mreinman wrote:smackeddog wrote:Melo and Harden would not go well together.
I think they can be great together if they are willing to play to each others strengths.
neither play to the strengths of the players they're playing with so how do you conclude they'd do so with one another?
Harden had 6 assists a game and assisted in 27% of his team's FGs. What more are you looking for?
There are legit criticisms of his game but I don't think that's one of them.
Bonn1997 wrote:Harden had 6 assists a game and assisted in 27% of his team's FGs. What more are you looking for?
There are legit criticisms of his game but I don't think that's one of them.
in the playoffs he also took too many shot attempts per game way over his season average. is he a playoff type player?
dk7th wrote:Bonn1997 wrote:Harden had 6 assists a game and assisted in 27% of his team's FGs. What more are you looking for?
There are legit criticisms of his game but I don't think that's one of them.
in the playoffs he also took too many shot attempts per game way over his season average. is he a playoff type player?
At times yes. At times no. There isn't a simple yes/no answer to that question. I think he's capable of doing (and has done many times) much more than you could expect from a $13.7 mil player though.
It may be that he's not a #1 option or that we're overgeneralizing from a small sample of playoff games. At $13.7 mil, neither answer is problematic though.
In 2015, they have Harden, Howard, and room for at least 1 more max FA.
Bonn1997 wrote:In 2015, they have Harden, Howard, and room for at least 1 more max FA.
I don't think their is room for another Max player between the two offensively because they are so ball dominant that carrying another high usage guy would be too crowded. It would only work if Howard would be happy with a reduced offensive role.
Bonn1997 wrote:In 2015, they have Harden, Howard, and room for at least 1 more max FA.
only if they let Parsons and Beverly walk for nothing.
Thats the caveat most dont mention... sure the Rocket *can* have the space you mention. It also means you lose guys that are a huge part of any success they are currently having.
yellowboy90 wrote:Bonn1997 wrote:In 2015, they have Harden, Howard, and room for at least 1 more max FA.
I don't think their is room for another Max player between the two offensively because they are so ball dominant that carrying another high usage guy would be too crowded. It would only work if Howard would be happy with a reduced offensive role.
Never going to happen, that dude has the ego the size of Jupiter.
LegendaryKnicks wrote:yellowboy90 wrote:Bonn1997 wrote:In 2015, they have Harden, Howard, and room for at least 1 more max FA.
I don't think their is room for another Max player between the two offensively because they are so ball dominant that carrying another high usage guy would be too crowded. It would only work if Howard would be happy with a reduced offensive role.
Never going to happen, that dude has the ego the size of Jupiter.
Howard does pout when he feels like he isnt getting enough touches.
rumors in clutchfans is that Morey is going after Rondo and/or Melo first
fishmike wrote:Bonn1997 wrote:In 2015, they have Harden, Howard, and room for at least 1 more max FA.
only if they let Parsons and Beverly walk for nothing.Thats the caveat most dont mention... sure the Rocket *can* have the space you mention. It also means you lose guys that are a huge part of any success they are currently having.
Parsons is about to get badly overpaid. They can and should trade him. Beverly has a qualifying offer. So they can make him an RFA. He'll probably get about $5 mil per. If it's more than that, he can walk.
NYKBocker wrote:rumors in clutchfans is that Morey is going after Rondo and/or Melo first
I can see him getting Rondo because McHale and Ainge have history together.
Interesting that Morey didn't make the top six in exec of the year voting after bringing in Howard.
CrushAlot wrote:Interesting that Morey didn't make the top six in exec of the year voting after bringing in Howard.
Did that come out yet?
I would assume that Ryan McDonough would get it.
mreinman wrote:CrushAlot wrote:Interesting that Morey didn't make the top six in exec of the year voting after bringing in Howard.
Did that come out yet?
I would assume that Ryan McDonough would get it.
Saw it on twitter. Buford got it.
CrushAlot wrote:Interesting that Morey didn't make the top six in exec of the year voting after bringing in Howard.
