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[2022 NBA Draft/1-3] Jabari Smith Jr., F, Auburn

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by J.R., Jun 23, 2022.

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Do you like the selection of Jabari Smith?

Poll closed Jun 23, 2023.
  1. YES

    89.7%
  2. NO

    10.3%
  1. roslolian

    roslolian Member

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    What are you talking about dude's 6'10 he can get his shot off with a hand on his face because he is tall and athletic.

    Only 40% of his 2 pt shots are assisted and only 88% of his 3 pt shots are assisted. In contrast Karl Anthony Towns has 60% of 2 pt and 91% of his 3 shots assisted. I doubt anybody will say KaT can't score on his own.
     
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  2. YaoMac09

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    While we are talking about former Rockets, funnily enough if JSJ can develop into Christian Wood with a 40%+ 3-pointer on offense, then he will be all-NBA.
     
  3. xaos

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    He should stay away from anything Christian Wood if he wants to succeed in the NBA.
     
  4. YaoMac09

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    If Christian Wood had passable D he'd be an all-star.
     
  5. seclusion

    seclusion rip chadwick

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    16.6 pts and 7.6 boards is all star level now? Bro.
     
  6. YaoMac09

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    If Christian Wood could play anything resembling D he'd be doing a lot more than playing 26 minutes off the bench ... and being borderline unplayable against certain teams. We don't like Christian Wood, whatever. Let's not pretend he is not a great offensive player. Jabari is a joke on O compared to Christian Wood (as he should at this stage of his career). And if he were to become a Wood-type player on O with a 40%+ 3, he'd be all-NBA.
     
  7. xaos

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    The way he plays on offense is not really winning basketball

    Smith is the opposite in the sense that he thinks "shoot, pass, or drive". There is no dribble and figure it out as he goes (KPJ does this)
     
  8. JW86

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    I've seen the nickname discussion in the t-shirt thread, so let's take it here. After watching Wakanda Forever, why not just roll with 'Jabari land'? It rolls nicely off the tongue, cool reference to a beloved franchise, Houston is his home, Toyota Center his house and once you enter you are in the clamps of Jabari. The court is literally Jabariland, he owns it, so don't bring that weak **** like Giannis did :) Even on offense you could say he's taking threes from Jabari land :p

    Thoughts?
     
  9. Hemingway

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    have you watched Jabari lately? He is regularly hitting his threes at an over 40% clip with a pg that regularly ignores him. Full season stats for a 19 year old fast developing rookie are deceiving.
     
  10. Patience

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    passable D, basketball IQ, and an attitude transplant
     
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  11. jiggyfly

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    Top 5 picks don't deserve shots just because they are top 5 they need to earn them like everybody else.

    And Green has the green light so I don't know what you mean there.

    I don't even know what you mean like the situation with Francis and Yao when they played together Francis was the better player and he was a top 5 pick and Yao could do nothing once you fronted him.
     
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  12. MorningZippo

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    Christian Wood has never shot over 40% from three. You can tell people are old here because they just make **** up like search doesn't exist, lol.
     
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    His mini Eurostep of a drive was the only bright spot I could find the whole game. Looked like a natural.
     
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    You can tell people here are stupid because they can't read. I said if Jabari can develop Wood's range of offensive skills WITH a 40% 3-point % he'd be all NBA. That means Christian Wood's skillset AND additionally a 40% 3-point shot.

    Edit. He is actually shooting over 40% right now. Y'all hate on Wood but let's not pretend he's not great offensively. His problem is he literally does nothing else that contributes to winning.
     
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  16. subtomic

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    Dude Francis was never a top 5 player.
     
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  17. Francis3422

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    At his best, Francis was top 12-15.
     
  18. Believe It!

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    Are you on drugs? Makes sense I guess.

    o_O
     
  19. Icehouse

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    That’s still way too generous. 2x that. 3x maybe.
     
  20. MystikArkitect

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    Is this....satire?
     

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