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Ward and Sura Signed

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by desihooper, Aug 9, 2004.

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    I don't understand where Sura gets this title "poor man's Brent Barry" from. He's woefully under par to Brent's offensive skills (FG%, FT%, 3pt%). He doesn't have a big rep as smart ballhandler or assist guy like Brent. But he does play better D, which isn't that tough considering BB hardly puts up any D at all. Just don't get it.
     
  3. tinman

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    Charlie Ward????
    Why not John Starks??
    Why dont we get Clyde Frazier to replace Cynthia Cooper/Calvin Murphy?
    Why dont we just give Spike Lee complimentary seats?
    Where's Woody and his daughter/wife Sunghee?

    Charlie Ward???
    This is payback for the Rockets sending Moochie and Shandon to the Knicks.

    This is Revenge!
     
  4. YaoMcGrady

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    Sura is a very flexible player who can play 3 positions. Ward is a smart PG (unlike the headcase from last year). Where are you hearing about a Mutombo deal? If not him, then who do we trade Pike and Lue for?
     
  5. Willis25

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    the Mutumbo deal is in the Chi news papers over the weekend. Apparently they have no shooting guards and really want Pike - if they can get Mutombo to agree not to retire, then the deal will go through. He has only one year left on his deal - so it is low risk
     
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    How much they sign for??????????????
     
  7. Willis25

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    add in the fact that they are both white, tall, lanky SGs that can play PG - I think you just answered your own question.

    Sura is a "poor man's" Barry because he is not quite as good offensively but plays the same style and has the same body type
     
  8. tinman

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    How about poor man's scotty brooks?
    or a poor man's brent price?
    or a poor man's dave jamerson?
     
  9. Willis25

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    tinman...are there any players on the Rockets that you actually like !?!

    [​IMG]
     
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    Yay!!! No more point guard trade threads!!!! Bring on the backup center trade threads!!!!
     
  11. dharocks

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    He's much better than all of those guys... Well, except for Scott Brooks.

    Scotty's the man :D

    But c'mon. Jamerson played for the Jazz one year, didn't he? And Price had one good year with the Bullets, and that's it. That was his career, basically.

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    Hmmm....
     
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    AGREED!

    not bad pickups...but then again i knew we were bringing in charlie ward, i mean COMON isnt it OBVIOUS enough? we even brought oakley in.. hahaha.
     
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    Well, I think I said "poor man's JON Barry". A high-energy bench player that can play SG (or in a pinch, PG) that drives well, can shoot from the outside, moves the ball around, and plays decent defense. Since Pike didn't really provide much shooting last year (and is a poor defender) I have a hunch Sura will be a decided improvement over last year's backup SG. Other backups include Posey and Hawkins. If Sura is closer to what Posey contriobuted (than Pike and Hawk) then I will be pretty happy.
     
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    Sura and Ward are both easily as good as the other guys most of you wanted us to sign (i.e. DJ, daniels, m James, etc).
     
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    ugh... and that would be... around 4.9 M? :D
     
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    Yep, that's the Bobby I saw at Golden State. Good signing as long as he comes off the bench.
     
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    Nice, solid role player pickups, IMO.

    All we need now is Keon Clark and we should be fine for this year.
     
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    Somebody give me a jackhammer so I can knock a hole in the JVG pipeline and put an end to it.
     
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    Except he isn't 300 years old and has a little more agility.
     
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    NJRocket = CD
     

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