Welcome back, Steve

By now it's no secret Steve Francis has re-joined the Houston Rockets. Francis has signed a two-year deal (second year at his option) to return to the club which traded him to the Orlando Magic in a deal involving Tracy McGrady.

Now, T-Mac and "Stevie Franchise" are teammates.

Let the debates begin.

Fans have already chosen sides about Steve's return. One side thinks the signing is a great move while the other side thinks the deal is simply awful.

Currently, I don't like the move for the Rockets. Too many players who want the basketball; but, there's still just 1 basketball. Will Steve defer to Tracy? Will Tracy defer to Steve? What about Yao Ming? Heck, what about Bonzi Wells and Mike James? Each of those guys loves to shoot the basketball -- and, unfortunately, none of the perimeter players is a great outside shooter.

I haven't forgotten about new big man Luis Scola.

New coach Rick Adelman has a lot of talented pieces to fit into one puzzle; and, it's up to him to make the pieces fit.

While Francis helped build the Toyota Center -- "brick by brick" as some people have joked -- he played in only 44 games in 2006 - 2007 and 70 games in 2005 - 2006. Those numbers may indicate his body is beginning to break down which means Steve has one more thing in common with McGrady and Yao Ming: the three of them can no longer play 80 plus games in a regular season and none of them has advanced past the first round of the NBA Playoffs.

Welcome back, Steve.