Its on him for not hustling and asking for money he can't live up to. If you are a fresh grad and somebody offered you the CEO position with an annual 3M salary do you take it? A lot of the fault is with the hiring manager but you also have some blame for taking on a role you can't do. In Anderson's case you can see he doesn't work on offense and defense. All he does on O is stand on a corner waiting for the ball. He doesn't run around the perimeter trying to get open. On D he isn't active on switches people say he is sneaky with no basis if he is really sneaky how come he has few rebs, no deflections, charges etc? Defense doesn't ridiculous athleticism its just having the will just ask Shane Battier or Bruce Bowen how athletic they are. Anderson has the tools and skillset to justify his contract, all you have to do is look at Tucker if Tucker was the guy making 18M people wouldnt be as mad at him as they are at Anderson.
Ok first of all pardon me if I can't format nicely I am typing on the phone. On your first reply first of all remember that Trevor Ariza is only making less than half of Anderson's salary. Your apples to apples comparison is wrong because if you think Anderson shooting 30% is amazing value for 19M Ariza shooting 22% is actually better, he should be shooting at around 15% to equal Anderson's impact. Of course there would be riots on the streets if Anderson shoots 22% first of all he already overpaid as is secondly he can't do anything except shoot. Since you like +/- so much just check out BPM in basketball reference. Guess what both Anderson and Ariza are both -2.3! So both them have the same +/- now except Anderson costs 2 times more. Again so what if Anderson is a part that gets leads? He is not the one that gets the leads he is just there! Since you like leads so much check out Anderson's bpm last year...yeah that's right he is -0.8! I don't know where you get your stats, where does it show that lineups with Anderson are amazing? Just check out his advanced stats on bssketball reference last year he was barely above a league average player...and an average player only costs 7M.
It only has value when given a large sample size, looking at one game's +/- and determining he did well after he only shot 25% is just wrong. Its not just a weak metric, it is wrong. His +/- is 25% higher than Gordon. He didn't register any crazy hustle stats like rebs, steals, deflections, charges. His +/- has no basis on his performance.
Lol how is this checkmate? Ever hear of opportunity cost? Anderson's massive salary prevents us from signing somebody else who could have helped the team win. Ever wonder why Morey has been trying so hard to dump Anderson since the trade deadline? He was even willing to add Beverly as a sweetener just to make the trade happen according to the reports. Morey is the master of analytics data right? If Anderson was such a good contributor why is the analytics expert trying so hard to dump him?
Who do you think knows more about coaching, you or MDA who has been doing this for decades? I know MDA hates subs but Anderson is already part of his rotation, he just plays him less than Ariza. That is the reality even last year so do you think the coaching staff was dumb as bricks for the entire season? Not only was MDA playing Anderson less even Morey was trying to dump him I guess both the GM and Coach are just dumb as bricks since they can't see the value of Anderson smh.
It's weird because we didn't lose anyone except Bev. Even with injuries last year, it didn't feel like there was such a struggle for points. The 3-ball is not falling.
Or we rarely could surprise anyone, everyone knows we are going to shoot from deep so yeah. They are giving us the lanes to drive.
I'd give the shooting the benefit of doubt. It's only a few games. He shot quite well (especially on the road!) last season against public perception that he couldn't hit his shots. I am hoping that his shooting percentage will eventually fall back to his career average.
Shooting and Scoring are 2 pair of shoes. His numbers do not add up to be a scorer tbh. 3 pt shot is his only forte. Or was.
having lou would be real nice. or at least a bench guy that can get buckets (ego is our 2nd option on offense).
I didn't count Lou because Rockets got him late in the season. Rockets were still a great offense before Lou with Brewer.
We have sixth man of the year eric Gordon off the bench. Our problem is CP3 is hurt which makes Gordon start.
Me and @RasaqBoi had this exchange in the Rockets Sixers Game Thread: This exchange really annoyed me. When I defend Anderson, it isn't because he is my favorite player or I think he isn't overpaid, it's the lazy comments and assumptions, just because, that make me itch... It's like I'm in the twilight zone where nobody is watching the game. By all means, criticize this dude when he is doing chump work, but not when he is contributing something. I usually re-watch the Rockets games when they pick up a win. This time I tried to focus on Anderson. When Anderson was on the court he guarded: Covington Anderson Saric Simmons Embiid Redick While Anderson was in the game (35 min), with the exception of 2 blown plays where Anderson's man picked up an errant ball after good defense by the Rockets to score, he was scored on a grand total of TWO TIMES. One three from Covington and a turnaround Jumper from Embiid. Covington had 20 points and only scored 3 on Anderson. Anderson was the best defender on Covington contesting 4 of his shots that he missed. Simmons, Redick, and Anderson tried to shoot and drive but Anderson contested all their shots from the the Perimeter and at the rim. no points on him Saric didn't do anything. Anderson was still in the game when the team went on a run to win the game as the small ball 5 guarding Embiid. Anderson was taken out for one play for defense and then back in for the game winning play. In a game where the Rockets were trailing most of the game, Anderson gave up 5 points and contributed 14.
