I’ll take it. I’m ready to throw in the towel on the O’Bryant era.

another guy with length,Mutombo or Joe Smith,to bother Z & Bynum….and a point ,Starbury, to allow Eddie to play both 1 & 2 spots and TA 2 & 3 spots..we’d win #18 in a cakewalk

My preference would be PJ Brown, but all indications are that he is through playing. I don’t know what Mutombo can do anymore, but if he is willing to come for a tryout and play for vet minimum and can still play, why not. Patrick O’Bryant will not help us and I think we need height to back up Perk just in case. Leon and BBD have done a great job so far, but I would be a bit more comfortable with a “real” big, just in case. As to Joe Smith, I thought he was a power forward and didn’t play under the basket. If I’m right, I don’t see how he can help us with our greater need which is an under the basket defender. As to Starbury, no, no, no. Alot of players have reformed when they’ve come here, but I don’t see this guy doing it. Sam is here and is happy to be doing whatever he is doing (I think he’s in the assist. coaches training program). Marbury will not sit on the bench and be quiet about it. The Celtics have ways to allow Eddie to play more as a 2. I also think Gabe Pruitt will be getting more playing time in a while and I like what I saw of him in pre-season.

I’d take Mutombo in a heartbeat. He can still defend and he won’t make many mistakes. I think he would actually end up taking some of Baby’s minutes come playoff time.

Just because, chemistry-wise he really fits the team and knows the team, but I think Mutumbo could really really help us alot, remember he played pretty good last year when Yao missed time and the rockets were on that winning streak, with the time off he’d be fresh for the stretch run, and it sounds like hes in shape…Id love this

Mutombo or PJ, I’d be happy with any of them.

Deke would be a good addition, especially if it brings an end to the Paddy O’Blount mistake.

Houston are screwing up a good thing.

The Rockets badly need Mutombo to get past Bynum and the Lakers. Their 6-5 to 6-8 big men aren’t big enough or athletic enough to handle Bynum/Gasol/Odom.

Deke would be a fantastic signing for Boston.

bye bye POB. its been nice knowing you. good luck on your journey to a new team.

I am surprised Houston wouldn’t bring him back, this is their all-in year and they will need all the help they can get. I would take Deke in a heartbeat, didn’t even think we was available.

and watch hundreds of games. Mutumbo plays d almost as well as he ever has. He is the perefect fit for us, much better than PJ on d. He solves our length and size problem vs Cleveland.(we don’t have a problem vs LA who are as soft as can be.)

on a statistical basis, blocking 3x as many shots a game, playing more minutes, getting rebounds at the same rate, scoring at the same rate. there is no reason to not see this as a good thing, its a one year rental and we don’t know what PJ will do. For a few months I’d rather have DM

I appreciated what PJ Brown did last year, but Mutombo outperformed him by a large margin last year. Let’s put it like this…if Perk gets hurt and PJ is the back-up, we get Lakers game 5 last year. If Perk goes down and Mutombo is the back-up, our starting defense doesn’t skip a beat.

so if he didn’t enter college until he was 20 which is apparently not the case, he would still be no older than 42. this nonsense about him being much older han that has gone on too long. there is a reason he is holding up well, he is only 40-42 and has kept himself in great shape

http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/dikembe-mutombo/

It’s interesting that there’s been 33 previous comments, and no one has suggested cutting Scalabrine. How times change.

Mutombo sounds fine, though I’d like him to jettison the finger wave.

This would be a nice addition.

deke on the c’s would be like parish on the bulls-not great but not bad in a pinch.

I’ve been hoping all year that we pickup a big. Mutumbo would be a a great addition to the team, able to fill in when Perk gets in foul trouble. Just imagine if we decide at one point in a game to play big, Dikembe, Perkins and Garnett on the court at the same time would be ridiculous to deal with. (Not saying that would ever happen). I remember him filling in great for the Rockets when Yao went out.

The guy may be 42, but he still can block shots and rebound, and be a presence to alter shots in the middle, hopefully we can pick him up.

I don’t see Mutombo as the key to a championship. At this point, he’s a better towel waver than shot blocker.

Good long centers are hard to come by and POB will only be 22 when this season ends. He’s three years in the league. Perk was still pretty horrible in his 3rd year – only playing because we stunk. POB on a lousy team would be getting more minutes. I wonder how many of you were in the “Fire Doc” club.
I think the roster is fine. Powe and Big Baby win more match-ups than they lose. I wouldn’t want either of them replaced. Big Baby did a great job on Yao by just spreading that big arse of his and going to work. Joe Smith! You’ve got to be kidding me. Powe is better now and so might Big Baby.

No argument from me that he doesn’t look high energy however he’s in the best possible place to pick up that ethic. He has looked very agile around the box and his length has produced blocked shots. Inotherwords, I wouldn’t put him in the Mark Blount category yet. Kareem Abdul Jabbar, in case you were too young, never looked high energy either. I wouldn’t put O’Bryant in that category but I wouldn’t dump him for a 42 year old mercenary

and wave Pruitt. He’s never going to get time playing behind House and Rondo, and we have Cassell as the immediate backup to those two, should they need it.