Boozer seems a really bad comparison... More like a 6'10 Jabari Parker (before injury), but with better vision. Banchero is legitimately a guy who can initiate the offence from the F spot, and you can run an offence through him. He has all the skills to be a big time star in the NBA - will he get there? Who knows. I honestly believes he would float a little more early in his career. But he has really been working towards getting to the NBA and being a lead star on a team. Good luck to him. If he is a top 50 player all time it still doesn't impact what Smith is....
I gotta be honest, it feels good to have a superstar big man in Houston again. Nothing against Tmac, James Harden and Jalen Green, but to me the Rockets are always associated with franchise big men. Moses. Hakeem. And now we got Jabari. NGL though he def had me extremely worried at the start of the season. Dude was billed as a young Giannis coming into the draft but he started out shooting horribly, had a victim mentality and was charmin soft. Had several games where he played 30 misn and only had 2 pts and 2 rebs to show for it. Since then Jabari has gone on an absolute tear, spearheading the defense, grabbing boards, getting to the line and sniping from 3. If you look at his last 10 games, Jabari has been averaging 14 pts, 7.5 rebs on 42% from 3 shooting. When you consider he is only 19 yet he is already this good he def has me excited for the future of this team.
So its good to know that Lebron and Giannis are losing players because they are certainly Heliocentric offense guys and to bad the Celtics have that loser in Tatum. Oh and ayton has Booker who is also a Heliocentric guy who has been to the NBA finals. Really do you hear yourself, why must you create fiction to tear down a player just to build up another because he plays for your team. Do better, my guy, try and make a little sense.
So if he has this great work ethic why does he not have a more advanced handle already? I mean Paolo and Holmgren both have much better handles, and they are about the same size and the same age? I think he will get better and creating shots but lets stop with the age and work ethic thing because it makes no sense. And let's be real, you don't really know what kind of work ethic he has or if he will still have it since he is now getting paid. I hope to be proven wrong, but history is on my side, Ariza had great work ethic as well and never developed a great dribble drive and could never finish in traffic and he played how many years?
Folks always doubting when scouting reports on the player have any mentioned about good work ethics. Last season folks were wondering y green sucks so much when he supposedly also have great work ethics. Just wait and see dudes, it's Smith first season, and he's doing a solid job. Man is just trying to find his place in this KPJ iso offense.
Sengun could, but that would require that he gets the ball first. Silas would rather see the ball in the hands of KPJ and Nix.
I believe Jabari is playing well now, but he has a coach who does not call plays for him. He is the 3rd pick in the draft and you need to invest in him more. We need to take twelve to fifteen shots and let him handle the ball sometimes. What make me sick of Silas, the coach has his own agenda: Keep the ball in KPJ hands, the offense goes thru KPJ and try to win. The owner and the GM of the Rockets said this year we are supposed to get our rookies and young guys better not worried about winning. Honestly, if KPJ does not agree to be a 6th Man on our team he needs to be traded or cut. Honestly, I think Harden should be our Point Guard next year, we would love to come back to Houston, and not everything would be on him. If we get Wemby: PG: Harden SG: Jalen SF: Jabari PF: Wemby C: Sengun Bench: KPJ, Martin, TyTy, Eason, Garuba and a center from the draft or a veteran center......LETS RIDE!!!
Also 30 min to gordon is such a waste. Need to get that guy out now, I don't even care what we get for him. He is hindering the development of kmj and eason
Having below average handles and early struggles less than 20 games in makes this guy a bust with a future being limited to a role player, amirite? Betting less than 20 games and preseason struggles against about a thousand attempts prior with around ~40% accuracy is totally the smart play here, amirite? These nephews know everything!
