Donatas Motiejunas cleared to return to Rockets practice

I don't know why people always have to toss around the word elite all the times. Yes he has a few nice post moves, but he doesn't have an array of moves. It's more like spin until he gets the defender to bit and then a baby hook. He's doesn't have the array of moves like Dream, now that's elite. I guess yuo thought Scola had elite post moves as well.

Dmo has never been a rim protector so please stop that madness. Now he is good at taking charges.

 

There's not much of a difference between DMo and Jones when it comes to rebounding, neither are any good at it so it doesn't make a lot of sense to focus on that.

 

They were playing together as a team. That's the reason why they overcame their rebound disparity.

They knew they all had to step their games up when two-three key players were down.

Interesting how playing with heart and pride net wins.

 

Plus DD Harden was playing out his mind on both ends of the court

 

Before Jones started getting injured he was averaging 8 rebounds a game. Dmo was only snatching 4 boards a game. Big ishhh difference

 

who's talking about Jones in this thread? Only you.
Why can't someone talk about DMO on his own? He is a bad rebounder.

 

So once upon a time he was better than he is now....awesome, I still don't see how it's relevant given that TODAY none of the QB's rebound significantly better than DMo.

The conversation is about DMo's rebounding compared to that of the other PF's on the team. Sure, DMo is a poor rebounder, but it doesn't really matter because the rest of the PF's on the roster are bad rebounders as well.

 

Does he need to be a great rebounder? You have Dwight pulling down 12 a game, if Dmo can just get 6 or 7 that is fine.

 

Dmos positives far outweigh his negatives and its not even close.

 

Jeez malakas your so moody lately, I know the team has been bad but we're getting better.....Baby steps.

 

Injuries can derail a players career, so lets hope your best bud doesn't become a victim to that type of circumstance.

 

Would be nice and this team would benefit tremendously if he was jvg.

 

Wow, you are delusional with your hate for DMo. He HAS elite post-game. Not on Dream's level, no. But in the current NBA, he's definitely one of the best scorers in the post. Running hook shots, drop steps, spins, dream shakes, great shot-fakes, up and unders, push-shots, baby-hooks, sweeping hooks, can do those things with either hand (unlike Al Jefferson). I'm probably forgetting a bunch more.

He was protecting the rim at elive level at one point last season. As I said, it later on dropped off. I bet you'd also say that a guy like Whiteside is a better rim protector than Timofey Mozgov. That would be a view of most less informed fans who think shot-blocking = rim protection. Mozgov is in fact a better overall rim protector. And advanced stats back that up. Just go to NBA.com and check for yourself. Same with DMo, he won't get you a lot of blocks, but he knows how to position himself to hinder shots and make them as less efficient as possible.

 

We do not even know what the team is going to look like after the season...

If we are going with Harden, and say have to replace Dwight, and possibly going after Durant, we likely have to swap couple of role players as well in that process.

 

Dmo is an elite post player

 

Soon:grin:

 

We desperately need a plus-rebounder besides Dwight and Capela in our rotation. We are near the bottom of the league in DREB%, a huge factor in team defense...and we have been for the last couple of years IIRC.

That being said, D-Mo brings so much to the table that you can live with his rebounding. He's a better overall defender than TJ too.

But sure would be nice to find a backup PF that can shoot a little and rebound.

 

I think defense feeds def reb%, not the other way around. If the D is bad then all the shots of the opponent go in = less rebounds. If the D is great most shots go in = more rebounds.

I'm not really concerned with defensive rebs, one reason our bigs have low rebs is because the Rox have a lot of good rebounders from Ariza, Brewer, Bev and Harden these guys get around 5 a game. We also have Dwight who is a monster on the boards.

 

Our DRB% will noticeably improve once DMo is playing a consistent 30 minutes a night with Dwight still in the lineup.

 

Dmo has never been that type of player that changes shots or even block shots. Nobody in the league has never been scared to attack the paint when he's in there. So just stop that madness. What Dmo is good at is moving his feet and setting up to take a charge. I don't need to stat watch because I'm either at the game or watching it at home. And advanced stats don't ever tell the real time truth, it's a stat that goes of hypotheticals.