jworth

I'd take Francis in a heartbeat because he'd easily bring the team a guy that can be an elite playmaker in the NBA. Given the opportunity, Francis would give Houston three great scoring threats alongside Yao and McGrady. I can't imagine seeing a lot of scoring droughts with those three guys on the floor together. Plus, a backcourt of Francis and James could keep the offense rolling even with McGrady catching breathers on the bench.

And Francis is far from being a washed-up all-star. The man didn't have half a chance in New York under Isiah Thomas, who chose Marbury and Nate Robinson as his PGs before Francis ever stepped into a Knicks uniform.

Please don't tell me this lineup wouldn't be very good:

PG: Francis, James, Brooks
SG: McGrady, Wells
SF: Battier, Snyder
PF: Scola, Hayes
C: Yao, Deke, Butler

Dean the Master

http://realgm.com/src_wiretap_archiv...ome_wednesday/
An update on the situation. We will see what's next.

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jdiggidy

Rockets are probably not offering him squat in the way of money. The only way Steve in playing back in houston this year is if he just really wants to be home and will play for the vet minimum and understand what his role will be.

Don't expect Steve to be on this team. It is probably Miami if he wants alot of PT or LA since he has such manlove for Cuttino.

jworth

He'll be back in Houston

Cornholio

http://www.clutchfans.net/news/1427/...ts_a_longshot/

Please, DON'T come back.

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Krimzon

He's going to try to join the team. If we get him, Alston will probably be gone.

jdiggidy

I'm fine with Steve here if the price is CHEAP! Good thing for us is if the Heat miss out on Francis then there really aren't any other points left. Williams, Atkins, Blake have all signed with other teams.

Then we could trade Rafer for Haslem and maybe Posey. (Rafer, Sura, JLIII, Reed)

Pimped Out

if we hadnt traded for mike james, i would want steve on this team. but luther and rafer give the team something different than francis and james. francis and james though are similar players (with a similar lack of desire to pass)

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jworth

Francis has been turnover prone and shot-happy in the past, but let's get to it: he's a much better creator and scorer than James. Unlike James, Francis is very good at changing directions on the fly, and he uses more than blazing speed to get past defenders and into the paint. If Houston steals Francis, and Adelman fits him into the system, Francis would be a HUGE addition.

Pimped Out

yeah, francis is the better player than james, but i dont want to sign francis at the cost of giving up head and alston. if we could have alston, head, and francis, i would prefer that to alston, head, and james or francis and james. but since we already pulled the trigger on the james trade, thats not an option anymore.
i would rather let go of one of either head or alston, not both.
if brooks can actually step up and give us everything head would this year, then both head and alston are expendable. but i'm still not sold on brooks contributing that much next year (or maybe ever)

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jdiggidy

I do like Morey's attitude though. He said he will continue looking for deals not worrying about whether we have to much talent on the team or not.

Having to much talent is easy to deal with.

Yao Man..

New guy)
I totally agree with you, but i think for us to get francis we need to get rid of james because the both have simular games. So we could trade james and head and have alston come off the bench as our 6th. If we can get haslem that would be a + because i still dont think we have the rebounding that we need. Scola sounds to be a great player but we still need that banger to get those rebounds.
Lets get stevie!

Pimped Out

what about trading head and alston for cat?

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IMO i think that would be giving up to much. I really wanna see Head traded during this offseason. He isnt good enough to handle the ball at the pg position, and when we put him at the 2 guard he is undersized and cant play D. Versus Utah we had luther head guarding Matt Harpring......(nuff said)Giving up those 2 point guards will really free up the pile up on pg that we having going. Rafer alston coming off the bench creating, passing and able to hit the 3's
Francis also a great creator(for himself) and consistant scorer.

Head + James + sura = *Franchise back*

Jame or Alston + head + sura= Haslem

Dean the Master