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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. conquistador#11

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    Keep stroking it eventually it will come back, the shot.
     
  2. RasaqBoi

    RasaqBoi Member

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    it was never there….
     
  3. YaosDirtyStache

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  4. MadMax

    MadMax Member

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    I mean…wow.
     
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    the only difference between him and anthony bennett is draft slot

    jabari better be thanking god he wasn't drafted first because he'd be getting absolutely drilled right now by mainstream media. at least only rockets fans laugh at jabari and whichever teams fanbase is playing the rockets
     
  7. MadMax

    MadMax Member

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    In all seriousness what does he well at this point? He isn’t an effective enough ball handler to get his own shot…he was ass inside the 3 point lime in college so I didn’t expect that to change. He’s awful at the thing that was supposed to be his biggest strength.
     
  8. fattz

    fattz Member

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    We are heavy vested in him. Shooting coach and cut his playing time back. Just watching him drowned over and over is not help him or the franchise.
     
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  9. CantStopJG24

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    if they didn't draft jabari, who do you think they would have drafted? they were so stuck on paolo that they had no plan B. they didn't even expect to draft jabari. it wouldn't have been keegan, too old for them. wouldn't have been ivey because they stupidly believe KPJ was their PG of the future and head honcho. mathurin?
     
  10. MadMax

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    Ivey. I get what you’re saying but that’s who they should have picked, imo
     
  11. fchowd0311

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    Honestly he's just a slightly worse version of Green his rookie year and he came in with two years of college experience. He's not a primary pg either. Cade is supposed to be their actual primary playmaker.
     
  12. MadMax

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    Last 20 games for Ivey is 16/4/6 on 44/38/74 shooting.
     
  13. Joe Willie

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    I don’t even see any flashes of anything. I think he, at best, is a role player. I hope I’m wrong.
     
  14. Dankstronaut

    Dankstronaut Way, way out here.

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  15. AroundTheWorld

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    Jabari got 38 minutes tonight.

    Alperen got 25.

    Same as usual.

    Silas going to blame Sengun for the loss, too.
     
  16. zeeshan2

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    38 min and 9 points smh. He need to be benched for Tari.
     
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  17. RocketsFido

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    Silas blamed Sengun's defense for the blowout and praise Jabari's defense.

    What else is new?
     
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    None of these guys season count until Silas is gone and they have a real coach and strategy in place. Silas is that much of a negative. Bari gets a pass from me.
     
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    He shot 50% tonight from the foul line. It's 100% mental. He needs to be sent to the G-League and allowed to get his head together. Whatever they're trying to do for him up here isn't working at all, so there's no point in continuing to run him out there. This is snowballing. He needs a break from all of this losing.
     
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  20. AroundTheWorld

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    So predictable.

     
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