[Las Vegas Review Journal] Rockets rookie Greene scores some recognition

Greene looked horrible last night. He jacked up shots like crazy. The times I saw him try to drive, he turned the ball over (doesn't seem to have much of a handle). I recognize that he has potential, but without a more disciplined game, I don't expect him to see much playing time this year.

 

nice assessment. he has all the tools. he just needs to polish and develop them.

i don't see him playing much in his first year either. i give a better chance to dorsey of cracking the rotation.

 

After his 40 pt game, everyone jumped on the bandwagon...even after the two recent lackluster games

 

well the 40 point game was one hell of a first impression.

since then we have seen a more realistic view of what he will bring this season. however, he sure showed that he has a ton of potential to tap into.

 

Another good thing is he is only 19 - plenty of growth potential ahead of him, as long as he is willing to learn, not just talk about learning.

 

I just hope the Rox won't pull a stupid like they did to MoTaylor once the preseason games start.

 

I'm not sure why people expect him to have great handles. The guy is 6'9". Not everyone can be Lamar Odom or TMAC.

 

haha... lamar odom does not have good handles.. he's kinda like antoine walker.. dribbling with one hand.. looking incompetent and watching the ball as he goes...OK, not as bad as that.. but still not good like TMAC

 

Agree, so did the other teams defensive schemes. I think he'll play this year, but not in the beginning of the season. He's just too talented and Adelman will find a way to harness him. With the injury history of this franchise, he'll get some clock at some point.

 

Yeah, Greene needs to improve in several areas.

But remember Landry last year in the SL? Yeesh.

The great thing about Adelman is if rooks can show they do some things well in practice then they'll get a shot. We'll see Greene this year.

 

You gotta figure that he got more attention on the defensive end after making such a splash in his first game.


Scoring 40 points in a game WILL get you noticed FAST.
Coaches most likely made a point to focus in on greene

 

Keep this in mind, during summer league most teams don't really coach the players as far as skill development and X's and O's. They run a few plays and let the players play because they want to see what they have. They want to see a guy's strengths and weaknesses so they can see what they need to work on to make improvements to their game. So what you have here is a very talented kid who is one year removed from high school who had the ability to come in and drop 40 points on 20 shots in his first professional contest. He followed that up with a poor shooting game, another solid game, and then another poor shooting game. Also consider the fact they are playing these games in consecutive days(including tonight, 5 games in 7 days). You are seeing the rawest, uncoached, and possibly even somewhat mentally and physically fatigued version of Donte Green who need I remind you looks head and shoulders better than Carl Landry did at this same time last year.

Don't get too up or down about him just yet because they haven't even started the process of "fixing" him yet. This is the Syracuse version of Green. Wait until he gets some weight training and coaching in him before you judge him, but I think he has exceeded expectations. He has shown that he has the tools to contribute if he can catch on fast whereas many were saying it would take him several years. I'm encouraged by what I have seen. Can he get better, hell yeah and that isn't a bad thing at all.

Also it should be noted that he has performed better than several of the people drafted much higher than him like Joe Alexander of the Bucks to name one and several highly touted second year up and comers like Thad Young of the Sixers.

 

Green must learn to play D first if he is going to get on the court. This is the main reason Tmac developed and played at an early aged due to his D.

 

he lacks that focus. kinda like tmac in the first half. sorta just waitin for the time to actually play. when the 2nd half hits, tmac is the superstar that the rox are payin 20mil a year. greene had that focus in the first game after earning a contract...but now is playin like its the 1st half...which is what summer league is afterall.

 

After qualifying for the Olympics with German team Greene need some recognition

 

hah, that photo makes Dirk look like he'd dwarf Yao!

look at Kaman who's 7foot, and Dirk looks like he's 7-7!!

(I know, he's just jumping into the hudle... i guess he would be excited, getting into the Olympics)