Rockets Draft

[papabear]

Originally Posted by KJ3

quite honestly in both cases we would gain size.

that is what I meant. If McGrady went out most of the time we went with Luther Head. Green gives us the size to match up with the bigger gaurds and the athleticism to stay with quicker SF in the league.

Originally Posted by KJ3

i'm perfectly fine keeping scola, landry and dorsey. more energy, more rebounds, more wins. i love it. hayes shot himself in the foot by never working on a shot and insisting on the goof-troop crap he pulls out. his defense will keep him in the league but i think we've seen the last of chuckwagon the rocket.

Hayes makes the most sense as the one to go. If you were picking between Hayes and Dorsey, Dorsey wins hands down. Hayes does have a decent little jump hook, he just couldn't make lay-ups. I hate to even think about his free throws. I've always looked at it this way. A guy who shoots free throws that poorly, and who is that limited offensively should not be able to stick on an NBA team...much less get an extension. Hayes did, and that just tells you how good he is defensively. I would still take Dorsey without a second thought if it was just a straight comparison.

The difference may turn out to be whould you rather have:

Scola, Landry, and Dorsey or

Scola, Dorsey, Hayes, and whatever we could get for Landry and one of those spare guards you mentioned.

You don't really need two back-ups at the same position who fill the same role. Hayes doesn't have much trade value. Landry as part of a bigger package might get someone who could help right away.

I'm not necessarily advocating this. I love Landry. He might have become my favorite player last year. I just see some logic to a move like this. Of course Morey might not be done, and Dorsey could be part of another trade before this weeks over. Really, I'm just pointing out options.

[Mike]

The NBA draft is so hard to follow because you cannot keep up with the trades. I fell asleep in the second round and woke up this AM and we had Dorsey and Green.

I love Green. He has the skill set to be an excellent player once he matures and understands what is a good shot.

Dorsey is a beast. I am so freakin tired of being punked by Utah with Milsap, Okur and Boozer. This guy is a badass with some fire. He can finish better in traffic better than anyone we have. He will take it to the rim and dunk them with the ball.

If It does not work out, send him to Reliant Park and introduce him to coach Kubiak.

[sinnister]

Originally Posted by Mike

Dorsey is a beast. I am so freakin tired of being punked by Utah with Milsap, Okur and Boozer. This guy is a badass with some fire. He can finish better in traffic better than anyone we have. He will take it to the rim and dunk them with the ball.

I like the picks too. Also, like you, I am tired of Utah beating us up, and this seems like a guy who isn't going to be beaten up. Did you hear him respond when they asked him about being an enforcer......No hesitation. "Ray Lewis with a basketball". He has a great personality as well.

[KJ3]

Originally Posted by papabear

Hayes makes the most sense as the one to go. If you were picking between Hayes and Dorsey, Dorsey wins hands down. Hayes does have a decent little jump hook, he just couldn't make lay-ups. I hate to even think about his free throws. I've always looked at it this way. A guy who shoots free throws that poorly, and who is that limited offensively should not be able to stick on an NBA team...much less get an extension. Hayes did, and that just tells you how good he is defensively. I would still take Dorsey without a second thought if it was just a straight comparison.

agreed with everything. what do you call a little jump hook that never goes in?

a pass!

The difference may turn out to be whould you rather have:

Scola, Landry, and Dorsey or

Scola, Dorsey, Hayes, and whatever we could get for Landry and one of those spare guards you mentioned.

You don't really need two back-ups at the same position who fill the same role. Hayes doesn't have much trade value. Landry as part of a bigger package might get someone who could help right away.

well, one of them would be playing the backup 5 minutes. technically i agree with you, 2 backups is excessive but our rotation doesn't really have another true 5. i like fastbreak-ball and when yao goes out they've got the parts to do that. hustle/rebounding bigs (scola, landry, dorsey) and lightning quick guards (brooks, alston, head). i'm fine keeping this just as it is.

i would have to see the deal for landry or dorsey (plus whoever else) before i could make a judgement call on it. i just think the position situations of our 4's, yao being the only real 5, and our guards any move taking away a big that doesn't add a big is a lateral move. on top of that, i think any move that doesn't involve mcgrady or yao is probably going to end up with insignificant improvements.

i wonder what battier/landry could bring in?

Originally Posted by Mike

I love Green. He has the skill set to be an excellent player once he matures and understands what is a good shot.

i don't know much about him. i heard though that he is a "hope he is the guy that becomes a superstar out of the late round selections" type of pick. we could've really used somebody that helps now but hopefully they don't just let him rot on the bench.

Dorsey is a beast. I am so freakin tired of being punked by Utah with Milsap, Okur and Boozer. This guy is a badass with some fire. He can finish better in traffic better than anyone we have. He will take it to the rim and dunk them with the ball.

If It does not work out, send him to Reliant Park and introduce him to coach Kubiak.

i swear, yao is bigger and badder than anyone ESPECIALLY punkasses like okur and boozer. if yao were in the business of elbow-dealing maybe he wouldn't get SO many from those two. playing tough is one thing, elbows with bad intentions are another and they dance on that line way too often for me to look at it in a non-biased fashion. hopefully guys like landry and this fella absorb (and dish back out) some of those elbows that you only really see on replays.

Originally Posted by sinnister

I like the picks too. Also, like you, I am tired of Utah beating us up, and this seems like a guy who isn't going to be beaten up. Did you hear him respond when they asked him about being an enforcer......No hesitation. "Ray Lewis with a basketball". He has a great personality as well.

great response hahaha!! i like him already!