It’s what we all want to say to these corrupt f*ckers, but Dillon is just inviting more of the same. He’s headed for a suspension and a lot of foul plagued games if he doesn’t just put his head down and play. Dissin James put the target squarely on him and the NBA is relentless in protecting their King.
The Rockets are #2 in defense so even if you want to quibble about Brooks being a hothead and get techs, it's still such a minor thing compared to help raise the level of our young players into playing cohesive NBA defense.
Yeah he can take it easy and save the stress for later in the season and playoffs. I'm just glad that even when his shot selection gets a little out of line, he comes back to taking good shots. That's the biggest difference maker, it's made him a net positive asset on the floor. He's not too far from a 50-40-90 player on offense right now. That's phenomenal.
Eight NBA Players Who Are Leveling Up This Season Dillon Brooks, Houston Rockets Tangible improvement comes in many forms. Sometimes, all that’s required is a splash of self-awareness. In Brooks’s first season outside of Memphis—where his inefficient, high-volume shot taking was accepted—he has finally chiseled away the fat from his minutes and become a potent offensive threat in his seventh season. He still isn’t a very good playmaker and has an alarmingly high turnover rate, but ball-handling services aren’t required on a team that plays through its center and employs Fred VanVleet. Instead, Brooks’s pick-and-roll chances have been slashed in half, replaced by purposeful post touches when an obvious advantage presents itself. The Rockets weaponize Brooks against opponents who hide their weakest defender on him, clearing out for duck-ins that usually lead somewhere beneficial. His touches have purpose. His decisions are simple. He drives closeouts with force and doesn’t settle for long 2s, all without any let-up on the other end, where Brooks stalks the other team’s top scorer up and down the floor. https://www.theringer.com/nba/2024/...improved-player-tyrese-haliburton-deaaron-fox
I like how all the "franchise player" threads have become catch-all threads to talk about that specific player. But of course we all know that one can easily tell by how many pages the player's thread has who the actual franchise player is.
If they took all your posts in the Sengun thread it would probably cut it in half, but you are right Sengun is one of our franchise players.
It’s hilarious how ESPN immediately writes up a “Dillon the Villain” hit piece because he once again dared to challenge LeBron. That was a weak “push” on Vanderbilt the Lakers are claiming was dirty, it was barely a foul. The hit on LeBron was clearly unintentional as well.
