I don't think I've ever seen such a bad rebounding PF, and we have 2 of them. He is just astoundingly soft in all facets of the game. Even during the losing streak when everybody was playing like garbage, Patterson continued presence is the only one that bothers me. D-Mo and Jones may both never amount to anything. But given all we know they at least deserve a chance, Patterson is just terrible. Morris is pretty awful also.
Maybe if had his jersey altered, so he wouldn't be messing with all throughout the game he might play better?
Definitely top 5 in Rockets franchise history! A PF that cannot get 10 rebounds in every few games, is not a PF as far as I'm concerned.
2Pat, unless he begins to play with some reckless abandon, is just toast at this point. He got pulled within the first handful of minutes.
he's trying to find an under the rim game which does not suit him he's no scola with footwork or the scoops, no more hook shots go back to dunking every chance you get dammit!!!
Well, Patterson is just garbage lately. He's so bad that he's shooting wide open air balls from 10 feet away instead of taking it hard to the basket... Patrick Patterson has been shooting a ton of air ball lately. What really angered me about Patterson was that game against the Pacers. He bricked and air balled shots after shots during that game to the point where the Pacers just didn't bother guarding him anymore. Patterson was basically wide open all game long. The Pacers had 2 players chasing Harden around and Harden managed to make a good pass to a wide open Patterson. Even though he was completely wide open and all his teammates were heavily guarded, he passed up the wide open shot. Patterson knew how bad he's shooting from outside, that's why he passed up an wide open shot to Parsons who was heavily guarded. Him passing up a wide open shot even though all his teammates were heavily guarded really frustrated me. But also, what he did after really got me boiling. After he passed up the wide open shot while all his teammates were guarded, he still stood there and did not attempt to cut to the basket or anything. What's the point of him being out there on the court when he's passing up wide open shots but make no attempt to cut to the basket? He knows he's going to air ball that side 3 pointer anyway but why is he still standing there then? Patterson avoids contact when he's going up for a layup. When he gets the ball like 10 feet away from the basket, he doesn't make any attempt to attack the basket and continues to settle for jump shots and air balled it... Even when he's going in for a layup, he's not aggressive and avoids contact, that's why he never goes to the line. Marcus Morris is also terrible and frustrating to watch but Patterson is just much worst.
It's not all 2Pat's fault. The current system simply doesn't have a place for a real PF, which explains why Asik is overused and Jones never sees the floor.
Good power dunk. Though he's still had his dunking moments even after that. Which makes things more frustrating. This was last year almost to the day after Patterson was playing through injury Spoiler <iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/yJaaB8pz3w4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Another one last year <iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/SRYj7WCuG-I" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> From earlier THIS season Spoiler <iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/EmMhLU-JSb8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/LAqz0ULOJYw" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> I think its part injuries, part inconsistency in playing "big".
You cant blame his injuries for poor play. Dude plays weak D and has only snagged 10rebs TWICE this season (both times after his injury)!!
That was an impressive dunk, I really wish I could see that out of him now. But he has no explosion any more
Patrick is the ultimate oxymoron, a finesse power forward. I've said it many times, the day he began shooting three's like he was Channing Fry I knew it wasn't gonna work.
