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@  Sir Thursday : (27 July 2013 - 03:53 PM) There we go, I've put up that Hack-a-Howard article I was talking about.
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@  2016Champions : (26 July 2013 - 04:41 PM) Scary fact: Andre Drummond is 290lbs and 6% body fat
@  2016Champions : (26 July 2013 - 05:28 AM) Not sure how much more complicated it can get, but I'm interested in finding out.
@  2016Champions : (26 July 2013 - 05:27 AM) I remember reading an article on it once. Apparently the chances of an offensive rebound after a FT is around 12% on average, which means the minimum Dwight needs to make is actually less than 50%--it's more like 47%.
@  Sir Thursday : (25 July 2013 - 09:48 PM) I was actually thinking of writing an article about Hack-a-Howard - there's some interesting mathematics there and it's not quite as simple as you'd think it is at first glance.
@  2016Champions : (25 July 2013 - 09:18 PM) He shot below 49% last season, but 57% for his career. And we're going to be a good defensive team. I'm not worried.
@  2016Champions : (25 July 2013 - 09:16 PM) Hack a Howard doesn't work unless he makes less than 50% and we don't play defense
@  timetodienow... : (25 July 2013 - 01:53 PM) They will employ hack a Howard. It will be interesting if he can make over 50% of his free throws.
@  2016Champions : (25 July 2013 - 05:43 AM) I predict a 30pt blowout
@  2016Champions : (25 July 2013 - 05:43 AM) Lakers will meet Dwight Howard and the Rockets on Nov. 7.
@  feelingsuper... : (23 July 2013 - 06:14 PM) Tad Brown on 790AM right now, will be on till 2 PM I believe.
@  2016Champions : (23 July 2013 - 12:07 PM) "Overall, when a qualifying defender is within 5 feet of the basket, the NBA shoots 57.2% of its attempts close to the basket; however, when Dwight Howard was the interior defender this number dropped to 48.2%"

2010-11?
@  2016Champions : (23 July 2013 - 12:06 PM) Weird, I can see John Eby's daily on the front page but not in the forum. I was wondering which season the Kirksberry study was in reference to.
@  2016Champions : (22 July 2013 - 09:13 PM) I'm not sure, but I think this is Chandler Parsons blocking DeMarcus Cousins: https://vine.co/v/hKnZuWQ7qLK
@  Ostrow : (22 July 2013 - 08:22 PM) He was my first thought as well, but he was so good offensively.
@  CC. : (22 July 2013 - 08:05 PM) Well there's Kevin McHale haha. 6th man of the year twice, Of course he wasn't just strictly a defensive player, but he did star in six all defensive teams, which ain't too bad right
@  Ostrow : (22 July 2013 - 07:50 PM) I love me a Asik, he's just a weird type of player for a 6th made. I'm trying to think of great 6th men who came of the bench and basically were only defensive players.
@  CC. : (22 July 2013 - 07:48 PM) And yeah I don't see Asik as that 6th man Harden once was, but he still anchors that defense for 48 minutes, and for a team like the Rockets...they need it and that's fine for me as a '6th man'
@  CC. : (22 July 2013 - 07:45 PM) I honestly have kept OKC as the 1st, until now that I'm finding out Martin left haha. I'd go with the Spurs now

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#1 2016Champions

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Posted 17 July 2013 - 06:12 PM

I could understand the signing of Covington as our 3rd string PF, but the signing of Young surprised me. Then I heard Morey signed Jordan Henriquez (undrafted 6-11 center out of Kansas State) and I was really scratching my head until I read this:

 

The new NBADL rules allow for a D-League team to have rights to up to 3 players cut from its "parent" NBA team's roster during training camp.

By signing guys to training camp contracts (or even deals with very small partial guarantees), the Rockets can make sure that the Vipers will have exclusive rights (over all other D-League teams) to those players when the Rockets cut them.

It's a smart strategy and one that I'm not the least bit surprised is being implemented now by Gersson Rosas and company.

 

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    Posted 18 July 2013 - 01:00 AM

    Please spell this out for the idiocies that lay between thy eyes.


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    Posted 18 July 2013 - 01:43 AM

    Please spell this out for the idiocies that lay between thy eyes.

     

    The implication is that Morey signed these guys (Covington, Young, Henriquez) with the intention of getting them to play for RGV. The new rules mean that by bringing them onto the Rockets roster first they can make sure they end up in the Valley where the team can continue to evaluate their progress. Normally they would have to enter the D-League draft, IIRC, and there's no telling where they'd end up.

     

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      Posted 18 July 2013 - 02:32 AM


      Please spell this out for the idiocies that lay between thy eyes.


      Morey smart.

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        Posted 18 July 2013 - 03:49 AM

        AH!  I didn''t know that was how the DL worked.  If the players are shipped to a different team, do we still have their rights?


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          Posted 18 July 2013 - 05:43 AM

          you guys actually thought they would be on the roster?


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          Posted 18 July 2013 - 05:49 AM

          you guys actually thought they would be on the roster?

          Not Young and Henriquez. I think Covington might be able to contribute though.


          Edited by 2016Champions, 18 July 2013 - 05:50 AM.

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          Posted 26 July 2013 - 07:34 AM

          For those who don't know, Henriquez was giving a a contract with a very small partial guarantee. This means that the Vipers have the rights to him. 


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