re: Zach Lowe Article on Asik Trade

Thanks

I'm sure this has been discussed, but I don't have time to go reading thru the threads to find this. What happens if Asik doesn't re sign next year? This wasn't a sign and trade, was it? A potential one year rental is kinda risky, no?

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10/10

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Raw numbers don't mean shite. Look at his rebound rates, he is a top 3 rebounder in the league. He is also a great defensive player. He is easily better than Okafor was as a Hornet.

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8M (really 13.5M)

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The cap number is the only number that really matters as far as the team is concerned. Benson may care but I don't.

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Raw numbers don't mean shite. Look at his rebound rates, he is a top 3 rebounder in the league. He is also a great defensive player. He is easily better than Okafor was as a Hornet.

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No, he isn't. I don't know where you are pulling numbers from, but he wouldn't have qualified this past season anyway since he missed almost half the season. If you are talking about the season before, maybe you are onto something. But I don't see guys lining up to honor Reggie Evans, who led the league in rebounding rate, so not sure all of that matters anyway..

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The cap number is the only number that really matters as far as the team is concerned. Benson may care but I don't.

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I'm sure it does matter to Benson and it will make him less apt to spend come midseason if the team has a sudden need. The budget will be a little less loose..

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o, he isn't. I don't know where you are pulling numbers from, but he wouldn't have qualified this past season anyway since he missed almost half the season. If you are talking about the season before, maybe you are onto something. But I don't see guys lining up to honor Reggie Evans, who led the league in rebounding rate, so not sure all of that matters anyway..

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Number 2 behind drummond in 2013-14

His per 36 rebounding was 14.1

Reggie Evans is pretty much trash other than rebounding.

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I'm sure it does matter to Benson and it will make him less apt to spend come midseason if the team has a sudden need. The budget will be a little less loose..

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You act like this is a fact

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I don't know where you are pulling numbers from,

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but he wouldn't have qualified this past season anyway since he missed almost half the season

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You mean like the Reggie Evans guy you mention 2 sentences later

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If you are talking about the season before, maybe you are onto something.

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Asik is 2nd in rebound rate this year and 4th last year. It really doesn't matter.

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Reggie Evans, who led the league in rebounding rate

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Yeah no

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I'm sure it does matter to Benson and it will make him less apt to spend come midseason if the team has a sudden need. The budget will be a little less loose..

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Speculate more plz

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If he can be resigned for $9 to $10M, that doesn't seem to be outrageous to me. The bottom line is that we had to get a legit 5 and Asik was the best available.

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Agreed 100%

shite a year ago we would've had to have given up ryno to get him. Are people forgetting this?

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No, he isn't. I don't know where you are pulling numbers from, but he wouldn't have qualified this past season anyway since he missed almost half the season. If you are talking about the season before, maybe you are onto something. But I don't see guys lining up to honor Reggie Evans, who led the league in rebounding rate, so not sure all of that matters anyway..

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As a Rockets fan, who has seen every single game Asik has played as a Rocket, I can assure you that you are way off base.

Asik does everything well except for score points.

He's a workhorse who hustles constantly. He's a beast on the glass and can rebound as well as any player in the league. He's a rim-protector who is fantastic on defense. He's not going to block a ton of shots, but he makes players miss because he's physical and knows how to get in position to make opponents miss while not fouling.

He's also great at pick and roll defense. He's also great at setting solid screens to initiate the offense. He does a lot of little things.

Trust me, he isn't going to light up the stat sheet in anything except for rebounding, but you will definitely notice his impact on the game.

I still think Asik was the single most important player in terms of the Rockets getting to the playoffs last year when he was the starting center. If the Rockets didn't have Harden, they still could have scored a lot of points due to their style of play. But if they didn't have Asik, they wouldn't have stood a chance.

Next year, when you watch Asik play for the Pelicans, you will say to yourself "hmm.... so this is what PrimeTime Money was telling me about".

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How is Asik at setting up the break? I loved watching Tyreke get a rebound and sprint down court last year. If Asik is getting all the boards will we still have fast breaks?

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Asik is way better than Howard in that regard.

Asik gets the board and finds the outlet man very quickly. Howard likes to grab it and casually find the outlet man. Asik grabs the board and gets it to him as fast as he can.

He'll even hurry up after made baskets and quickly step out and hurry it in to set up a break after a made basket.

Good to hear