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I don't think the Rockets will sign the 45 year old Mutombo. Rockets will need help at C. How about bringing in Chris Mihm?

The Lakers don't really need him, as they already have Bynum, Gasol, and Odom. Mihm at 7 feet is a very serviceable backup C.

sure why not.

better than having Hayes as a Center i guess...

Hayes > Mihm

Chris Mihm is an effing bum and would be a waste of a roster spot.

Lets be serious here people. The Rockets are trying to put together the best team possible and I think its VERY likely the Rockets sign Mutombo towards the midpoint of the season. He has been solid when called upon for the past 4 years now.

agreed. I don't think Mutumbo is 45 years of age. There's no reason to think that he's a shade above his given age of 42. He talk like cookie monster, but i think he knows how to add 1 to the running tally once a year. Until he gives me a reason to doubt him, i'm going to assume him serviceable for 8 points, 6 rebounds, and 1.1 blocks per game.

KiDdFrESh wrote:Hayes > Mihm

Chris Mihm is an effing bum and would be a waste of a roster spot.

Lets be serious here people. The Rockets are trying to put together the best team possible and I think its VERY likely the Rockets sign Mutombo towards the midpoint of the season. He has been solid when called upon for the past 4 years now.

Agreed. The Rockets will sign Deke at the midpoint of the season just like Boston did w/ PJ Brown if we can't trade for Marcus Camby (if the clips fall out of contention) at the trade deadline. However, I still can see us trading Luther and or our trade exception for a backup center of the future that can learn from Deke. I.E. Sean Williams, Hilton Armstrong, or Brandan Wright. Chris Mihm is injury prone, plays no defense and has four years left on his contract.

http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/players/ ... erId%3d549

Hell no. We dont need to waste money on some scrub who cant even play half of the season. Deke should be coming back real soon, and I have more faith in him than Mihm.

Chris Mihm is garbage. We need a Kwame Brown type player to backup Yao not a terrycloth bum.

A.J. wrote:Hell no. We dont need to waste money on some scrub who cant even play half of the season. Deke should be coming back real soon, and I have more faith in him than Mihm.

I know! We already have plenty of those.

T-Mac, Yao, Artest, etc...

obinna wrote:Chris Mihm is garbage. We need a Kwame Brown type player to backup Yao not a terrycloth bum.

Wait. Did you just say that Mihm was garbage, but suggest instead that we get Kwame Brown??? Am I reading that right?

jove9 wrote:

obinna wrote:Chris Mihm is garbage. We need a Kwame Brown type player to backup Yao not a terrycloth bum.

Wait. Did you just say that Mihm was garbage, but suggest instead that we get Kwame Brown??? Am I reading that right?

Maybe you don't watch basketball but Kwame Brown is actually a very good post defender. He just has cement hands and cannot catch a basketball. You have reading to much of the Laker fan propaganda who expected this guy to be the second coming of Shaq. Mihm is better offensively but that isn't what we are looking for. There is a reason why Kwame Brown started over Mihm. Try watching more basketball.

Chris Mihm averaged 10 and 6 while averaging 26 minutes per game. That's far from being a garbage player. However, he's been injured for the past two seasons. And it's hard for any player to regain his old form when he's been injured for so long. I doubt that Mihm will regain his old form.

obinna wrote:

jove9 wrote:

obinna wrote:Chris Mihm is garbage. We need a Kwame Brown type player to backup Yao not a terrycloth bum.

Wait. Did you just say that Mihm was garbage, but suggest instead that we get Kwame Brown??? Am I reading that right?

Maybe you don't watch basketball but Kwame Brown is actually a very good post defender. He just has cement hands and cannot catch a basketball. You have reading to much of the Laker fan propaganda who expected this guy to be the second coming of Shaq. Mihm is better offensively but that isn't what we are looking for. There is a reason why Kwame Brown started over Mihm. Try watching more basketball.

co-sign. Phil Jackson often said Kwame Brown was LA's best post defender. Better than Bynum, Turiaf and Mihm. Detroit was smart to pick him up for 4 million considering Diop got 6 million per.

