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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

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  2. NO

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  1. zeeshan2

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    Jabari hustles and competes on defense. One of the few players we have with any pride or heart. This injury could seal the worst record that Stone is aiming for. Hopefully it isn't too serious.
     
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    Can we talk about how it looks like Jabari and Sengun don’t get along?
     
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    The team is ass personified.

    There’s going to be a lot of bickering and pointing fingers.
     
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    it’s not the first time. There was another game where Jabari was yelling at Silas to take Al P out and I think maybe even another game where there was some bickering. So just flagging that there doesn’t seem to be good vibes between them.
     
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    That was someone on twitter who misreported. Multiple reports that followed said Jabari was actually telling Lucas to take out KPJ, not Alpi.
     
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    Arguing? I would be arguing too if I was wide open and my teammate thought he was Vince Carter
     
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    From my recollection of that stanza, the putback dunk was Sengun being in the wrong place and it was his man who got the dunk.
    However, the dunk was the eventual result of a 2nd chance from an offensive rebound which Jabari failed to secure, then it lead to another shot and offensive rebound from Senguns man and dunk.

    Most likely Sengun said something about the original rebound miss, not the play where his man dunked.

    Neither player is "right" in that scenario, they both had a lapse and lost their man.
     
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    I mean isn't that a good thing? Not that they lost their man, but that they get upset about it and let the other player know? I want them to hold each other accountable and telling each other, when someone did something wrong.
     
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    Should have passed it to Alpi, no injury. =(
    But on the brightside, you saw Jabari execute one of the cleanest Eurosteps better than Green or Tate's at 6'11!
    His improvements cutting and driving to the basket are so noticeable. It doesn't look mechanical like at the start of the season.
     
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    It's good, as long as each player can handle the criticism and improve. I would like to think they both will. But some people sulk and hold grudges and cannot grasp how it will improve them. The key is someone has to teach after the yelling, come together, mentor each other. These are really young kids, so the question is how much personal growth is also needed to see the end vision.
     
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    no ankle update? my guess from the way he was limping 2-3 weeks
     
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    Jabari is a bust.




     
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    Yea but he shoots 30% and drove at the basket last game. Sure he missed but he drove!

    Dude needs to get better on the court on both ends before yelling at his teammates.
     
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    Yup. It's what Our Lord & Savior's Favorite Team, the Warriors, always get glorified for. I'm glad they're getting on each other's case when they make a mistake unless the cause of it is really some hate between them. On the court, they should be chirping at each others mistakes unless it's just getting out of hand. And they should accept it, if it's right.
     
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    As someone who has no side in this, but wants both our players to grow and succeed, I think the clips shown by the twitter handle Roosh are not examples of what he is trying to prove.

    In neither case is Sengun a saint and in neither case is Jabari innocent.

    Generally speaking this raises the question of: how insecure do people have to be about their own position to need to find a scapegoat so they can feel better about the apparent flawlessnrss of their own position....

    Pretty much any position which instigates conflict between teammates to prove the worth of one over the other should be taken with a very large grain of salt
     
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