at bulking up at center. What Houston needs is a starting point guard and power forward. Juwan Howard sucks on defense and his offense is overrated. Alston can shoot ok but his defense sucks as well. Sura was the type of player Houston needed at pg but he is gone now I think. Houston probably needs a real PF first and than a point guard.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (mavsfan1000 @ Mar 18 2006, 03:45 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'> at bulking up at center. What Houston needs is a starting point guard and power forward. Juwan Howard sucks on defense and his offense is overrated. Alston can shoot ok but his defense sucks as well. Sura was the type of player Houston needed at pg but he is gone now I think. Houston probably needs a real PF first and than a point guard.</div>What's so funny about that? The truth is that Yao can get injured and if he is Deke is the only option and he can't play more then 15 minutes a game. He is too slow. They need to get a vet to backup them up at center. And no, Alston cannot shoot ok, I don't know where you got that idea. Right now, Houston needs someone that is just a good shooter at point guard. Kind of like the Lakers, TMac could dribble the ball up the court so they don't need a star point guard. They just have to stop trying to bulk up at the guard spots becase they don't need more crummy guards. They need more big men.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (mavsfan1000 @ Mar 18 2006, 01:45 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'> at bulking up at center. What Houston needs is a starting point guard and power forward. Juwan Howard sucks on defense and his offense is overrated. Alston can shoot ok but his defense sucks as well. Sura was the type of player Houston needed at pg but he is gone now I think. Houston probably needs a real PF first and than a point guard.</div>What are you talking about? Rafer is good at PG. He needs to learn not to jack up shots. He can work on his defense. We need a PF, a SG and a backup C. If we can somehow get Shelden Williams or Tyrus Thomas we would have a strong frontcourt. We can get a young C and a SG in the off season. Sura isn't gone but I think injuries will slow him down if he plays. We gotta wait until he plays though. If he can play like he played last year it would be awesome.
What houston need to do is assess Tmac's health. You guys don't want this to be another Grant hill problem.Grant hillAnfernee HardawayTracy McgradyAll played on orlando. All looked promising. All fell to injury [in tmac's case it doesn't look promising]Quite said
Houston's needs in this order.1. A real Power Forward (Starting)2. A defensive minded point guard like Watson.3. A Backup center4. A backup Shooting guard. Too many holes on the rockets roster but that's how it is when you get 2 star players.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (dsounG @ Mar 18 2006, 08:33 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>What are you talking about? Rafer is good at PG. He needs to learn not to jack up shots. He can work on his defense. We need a PF, a SG and a backup C. If we can somehow get Shelden Williams or Tyrus Thomas we would have a strong frontcourt. We can get a young C and a SG in the off season. Sura isn't gone but I think injuries will slow him down if he plays. We gotta wait until he plays though. If he can play like he played last year it would be awesome.</div>Draft the best Center prospect in college just so he can have a career playing 10 minutes under Yao a game? Come on, don't waste your pick. Go get a vet like Nazr Mohammed. He's a free agent.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (mavsfan1000 @ Mar 18 2006, 10:32 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Houston's needs in this order.1. A real Power Forward (Starting)2. A defensive minded point guard like Watson.3. A Backup center4. A backup Shooting guard. Too many holes on the rockets roster but that's how it is when you get 2 star players.</div>A LEGITIMATE THIRD OPTION- preferebly a swingman with a very very very good perimeter shot.We need some insurance because of McGrady's back problems- if he goes down, Yao needs another star to help him carry the load.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (CB4AllStar @ Mar 19 2006, 07:21 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Draft the best Center prospect in college just so he can have a career playing 10 minutes under Yao a game? Come on, don't waste your pick. Go get a vet like Nazr Mohammed. He's a free agent.</div>If we draft Shelden we can play him at the PF position and get someone like Nazr. If we get Tyrus Thomas it would be a strong frontcourt.<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Houston's needs in this order.1. A real Power Forward (Starting)2. A defensive minded point guard like Watson.3. A Backup center4. A backup Shooting guard. Too many holes on the rockets roster but that's how it is when you get 2 star players.</div>They need a STARTING Shooting Guard not a backup. Luther is are backup SG.
What, do you need another great swingman at sg? You already have TMac, all you need is a guy who can hit his shots and play d at sg. That is Head, Head can get steals easilt too. He is your future at guard so no use signing an all star guard and spending more money just so you can prolong your future at guard. Head is your man, he will start next year.
