Eddie House???

[Mark Piotrowski]

I think you're right Steve O... I sort of look at House as a "cagey 
veteran" type who plays hard and understands his role in the pecking 
order.  I think his shooting percentage is a by-product of him taking 
a lot of 3s (almost 3 a game) which he shoots at a 38% clip.  He's 
someone defenders have to keep a step closer to which will open 
things up for KG to operate.

He's played with Steve Nash and Jason Kidd the last 2 years so you 
hve to hope he picked SOMETHING up from that.

I would ONLY sign Hudson with the $1M Vet Exception that the league 
basically pays for.

As for NBDLers this Manuel kid sounds like a good guy to have --- 
Chuck Hayes, Trenton Hassell, Justin Reed type.  But I would also 
like to give Randy Livingston a shot as a 2nd PG --- since House is 
really a 2guard.

(the other) mark



>I kind of like Eddie House. I'd rather have Brevin Knight, but House 
>is a pretty decent player. Instant offense and he plays pretty hard 
>-- he's what Allan Ray hopes to grow up to be. He's definitely not a 
>point guard -- a shooting guard in a PG body -- but he can dribble 
>the ball upcourt and hand it to Garnett (more than I'm confident 
>saying Tony Allen can do), and he knows his role.
>
>Don't know why anyone would want Troy Hudson. His skills are eroding 
>and he's as brittle as they get -- topping 36 games played once in 
>the last four years. There's a reason the T'Wolves paid him to leave.
>
>Steve O
>
>---- Peter Delevett <pdelevett at yahoo.com> wrote:
>  > OK, he's a better-than-average three-point shooter.
>  > But his career FG percentage is under 41%, he's
>  > averaged well under 2 apg, AND he's a freakin' midget.
>  > This guy's really gonna be our backup PG?? How is he a
>  > better choice than Brevin Knight, or even Troy Hudson?
>  > You can't tell me Hudson wouldn't have signed for $1.2
>  > million.
>  >
>  > Meanwhile, the C's also have reportedly signed some
>  > guy named Jackie Manuel, a 6'5 guard out of North
>  > Carolina. Here's some bio:
>  >
>  > "Manuel was a tri-captain on the 2005 NCAA Champion
>  > North Carolina Tar Heels, and proved himself to be a
>  > hustling defensive player with unselfish passing
>  > abilities."
>  >
>  > I watch a fair amount of college ball and can't say
>  > I've ever heard of this kid. Apparently he was on the
>  > ACC All-Defensive Team his junior and senior years,
>  > which is nice. He played in the D-League last year but
>  > didn't crack the top 50 in points or assists, although
>  > he did average a steal a game. Whoo.
>  >
>  > DraftExpress calls him a poor man's Tony Allen, which
>  > might be OK as long as we're waiting for the real Tony
>  > Allen to come back. It's a heckuva step up from the
>  > D-League to the NBA, though. (Just found his college
>  > stats and they are very modest: 6 pts, 3 rebs, 2 ast,
>  > 1 steal as a senior, while shooting 56% from the
>  > floor. Does not appear to be a three-point shooter at
>  > all. Did he play in the frontcourt at UNC?)
>  >
>  > Looks like Ainge is trying to piece together our needs
>  > one specialist at a time. If I were Gabe Pruitt, I'd
>  > be packing my bags.
>  >
>  > http://www.nba.com/dleague/players/jackie_manuel.html