DJ Mbenga says Rockets have expressed interest

Come to Houston Mbenga, I have a B-A-B-Y-R-U-T-H!

 

Top 20 seasons in blocks/minute for players who played few minutes (between 6 and 15 mpg, at least 100 total minutes):

http://www.basketball-reference.com...&c4stat=&c4comp=gt&c4val=&order_by=blk_per_mp

Code:

[B]Rk   Player            Season     Age    Tm     G      MP    MP       BLK  [/B]
1    Manute Bol        1987-88    25     WSB    77     1136  14.8     6.6
2    Manute Bol        1992-93    30     PHI    58     855   14.7     5
3    Manute Bol        1993-94    31     TOT    14     116   8.3      5
4    George Johnson    1985-86    37     SEA    41     264   6.4      5
5    Jim McIlvaine     1995-96    23     WSB    80     1195  14.9     5
[B]6    DJ Mbenga         2008-09    28     LAL    23     181   7.9      4.8[/B]
7    Andrew Lang       1989-90    23     PHO    74     1011  13.7     4.7
8    George Johnson    1982-83    34     ATL    37     461   12.5     4.6
9    Jim McIlvaine     1998-99    26     NJN    22     269   12.2     4.3
10   Harvey Catchings  1974-75    23     PHI    37     528   14.3     4.1
11   Chris Andersen    2003-04    25     DEN    71     1029  14.5     4
12   Jim McIlvaine     1994-95    22     WSB    55     534   9.7      4
13   Chuck Nevitt      1986-87    27     DET    41     267   6.5      4
14   Joel Przybilla    2000-01    21     MIL    33     270   8.2      4
15   Keith Closs       1997-98    21     LAC    58     740   12.8     3.9
[B]16   DJ Mbenga         2009-10    29     LAL    12     120   10       3.9[/B]
17   Amir Johnson      2007-08    20     DET    62     764   12.3     3.9
18   Roy Rogers        1999-00    26     DEN    40     355   8.9      3.9
19   Chris Andersen    2001-02    23     DEN    24     262   10.9     3.8
20   Adonal Foyle      2006-07    31     GSW    48     475   9.9      3.8

 

The funny thing is, Jim McIlvaine showed this same list to the Seattle Supersonics in 1996 and, well, we know what happened with that.

 

Yeah, but the Rockets aren't foolish enough to give Mbenga a crazy contract for those services.

 

Come to Houston Mbenga, I have Tacos

 

If only it was 1999....

 

I thought

was

 

Oops. FAIL on my end. I thought Cook was ^^

 

Tmac + Cook for Kobe + Mbenga?

If there is anyone that can GET ER DONE, its Morey.

 

For a trade like that, you don't use Morey. You use duct tape, tazers, and several very sharp objects of varying lengths, because that's what it would take to get a trade like that pulled off, obviously.

 

No kidding

 

- Mbenga: Houston has lots of PF's but no C's, if Mbenga join the Rockets who will be the best Center for the Rockets?
- everybody: Chuck Hayes
*Mbenga faints*

 

Incoming Players
DJ Mbenga
7-0 C from Congo (Foreign)
2.3 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 0.2 apg in 9.2 minutes
Outgoing Players
Joey Dorsey
6-9 PF from Memphis
No games yet played in 2009-2010


and rockets give a future 2nd round pick.


PF - Scola (30mpg)

SF - McGrady (32mpg)

C - Hayes (24mpg)

SG - Ariza (32mpg)

PG - Brooks (30mpg)


Bench:

PG/SG - Lowry (18mpg)

SG/SF - Battier (32mpg)

PF - Landry (27mpg)

C - Mbenga/Anderson (15mpg)

 

....and that has not been effective. I'd take the charge any day over a block shot.

 

Actually I like Mbenga a lot. He is a legit center. I LIKE him.

 

Have you watched a Rockets game this year?

 

Agreed. Charge is automatic turnover, while opponent can still get back the blocked shot.

 

If we needed an energy guy off the bench with lots of athleticism and some occasional offense, why did we waive Pops? I thought he would have been useful in defensive sets and garbage time, which is what Mbenga would be used for. Ah yes, you can't teach height - I get it.

 

The value of a shot-blocker isn't just the shots he blocks. Its the shots he contests. The "intimidation".

I discounted the value of this in the past, and now I think I was underrating its importance. It is possible to be a good defensive team without an interior presence, but its makes things much more difficult.

 

He is not THAT bad looking; good grief. Some threads have no mercy. If he is considering coming here, I hope he doesn't find this board. These pictures would really hurt his feelings. How would you feel if people thought you were hideously disfigured?