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Still Crazy After All These Years
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBx8LSwqRpE
and now he is all ours.
Only finished 2 games out of first in the entire WC without Yao Ming....and 1 game out of the division....
With Yao the team is number 1 in the WC last year......and they just got better.
Not to mention teams that have not won squat lately are hungrier during the regular season.
DD
Still Crazy After All These Years
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBx8LSwqRpE
and now he is all ours.
He's got the size and length for spot duty over there. Adelman is very creative and runs some creative sets at times.You're seriously putting Barry at the three?
He's not a three, never been a three. He's a 2 who can play the 1.
But anyways if you want to take him out of the discussion for being a 3, so be it.........
Artest/Battier/Tmac........and we are still completely stacked at that position.
Regular season is . You did just get better, but put down the crackpipe, there's a lot of work to be done.Only finished 2 games out of first in the entire WC without Yao Ming....and 1 game out of the division....
With Yao the team is number 1 in the WC last year......and they just got better.
Not to mention teams that have not won squat lately are hungrier during the regular season.
DD
Barry will play spot duty at the three during T-Mac's 20 game absence due to injury.
No doubt, and health is the key to our team......but you have to admit, that the Rockets just got a 20ppg scorer in his prime for NOTHING, which is amazing.
DD
rumor has it that Ron will be playing some at the 4. They think he's got the size and strength to be able to handle the position. Maybe not all the time but at least some at the 4 spot.
Ron at the 4 would be a bad idea. The Rockets would be a poor rebounding team if they did that, with Yao being the only legitimate 7 footer on the floor.
I dunno, ya got Chuck Hayes playing a lot of minutes at the 4 spot and he's not exactly tall either. I think Artest is bigger than Hayes.
As long as he's around for the postseason I don't give a crap if Tmac misses 40 games next season, we have enough talent to float the boat through the regular season.
While that's partly true, the argument was that the Rox would be the #1 seed, and he was just explaining why he thought we would have it. He wasn't saying we get the #1 seed and that means we win a championship.
While I think this is a great trade for HOU considering what they gave up, I don't believe Ron Artest addresses any major needs they have. They already have an elite SF defender and one of the premiere perimeter players in the league. Artest doesn't really move well without the ball, how are you gonna divvy up the possessions between him, T-Mac, and Yao?
You can't just throw a group of stars together and expect results. The pieces have to fit. For BOS the pieces actually fit exceptionally well, PP/RA/KG all complement each other's games perfectly. Gasol was a perfect fit in the triangle offense. Ron Artest on the Rockets........not so much.
While I agree that Artest at the 4 would be a bad idea (most of the time), I still have to ask you when you actually do see more than one than one legitimate 7 footer on the floor?
Is it realistic to expect a #1 seed?
I actually wouldn't mind seeing this rotation for limited period's of the game.
Yao
Scola/Landry
Battier
Artest
with
Tmac running the point.
Lockdown defense and size all over the court.
I'm sorry I wasn't informed that next season has already taken place.
H-Town be happy just remember not evry team thrown together can do what Boston did and to be honest the celts big 3 is much more proven than the one you have ...none of yours has done aNYTHING deep in to a playoffs yet ...but imust admit on paper you look good ...and for the nut that has Portland already top 4 in the West ...wow ...To be honest out of the most likey playofff teams i would love the BLazers the most defense is ok not great ...no experience I garuntee a 5 game series if we get them next year ...
Well we did get within 2 games of it this year, and added Artest, Barry, and Yao (sort of) without losing anyone (besides the great Bobby Jackson that is), so I'd say it's at least realistic to think we are on the short list of favorites for the #1 spot.
If the Rockets' 'Big 3' stay healthy for a whole season they have the talent to win 60 games but that'll never happen so who cares.
The won 55 last year despite not staying healthy....it's not a complete stretch to say they'll win 60 despite some injuries along the way.
LMAO at all the Rockette bandwagoners popping up all of a sudden.
"WE'RE RELEVANT, WE'RE RELEVANT"
Are you kidding me? Lets just think about this logically. The Rockets, despite their first round blunders are a very well composed team. If the Spurs could of got Ron without giving up any of their big 3 that in itself would have been considered a home run. The fact that Houston got him without giving up T-Mac, Yao or Battier or Scola or Alston was a slam dunk. That only makes their team better offensively and defensively and gives them a toughness that they sorely lacked. For all of Houston's moves that they have made in the past that have failed, this is a no brainier that makes so much sense on so many levels. If this goes through, congrats H-Town front office and our division just got a of a lot tougher.
Artest will bring some needed toughness, but I agree with you for the most part.
After living through the Rodman era in S.A. I'm wondering if a similar scenario might play out.
The Spurs too were perceived as an underachieveing team with soft star. They brought in Rodman to get them over the hump, and we all know how that turned out.
I'm interested in seeing how Artest reacts if or when Yao and T-Mac shrivels under pressure. My guess is he'll make the way Rodman viewed Dave as respectful.
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