Hey, apparently Nazr Mohammed and FLip Murray are both on the chopping block for the pistons. Do you guys think they could fit in Houston? And if so, what could we give up for them that would make both sides happy? edit: something i forgot to mention. There seems to be interest for Bonzi on the {istons forums too.
Nazi Mohammed & Flip for Bonzi? I don't know about Flip Murray. He completley CHOKED in last year's playoffs. I'm not really feelin this
Flip is good for instant offense off the bench, but his D is pretty nonexistent. His contract is easy to swallow at under 2 million but he has a player option, like Bonzi, after this season. When he first got consistent PT in Seattle, he was tearing it up at over 20ppg though. Nazr is inconsistent but occasionally gets a bunch of boards and has a decent offensive game around the hoop. His defensive game is pretty average. His contract is a deterrent at around 5-7 million til '11.
It's been rumoured Houston have offered Bonzi for Nazr. Would likely be Bonzi/Sura for Nazr. Pistons are still looking around for other offers.
<div class="quote_poster">AllNet Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">It's been rumoured Houston have offered Bonzi for Nazr. Would likely be Bonzi/Sura for Nazr. Pistons are still looking around for other offers.</div> Wouldn't necessarily be a bad move. Nazr gives us a possible starting power forward or backup center, not to mention we get rid of Sura's contract and gain a roster spot to make a future move or signing. Not a big fan of Nazr's contract though, and this might be a bad time to give up Bonzi.
Bonzi for Nazi is beyond stupid. Look at it like this. We're already the best defensive team in the league. We don't need anything defensivley that we don't already have. So why would you go trade offense for more defense? It's puzzles me more than anything why a team would do that. Nazi isn't much of a difference maker and prolly won't be here long. Bonzi hasn't even had a chance to prove himself and we're putting him on the trading block. That's typical JVG. Maybe we'll bring back Charlie Ward to give us some offensive punch of the bench NOTE:Ur gonna keep Sura all this time and only get Nazi Mohammed in return? That's the midseason pick up that's gonna make us a contender? The Rockets best bet is to stay still.
<div class="quote_poster">AznxBaller Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Note: Van Gundy is not our GM.</div> Who said he was?
Wow that'd be a bad deal. We know what Bonzi is capable of doing when he's healthy, but too bad for the guy he just gets injured when he comes back to shape. Rock4Life, why do you keep on mentioning that JVG doesn't let Bonzi play. Since you listen a lot to your favorite commentator "Bill Worrell" then how come you didn't hear him say something like this, "It is just too bad for Bonzi, he got back in shape and got injured again, and now he finally tries to comeback, and now is down again." This was said after he got hit in his nose by I think James Jones' elbow. It is not because of JVG that Bonzi doesnt play, he is just plain injured. Their beef is over. Anyways, I definitely don't want to give up Bonzi for Nazr when we already have enough big men on our roster. If Bonzi can be healthy until playoffs, we know how good he can be in the postseason. But our only hope is that he doesnt get injured. <div class="quote_poster">Rock4life Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Look at it like this. We're already the best defensive team in the league. We don't need anything defensivley that we don't already have. So why would you go trade offense for more defense? </div> Defense beats offense. We have enough offensive firepowers as San Antonio and have a better defense. If we can be better on defense, that's not a bad thing. The reason that I am comparing S.A to Houston is to show that we can play at their level if we can keep on improving our D. Anyways my point is that it doesn't hurt to be better at something and also Defense can beat Offense. We already have enough offensive firepower to win our games and we have a good defense too, but when you play tough teams like Phoenix or Dallas, you need a little more.
Just say no to trading Bonzi Wells. Unless it's Luther Head, Bonzi Wells, Alston, and Hayes for Chauncey Billups.
Billups would be a dream come true! Billups, Tmac, Battier, Howard, and Yao Man! I am sure we would definitely need Battier involved in there to get Billups though.
Hell yea. I use to not care for him, but he is really salvaging my fantasy league. And to think Locke wanted to do Mehmet Okur for Chauncey Billups.
<div class="quote_poster">igotask8board Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Hell yea. I use to not care for him, but he is really salvaging my fantasy league. And to think Locke wanted to do Mehmet Okur for Chauncey Billups.</div> Hmm? Billups is injured, while Okur has been putting up big numbers all year. I'm happier with Terry.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Rock4Life:</div><div class="quote_post">Bonzi hasn't even had a chance to prove himself and we're putting him on the trading block. That's typical JVG.</div> You implied that he's our GM. A coach doesn't have the power to put a player on the trading block.
<div class="quote_poster">Umair Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Rock4Life, why do you keep on mentioning that JVG doesn't let Bonzi play. Since you listen a lot to your favorite commentator "Bill Worrell" then how come you didn't hear him say something like this, "It is just too bad for Bonzi, he got back in shape and got injured again, and now he finally tries to comeback, and now is down again." This was said after he got hit in his nose by I think James Jones' elbow. It is not because of JVG that Bonzi doesnt play, he is just plain injured. Their beef is over.</div> He doesn't play Bonzi enuff. He's an important part of our championship hopes, he should be playin alot more. Tonight he played great, but didn't see ANY playin time in the final minutes and overtime. Rafer's jackin up 3's, Tmac's throwin up fadeaways, and Head's off. The offense sputtered but JVG refuses to put Bonzi back in the game. When ur in need of a basket, Bonzi needs to be down on that block. Why doesn't the coach exploit that advantage more? <div class="quote_poster">Umair Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Defense beats offense. We have enough offensive firepowers as San Antonio and have a better defense. If we can be better on defense, that's not a bad thing. The reason that I am comparing S.A to Houston is to show that we can play at their level if we can keep on improving our D. Anyways my point is that it doesn't hurt to be better at something and also Defense can beat Offense. We already have enough offensive firepower to win our games and we have a good defense too, but when you play tough teams like Phoenix or Dallas, you need a little more.</div> It's called "balance". We have enuff defense on this team. Our defense has been top 5 for the last 3 years. We need as much offense as possible. You can't depend on slowing down every game. Sooner or later we're gonna need to score. Our offense is predicated around Tmac, so if he's off then we're stuck right now. Far too often our team goes in these offensive funks where nobody scores. Nazir Mohammed is not gonna change that. But giving Bonzi the ball down low will definatley spark the offense. <div class="quote_poster">AznxBaller Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">You implied that he's our GM. A coach doesn't have the power to put a player on the trading block.</div> Never implied that. 95% of every move we make is for a "Jeff Van Gundy" type player. He obviously has too much say on who we aquire. He's not the GM, but he acts like it sometimes.
i've got to agree with Rock4life on some of he's standpoints. I mean balance is definitly better than one sided on either offense or defense. Just look at the jordan/pippen era bulls and the shaq/kobe era lakers back in their dynasty days... They had that balance.
<div class="quote_poster">Locke Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Hmm? Billups is injured, while Okur has been putting up big numbers all year. I'm happier with Terry.</div> Not anymore. He is a good volume scorer and shoots at a high percentage...I like it. If it wasn't for J-Kidd, Okur wouldn't get me enough rebounds.
