No.. Rather see them play together. I'm going to ride with the organization and bet on Yao to come back strong. They believe he'll be ready for training camp with no restrictions.
Only reason they're riding that train is because its impossible to get a true superstar in return for Yao in the condition he is now...If we get bosh for Yao, hell yeah they would trade him.
Why do you have to be a YOF to root for Yao??? Bosh did not help his team win either... The difference was the Bosh was playing and still couldn't do jack... Bosh also had his share of injuries... Everyone does. How about a season ending broken face? Trading Bosh for Yao is just not feasible mainly because one cannot win with just one star. If you put Bosh and Yao together then we will have a really good chance...
Of course I do the trade. 1) the health issue that everyone brings up. 2) the age of both the players. 3) the playing style of the players. Rox plays best when our post players beat the others down the floor. Can you even see that happening with Yao even if Shaq is guarding him? And why do we want to go back to option 1- yao post left, option 2- yao post right? The system that everyone was happy with last season is the crisp passing of the ball, the speed of the game. Something that yao will not provide if we play to yao's strength. Not saying that having back yao is a bad thing, but bosh just adds on to what the rox have been doing the last season.
Yao has proved in the past that he can come back from a major injury and play well. The surgery was to help prolong his career. That's why I think they're betting on him. Now I doubt the organization would trade Yao for Bosh, the Chinese market being the main reason.
Seven, u saved me some keystrokes. Toronto might even want a player back because bosh is the better younger player. The rox could then try to get gortat or marc gasol and draft alibi or whiteside. People think you have to get post points out your center which isnt true. A guy like gortat as a starter can probably get you 12ppg 9rebs and a block a game.If bosh,martin,and brooks are giving me 60ppg and gortat and trvor are giving me 25ppg, thats 85ppg. Thats pretty good from the starting 5.
http://dimemag.com/2009/03/shaq-on-chris-bosh-hes-the-rupaul-of-big-men/ http://dimemag.com/2010/05/whos-better-chris-bosh-or-pau-gasol/
I like your idea of getting gortat, but I don't know if the Magic would be willing to part with him considering Dwight's issues staying in the game. I really like him though. People are still caught up on the fact that we won't have a center. I'm sure morey can find someone during the season or in the draft, and in the meantime, we can start Scola and Bosh. I understand that it's harder than it seems to get a legit center, but all we would need is an upgrade over Chuck. We have the pieces to make that happen. I'm not convinced that Yao will be a 20 and 10 player ever again, and whenever we can get a significant upgrade in talent, that should always trump need.
I keep reading that people don't want to do this because it leaves us without a Center. Guess what? We didn't have a Center at all last season and that isn't what killed us. It was that our entire frontline was probably, on average, about 6'7" inches tall. You add size to the front line...it doesn't matter if the person the person is listed as a C or a PF.
People on this board get caught up in the center thing. Utah has won more playoff series than the rockets with okur at center. The adelman led kings had divac and they made it to the conf finals. The celts have perkins and they won a title. The key is getting production out of the center spot. A 2 headed attack at center works just as it does at any other spot. If u get a guy like bosh at the 4, the center can be a gortat type who makes 5m per. Seven, i think they might trade gortat this off season. They might just go for a cheaper guy to play those 10-12 mins like fasenko or mbenga.
Right with you... no matter if they got Bosh or not, I would like to see the Rockets get Brendan Haywood.... As you stated they don't need a big time scoring center and Haywood is going to give you exactly what you need... A bigger Deke, Rebouding and Defense.
If the rockets wants to rebuild, it's the perfect trade. If the rockets wants to contend in the next few years, they better trade other pieces to Toronto.
Well not that i'm a big advocate for Bosh, but I don't see it as rebuilding... I see it as adding on top of what you are already rebuilding. To me rebuilding means tearing down and I don't see them tearing anything down but adding to the blocks and foundation that are already in place.
Then we wouldn't be able to compete with elite teams. It's a choice of safely make the playoff with bosh or take the risk to potentially contend with yao. With current roster and bosh, we are soft all over the places. You shouldn't expect Martin, AB, Bosh, Ariza to survive the phsical basketball in the playoffs. This question is essentially worthless. Bosh wouldn't want to come here with yao gone. But it's actually perfectly fine with a lot of fans who care about good basketball no matter if we win championship or not.
Given the pessimism I'm seeing on what Yao can bring when he returns, I'm surprised we don't have more posters crying in their beers. If Yao is done, the Rockets are done. Bosh would only buttress our mediocrity. The way I see it, Yao is the franchise player. If he isn't healthy enough to be that any more, we need to find another franchise player. So, assuming Yao's out, we should be chasing Lebron, Wade, and Dirk. The other FAs can't carry a team into contention. At that point, we have 3 options for competing: (1) trading our young potential for a legit franchise player, (2) trading our assets for high draft picks that might become franchise players, or (3) tank your way to the top of the draft. None of these options involve picking up Bosh.
I misspelled Yao !! WOW !! I dont know y people make such a big deal of it its not like english is my first language .. Plus its a typing error all the LOL !! So childish !! Every tries so hard to be funny nowadays in the GARM !!
Make cause I did it for the discussion And U did it for the recoginition and attention and how may stars U can get from the thread ..
