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Rockets "clear winners" of NBA offseason
Posted on 7/23/13 at 4:05 pm
Posted on 7/23/13 at 4:05 pm
According to Zach Lowe. Duh.
FWIW, Pelicans are under the "Generating Divided Opinions and/or Excited Anxiety" column.
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Houston Rockets
Over the last two years, Dwight Howard has embarrassed himself. He has become known for almost unbelievable indecision, excessive flatulence, and his fascination with candy. On the court, he wasn't nearly himself for the bulk of last season in Los Angeles. Justifiable criticism of Howard's professionalism has bled into misguided criticism of his game — some fans have delighted in his health-related regression and wrongly screamed about his alleged lack of a post-up game.1
Before a spate of shoulder and back injuries, Howard was the best two-way big man in the league by a considerable margin. He showed semi-sustained flashes of his peak defensive form during his last 30 games with the Lakers, he'll be in better health this season, he has an excellent backup (Omer Asik), and he should play with supercharged motivation. Even 90 percent of 2010-12 Howard is worth more than what Houston will pay him. So congrats, Rockets, on tricking Howard into missing that last season Houston played almost exactly the style of offense Howard — perhaps the NBA player least aware of how to maximize his abilities — professed to hate under Mike D'Antoni.
Houston will have to adjust its offense, and likely its pace, to fit Howard's preferences, but the James Harden–Howard pick-and-roll should instantly become one of the most powerful offensive staples in the NBA. Houston wisely filled out the roster with one-year minimum deals for wing shooters who either helped last season (Francisco Garcia) or who once showed promise before being traded and flopping with their new teams (Omri Casspi, Reggie Williams). The Rockets should have access to the full midlevel exception next summer to go after another solid veteran, and they own all their first-round picks. The Rockets really stand alone as the team that helped themselves dramatically in the present without sacrificing any future assets.
FWIW, Pelicans are under the "Generating Divided Opinions and/or Excited Anxiety" column.
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New Orleans Pelicans
Covered at length here. Executives are both curious about the team's new six-man nucleus and skeptical that this group can take New Orleans over the mountaintop. The Pellies are betting on a lot of things, but the most important big-picture wager is on a 20-year-old Anthony Davis developing into one of the league's five best players. Most executives agree that is a good bet. But will he get to that level at the right time for this group?
The rest of the Pelicans' core is 25 or younger, so they can grow together to some degree, even though the age gap between Davis and the rest of them is meaningful. And the Pellies will surely explore moving both Ryan Anderson and Eric Gordon — anyone but Davis, really — if they decide this core won't be good enough to compete for a ring.
One caveat that has become a bit clearer over the last couple of weeks: It's possible the Pelicans could have nabbed their "good starting point guard" type by aggressively chasing Teague or Jennings in free agency (essentially using the Tyreke Evans salary slot) instead of trading two picks for Holiday. Holiday is a better two-way player than those guys, but he came at a very high price.
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This post was edited on 7/23/13 at 4:09 pm
Posted on 7/23/13 at 4:07 pm to mattz1122
quote:lol
It's possible the Pelicans could have nabbed their "good starting point guard" type by aggressively chasing Teague or Jennings in free agency (essentially using the Tyreke Evans salary slot) instead of trading two picks for Holiday.
Posted on 7/23/13 at 4:11 pm to Fun Bunch
I'm boycotting Zach Lowe until he stops referring to us as "Pellies"
Posted on 7/23/13 at 4:13 pm to mattz1122
Lowe is a wise man. Best NBA writer in the W
Posted on 7/23/13 at 4:14 pm to mattz1122
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Rockets "clear winners" of NBA offseason
How many offseason games did they win?
Posted on 7/23/13 at 4:16 pm to mattz1122
quote:
It's possible the Pelicans could have nabbed their "good starting point guard" type by aggressively chasing Teague or Jennings in free agency (essentially using the Tyreke Evans salary slot) instead of trading two picks for Holiday.
These Grantland guys really arent sold on Holliday or the fact that we gave up Noel for him. I love that they hate it, because they loved the EG deal.
Posted on 7/23/13 at 4:16 pm to mattz1122
I'm excited about this next season. There are a bunch of interesting teams.
Rockets and Nets are two teams I'm interested in seeing how good they can be.
