"OFFICIAL" Around the NBA - December Thread

Houston promising josh smith a starting role sounds like the kind of move that would get somebody fired. Something the rockets need to do if they want to be relevant. I'm probably sounding redundant at this point, beating the "rockets need to clean house" drum. But honestly I hope they don't. I wouldn't mind seeing them waste years trying to become a contender.

That being said if somehow smith can make it work in Houston all I have to say is ****.

 

God I hope this happens... this screams Detlef Schrempf and Rod Strickland to Portland in 2001.

 

D-Mo and Jones > Smith.

I welcome this move.

 

I was just trying to think of someone the Nuggets might want to get rid of to make the contracts match. The real point is trying to find an upgrade at SF over Nic Batum.

 

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Smith to Houston would be a fucking disaster. I welcome the move

 

If for some reason it works then we are all fkd. That is a lot of talent on that roster now.

 

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Btw, it won't work. You can hack-a-Howard and smith

 

Seems like Anderson Varejao is out for the year. The Cavs will be desperate to get any kind of rim protection. I would guess Dion Waiters and the Memphis pick is what they will try to dangle.

Do not think it is worth giving them Freeland and Claver for Waiters and the pick - but it works within the CBA.

 

Just because a player didn't work out for one team doesn't exactly mean they wont work for another though.

 

I really hope thats not what PA and Olshey are saying.

 

Or not?

 

We didn't trade away D-Mo or anything. It's a minor risk considering it is a one year deal and it is for 2 million.

No one really knows if T-Jones will be back (although last I know, signs were good) so at the very least we don't have to play Dorsey or Black much any more and that's good enough for me right now. Our front line was really thin, if Jones does come back it suddenly becomes a glut. A nice problem to have.

 

The issue with Smith is he will Sulk if he doesn't get starter minutes. He is poor at decision making and he doesn't have a shot he doesn't like, shooting at a sub 40 clip.

The other issue is Harden and his need for a stretch offense. It's no secrete that Harden has more efficient games when Howard was out because they used shooters to keep defenses to cheat off their man and double Harden.

To me, Harden is a better version of Roy. Roy had trouble when players left their man to take the ball out of Toy's hand. This will be no different with Harden.

 

If anyone on this forum claims it wasn't a good signing then they are fooling themselves. That's a great player for nothing. I hope it doesn't work out, but I'm not convinced it won't.

 

Smith guarding LMA would have been a lot different than Jones guarding LMA. Regardless of what Smith does on the offensive end, HOU got a lot better on the defensive end.

This is a very low-risk, high-reward situation. I hope it doesn't work out, but the worst case scenario is a net-zero while the best case scenario is a major improvement.

 

Portland fans were ecstatic when we signed Rod Strickland and Shremp for nothing mid season. Then we went on March Implosion.

 

I disagree... Remember that Howard and Smith are best friends. If Smith is hurting the team and McHale benched him, Howard will sulk as well. We are talking chemistry here.