Houston needs:A Point Guard who is able to play stellar defence, and hit open shots. That's why I didn't understand the Rafter Alston trade. Mike James is more of a scorer, but he plays lockdown defence and can hit open three pointers better than alot of players. To trade Stromile Swift for a player who can score garbage points under the rim, hit the 10 footer, and not look retarded every play. Troy Murphy is a good reflection of that, but you don't necesarily need someone as good as Murphy, just someone who plays that style of game. Athletisicm at the guard spot. These guys have Rafer Alston and David Wesley starting when healthy, two totally opposite players with no atletisism. Get an athletisc player at the two, with Wesley off the bench. Trade Rafter Alston. The guy is garbage. He dribbles into double teams. Takes too much time off the clock. Misses open shots. Misses open teammates. Trade him and/or lock him in a bus and drive it to the opposite side of North America.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (CB4AllStar @ Mar 19 2006, 12:03 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>What, do you need another great swingman at sg? You already have TMac, all you need is a guy who can hit his shots and play d at sg. That is Head, Head can get steals easilt too. He is your future at guard so no use signing an all star guard and spending more money just so you can prolong your future at guard. Head is your man, he will start next year.</div>We don't need another great swingman at SG. And who said anything about an All Star guard? We need a SG who is solid and can play D and can step up when the star players are out or on the bench. Head needs to learn to step up first if he is going to start. We also need size. Head is a great backup 'cause he provides the offense off the bench. I mean if Head starts who provides the offense and the defense off the bench? Wesley? Brunson?...I don't think so. Both of them are aging. And if we play Bogans off the bench we would have no one off the bench for Mac.Thats why we need a starting SG. <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Trade Rafter Alston. The guy is garbage. He dribbles into double teams. Takes too much time off the clock. Misses open shots. Misses open teammates. Trade him and/or lock him in a bus and drive it to the opposite side of North America.</div>I agree. We also need to trade Wesley and Juwan.
Why would the Rockets trade Juwan Howard. I don't know if you watch Rockets games, but the guy is a solid rebounder and hits open shots off findings from Yao Ming and TMac when he's healthy. He's a solid player for them. And I agree, Wesley should be traded unless they can find a way to utilize im in a bench role
Well...They could keep him but I don't want him starting.From what I heard he turns the ball over a lot and shoots some crappy shots. If we draft Shelden or Tyrus he can help them out.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (KMart @ Mar 19 2006, 08:23 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Why would the Rockets trade Juwan Howard. I don't know if you watch Rockets games, but the guy is a solid rebounder and hits open shots off findings from Yao Ming and TMac when he's healthy. He's a solid player for them. And I agree, Wesley should be traded unless they can find a way to utilize im in a bench role</div>He's an average rebounder at best and he lacks athleticism and strength. He depends on the open jumper because his one on one moves are weak. The worst part of his game is his defense. I think Houston actually plays better with Ryan Bowen at PF over Juwan Howard. At least Bowen can play some defense.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (KMart @ Mar 19 2006, 12:23 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Why would the Rockets trade Juwan Howard. I don't know if you watch Rockets games, but the guy is a solid rebounder and hits open shots off findings from Yao Ming and TMac when he's healthy. He's a solid player for them. And I agree, Wesley should be traded unless they can find a way to utilize im in a bench role</div>Howard is a solid PF- just doesn't help the Rockets defensively, infact- he hurts us defensivelyI wouldn't mind bringing him off the bench.
Rockets need a third option at the SG/PG position, and a very physical and athletic PF. Bob Sura was the PG/SG last year that played great D and was our third option, but he has been hurt all year. Supposedly coming back next year, though. As for the PF position, a player like KMart would be great, or anyone that is physical enough and plays great D. Juwan just isn't athletic enough and doesn't do much except shoot jumpers and can't bang inside.
Why the hell are we talking about the Rockets' needs, isn't this a Yao Ming thread, let me show some people an example, remember the Mavs vs Rockets series a year ago, when Yao was shooting 73% on Dampier, eventually went 13/14 against Dampier in one game. Woah aint it. Seems like Yao had more field goal in one game than Shaq does in this whole finals series. Ben Wallace isn't a defensive specialist, he is just a helper on defence, thats it. Yao no defence? LMAO are yall on crack. He gave the entire Center position for any Mavs player that played it, and not to mention he is only in his 4th year, almost 5th year. Shaq is becoming an old ass, and Ben is in his 9th year. Camby is an injury prone pig. Yao played bad at the beginning because he had an injured toe. But since coming back from toe Surgery he was scoring and rebounding like crazy. Next year I will expect 24 ppg and 12 rpg. He is still getting stronger. He shuts down other centers because of his height.Done.
