[驚人消息]mike james想回火箭

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MIKE-JAMES wants back
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http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/3861692.html

James thinks he's right for Rockets

Free agent wants to return to where he now calls home

By JONATHAN FEIGEN
Copyright 2006 Houston Chronicle

DALLAS - When the Rockets weigh their free-agent options, one will stand
out.

He is not the perfect fit. He might not be the first choice. But he is in
 the books as the first to make his preference clear.

Mike James, whom the Rockets sent to Toronto before last season to get the
 more traditional point play of Rafer Alston and because they did not want
 to lose James this summer as a free agent, wants to come back. More than
 that, he believes the Rockets should want him as much as he wants them.

"Houston is my first choice," James said. "Seriously, Houston is home. My
 wife is from Houston. We just bought our house in Houston. I want to go
home."

James can even argue he would be a good fit, believing his shooting range
 and ballhandling would be ideal to take defenders away from Yao Ming and
 Tracy McGrady and pressure off Alston.

"I definitely could see myself on the court with Rafer," James said. "I think
 I could help him out a lot. And could you see me, Rafer, Juwan (Howard),
 Yao and Tracy on the court together? Teams could not double off anyone.

"Everybody talks about my point-guard play, says I'm not a pass-first player
. I'm not. I'm a make-the-play player. Whatever it takes to make the play
, that's what I'm going to do. Whether it's scoring or passing, I'm going
 to make the play."

Though the Raptors were among the league's worst teams, individually, James
 had a career year, averaging 20.3 points and 5.8 assists. He was fourth
in the NBA in 3-point shooting, making 44.2 percent.

That, however, could make him a hot commodity in an offseason short on point
 guards. Atlanta, in particular, has money to spend and a need for a point
 guard. The Rockets have a mid-level exception, likely worth about $5.4 million
 to start, but James will be 31 next season. This could be his last contract
. He will look for more than mid-level.

The Rockets, if they are to give their mid-level to one player, rather than
 split it among several (perhaps in a run at younger former second-round
pick Vassilis Spanoulis) would likely look for younger and bigger help than
 James. But he made it clear who he believes would be the right choice.

"I would love to go straight from my home to the arena," James said. "If
I can do that the rest of my career, that's what I want to do.

"I'm back in the gym already. I'm back working out with John Lucas already
. I know if I want something better, I can't do the same things to get different
 results. I have to do different things to get different results. Now I'm
 boxing this summer. I'm training in different ways because I want to be
better.

"This season, every part of my game got better. Now, my main focus is coming
 back to H-Town."

Suns are in Thomas' eyes
Now that Tim Thomas saved the Phoenix Suns in Game 6 in Los Angeles and became
 a key to their playoff chances, he might have gone from a relative waste
 of talent to one of the more coveted free agents this summer. He absolutely
 would be the sort of perimeter shooter the Rockets would love to put between
 Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady.

Thomas, however, does not sound as if he is looking for a free-agent score
, having gone that route. After pulling down $14 million in the final year
 of a six-year, $67 million contract, he said he's earned but has not won
 enough.

"I don't need money. I've already seen over $100 million," Thomas said. "
I'm not thinking past that right now, but my mind is fixed on doing whatever
 it takes to stay here."

The Suns will be loaded inside next season when Amare Stoudemire and Kurt
 Thomas are back with Shawn Marion and Boris Diaw. They are not likely to
 get into a bidding war for a backup. But they might not need to.

"I don't need to be a starter or a 20-point scorer or all that," Thomas said
. "I need to be a winner. It's foremost in my mind, and I think this team
 is an elite team with a great future ahead of it.

"This style is great; it's like playing in a video game. Just imagine Kurt
, Stat (Stoudemire), Shawn, Boris, Raja (Bell), Steve (Nash) all together
. A coach can do so many things, go so many ways. Why would I want to go
anywhere else?

"People say you can never have too much money. Well I've made my share. Money
's not what I'm missing. Being in the chase, on a great team with a great
 group is what I was missing. And I'm going to make sure I do all I can from
 my end to make sure it lasts."

Patching up the playoffs
David Stern waited until it was obvious to admit that the seeding process
 was a mess, but at least he admitted that, and that rushing the San Antonio
 Spurs to the second round a few hours after finishing the first was a mistake
.

After the Los Angeles Clippers benefited so obviously from losing their way
 to a first-round matchup with the Denver Nuggets rather than the Dallas
Mavericks, the league likely will seed playoff teams based on record. But
 before facing the Mavericks a round earlier than he should have, Spurs coach
 Gregg Popovich took one more shot.

"Who knows what the playoff format will be like next year?" Popovich told
 the San Antonio Express-News. "It's been so well thought out this year.
It may be even more amazing to behold next year."

A hitch in the process
Chris Paul's selection as NBA Rookie of the Year was one vote short of unanimous
. Utah Jazz guard Deron Williams received the other first-place vote from
 Ron Boone, a former Jazz player now working for the Jazz as an analyst on
 KJZZ.

"I thought Deron finished stronger than Chris Paul," Boone said. "After the
 All-Star break, I just thought Deron played better, and the Jazz certainly
 played better. I'm surprised I was the only one, but it doesn't change how
 I feel."

Coaches are not permitted to vote for their own players in the balloting
for All-Star reserves or All-Defensive team. But while Boone insisted he
had his reasons and might have been sincere, he mostly demonstrated how inappropriate
 it is to have broadcasters paid by the teams voting for players on those
 teams.

