[Chron] Rockets' Hill ready to showcase his skills this summer

Love this kid, can't wait to see him play in the summer league.

 

And we're ready to see it.

Maybe the Bosh saying no to Houston and everyone else deal was a blessing in disguise.

 

Young players like this need stability to learn to play. Keep him as a Rocket and we will see his potential next season after a full summer of playing and practicing with the team.

 

Excited to see what Hill has improved on during the Summer, should be a fun summer league.

 

Yes Love his attitude... Hopefully he will get more playing minutes to develop..

 

Believe guys! he has the body to be better than Bosh. Believe!

 

Hill was trying to play carch-up last year now with his rookie season over and time 2 learn RA's system he's gonna explode and show every1 why he was picked 8th
GO ROX

 

Who need Bosh? We got our own Jordan Hill.

 

I'll be ecstatic if Hill went through a Bynum-esct transformation.

 

I remember Landry had developed so much in sophomore year.
Why not for Hill?

 

Very hopeful that he can make the progression to becoming at least a 25 mpg, 10-7 high energy gamechanger off the bench. His potential to backup both the 4 and 5 and create mismatches with his combination of size and athleticism can't be understated. It's just a matter of how badly he wants it. Putting in this kind of effort in July is encouraging.

Evan

 

I can tell this guy is the real deal. Remember when Dorsey finally started to learn how to use the jump hook from Dawson and there was a video of him going like 0-20. Jordan's already got the mid range shot, good rebounding, decent defence, and great athleticism. Add some low post skill and a Landry-like summer work ethic and he could easily be our poor man's Bosh for 1/20th of the price.

 

One thing I absolutely loved about him was how he spaced. He made shots possible because of the way the ran off the ball. That's something that very few develop over their career, it's practically a gift.

 

Among our young players, Hill is definitely the most intriguing. You kind of feel like you know what you'll get with Budinger, Taylor, and Patterson, but sky is the potential for Hill. He could easily develop the way of Jermain O'Neal if given proper coaching. Or he could forever be just a backup PF/C.

 

One thing to be excited about is that Jordan Hill didn't start playing organized basketball until his junior year of high school. He made significant improvement every year at Arizona, and the program was a complete mess when he was there.

Now it sounds like he's be spending a lot of time working out and trying to improve over the summer. Combine work ethic with natural athletic ability, good things happen.

 

Working with Dawson can only make him better. I hope Hill gets a chance to work on his game with Dream someday.

 

Jordan Hil midway through the year becomes our starting PF and averages 17ppg and we have a Big 4! Yao, Martin, Scola, Hill, along with solid role players.

 

Out of curiosity - we know that PPat was #6 on the Rockets board this year. But what about last year's board? Has anyone ever heard where the Rockets had Hill on their board in last year's draft? Maybe someone has already posted this, but I would actually be interested to know where the Rox had him rated before he was taken at the 8-spot.

 

"He's going to weigh heavy in the success of this summer league. What he does in the summer league is going to weigh heavily on how we think about him in the fall."

Many of us are already excited about Hill, but one thing he really needs, and he knows this himself, is to put on pounds of muscle. He needs to "weigh heavy," as Turner put it, in more ways than one, but without losing that quickness. Jordan can be an impact player off the bench for the Rockets this season, a more versatile Carl Landry, who can block shots, D-up, and rebound better than Carl, and still supply some offense, even if it's not an offensive game at Landry's level. At least not right away.