Zero chance that a GM is not contacting back overnight tonight as well. They're probably all at desks with their eyes clothes pinned open.
To me nobody will, i'm not even sure he'll get 30, i'm 100% wrong but i just don't see it...the max i mean.
Dear Lord Morey, Please sign Lowry and trade for Kristaps. We need to shoot at least 60 3-bangers a game.
I lived in Atlanta this past year to early part of this year. Paul Millsap is a good player, but this board is exaggerating him a bit. Ryan Anderson is a better fit than Millsap for this Rockets team. I agree that Anderson's contract is not at par with his role in a team, but Millsap over Anderson won't make the Rockets better. Not many PF shooting over 40pct 3FG taking 7 a game.
It's hard to get too excited when if we landed every single one of these players without even giving up anyone on our roster, it still probably wouldn't be enough to knock off the Warriors. I hate that so much!
And fail like they've done for the past couple seasons but can't blame for trying. I honestly do not like Griffin on the team. Attitude and health are major concerns for me. Also don't like Chris Paul due to fit and health. If Jordan is available the Rockets should chase after him and of course go after the Zinger.
You've got to accept the fact the Rockets aren't winning the Chip no matter what moves we make - as long as the Warriors juggernaut rolls along. That's why my ideal scenario is we get whatever player we can to make the regular season as entertaining as possible. I've come to accept the fact we aren't truly contenders anytime soon (barring injuries in the Bay area)
So Blake & CP3 aren't good fits but DeAndre Jordan is? You'd rather see Jordan airballing 4th quarter free throws every night?
Define better fit?. Ryno was useless, literally did nothing. When he can't score which is often when teams actually cover him good he can't do anything else. At least millsap can do a wide range of things. Plus nothing wrong with some extra layups and mis range jump shots. Warriors have a good mid range 3 or combo I'm all for the 3pt mentality but you gotta be able to mix it up to be less predictable Plus millsap can hit threes
There are no big forwards shooting Anderson numbers, and he even shoots them further from the basket. However, I'd argue Millsap is a far better fit. We were the 2nd best offense and the 18th worst defense. Let's say for simplicity's sake, we are 18 + 2 = 20. And we need the lowest number possible to have the best mix of offense and defense. To put this into perspective, the Warriors were 1 + 2 = 3. Spurs were 1 + 8 = 9. OKC were 10 + 16 = 26. Cavs were 3 + 21 = 24. Again, very very simplistic, hardly a measure of anything good. But it's a super rough indicator of what we know: winning is offense minus defense. We all know that being top 10 in both categories is a good sign you're a contender, which means a maximum of 20. We have so much distance to move up defensively. We are not going to outscore the Warriors, no chance in hell. Don't underestimate replacing your worst interior defender with your new best interior defender. It will make Capela better. It will make help defense better. It will help the guards when plays break down. A change like Anderson to Millsap, imo, can send us from 18th best defense to top 8 or top 10. That's not saying Millsap is a DPOY candidate. It's not saying Millsap can anchor a defense. Just saying, he would easily be the top defensive big man on the Rockets. The question becomes can we stay a top 5 offense while becoming a top 10 defense? For me the answer is yes, and if the answer is yes then we must do it. I'm also very optimistic about Dekker becoming a top 5 backup PF in the league, which will go a long way towards helping us offensively. And Millsap is no offensive slouch - not to mention, he was hitting 35% of his 3's when he was in a free flowing offense with Horford. Lastly, the passing. The position is no longer a black hole. Millsap is not a significant passer, but he is light years better than Anderson who averaged less than an assist on one of the highest scoring teams ever. Opens up a new dimension. Not for more than $25m though. That would defeat the purpose. Also, I'd rather trade Gordon to get Millsap, and have a frontcourt trio of Capela, Millsap and Anderson while handing backup guard duties to Lou - who is still a top 2 backup guard and regular 6th man of the year candidate, despite not being as good as Gordon. Anyway, situation is so fluid right now we don't even know what we will or won't have. I would say another fair argument is: not worth getting Millsap unless we have secured another star as well.
Ryno can play. Why is everyone giving up on this team after only one year together? We need to establish some sort of continuity from this team instead of constantly turning the roster over. We need to leave the team as is and maybe pick up a solid defensive rebounding center to clog the lane and run the pick and roll with Harden. Capella has shown promise but isn't quite there yet. The ONLY players that would make sense are PG13 (but he'll leave after 1 year) and Hayward. We can't have another ball dominant player and should continue to let Harden run the point.
Also, giving a superstar in their 30s a max doesn't make sense, since we won't be able to beat GS anyway and they'll end up being a salary burden on the roster.
Absolutely absurd post my dude. Ryan is a specialist and contributes on only one side of the ball. Not only that he was basically a shell of himself in home games which made no damn sense. He was useless in the postseason too. Millsap can score a number of ways and is perhaps the best defensive player at his position aside from Draymond. Imagine if we had Millsap playing the smallball 5 during the playoffs when we were forced to play Ryan in that spot. Wouldn't have been a layup drill for the Spurs I'll tell you that much.
How could you say this: After saying this: If we're not going to win it anyway, we need to tank. Also, getting Millsap doesn't mean we don't add to the roster ever again afterwards right?
No, if you think about it, superstars won't beat GS. Cleveland has one of the GOATs in his prime, and arguably the best point guard in the NBA, and also a superstar power forward who on any other team would be putting up superstar numbers, and they still ONLY won one one game against GS, and that was because they went bonkers and almost broke the three point record. What I'm saying is let this team gel together and capitalize when they break up. The league will have to ride out the GS wave, since this team is unbeatable in a 7 game series.
oh because millsap is some rim protector? far from it. some people here and their ridiculous beliefs on how the rockets lost to the spurs. just terible