Knows his limitations
While so many others have said Andres Nocioni's performance against the Miami
 Heat was a breakthrough ─ he averaged 22.3 points and 8.8 rebounds, while
 shooting 56 percent from the field ─ he did not. But rather than the usual
 claims that he was merely doing what he can, Nocioni said he should not
be expected to be that good again.

"For a whole season? It's impossible," he said. "I am the role player. I
know I play great the last month, but I try to work for the team. I am no
 star on this team.

"For some reason in this series, I need to take more shots, play more offender
 than defender. I know who I am."

Predetermined decision
There were times Rick Adelman was able to consider the possibility that Sacramento
 Kings owners Joe and Gavin Maloof had not decided this would be his last
 season before it began.

They had made a run at Phil Jackson and then let him go into the final, but
 it was perhaps possible they would allow the job he did have something to
 do with whether he would still have a job.

Then he fooled them and did too good a job. The Kings were remade more than
 halfway through the season with the addition of Ron Artest, move of Kenny
 Thomas into the starting lineup and return of Bonzi Wells from injury. By
 the season's end, they were among the top six to eight teams in the NBA,
 though their record before the changes forced them to a first-round match
 up with defending champion San Antonio.

The Maloofs, however, demonstrated that their minds were already set, seeming
 only to have grown tired of the coach they had for eight seasons.

The usual postseason evaluations lasted five minutes.

"I think we wanted some resolution, and then (Joe Maloof) says they'll talk
 about it and get back to me," Adelman told the Sacramento Bee.

Three hours later president of basketball operations Geoff Petrie called
and told Adelman that he would not be back.

"I got my resolution real quick," Adelman said.

The party line is that the Maloofs wanted more of a defensive-oriented coach
. Adelman suggested if that was what they wanted, they should have given
him more defensive-minded players.

"We didn't have defensive players," Adelman said. "It's as simple as that
. We haven't had defensive players the last two or three years. If you want
 a defensive team, then go trade for defensive players. Go get (players)
like San Antonio has or Detroit has. I don't apologize for any of that. That
 team we had (in 2002-03) with Jimmy Jackson, Hedo (Turkoglu), Peja (Stojakovic
), we had a lot of (defensive) flexibility on that team and we had the best
 (opponents field-goal percentage) in the league. And we just didn't decide
 to go away from that."

Van Gundy moves up list
With Rick Adelman out as Kings coach, the Rockets' Jeff Van Gundy has the
 third-longest tenure of any coach in the NBA. Van Gundy has been with the
 Rockets for three seasons.

Utah's Jerry Sloan and San Antonio's Gregg Popovich have lapped the field
. Van Gundy, Eddie Jordan, Mike Dunleavy and Rick Carlisle all began their
 current gigs in the 2003-04 season.

[e-mail]
Rant of the week: Treat Cuban same as staffer or fan

After he was hit with a pair of $100,000 fines last week, Mavs owner Mark
 Cuban let it be known the NBA cannot stop him that way. Never has. Never
 will.

We're still not sure what Cuban did to earn the fine for criticism of officials
. He had written a blog item calling for a change in the selection process
 for choosing playoff officials. There was no specific criticism. The league
 way overreacted.

But the other fine and the action that brought it ─ Cuban went on the court
 during a timeout when an eight-second violation was not called ─ demonstrated
 what should be changed.

During games, Cuban should be considered part of the basketball staff or
just another fan. If he is ranting on the court, he should be hit with a
technical foul or taken from the building.

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推 jcma:要回來？好啊！只要接受我們的MLE就可以了
推 lifekiller:看來他很想住在休士頓XD，但是簽了他，那bogans呢...
推 shykid:他跟Howard不是吵翻了嗎?而且James要的是高薪 中產不夠吧?꜠
推 jcma:Bogans好像可以用大鳥條款簽
→ jcma:To shyfid兄，所以我猜他嘴砲
推 barkleyc:看了他之前在暴龍放的話..實在很難想像火箭會要他...= =
→ barkleyc:應該就像J兄說的嘴泡吧 XDrz
推 outdance:火箭只有中產 要來可以留下的  再多就沒有了
推 Manech:雖然火箭正缺這樣的球員  不過我猜M.James只是放話提高自己
→ Manech:市場行情  他來了話火箭暑假大換血很有可能  跟他不合的
推 Manech:也有可能被打包  MJames一但交易到火箭  我猜會是先簽後換
→ Manech:暴龍想要防守好的球員  或是禁區大個
推 vaorejao:會跟T-MAC搶球投 壓縮Head的表現 防守不好 個人覺得不要
→ mackulkov:給他300萬就好
→ Manech:MJ跟TM,JH似乎都不合..所以才說他如果來了
→ Manech:火箭很有可能大換血 不過火箭年年大換血的機會應該不高吧?
推 sailinger:先發球員年年換   球隊向心力也逐漸流失
→ sailinger:還記得以前的火箭是很有悅a庭的感覺
推 kauw:電視節目有一幕:火箭被淘汰的理由 帶到MM..太依賴主力..
推 Goooooooog1e:文中看出mj蠻感性的...可能是我們一直遺忘的一面...
推 Goooooooog1e:看來要在V-Span和MJ之間作個選擇,要年青還是即戰力?!
→ Goooooooog1e:還記得去年季候賽在更衣室亮起冠軍戒鼓勵隊友的一幕.
→ Goooooooog1e:那時真覺得他是個硬漢...
推 nbalook:250萬 不二價...
推 bosco1983:他改個姓變LB  那就大家搶著要了   XD
推 yosky:只能說可惜 = =
推 ozakiman:我不喜歡他........~"~，我想要Griffin回來