To those visiting the Rockets board in light of Yao's injury

[Vator]

If you really want to have a discussion in the Current Affairs forum, you need to start with a topic that other people are welcome to give their opinions on...not a personal attack. FYI, personal attacks will get your thread locked automatically 10 time out of 10.

[AR3]

If you really want to have a discussion in the Current Affairs forum, you need to start with a topic that other people are welcome to give their opinions on...not a personal attack. FYI, personal attacks will get your thread locked automatically 10 time out of 10.

Yeah but if I start a thread here asking why Yao won't give the Chinese govt the middle finger you'll lock it even though it's a basketball discussion. I know you're worried about racial epithets but you're censoring discussion. At least tell me you're not worried about offending communists cause if that's the case then that's ridiculous.

[Vator]

Communism has nothing to do with basketball. I directed you to were you needed to go if that is something you wanted to spend your time posting about, but you didn't handle yourself appropriately by once again, breaking a forum rule resulting in having another thread locked. This is NOT the appropriate forum for what you want to discuss. Censoring? More like moderating which is what I've been asked to do. Sometimes it's the same thing. Call it what you want. The people who run the site set the rules in place, not me, so take your complaint up with them. Tell them you want to discuss communism on the Rockets board and have them send me a personal message telling me that they have decided to waive their own rules so that you may do so and I'll say have at it.

[AR3]

Communism has nothing to do with basketball. I directed you to were you needed to go if that is something you wanted to spend your time posting about, but you didn't handle yourself appropriately by once again, breaking a forum rule resulting in having another thread locked. This is NOT the appropriate forum for what you want to discuss. Censoring? More like moderating which is what I've been asked to do. Sometimes it's the same thing. Call it what you want. The people who run the site set the rules in place, not me, so take your complaint up with them. Tell them you want to discuss communism on the Rockets board and have them send me a personal message telling me that they have decided to waive their own rules so that you may do so and I'll say have at it.

You honestly don't think in this case, communism and basketball go hand in hand? Listen, just be honest. If your goal is to run a site where no one is offended and everything is lovey dovey then say so.

[Norm2953]

I'm a Blazers fan (as some of you know) and have admired Rick Adelman and the Rockets
for some time.

It would seem to me you would need a center with Yao apparently out and Deke retired
and going an entire season with Chuck Hayes at center is not going to work. I'd like
to throw out Battier for JP and I'd cross my finger if I were the Rockets that T-Mac
would come back to take up the scoring slack with the loss of Yao. Salaries match up
almost perfectly.

Who's JP again?

Joel Pryzbilla 7-1 245 lb center who would give you about 6 ppg and perhaps 10 rbg.

[xingjianma]

viewtopic.php?f=69&t=920409

His thread in current affairs.
God I hope he's not a stereotype in American's attitude towards China.

[jove9]

http://www.realgm.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=69&t=920409

His thread in current affairs.
God I hope he's not a stereotype in American's attitude towards China.

He obviously is. Funny that he's still trying to use the old inflammatory cold war rhetoric of the '50s.

"Those damn commies!"

I'm a Blazers fan (as some of you know) and have admired Rick Adelman and the Rockets
for some time.

It would seem to me you would need a center with Yao apparently out and Deke retired
and going an entire season with Chuck Hayes at center is not going to work. I'd like
to throw out Battier for JP and I'd cross my finger if I were the Rockets that T-Mac
would come back to take up the scoring slack with the loss of Yao. Salaries match up
almost perfectly.

Who's JP again?

Joel Pryzbilla 7-1 245 lb center who would give you about 6 ppg and perhaps 10 rbg.

Not likely that a trade like that would go down. Battier is our best wing defender. Since we have no shot blockers anymore, our perimeter defenders are extremely valuable to us now in order to stop movement toward the basket.

Sure JP is a decent shot blocker, but he's not worth losing what Battier brings to this team.

[Mr. E]

Yeah, I wouldn't give up Battier for Pryzbilla.

Of course with the news of Yao's injury (even if not as severe as initially reported) will make the trade board unbearable to visit for a while, seeing as how it will be chock full of "panic move" trades from every corner. The Rockets got hurt, not dumb!