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I knew Morey wouldn't blink 1st. Terry as the 3rd pg for the min is nice. Looks like the roster is set.

Howard/Capela/Hayes
Jones/Dmo/Harrell
Ariza/Brewer/Dekker
Harden/Thorton/McDaniels
Lawson/Beverley/Jet

They are veeery deep.

Bye bye Christian Wood. Let's hope he doesn't complain about all the DNP-CD's he's going to get.

Beverley / Lawson / Terry
Harden / Thornton / McDaniels
Ariza / Brewer / Dekker
DMo / Jones / Harrell
Howard / Capela / Hayes

Deepest Rocket team since.....?

Also, looking like McDaniels, Dekker, and Harrell will all be paying a visit to the D-League. Vipers gonna look amazing.

I work with a die-hard Mavericks fan. I was going to print out a picture of Jason Terry in a Rockets uniform and leave it on his desk, but for once he got in the office before me. I am convinced he came in early because he knew that I was going to do that.

Couldn't Terry play some two and basically be the fourth guard? Seems he'd play ahead of Thornton. Nice signing, btw.

I think Terry gets some minutes if any one of Beverley, Lawson, Harden, Brewer, or Ariza get injured. If a PG goes down, then he slots right in as a backup. If a SG gets hurt, then he can play some SG also. If a SF is out of a the lineup, then some of the SG minutes slide over to the 3 which leave some time for JET.

With that said, I have no idea how the SG/SF rotation is going to workout this year. I'm guessing Brewer gets most of the backup minutes, but what about Thornton/McDaniels? Dekker is a rookie so he'll probably be in the D-League like T-Jones and D-Mo were, but McDaniels could be a solid piece who might be better than Brewer this season so it would be nice to work him in to the rotation as well.

Regardless how things shake out, it's nice to have some solid depth so if we get an injury bug we don't have to rely on scrubs like Dorsey, Prigioni, or Papa to play major minutes.

Laimbeer wrote:Couldn't Terry play some two and basically be the fourth guard? Seems he'd play ahead of Thornton. Nice signing, btw.

I think that we're going to see several combos at the 1, 2 & 3 between all of these players. This should help reduce both Harden & Ariza's minutes.

This is a very deep team. Lots of possibilities.

And I wouldn't sleep on Thornton. I think that he's going to have a productive year in this system. He is playing for his next contract.

what? he only played a season in Houston and he's a Rockets legend?

agreed with Mr. E
i think Thornton will be the X factor off the bench
anyone remember Von Wafer?
i think Thornton will surprise everyone

texasholdem wrote:Bye bye Christian Wood. Let's hope he doesn't complain about all the DNP-CD's he's going to get.

well ...
Hayes contract is not guaranteed
so ...
if Wood do show he can play in preseason
don't be surprise Morey keep him over Hayes

MaxRider wrote:what? he only played a season in Houston and he's a Rockets legend?

Did you not pay attention in last season's game threads? Houston Rocket Legend Jason Terry is just that and not Former Maverick Jason Terry.

Sounds like James Harden played a big role in convincing Terry to stay with the team.

http://www.myfoxhouston.com/story/29836879/james-harden-did-not-let-jason-terry-leave-the-rockets

Then in a telephone interview with FOX 26 Terry said guard James Harden refused to give up on Jason returning to Houston.

"No question, he was all over me," Terry said. "(Harden) basically wasn't letting me go anywhere. That was tough for me knowing how important I am to his growth and his development.

"You're not the main guy, but the main guy needs you. It makes it a lot easier to come back."

Terry mentioned that Harden made it tough on him because he had an attractive offer from the New Orleans Pelicans.

Terry is the hype guy. When Harden or someone hits a big shot, Terry makes it feel like they won the championship. When we're down by double digits, he reminds us, we can play some D and jack up some 3s and be right back in it (b/c they're only the clippers), etc. Everyone needs a hype guy on their team.