Just wanted to drop by and say that you're getting a HELL of a player in Carl Landry. As a Rockets fan I feel like we got over on the Knicks by taking the contract of Jeffries for a pick swap, first rounder, and Jordan Hill, but you guys got the better of a straight up Landry for Martin swap. Martin is overpaid and will be a bad value at his salary before his contract runs out, if he isn't already. Plus, he is never healthy.
Landry is probably the most underpaid player in the league not on a rookie contract. He had some knee injuries before but looks to be completely healthy now and he's tough as nails. He got his teeth knocked out in the playoffs and came back to make the game winning block, got shot in the leg and came back a couple weeks later, and embedded his teeth in Dirk Nowitzski's forearm only put him down for a couple of days.
Nobody in the league can guard him 1 v 1 in the post and he basically demands a doubleteam. He even shreds the Lakers frontline. This is because he's far too quick for a big PF to guard, but overpowers the faster, weaker PFs. He's not good at passing out of a doubleteam yet but I have confidence he will be. He's a very hard worker and has gotten a lot better every year. You can tell he's focused because of how much he's improved his mid-range and free throw shooting. His weaknesses are defense and rebounding when matched against a big PF, but his offensive game is good enough that he very rarely gets outplayed on the whole, even paired against superstars.
It says a lot that on our team, which has Yao Ming and some other solid players, Landry is easily the most liked by fans. Everyone else has a fair share of detractors but Landry is universally loved. I think we mainly dealt him because of his agent. Our GM played hardball with him as a rookie and only signed him to a 1 year deal, and then when he played better than expected our GM played hardball with him again as a RFA and had some pretty rough negotiations with the agent. Now he's on a dirt cheap contract for the level of play he brings, but would probably try to screw us when this contract is up. So, it was better to send him to a team that didn't have a bad history and could resign him at a more reasonable price.
Landry is probably the most underpaid player in the league not on a rookie contract. He had some knee injuries before but looks to be completely healthy now and he's tough as nails. He got his teeth knocked out in the playoffs and came back to make the game winning block, got shot in the leg and came back a couple weeks later, and embedded his teeth in Dirk Nowitzski's forearm only put him down for a couple of days.
Nobody in the league can guard him 1 v 1 in the post and he basically demands a doubleteam. He even shreds the Lakers frontline. This is because he's far too quick for a big PF to guard, but overpowers the faster, weaker PFs. He's not good at passing out of a doubleteam yet but I have confidence he will be. He's a very hard worker and has gotten a lot better every year. You can tell he's focused because of how much he's improved his mid-range and free throw shooting. His weaknesses are defense and rebounding when matched against a big PF, but his offensive game is good enough that he very rarely gets outplayed on the whole, even paired against superstars.
It says a lot that on our team, which has Yao Ming and some other solid players, Landry is easily the most liked by fans. Everyone else has a fair share of detractors but Landry is universally loved. I think we mainly dealt him because of his agent. Our GM played hardball with him as a rookie and only signed him to a 1 year deal, and then when he played better than expected our GM played hardball with him again as a RFA and had some pretty rough negotiations with the agent. Now he's on a dirt cheap contract for the level of play he brings, but would probably try to screw us when this contract is up. So, it was better to send him to a team that didn't have a bad history and could resign him at a more reasonable price.
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