DMO's agent "Rockets not doing enough to re sign him"

Good lord. Wtf.

 

basketballholic has become a parody of himself. The fervency of his denial is unfathomable.

 

But that's just being incredibly optimistic and hoping everything goes right for D-Mo. Like I said, he only had one season where he shot above 30%, and that was his breakout season prior to his injury. Yes, he shot 37% that season but he was only attempting less than 2 3PA per game, which is not near big enough of a sample size to assume he could shoot a similar percentage for the next 3-4 seasons. The general rule of thumb is the more 3PT attempts you take, the lower your percentage because you will no longer only be taking high quality shots at

 

I like D-Mo a lot, and I have been vouching for him for a long while before his injury. Lowry and Ariza are good examples of players that eventually developed a consistent shot, but these guys are also the exception and not the norm.

To me, D-Mo needs to prove that he can stay healthy and also be able to consistently hit the 3 point shot, and I am not so sure the Rockets should be gambling on that since we have two rotation players that need to prove they can stay healthy too (Gordon and Anderson).

 

DMO is now into fool territory. Instead of playing he is at risk of having a wasted season and tanking his value even further. He needs to play and have a solid season and show his back is ok.

 

Operation hijack. Great job Holic you've derailed another thread.

 

Just because these players did doesn't mean DMO will do as well.
Fact : DMO right now can not be called a 3+D or a stretch 4. But only : someone with the ability to shoot a wide open jumpshot.
If he in the future maintains or improves his 3pnt% with more 3pnt attempts per game and takes more contested 3s then he will be. It's not a foregone conclusion that he will.

 

Players improve, I tend to think he will be better than his first 2 years of shooting.

DD

 

We get it, Basketcaseholic likes point guards.

However, since 23 of the last 26 champions had PGs who did not even make the All-Star team that year, I'm not concerned.

If between them, starting PGs John Paxson, Mario Chalmers, Derek Fisher and Ron Harper can win nearly half the championships over that same span, then creativity from that position is not really a critical component. Fun to watch, but doesn't win titles.

Once again, Threadcrapperholic is dead wrong.

 

No one is disputing that. What is in dispute is if DMo could ever become a legitimate 3 PT threat, if his health will allow it, and if the Rockets should take a risk on it.

 

I agree. He has a very slow 3 pt shot. Needs to be wide open. But, since we will run a lot of 5-out Motion, we can call him a 5-out Motion big. And I don't mean, only that. Just mean that for contributing in those half-court sets, his current 3pt shot works.

 

Have to come to get the Daily DMo Feeling Unappreciated Report
(More like his Supporters)

Rocket River

 

For whatever reason some players listen more to their agents than others.

 

I'm saying you're wrong, and I'm glad you're now saying I'm right. Progress!

I will teach you yet, my friend.

 

Even an oldster like holic should show more humility and know thereof.

 

In for my _holic insider tip of the day. Don't disappoint _holic. You know my weekend will be ruined if I can't get a piece of your insider readers digest

 

You claimed Wiltjer is a consistent shooter. DMo's sample size over the last two years when he is healthy is much greater as Wiltjer has yet to face an NBA close out in a regular season game. Either accept DMo's sample size when healthy over the last two years as showing significant improvement over his first two years, retract your statement that Wiltjer is a consistent shooter, or just say you don't think DMo will be healthy. Using his first two years when he didn't have NBA range to bring down his stats is not appropriate considering his stats have dramatically changed. I don't care one way or the other.....just seems that you are judging players by two different scales. Anderson is a better shooter no doubt, but my comments are only to justify that he's likely the best option off the bench for at least this season.

I doubt DMo is a 40% shooter from the 3 point line as I expect regression, but a 64 game stretch is enough to make me think he's likely a consistent shooter (i.e. he has to be guarded or closed out hard) there now if he can be healthy. If DMo gets hurt, it will be just like we didn't sign him as his salary is unlikely to use any salary cap space.

 

You fool. Don't you get it?

basketballholic is always correct, except for the times where he's incorrect, in which case him being incorrect is actually proof that he's correct.

These are the rules.

 

Where did I say it's a foregone conclusion? All we have is a promising sign that when he got consistent minutes, he shot well. I was replying to the post that said that DMo did not shoot over 30% in his first two seasons. There are plenty of examples that players developed their shooting later in their career.

DMo is the only 2-way PF we have, someone who can score inside, outside, AND defend the post. His biggest weakness is not his 3pt shot. It's his rebounding, and his lack of aggressiveness.