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Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501
With the contract they gave Asik, they could have easily in the past 2 years paid that same kind of money for a stretch 4.
This team needs assets who can pick and roll. Harden, Lin, and McHale thrive on it. Asik is NOT good at pick and roll. And guess what... Howard hates the pick and roll too. Because he's a terrible shooter and he belongs in the post. And there are rumors that he not only bitched about it in LA, but refused at times to run it. Has anyone even thought about that?
The team is stacking players with no thought to how they work together. Howard doesn't belong in a pick and roll offense, nor does Asik. And if you take away the pick and roll, you limit a lot of what Harden can do. So what offense will they run?
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The Rockets were advised not to trade for Howard because the word around Orlando was that Howard would never sign an extension there. Asik was a good plan B and it's all going to work out... especially if Lin ups his 3-point game like I expect him to.
How many true centers are great pick and roll players these days? A handful? What other young centers were available? Asik is still an elite rebounder and defender.
I'm not sure what stretch 4s were available, but the Rockets traded two of them because of the expectations for Jones and Motiejunas.