Rox has made history in the NBA by signing such a fat contract to a player who can't shoot. Sometimes you've got to be them to understand what needs to be done to build a champion-calibre team. Nobody will forget CD for at least 6 years. Yao and TM, you are in trouble. Expect d-teams next year cause your management is not prepared to find shooters around you!
Ryan Bowen hustles. His contribution to the team does not show up in the stats. Ryan Bowen hustles. He dives for the loose ball and works hard setting picks. Ryan Bowen hustles. He does all the dirty works for the team. Have I mentioned that Ryan Bowen hustles? Keep the guy at all cost. Max him up if we have to. Go Rockets!
"He's a career 1.4/1.4 guy and we're just happy to get this behind us," said Van Gundy. I am totally confused what VG means!
Faulty logic. Let's examine other players in the NBA with similar salaries: http://www.hoopshype.com/salaries.htm Just a list a few: Ben Wallace: $7,350,000 (05/06) Udonis Haslem: $5,000,000 (05/06) Emanuel Ginobili: $7,425,000 (05/06) Bruce Bowen: $3,375,000 (05/06) Marcus Camby: $7,150,000 (05/06)
I hope the new assistant gm agreed to do this as well. If not, there will be a lot of friction between he and Van Gundy before he even becomes the gm.
my personal beef isnt with the rookie's opinions, im sure they have some inciteful, opinions they are perfectly entitled too i think most of the vetrans issue with the rookies is how they create a bunch of useless threads like "The Rockets are showing pride" and "Yao, first center of the NBA". the ideas in those threads could easily been posted in an existing thread. ppl just dont want clutchfans to turn into ESPN msg boards
Nor does his contributions show up in the win column. The guy can't score, he's not a great defender, he doesn't change the tempo of the game, and he doesn't impact the game. He may work hard at setting picks, but his picks still suck. He can roll to the basket, but he'd still miss the lay up. He can pop after the pick but only to brick the shot. You keep mentioning he hustles, but that doesn't translate into any points, and more importantly it doens't translate into any wins. He's simply not worth that kind of money. If he were such a great impact player, why does he only play 5 min a game?
Got me good on that one. You got me really upset. I was so pissed I was about to throw things at the wall and cuss out JVG.
aww man i love the robo signing dude is so clutch. He is truly the kobe stopper! You have got to love JVG tha fool
LOL. I should have seen this coming. Something like this always happens to the Rockets this time of year.
According the cBSsportsline.com, looks like the decimal point was incorrectly moved a few places...the actual numbers in Rybo's extension call for 6years/$54,000...which comes to about $9,000 a year. That sounds about right...
This just goes on the list as another mediocre Rocket signed to a long, mind-boggling amount of money contract (Swift). That money could have been used somewhere else like Chuck Hayes (who probably won't even be a Rocket next season!) This move makes my stomach hurt, when it comes time to trade Bowen, no one's gonna want that ridiculous contract, stupid move ... waste of money.
