Mike teaches d. The knicks are 7th in the league in steals and 1st in the league in blocks. Plus he dosn't let good defensive players like double j go to waste.Quote:
Originally Posted by koetravis
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Mike teaches d. The knicks are 7th in the league in steals and 1st in the league in blocks. Plus he dosn't let good defensive players like double j go to waste.Quote:
Originally Posted by koetravis
This doesn't mean anything, one thing is on-ball defense and other thing is off-ball defense, some payers are amazing on-ball and horrible off-ball, so if the team is good in steals and blocks doesn't mean that the coach is good at D, he have to teach the defense off-ball, and have you already watched a knicks' game this year? everybody is lost on the floor, a lot of open shotsQuote:
Originally Posted by Martin's better
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Originally Posted by AlexanderPearce
Jamal Crawford
Shaquille O'Neal
Glen Davis
Kwame Brown
Von Wafer
Boris Diaw
Anthony Parker
Tyson Chandler
Caron Butler
Mo WIlliams
Nene Hialrio
Tayshaun Prince
Tracy McGrady
Chris Wilcox
Shane Battier
Chuck Hayes
Yoa Ming
T.J Ford
Matt Barnes
Shannon Brown
Eddie House
James Jones
Michael Redd
Troy Murphy
David West
Grant Hill
Jason Richardson
Carl Landry
Samual Dalembert
Joel Przybilla
Tim Duncan
Andrei Kirilenko
C.J Miles
Barbosa
Earl Watson
All players that could improve us quite a bit.
Retired?Quote:
Originally Posted by JordansBulls
No way should we look to trade either guy. You need some vets to lead the boys (miller, Scola, and Martin are our 3) - Scola is a vet based on his basketball experience (not just his NBA time).
I would like to see Martin show a bit more leadership next season though (but he may not be the kind of guy to give that kind of leadership, this is also a reason I would like to hold onto Hayes, as he shows abit of heart on the court - It hasen't rubbed off on Hill, but maybe on PP).
I would look to trade out Hill and T will in the off season (I would also like to see Thambeet play some minutes to end the season so we can see what he is at the moment)
+1 - Its a shambles out thereQuote:
Originally Posted by EDUTEXANS
just nene and sami (+/-) and tyson chandler, in my opinionQuote:
Originally Posted by sep11ie
first part: if we could get battier back, it would be great tooQuote:
Originally Posted by Thegame187
second: the coach gives the leadership to a player (and adelman idk, he seems not to like kmart very much) hayes has been great for us, no doubt re-sign him
third: if we get a new coach, i would like to see how he would play twill, we need to work thabbet in the summer before what we are gonna do with him and about hill, i like him, but if we get a new C and with PP, he is useless
Please explain.Quote:
Originally Posted by EDUTEXANS
Players that would really help us, that we should try in the FA, IMOQuote:
Originally Posted by sep11ie
Nene and Dalembert (would help, but... not great players) and Tyson Chandler, who would be the best option for us, oh... and re-sign hayes
you know what i'm sayin'?
A lot of these players are not going to be free agents, like Boris Diaw could be helpful at multiple positions for a reasonable salary, but he has a 9 million dollar player option for next season and is not opting out... same with Mo Williams.
Here is a complete list of UNRESTRICTED free agents that do not either have a player or a team option.
Jason Collins
Jamal Crawford
Maurice Evans
Josh Powell
Etan Thomas
Marquis Daniels
Glen Davis
Von Wafer
Delonte West
Kwame Brown
Javaris Crittenton
Dominic McGuire
Nazr Mohammed
Keith Bogans
Brian Scalabrine
Kurt Thomas
Jamario Moon
Anthony Parker
Leon Powe
J.J. Barea
Caron Butler
Brian Cardinal
Tyson Chandler
Steve Novak
DeShawn Stevenson
Tim Thomas
Anthony Carter
Kenyon Martin
J.R. Smith
Shelden Williams
Tracy McGrady
Tayshaun Prince
Chris Wilcox
Rodney Carney
Dan Gadzuric
Vladimir Radmanovic
Shane Battier
Chuck Hayes
Jared Jeffries
Alexander Johnson
Yao Ming
Mike Dunleavy Jr.
