Jabari Smith Jr. is the Rockets' franchise player

Like ATW said, we have a better shot winning the Tari/Bari/Sengun/FVV/Sengun(Dillon) on the floor than with Jalen. His go to in the clutch is either turning it over or trying to drive and getting walled off, having to reset and now the shot clock is down to 8 and FVV has to figure it out which he should've just ****ing done from the get go.

 

I am among the biggest Alpi fans here, but I don’t see the feasibility or the advantage of having two of him on the floor at the same time.

 

I was pretty confused as well, but then sort of figured maybe Jabari was on the bench because he took a beating from guarding Giannis all game the previous day, and was probably a bit sore. Still would have liked to have seen him during the 4th or in OT.

 

Would definitely kill our spacing. On the other hand, it would be our best box out lineup!

 

At least hes actually boxing out now. I really wonder what Silas day to day was as coach bc this kid wouldnt box out and never did through the whole year. How hard was it for Smilin Steve to pull him aside and ask him why he aint doin the MOST BASIC job of a forward.

Praise IME for being an actual coach.

 

Eason starting and Jabari off the bench might be a good move to make.

 

nope but nice of the jabari hater to pop up at a time of convenience

 

Silas mentality.

 

its actually ime mentality who btw is the current coach, which is why there's no chance jabari is out as a starter

 

He will shuffle things around. Trades could be made come March.

 

that has nothing to do with Jabari. I'm open to a tipjar bet for that

The only thing that has even has a chance at some change in the starting lineup is Jalen Green due to his struggles for most of the year so far and if that continues yeah Ime might end up benching him

 

Good Bye Jalen Green...

 

Jalen trade by himself doesn’t get you much, better package that with picks or FVV if you want something of value.

 

There's a reason he's upside comp was 6'11" Klay.

 

Doesn’t need to score to impact the game. He knows what it means to take good shots. Easily going to be a two way player

 

Good game from Jabari tonight, very promising. Shame the team overall wasn't doing well.

 

Great game man. He deserved to walk away with W.

 

Problem is Jalen has no trade value (we did invest a lot on him) and surprisingly Jabari’s trade value is lot higher than Rockets fan think. He gets single digit shooting touch with above average shooting percentage which is good looks for any scout. So far the best trade value we got on our young core is Jabari > Sengun (need major adjustment to use him) > Amen > Tari > Jalen

 

Jabari seems to have found consistency rebounding the ball, which is very encouraging. When he finds that for his shot, he'll be right where we want him to be as a second year player.

My expectations were for him to become an elite NBA 3-point shooter. I haven't given up on that because of his year-over-year improvement. But he still really scatter guns it from game to game.