Why not, we haven't got a useless white guy this year!

obinna wrote:Maybe you don't watch basketball but Kwame Brown is actually a very good post defender. He just has cement hands and cannot catch a basketball. You have reading to much of the Laker fan propaganda who expected this guy to be the second coming of Shaq. Mihm is better offensively but that isn't what we are looking for. There is a reason why Kwame Brown started over Mihm.

Injuries? Kwame was the starting 4, until Mihm went down. Then he moved over to 5.

obinna wrote:Try watching more basketball.

I should, huh? I'm not the one recommending that we get one of the biggest busts in recent memory.

Maybe I'll follow the Pistons a little more just to see how quickly Kwame disappoints his new team. My prediction: less than a week.

hasnt chris mihm been injured for like 3 years now? no thanks

jove9 wrote:

obinna wrote:Maybe you don't watch basketball but Kwame Brown is actually a very good post defender. He just has cement hands and cannot catch a basketball. You have reading to much of the Laker fan propaganda who expected this guy to be the second coming of Shaq. Mihm is better offensively but that isn't what we are looking for. There is a reason why Kwame Brown started over Mihm.

Injuries? Kwame was the starting 4, until Mihm went down. Then he moved over to 5.

obinna wrote:Try watching more basketball.

I should, huh? I'm not the one recommending that we get one of the biggest busts in recent memory.

Maybe I'll follow the Pistons a little more just to see how quickly Kwame disappoints his new team. My prediction: less than a week.

I'm actually going to agree with Obinna on this one. We don't need a (far) lesser version of Yao to back Yao up...that's what Chris Mihm is. We need a guy who can rebound, block a couple shots, and play some hard-nosed defense in the post...Kwame Brown would fit the bill. Also note that Obinna said a "Kwame Brown type player". If we could get Kwame for the price of a backup center, then I would certainly take him. Mihm is often injured, and his skill set would only replicate Yao's (once again, to a far lesser extent). We would be much better off with someone like Kendrick Perkins, Kwame Brown, Diop, and guys who play the game similar to them.

Can't back up injury prone with injury prone.

But we do need a big body. You can't in this league having 1 guy on the team over 6'9. Yao isn't gonna play big minutes so they'll be spots in a game where our rebounding will suck b/c of our size. It would be a good thing to grab another BIG man. I think Deke is too old but who knows...maybe bringing him in later in the season...giving him an extended rest...will have him fresh for the last few months of the season.

King Roosk wrote:
I'm actually going to agree with Obinna on this one. We don't need a (far) lesser version of Yao to back Yao up...that's what Chris Mihm is. We need a guy who can rebound, block a couple shots, and play some hard-nosed defense in the post...Kwame Brown would fit the bill. Also note that Obinna said a "Kwame Brown type player". If we could get Kwame for the price of a backup center, then I would certainly take him. Mihm is often injured, and his skill set would only replicate Yao's (once again, to a far lesser extent). We would be much better off with someone like Kendrick Perkins, Kwame Brown, Diop, and guys who play the game similar to them.

This coming from a guy that sh!!t on me when I suggested getting Kwame Brown? Why the change?

I agree the Rockets don't really need Mihm. It's not that he's "injury prone", it's just been one injury that has sidelined him. He had his ankle completely reconstructed. The doctors said they've never seen a sports related ankle injury as bad as his was. Only in major car accidents.

Right now he's the 3rd string center for my team. Gasol is actually the backup center, and then Mihm. At one time he was a very athletic, very serviceable big. He had been working with Kareem in the weeks before he got injured, and it looked like he was starting to turn a corner. His money shot was a jump hook from about 10 feet and in. He rarely missed it. He was an underrated rebounder and used his athleticism to block shots.

And to the guy who said he has 4 years left on his contract, that's not true. He only signed a 2 year deal with the Lakers. But until he shows he can bounce back from such a severe ankle injury, he's not really worth much. I know that at one time he and Kobe were the 2 hardest workers on the team, so I'm really pulling for him. Even during the Lakers' lottery season a few years ago, he worked his tail off every night. It's hard not to root for someone like that.

But cookie monster would be a better fit. He'd probably take less to play for your team, not that he'd command much anyway. I don't think any back up center in the league could put up some of the numbers Mutombo did last season when he filled in for Yao.