With 9 Players Should We Recall Cannan & Covington?

Im soo ready to see the Rooks in Action

 

Canaan seems the better prospect, but I don't know if we need him while we have Aaron Brooks. Covington would fit better right now. But I'd bring them both up. Why not? The Rockets have never been shy about sending players to and from RGV.

Also - When someone starts a thread, it's very easy to see their name. It will be beside the OP and will be under the thread title when viewing the forum. Not sure why you add it to the thread title. First time I saw that I thought it was some statistical category I'd never heard of, because I didn't think someone would add their moniker to a thread title. Seeing it again, I still don't understand the motivation behind it.

 

9 players? McHale will just go with a 7 man rotation. :grin:

 

I would love to see the rookies get called up. But what's the point, you know McHale barely stretches the bench anyway.

 

Unfortunately, with the guys that are missing, neither of these guys really replace much of anything those injured guys bring. They just add depth that probably wont make much of an impact unless one of them really bring anything to the defensive end.

Covington is a guy I really wanted to see what he could do on the defensive end, and to show me some versatility other than just shooting the 3 ball. At this point he really just gives duplication to what Garcia does. Id trust Garcia more with defense and ball handling.

Canaan looks to be the scorer we all thought he would be, but not sure he really does much to spark the overall team offense. Perimeter defense... not sure. Looks solid but nothing has really stood out to me yet.

Other guys off the bench need to get good looks. If he's brought up, that probably just supplants minutes that Brooks could have. Brooks is probably better at this stage of taking quality shots, and breaking down the defense by getting in the lane.

So even with injuries I really dont see them getting PT right this second. However if there are any other injuries especially with Casspi/Garcia/Brooks, they need to be ready to go ASAP. Their number could be called very soon.

 

Canaan > Covington?



Covington is more versatile player, basketball is not about scoring and we completely don't need that. His defense is much better, he can steal the ball, block shots and finish strong.

 

i can't believe you didn't spell Canaan correctly even once in your post :grin:

Even if we call them up , they won't get any minutes other than garbage time . They'll be at the end of the bench together with Dmo .

 

The point, as pointed out by the OP, is depth in case of emergency. They pointedly should not get off the bench, but to the point, they should be on it.

 

I like Covington... Could have an extra defensive presence right in our own backyard...

And as far as Canaan (Morey's 3rd drafted pet project behind Parsons and TJ) _ Bev and or Lin better watch their backs and step it up if he keeps improving... I actually think Canaan is starting off slow because of the injury he had... I'm excited about this kid...

 

On certain nights, we need him because we have Aaron Brooks.

 

You mean we aren't already on a 7 man rotation most nights?

 

rofl. I don't why these played would see much play - that would be going super small with PG stacked already. Dmo should see some playing time though, and hopefully more from Tjones...i hate the small ball line up last time. bev/brooks/harden/howard/casspi. Did anyone play defense in this lineup? Probably only Bev.

 

maybe covington. I really don't see the need for Canaan unless we were to lose harden again which would result in brooks and Beverley being on the court together a lot more often.

 

Remember just because we're recalling both don't mean we are using both. Canaan would be a nice safety net incase Bev or Brooks gets hurt. Covington might actually get some playing time.

 

Fixed

 

Wouldn't mind testing Troy Daniel's too see if his hot shooting carries up to our level for a few minutes. Most likely Covington is the most ready to play on the NBA level for a few monitored minutes.

 

RGV is stacked you can bet that two or three of the guys on that team will be rotational players soon enough.

 

Dang sure could have probably used Canaan the other night... Because if Beverley isn't shutting down his man and if Brooks isn't hitting his shots _ those dudes are kind of useless. ...