SSBA

This is just a phenomenal team right now. It has it all, defense, offense, great backourt, height, everything.

If they somehow manage to stay healthy for once, or Tmac finally gets his head straight, i don't think there's team outhere that could beat them in a 7 games series. Not Dallas, Phoenix or even San Antonio.

That's a championship team right there.

i hope you are talking SSBA here

cause in the real world the Rockets are probably the most underachieving team of the last 5 years. Two superstars in TMac and Yao, nice role players, and exactly zero success.

Since Yao was drafted he has missed the playoffs twice and made it to the first round twice. If you believe, a contract year performer like Bonzi, who was playing his heart out in the wake of a possible huge payday will change that team then you are in for a rude awakening.


No, Ivan, the Rockets are the Knicks of the West ...

... in fact these two should battle it out every year - around the time of the conf finals when both have plenty of free time - to find out who's the official "biggest disparity between on-paper and in-real" team of the 21st century so far.
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because of wells? when was the last time you checked that team?
they have no PG... alston is just a horrible shooter and passer with some streetball skills and never focused enough to play 82 games.
at SG they have at backup head and casey not the guys who really bring more than open jumpshots
SF is the only deep and good position for them with t-mac and battier
at Pf howard is solid but the drop after him is huge
and at C only yao is able to play more than 20 mins. If yao is again tired because of the worlds they have to play dikembe  :lmao:

yea they really strike fear into suns, spurs or dallas.  :tup:

You 2's are just horrible. You're going hand by hand as far as lacking sense or feel for the game.

You're talking about Bonzi, like Jordan came to town to save Rockets. They'll battle for #8 seed probably.

... IF tmac can play more than 60 games



(and we all know that's a reach ...)
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I still think that the rockets would be in a better shape if they did offer Rudy Gay and Stromile Swift for AI, instead for Battier. Damn.. A line-up of AI Wells Tmac ?? Yao Would be great..

Anyway, they are certainly a better team, but I dont think they have enough fire power to match the elite teams in the league right now.

definitely. I think even if they didn't get to sign wells, they are already in good form. Rudy trade was ridiculously a rape, IMO. and I think that's the problem with Me-Mac. He demands trades and thinks he is the GM of his team. thats what happened in Orlando.

Thanks that is an argument you can´t beat  :lmao: in a solid basketball discusion  :moon:

Please come on. When did AI ever share the ball with anyone. An T-mac is almost in the same cat. I can´t think of a worse team than this lineup. Poor Yao would ask for a trade after a week not getting any touches.

Im not being a hommer. But thats the biggest misconception about AI. Ballhogging..

Yes, he is guilty of ballhogging during his early career years with the sixers. But if you have watched him play recently (8th in assists per game last year and averaged 7about 7.5 apg during his last three years with the Sixers.) He is a very good distributor of the ball, but more of a scorer type of a PG. He has the ability of driving to the hole a handing off drop passes inside, that leads to Dalembert and Steven Hunter high FG%.

Hell, AI would have a better job in the Houston than Tracy Mcgrady. All Tmac do is jack up hundred of Jump Shots and that doesn't help Yao's game.

Comes playoff time, it's all about defense. Oh, and with Tmac, Yao, Wells and Battier they have plenty of fire power as well.


Yep. But obviously, they went with win now mentality.


I don't think there's any need for it. Ever heard of the missing link concept?


Jordan? Was Rasheed Wallace a Jordan when he came to the Pistons? Was Mutombo Jordan when Sixers went to the Finals?


What a nonsense. You know nothing about AI. Ever seen him play in the All Star game? Or Olympics? Off course he would adjust. Geez...AI-Tmac-Yao would rule the league.

disagree watched him last year. his ass to ratio is pretty bad and he is holding the ball too long. yes he can drive and dish but he can´t set up the offense or control the tempo.

I didn't say that he's a perfect solution at the pg spot cause obviously that's not his natural position (people are expecting him to be like Steve Nash or Isiah Thomas but that's just not his mentality and he's forced to play a pg cause the Sixers management is incapable of bringing a big, decent pg so they can move AI to 2 spot where he naturaly belongs).

With that beings said, Rockets could use him at pg (on a team like the Rockets that would definitely work i belive cause there are so many options on that team which would make his job much easier) or they can sign someone bigger like Jaric for example and move AI to sg. Jaric - AI - Mcgrady - Battier (?) - Ming. That's a sick lineup.

The rockets dont need a guy who can set up the offense and control the tempo.  (see Rafer Alston)

Yao can't create a good low post position down low, thats why he receive only limited touches. He needs a guy who can drive and dish for him in the painted area. Tmac can't do that as well as Rafer.

Yao can´t score in the low post? did you see his game before he broke his foot?
he was scoring with ease. Often scored over 30pts with smooth jumbers and hookshots. He absolut dominated for example the lakers even against double teams. I guess only 2 % of his points come from drive and dish sets.
IMO Yao should get the ball as often as possible. Not only is he shooting over 50% but also can pass the ball out of the double teams that normally is the only way to stop him.
And alston is possible the worst guy i ever saw as a PG controlling his team.

Kings you're giving me bad examples.....you cant compare Bonzi who is a fine player with Rasheed or Mutombo who're/where better and more important.

Sheed's what? The guy's been a role player all his life, what are you talking about?

And second, it's all about teams needs. Pistons needed someone down low to complement Ben and they had that in Sheed. Rockets have Yao but are weak on the perimeter with only Mcgrady who's capable of scoring from the outside or penetrating inside. Bonzi will give them just that. He's a great, great role player. You'll see...

you should be a real gm. what a fun that would be  :lmao:. i can´t remember the last time a 20/10 guy was called a role player.

sheed was never considered a role player before he went to detroit. he was the go to guy for the blazers, was paid like a superstar, was an ALlstar because of his incredible talent.

 
Obviously, we're talking about 2 diferent guys cause Sheed NEVER averaged 20/10. Not even close. Actually he's pretty poor rebounder for a guy of his size (6.9 rpg through out his career and his finest season was in Portland 2001/02 when he barely averaged 8rpg). His numbers in 3 seasons in Detroit are 14ppg and 7rpg. You call that a superstar in Austria? Nice to know.


W.R.O.N.G. - He was never The Man or a big star. Even he himself said that. He never wanted to be the first option.




Um..so what? So was Allan Houston, Samuel Dalembert, Stephon Marbury and many others. You call them a superstars as well?


Wow. So? You wanna say role players never made to the AS game? Brad Miller anyone?