T.J. Ford
Jeff Foster
Solomon Jones
Josh McRoberts
Rasual Butler
Jarron Collins
Craig Smith
Theo Ratliff
Sasha Vujacic
Acie Law
Zach Randolph
Damien Wilkins
Carlos Arroyo
Juwan Howard
Jamaal Magloire
Earl Boykins
Michael Redd
Sebastian Telfair
Kris Humphries
Troy Murphy
Quinton Ross
Joe Smith
Darius Songaila
Peja Stojakovic
Kelenna Azubuike
Eddy Curry
Roger Mason
Nick Collison
Nenad Krstic
Morris Peterson
Malik Allen
Jason Williams
Tony Battie
Willie Green
Jason Kapono
Grant Hill
Dwayne Jones
Jason Richardson
Joel Przybilla
Samuel Dalembert
Carl Landry
Antoine Wright
Tony Parker
Marcus Banks
Reggie Evans
Andrei Kirilenko
Ronnie Price
Earl Watson
Hilton Armstrong
Mardy Collins
Josh Howard
Sean Marks
Adam Morrison
Some of these guys are SCRUBS and some will be extended and never see free agency.
At center it seems like the players most likely to fit our needs are Tyson Chandler and (sigh) Yao Ming. Dalembert could be an option as well even if he does make Miller look fleet of foot by comparison, as could Przybilla though he has regressed this season. Even Troy Murphy or Josh McRoberts could provide a shot swatting presence and spread the floor on O... though they both get beaten up one on one by physical bigs. Nazr Mohammed would be a good option for a backup if we already had a starter in place(and Miller was not sucking a roster spot up).
At Small Forward Kirilenko, Prince, or Butler would seem to be good options as starters.
We are going to have 3 open roster spots minimum this off-season and another three players have team options for a maximum of 6 possible holes. We are going to have two first rounders one way or another, and a couple second rounders (we could also buy more draft picks). Also dont forget we have guys like Sergio in Europe ready to come over and play.
Trades can of course significantly alter all of these circumstances and likely will.
I like Sami, Chandler, humphies and reggie evans, the four would help a lot in boards and at SF, I really like tayshaun prince, but I thibk he would be expensive, he is playing really well despite the pistons' probs, and this sergio llul guy play at what position?
He is a combo guard so not a need spot. If we decided to rebuild I would bring him in to compete with Lee at the 2 and give us another point capable option on the team. If we are in win now mode he has value as trade chip. I think his Euro contract is up this season so Noe is the time to move on him one way or another.
I would rather keep him, let him improve and get used to NBA, he would be our third option for guard and the next season, dragic will be FA and he could be our back up, if you say that he is goodQuote:
Originally Posted by Crzycjunx76
I think we should collectively construct a wish list of what we'd like to see the Rockets do in the off season. If you google NBA free agents you can check out a list of guys available for this year and next. Let's keep trade targets to a minimum, such as we should try to acquire a SF not let's trade for LeBron. FA targets can be different since they are available to sign with anyone. I wouldn't mind seeing us go into a different direction at the coaching spot. Adleman is a great coach, but someone mentioned earlier that we need a younger guy and that Adleman is a guy you bring in to a contender. I wouldn't mind seeing Mike Brown step in and see what he's got, he'll want to prove to everyone that LeBron didn't make him. I'd also like to see us make a run at Deandre Jordan, he's a FA on the Clippers who need to save their money for Griffin and Gordon. He also went to TAMU so the thought of coming home maybe appealing. There aren't too many other FA's available, so aside from that the only other thing I'd like to see is freeing TWill.
Lowry/Dragic
Martin/Lee
Bud/TWill
Scola/Hayes/Hill
Jordan/Patterson/Thabeet
That's 12 guys, the other 3 would be in suits. I assume Thabeet would eventually move up the depth chart and either Hill or Patterson would be packaged at some point to add another piece at next years deadline. We would still be missing a superstar, but we would be giving an opportunity to Bud, Lee and TWill to become just that.