I'm interested in the Thunder and how good they'll be after losing Kevin Martin.
Warriors added Iggy and will be interesting to watch.
Lakers to see if they will be terrible or surprisingly decent.
Wizards because they were a decent team last season after Wall came back.
Pelicans added some players and will be interesting to watch.
Who else...?
Rockets and Nets are two teams I'm interested in seeing how good they can be.
I'm interested in the Thunder and how good they'll be after losing Kevin Martin.
Warriors added Iggy and will be interesting to watch.
Lakers to see if they will be terrible or surprisingly decent.
Wizards because they were a decent team last season after Wall came back.
Pelicans added some players and will be interesting to watch.
Who else...?
Posted on 7/23/13 at 4:23 pm to PrimeTime Money
Some more interesting teams:
Cleveland(Great young core)
Portland(See above)
Clippers(added some more pieces)
Jazz(Burke plus favors/kanter)
Minny(Rubio,Love,Pek could be a playoff team)
Detroit(Drummond,Smoove,Monroe)
SA(Will father time finally get them?)
Magic(Oladipo added to a solid young squad)
Raptors(Overlooked team imo,Val will BEAST)
Jennings would have been a no-no on the pels.
Cleveland(Great young core)
Portland(See above)
Clippers(added some more pieces)
Jazz(Burke plus favors/kanter)
Minny(Rubio,Love,Pek could be a playoff team)
Detroit(Drummond,Smoove,Monroe)
SA(Will father time finally get them?)
Magic(Oladipo added to a solid young squad)
Raptors(Overlooked team imo,Val will BEAST)
Jennings would have been a no-no on the pels.
This post was edited on 7/23/13 at 4:25 pm
Posted on 7/23/13 at 4:24 pm to PrimeTime Money
Detroit because they added Jo...
Ah, frick it.
Ah, frick it.
Posted on 7/23/13 at 4:26 pm to tigerpimpbot
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How many offseason games did they win?
4
Posted on 7/23/13 at 4:27 pm to OBUDan
Has anyone picked up Jennings at all? Even his own team the Bucks?
I don't think so. I think that should tell everyone everything they need to know.
I don't think so. I think that should tell everyone everything they need to know.
Posted on 7/23/13 at 4:28 pm to PrimeTime Money
quote:well, if you read the "the thunder butt rape rockets, trade harden for gigantic bounty" thread from last fall, the thunder lost an all NBA player and likely HOFer...
I'm interested in the Thunder and how good they'll be after losing Kevin Martin.
Posted on 7/23/13 at 4:29 pm to mattz1122
quote:alright this dude needs to seriously stop this shite. It's pels not pellies
Covered at length here. Executives are both curious about the team's new six-man nucleus and skeptical that this group can take New Orleans over the mountaintop. The Pellies are betting on a lot of things, but the most important big-picture wager is on a 20-year-old Anthony Davis developing into one of the league's five best players. Most executives agree that is a good bet. But will he get to that level at the right time for this group?
The rest of the Pelicans' core is 25 or younger, so they can grow together to some degree, even though the age gap between Davis and the rest of them is meaningful. And the Pellies will surely explore moving both Ryan Anderson and Eric Gordon — anyone but Davis, really — if they decide this core won't be good enough to compete for a ring.
Posted on 7/23/13 at 4:29 pm to tigerpimpbot
quote:such a stupid comment. like teams dont get better in the offseason... there might not have been any games played yet, but its pretty clear their total from last year will be on the rise.
Rockets "clear winners" of NBA offseason
How many offseason games did they win?
Posted on 7/23/13 at 4:30 pm to Fearthehat0307
quote:i voted for pelicopters
alright this dude needs to seriously stop this shite. It's pels not pellies
Posted on 7/23/13 at 4:32 pm to lsuhunt555
I don't think he dislikes Holiday, just saying he'd rather have Teague/Jennings, Noel/McLemore/McCollum, and a 2014 first as opposed to Holiday and the cap space for Tyreke.
This post was edited on 7/23/13 at 5:03 pm
Posted on 7/23/13 at 4:39 pm to ZTiger87
Actually 3
Edited for being stupid. My brain read post season.
Edited for being stupid. My brain read post season.
This post was edited on 7/23/13 at 4:41 pm
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