He is very disliked as a person- I think thats one of the reasons he struggles to make trades- other GMs can't stand him. For example after he had just beaten the Mavs to sign Dwight, he straight away phoned Cuban and asked if Dirk was available- Cuban felt he was gloating and being an asshole.
smackeddog wrote:CrushAlot wrote:Interesting that Morey didn't make the top six in exec of the year voting after bringing in Howard.
He is very disliked as a person- I think thats one of the reasons he struggles to make trades- other GMs can't stand him. For example after he had just beaten the Mavs to sign Dwight, he straight away phoned Cuban and asked if Dirk was available- Cuban felt he was gloating and being an asshole.
Wow. Could see him being disliked but didn't know about the Dwight story. Hope he has to eat Lin and Asik's contracts next year.
CrushAlot wrote:smackeddog wrote:CrushAlot wrote:Interesting that Morey didn't make the top six in exec of the year voting after bringing in Howard.
He is very disliked as a person- I think thats one of the reasons he struggles to make trades- other GMs can't stand him. For example after he had just beaten the Mavs to sign Dwight, he straight away phoned Cuban and asked if Dirk was available- Cuban felt he was gloating and being an asshole.
Wow. Could see him being disliked but didn't know about the Dwight story. Hope he has to eat Lin and Asik's contracts next year.
There were also some articles saying he had annoyed other GMs to the point they wanted him to eat those Asik and Lin contracts and not help him get rid of them. To be fair, he did address the Mavs thing a few months ago claiming he did it innocently and didn't realise how it might come across to Cuban- so he's either a deliberate asshole and a liar, or has no social skills or awareness!
smackeddog wrote:CrushAlot wrote:smackeddog wrote:CrushAlot wrote:Interesting that Morey didn't make the top six in exec of the year voting after bringing in Howard.
He is very disliked as a person- I think thats one of the reasons he struggles to make trades- other GMs can't stand him. For example after he had just beaten the Mavs to sign Dwight, he straight away phoned Cuban and asked if Dirk was available- Cuban felt he was gloating and being an asshole.
Wow. Could see him being disliked but didn't know about the Dwight story. Hope he has to eat Lin and Asik's contracts next year.
There were also some articles saying he had annoyed other GMs to the point they wanted him to eat those Asik and Lin contracts and not help him get rid of them. To be fair, he did address the Mavs thing a few months ago claiming he did it innocently and didn't realise how it might come across to Cuban- so he's either a deliberate asshole and a liar, or has no social skills or awareness!
Yeah ... Mister Poison Pill. Bit of a prick move.
mreinman wrote:smackeddog wrote:CrushAlot wrote:smackeddog wrote:CrushAlot wrote:Interesting that Morey didn't make the top six in exec of the year voting after bringing in Howard.
He is very disliked as a person- I think thats one of the reasons he struggles to make trades- other GMs can't stand him. For example after he had just beaten the Mavs to sign Dwight, he straight away phoned Cuban and asked if Dirk was available- Cuban felt he was gloating and being an asshole.
Wow. Could see him being disliked but didn't know about the Dwight story. Hope he has to eat Lin and Asik's contracts next year.
There were also some articles saying he had annoyed other GMs to the point they wanted him to eat those Asik and Lin contracts and not help him get rid of them. To be fair, he did address the Mavs thing a few months ago claiming he did it innocently and didn't realise how it might come across to Cuban- so he's either a deliberate asshole and a liar, or has no social skills or awareness!
Yeah ... Mister Poison Pill. Bit of a prick move.
The biggest prick move of recent times was Kahn signing an obviously damaged Brandon Roy to a multi year multi million dollar deal that he knew he couldn't fulfil for the sole reason of getting revenge on the Blazers for matching Batum's offer from the Twolves.
Kahn was desperate to sign Batum and even tried to make a trade with the Blazers, which they wanted no part of. So he went and signed Roy, knowing that if Roy played x amount of games, insurance would no longer pay his salary (because it would show he was medically fit to play), meaning the Blazers would have to pay the tens of millions still left on his contract!
