USE HIM idk but when playing a young athletic team, might want to consider using a young athletic big man.....no diss on Chuck
No, it would be worse if he played. He's probably a better offensive player than Jeffries, but offense is not what we needed tonight. We need a damn STOP. Jeffries made some spectacular defensive plays tonight that Jordan Hill could not make to save his life. And he definitively should not have played over Chuck. Chuck was freakin awesome.
Dude... Chuck did work. 16 points - 8 rebounds - 6 assist .... Would have like to seen Jordan get a little playing time though.
If I was a guard, I would rather run into the stickman Jeffries than big Hill. A guard slamming into Hill would be laid flat on his back.
Chuck could of played at PF and Hill at C and give Scola a rest i mean Scola is playing great but at this rate he is going to be averagin 40 mins a game.....Ricks gotta get better at managin the rotation.
I just dont know why not give even a minute, on a back to back, to 8th pick from last year that used to bring a lot of energy and rebounding from the bench, and supposedly 5th best player in this years draft. Didnt last year teach us that Chuck Hayes, even if he played a decent game tonight, is not an answer at center? Why not play someone 4 inches taller and way more athletic? Maybe this is what happens when u r stockpiling assets instead of players. But at some point they just stop being an asset and u r stuck with players that u just dont want to play. I just dont like the way rotation is shaping up this season. Unless we are showcasing JJ and CH for a trade, but I doubt it.
im actually glad he has not played in the first two games.... and guys, hes really not all that athletic.
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Chuck is a good defender, but he is not capable of holding the paint. AD said he dont wanna play Chuck as center any more, why sat Miller and Hill then?
I understand that chuck hayes is a much more safe player to put in the rotation this early in the season, but I think it's crucial for rick to realize that if the rockets are serious about contending for a title, they need to develop Hill some more. Hill has the tools to be a quality role player, who wont have any liabilities. Much love to chuck, but if a team is a serious title contender they cant have him in the 8/9 man rotation.
Hill wouldn't have done much. A relatively small percentage of their points came in the paint. Our problem is missed rotations. Notice that we didn't double team anyone, yet role players like Wright and Williams were left WIDE open. Same thing with Blake last night, three times. Our defense is bad right now. The Warriors actually played worse defense, constantly watching the ball and letting Chuck wheel and deal. But we let them walk all over us. Let's say Monta shot 10-24 instead of 18-24. The Warriors still would have scored 116 points. We're getting killed out there.
Another failure by Rockets management. Main weakness last year was starting Chuck Hayes at center and being unable to challenge anything in the general vicinity of the hoop. So what do we do to correct this? Get a strictly offensive playing center who despite having NBA-center height doesn't really challenge anything and is about 10 times slower. In fact, he's so bad at defense we still have more confidence in Hayes starting at center even though we know what it costs us. And now trying to force Jordan Hill to play center. I never thought I'd say this, especially this early in the season, but we really could have used Eric Dampier tonight. There's no way Ellis gets as many free layups as he did in the first quarter with an actual big man in the game. There's going to be what, 20 back-to-back games where Yao doesn't play? I think every single one of those games is up for grabs, no matter how weak the opponent. Has Dikembe's knee heeled yet? The Rockets off-season looks worse and worse. Thank god for the Martin trade.
Am I missing something here? I watched most of the preseason and Jordan looked pretty solid and up-and-coming to me. He brought energy and rebounding (moreso than any of our other "bigs"). Seriously, does anyone know what's the deal with Hill and Adelman? Is he in the doghouse? I really am surprised that Hill has not been part of the rotation in the past 2 games. I thought he would given his youth and display of potential coming into fruition...
LOL. He's 6'10 with a 35 inch vertical. Im pretty sure Yao, Miller, Hayes and Scola could out jump him anytime.
