yao wouldn't play more htan 25 minutes next year, so pryz would be a legit backup for him. we NEED to get a backup for him anyways. this is a guy who gets 8.2 boards on just freakin' 18 minutes of play with the blazers. that's life game-changing for us. and the last 2 years, he averages nearly 9 boards in just 23 minutes of play. he's a freakin' bona-fide big body that knows how to use it to get rebounds. we need that.
Flopzilla ... no thanks! This trade proposal sucks, big time! I'd rather run and gun with the guys we have now (and Pops ), than slow the tempo with Flopzilla. FA's 2010 ... sign Bosh and Wade, let Yao and T-Mac walk!
Lmao! At people that think Battier can contain the kobe's and the roy's. Affalo plays better defense and can score and for less than 7 million.
You do know that there's a great chance Yao will go down again next year too. We just can't depend on Yao to stay healthy, if we have a shot at getting a true center we need to at lease look at it.
In a heart beat. This team needs a true starting center and Pryzbilla looks like a solid rebounder and defender the Rockets desperately need. It has been the most burning issue since Yao broke his foot in 2008; the Rockets then resigned Mutombo which was a huge ****ing mistake: Daryl Morey is quite the idiot.
Can we please try to get Bayless as well? This guy has LOADS of potential. I dont even care if we have to trade one of our point guards. Battier + Lowry or Cook for Pryz + Bayless
and what are we suppose to do with DA making 3 mill? Turn him into another brian cook and let him ride the bench? And prz has a player option for next year i believe, what if he splits because he gets called by a contender without injury issues? That is a very realistic possibility since he hasn't won a ring, is a vet and can still contribute, he'll definitely get phone calls. That's just from our side, portland wouldnt do it because they're left without a back up center and Oden is still young and foul prone. I also dont believe Yao's minutes will be limited that much, at first maybe, but he's too valuable and gets paid too much for that, he's going to get 30 at least. He can play the 4 too, but u got to find minutes for scola, landry and a few for chuck. He's not going to get more than 15 mins. Take into consideration we rebound better as a team than Portland, they have mainly 3 guys getting all the boards, we spread it around more, meaning there's less for Prz...he's goign to end up getting around 5 in his 15 mins...chuck could definitely get 4 himself, is approx one more rebound worth losing shane, who's still teaching Ariza how to improve his d and will be a sure expiring contract next year?
i've said this before, as long as we have yao we can't plan like we're assuming he's going to get injured. Even Morey has said they don't plan that way, why? Because if Yao goes down, no back up center is going to replace him and take us where Yao would. Why would you sacrifice improving in other areas for that? For an extra 10 wins during the year, when it's not going to matter much when you look at the bigger picture, which is winning a ring? If you're worried about yao going down and plan that way, it makes much more sense to trade yao, get rid of him, and build the team based on weaknesses/strengths, not possible injuries. As of right now, Morey is still planning around strengths and weaknesses, not injuries. He'll trade or not re-sign Yao before planning that way.
Yao Ming is a soft rebounder, offencively unproductive in the 4th quarter and has HUGE injury issues. The same injury issues that ruined Bill Walton's career. Yao is basically the goldenchild, cash cow of Les Alexander. He does not want anyone to contend with Yao, he doesn't want the media to say anything bad about Yao, and he definitely doesn't want Yao traded or to sign with another team. Les Alexander would sacrifice 5 horrible years if it meant he could sell a Yao Ming jersey to every person in China. That means this team is ruined for good. Now, I don't believe everything to be true. A trade for a guy like Pryzbilla using Battier, Brooks or Scola would be beneficial to the team, not to the Battier, Brooks or Scola die hards.
Battier got creamed against Roy and Bryant already this season. I haven't noticed Battier's defense at all so far.
I think you have to play that way knowing Yaos history. Morey might have said that but I don't think meant it. We all know we'll not going to bring in a center that's better than Yao when healthy, but something is better than nothing and that what we will be stuck with it if Yao goes down again. Its not like Przybilla sucks he's a ok player and a great rebounder something we really need right now. Hell even if Yao is healthy I think Przybilla will make a nice back up for Yao. I don't think we need to play Yao heavy mins. because only one thing can come from that and that's Yao getting hurt.
what does that have to do with my sentence you replied to I was talking about sacrificing shane to get a big rental for this year instead of using shane as a rotational player or trade asset to improve others areas. Scola or Brooks to get Prz? Are you serious??
i think building a roster that way is like a player playing favoring an injury. Yuo're not going to be at your best. We can't play with crutches, much less build a team with them.
Trading for Shane for Vanilla Gorilla could also mean trading Scola for Przybilla. The wing positions would then be areas of need in 2010 FA. No money for Scola?
You're right we might not be able to build a team that way. But Yao body can't take playing 35-40 mins. a night over a 82 game season.
and i think part of the reason they're keeping dorsey is because morey believes he can be turned into a trade asset...i guess he didnt think he would never develop or not this slow...
Yao's days of playing 35+ minutes in a game are completely over. To slow him down from anymore injuries is going to require he play alot less minutes with his freakish size for pretty much the rest of his career. I think the rockets would be fools not to invest money into a legit backup center, especially someone like a 7-1 Pryzbilla. Im still very reluctant in giving up Battier unless it was a deal that was totally lopsided in the rockets favor.
I would. Not because Battier is not an important player for Rockets now, but because there is a hole in the middle. Przybilla has been good enough to be a starter as well as a backup center. Hayes is just too short to be good rebounder and shot blocker. Sooner or later, Battier will fade in his role he has been playing. This might be the best time to make a change. Besides, Blazers might be very well willing to do it.
