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KPJ: Can someone explain to me why he has become Clutchfans favorite whipping boy?

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by DasouthDakota, Oct 25, 2022.

  1. daywalker02

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    See All Star game.
     
  2. maj21

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    Very disappointed in KPJ this season. This is the season he’s supposed to make a huge jump and establish himself. He has all the talent in the world, but what good is it if he doesn’t know how to put it together. I’m getting worried that this might be just who he is. He’s not a PG, plain and simple. Time to move him to the 2 or 3, I’ve seen enough
     
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  3. Reeko

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    KPJ is in his 4th season, and has scored above league average efficiency in just 8 of his 28 games so far this year

    he has had a TS less than 50% in 11 games already

    currently 2nd in turnovers per game, and 25th in apg
     
  4. Ankara1923

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    Another 53 games and this evilish duo (Silas&KPJ) will be gone.
     
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    chenjy9 Numbers Don't Lie
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    Hopefully we fire Silas and adjust KPJ's role after this season. I have grown sick and tired of this dead end project. I don't mind the losing. Rebuilds are slow. That's not important. What is important is developing the strengths and abilities of young core players. Yet here we are continuously trying to develop KPJ's weaknesses instead. Leading an offense is his weakness. Playmaking is definitely a weakness and what's worse he has seemed to somehow regress further in that area. All the while, the coaching staff continues to marginalize his best skill, shooting open 3s.
     
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    That about sums it up. Also, he has played similarly in years 1, 2, and 3 of his career, and now year 4.
     
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    I'm not a SOF but it's good to see you ignoring me because I respect the opinions of people who write with their hands not those who write with their ass.
     
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    Even if Scoot gets drafted, do you think clown Silas will cut KPJ and put Scoot in the starting five?

    Come on, don't smoke so much.
     
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    I think John Lucas has a share as much as Silas in the project of making him believe that KPJ is an player he is not. He's hanging out with his daughter, probably more than just a coach-player relationship. This is not a family business, it's a professional basketball club. The GM and team owner who allow this nonsense should be ashamed of themselves. You can't leave a 55-year-old franchise condemned to this buffoonery.
     
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    1st thing , you can never smoke too much..
    2ndly, who said anything about cutting him? You should know better your damn self for typing that..
     
  11. Bo6

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    awfully quiet today in here. does anyone have any verifiable proof that KPJ has improved? it looks like he is regressing.

    it's a sad state of affairs when Ty Ty freaking Washington looks like Steve Nash compared to what we've been trotting out there for the past two years.
     
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    Is "attitude reflect leadership" a real thing?
     
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    this is how I feel too. It’s time to start working him in at the other off-ball positions more. He should be taking all the minutes at the 2 when Jalen isn’t in the game.
     
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    Thanks for the info!
     
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    24 to 23 last 5
     
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    Messi won. So who cares.
     
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    KPJ is not a bad player, he is just being set up to fail. Anyone with a brain since day one can tell he should be coming off the bench as a 6th man.

    Silas and Stone couldn't see it tho so they forced him to be the starting PG and it only resulted in him leading the league in turnovers while being 22nd in assists. He's worse than Westbrick right now.

    There are no good FA point guards in the off-season, our best chance right now is drafting one, trying out Tyty (which Silas refuses to do) or trading for one. I don't see any disgruntled point guards in the league wanting out and fitting in our timeline so I don't see how the latter is possible.
     
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    go hard for Tyus Jones trade proposal ;)
     
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    Y’all SOFs act like y’all know basketball, it’s hilarious …. KPJ is Stone’s (Harden) just like he’s the one who found (Nix)

    Silas job is to develop - play whoever Stone provides…if the GM signs a player to a new contract ..that player isn’t getting cut or benched without Owner / GM

    Stone needs to provide better talent - players who can hit a open shot would be great …
     
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