ClutchFans Game Thread: Rockets @ Magic - Vegas Summer League 7/7/2022

I hope JC sits the remainder of SL … they need to tell Nix he doesn’t need to score to make team…

 

Higgin is the summer league coach, not Silas..

 

Rockets haven’t ran a play in 10 years

 

I’m pleased with Smith’s game - his defense was legit - even on Banchero who hit some really tough shots when Smith guarded him. The stroke was pure too - a solid A game to me

 

Takeaways from this game:

Nix is bad.

 

Honestly I am so disappointed with Jagyup and Nix. They literally killed the excitment I had for SL. If they are going to keep playing like this, I don't want to watch anymore. Absolutely pathetic performance from them 2. I hate watching ball hogs play. If I want to watch ball hogs, I'll just watch the local Y. Jabari will look better playing with less selfish people.

 

Smith showed some very goods things. Looking forward to him playing some real basketball in the preseason.

 

JC

 

Maybe jabari takes slower to develop than chet or paolo on the offensive side but he will be fine.

Jabari ia thinner than i thought. Do we worry about him guarding 4s?

 

It doesn't. He was blown by a few times.

It looks good when he guarded Bari because Bari will have issues creating his own shot from the perimeter.

Paolo also had close to 0 effect contesting shots around the rim. I'm not hating on the guy, offensively he was everything as advertised, but I think Jabari looked MUCH better on D, he did switch on guards and he did stop their penetration, he did affect some shots down low.

 

They just gotta play harder {Claps hands}

 

I don't know about that. Green def improved but it's hard to score when you are not getting the ball where and when you need it to succeed. I def don't think the players today were like eh Smith can't score so we won't pass him the ball, I think they were taking oh look I have the ball, I must shoot it.

 

Eason can get a shot, Jabari can't

 

OKC next.

 

I say we Twitterbomb Josh Christopher to pass the ball to Jabari next game, or else I'm afraid he won't get the clue and keep being selfish

 

Jabari : 10 pts (4/10 FG, 1/4 3's, 1/2 FT's), 7 rebs, 3 ast, 1 blk, 2 TO
Paolo : 17 pts (5/12 FG, 2/3 3's, 5/5 FT's), 4 rebs, 6 ast, 0 blk, 2 TO

Caleb Houstan 20 pts on 7/12 FG's, 5/9 3's led the Magic in scoring
Josh Christopher 22 pts on 7/18 FG's led the Rockets... 1 damn assist, but 3 blks.

https://www.nba.com/game/hou-vs-orl-1522200001/box-score#box-score

 

SL is a pickup game and jabari plays team ball. he'll look better as he gets used to it.

 

JC looks like garbage cause he doesn't have the Jalen green's friend buff.

I'm quite confident he will play better when his friend is playing

 

https://www.nba.com/game/hou-vs-orl-1522200001/box-score#box-score

We shot like crap but it's a process.