QFT. When do we play the Hawks guys, I gotta watch out for Dewayne Dedmon doing a number on his with his measley 4 points and 4 rebounds. Popovich benched his ass for a reason. It's because he watches the games. Dedmon sucks Mon.
CC came out strong, but MDA & Co. wanted to get Wright minutes..Ergo pulling him 6 minutes in. There was a lot of experimenting with new players...combos... They could have won this game by 25, easy..That wasn't the most important deal tonight, though. We needed to get folks minutes...even if it did get a little close for comfort at the end. Not in normal flow .
Yup I was hyping this dude up and he lays a turd. Im honestly concerned DD is onboard this is scary how quick the curse happened. Chase budinger be damned. One game though... And we have this end of year and playoffs to get a really good taste of capela in a prominent role He is the rung below the elite tier. That I do believe hes made it to. Is he 'worth' max? That is relative too. Yes though he is
Yup, today's game was about running lineup simulations against a playoffs team and building team chemistry with new folks. These sort of investments can pay dividends come playoffs.
You are freaking dense. You just don’t get it. Dedmon wouldn’t be playing in Houston with crappy Atlanta players!! He would be running Rockets plays with Rockets supporting cast you dumb a**. Plus a guy named Freaking LeBron. Or another free agent. Dedmon would get like $4 mil. Saving the Rockets money to go big free agent and/or keep Ariza/Luc Does Atlanta have CP3 or Harden with spoon feeding lobs? NO. You have no vision for basketball. Did you say Harden would be a good PG? I did Did you say CP3 and Harden would work together? I did Did you like adding Gerald Green? I did. Saleem and I discussed this prior to his signing. What have you liked that matters any? Did you agree with any of those assessments? Edited: it’s the money that killed the Heat big 3. It’s hitting the Warriors this summer. Hit the Cavs this season. The window on dynasties is small. Like 3 years. It’s about cutting costs where and when you can. Supply and demand. Younger big centers that hit 3’s are about to flood the market.
cont’d from Post #148 Rockets-Hawks (11-03-17) per basketball-reference.com (this season) Player..........FGM....FGA.....FG%.......3PM.....3PA......3P%.......eFG%.........Ast’d...........%Ast’d Dedmon.......4..........5.........80.0%.......1..........2.........50.0%.....90.0%..........3.................75.0 Capela..........5..........9.........55.6%.......0...........0............0%......55.6%..........5.................1.000 Shot Type (17-18) per basketball-reference.com Dunk Player...........FGM.....FGA....FG%.......3PM......3PA......3P%......eFG%...........Ast’d........%Ast’d Dedmon.........*28.....31.......90.3%.............................................90.3%...........*25.............89.3 Capela.......**153.....168......91.1%.............................................91.1%........**140.............91.5 *Assisted dunks can indicate lob dunks. Note Hawks don’t have Harden/CP3 for lobs on a tee. Spurs and Atlanta have Pops difficult system....more difficult than Rockets. Atl has Pops understudies. **A big staple of the Rockets attack. CP3/Harden draw attention while Capela rolls for dunk attempts. Hook Shot Player.............FGM.....FGA.....FG%......3PM......3PA.......3P%.....eFG%..........Ast’d.........%Ast’d Dedmon...........7...........17.......41.2%...........................................41.2%..............7............1.000 Capela.............31.........61.......50.8%...........................................50.8%.............23.............74.2 Jump Shot Player..............FGM.......FGA.....FG%......3PM.....3PA........3P%.....eFG%..........Ast’d.........%Ast’d Dedmon............90.........186......48.4%....31.......80..........38.8%..56.7%............83............92.2 Capela...............7..............9.......36.8%........0........1.............0%......36.8%.............5.............71.4 Layup Player...............FGM........FGA......FG%.....3PM......3PA........3P%.....eFG%..........Ast’d........%Ast’d Dedmon.............41............64........64.1%............................................64.1%.............24...........58.5 Capela..............141..........257.......54.9%............................................54.9%............100..........70.9 So one can see that the Rockets use the center going towards the rim with great passers looking to the center as an option to lob or get the ball near the rim.....again momentum giving them an advantage over smaller defenders rolling to help. Atlanta uses a lot of attention to strong side with movement every where in hopes of freeing up a shooter anywhere on the court. Not always cutters towards the rim. Not always lobs to a player headed to the rim. To say Dedmon doesn’t fit in the San Antonio/Atlanta systems (which are the same) means that Dedmon won’t fit into the Rockets wide open scheme is as dumb as someone saying the Boston Gerald Green won’t do well in the wide open scheme of the Rockets. There was a Suns run and gun Gerald Green who did somewhat well. The supporting cast can make a huge difference. P.S. and why would Atlanta want Dedmon if Pops was telling his Atlanta connection Dedmon sucks?
cont’d from Post #149 Dedmon Atlanta-Spurs connection https://www.peachtreehoops.com/2017...ta-hawks-san-antonio-spurs-malik-rose-signing
So Clint sat out tonight vs. Jazz because of illness..I wonder if he was sick vs. Denver too which explains his poor performance?
Better than your scouting abilities sun. You would pay Capela 20+ million and then ask what happened? I thought paying Capela $25 million meant Harden and CP3 go with him.....a duhhhh I thought it was Capela lobbing passes to himself......a duhhhhhh Last time I looked 4-5 FG’s give you more than only 4 points CP3/Harden and maybe LeBron would spoon feed Dedmon 5 lob passes a game. Then add his jump shooting of 3 pointer here and there. Rockets with CP3/Harden/Luc/LeBron/Dedmon would give probably 1.40 per ppp. Giving up 1.05 ppp. As if Capela will keep Harden from scoring on the perimeter. Did you see Capela on the perimeter vs Denver. They ain’t Harden and CP3.
He is usually a good rebounder, but the big boys bother him. Only 2 rebounds against OKC in the 1st half. That won't do at all. It may even be a factor in a possible victory for the Thunder, I fear.
