who works in the Rockets organization, and he told me that this is just part of a bigger sign-and-trade with the Knicks for Steve Francis. The Rockets want SF3 back, and the Knicks desperately need a hardworking player who can hustle and play defense, and Ryan Bowen fits the bill for them. They have enough scorers already, they just need to upgrade their defense. The multi-million dollar deal was necessary to make the trade work under salary cap rules. Welcome back to Houston, Stevie!
Ryan made the game winning play against the Wizards last night! From the Washington Times Wizards' rally falls short By John N. Mitchell THE WASHINGTON TIMES April 1, 2006 HOUSTON -- Antawn Jamison appeared to find himself in the perfect situation. The ball swung masterfully from Gilbert Arenas to Donnell Taylor to Antonio Daniels in the corner before, lastly, to the recently hot-handed Jamison. To help the situation, Houston's defenders had been scrambling, and the man assigned to Jamison, Ryan Bowen, was so confused he fell down in front of Jamison. That might have been the problem. With time expiring and the Washington Wizards down two, Jamison's would-be game-winning 3-pointer harmlessly clanked off the back of the rim. The Wizards, who rallied furiously to get back in the game, came up short 105-103 to Houston at Toyota Center last night. "We got them to a point where they were scrambling," said Jamison, who finished with 28 points and nine rebounds (including going 4-for-9 from 3-point range ). "A.D. made a perfect pass. The thing that messed me up was when I saw [Ryan] fall to the floor because I was so open. http://www.washtimes.com/sports/20060401-123245-9673r.htm
When that contract was done, MM was exactly what the Rockets needed... a heady guy who was a perfect balance for our low post play. Bowen's contract is done at a time when the Rockets need exactly what he brings to the table... we need to balance the grace of our center and the athleticism of Tmac and the speed of Alston with what Bowen brings to the court.
Bowen looked so out of place on that last play when he basically collapsed trying to contest the shot by Jamison, I was rolling, after Jamison missed the shot of course....Just go to http://www.ryanbowen.com/main.html, where all the Rybo experts get their real-time info on our favorite player
this is a bargain. much lower price than we had to pay taylor or mooch, and a lot more smarts and hustle on the court for sure. looks like our rebuilding offseason started early! whooo
This seems surreal. As I was reading the article I thought it was something from The Onion. Then I looked up and saw ESPN. It's real.
This is a great signing by the team. Rybo brings it every night and it's good to see his work ethic rewarded.
I've got it on good authority that this has everything to do with the new GM's stat system. Rybo is top ten in the league for point differential when he is on the floor (since he has been in the league). We can look forward to many signings like this. Color me scared to death!
Ohhhh, RealGM says the Knicks want to trade Marbury. http://realgm.com/src_wiretap_archi...an_marbury_has_played_final_game_with_knicks/ So I guess we're getting Starbury as our backup point guard after all. Dangit, I wish it was Stevie!!!
My question is, why didnt we get this done sooner? I don't even think we'll need Tracy at this point with RYBO on board to take us to 2012.
these rookie posters are pissing me off. all they do is question the organizations moves and they think they know better than them. Do they have any idea how to run a multimilion dollar basketball organization? if not they should politely STFU. SIck of these rookies, man, sick of them. Us senior posters have been around longer with the rockets and have gone through all the bad signings over several years and more. Yao. good. Tmac. bad signing. SF3. Good. That short stint when Ewing was a backup center, Great. Bowen is a hardworking player and this society, and especially the NBA deserves the hardworking ones to be rewarded. You rookies who complain about this signing know nothing about basketball, but us seniors, with our superior post count do, because we love this team and love basketball and are a lot smarter than you.
