Nix is a bad player, Silas is a bad person. Jabari played well, Kaminsky had a good sprit -although he was DND, he was very active to support his teammates- Turner can block but can't rebound&assist. Rockets has more talent than Pacers, just needs an average HC and a good Pg. Summary of the night.
Was about to say that Pacers have 5 picks this year like Charlotte. 4 are not high but it's talent nonetheless. I don't like Silas the person.
You havent got the memo about tanking or what? Season almost done but y'all still confused why Nix is playing or Rox seem to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory? Why you even blaming Silas? He is just doing his job as a member of the Rox and doing whats best for the franchise. Whether he is a good or bad coach I will wait till next year.
Tell me a reason why Alpi dont start to hate Silas?! He is punishing every mistake of Alpi and the rest can do mistakes how they want. Its really sad what Silas doing with Alpi! If you think about that the Team is actually so ****ing bad is some players arround Alpi a bright spot. I think that Alpi took a good develop in his defense. That cant be the reason! I liked what JS did this night. He is also a bright spot!
NIX is not NBA level player and should be studying some Chinese KMJ should be traded when he high trade value I will take Alpi+picks for Bridges+Claxton in this summer
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This is the jabari I was imagining when I made that thread in December saying jabari is our best player. He is a two way player and the youngest on the team,
I re-watched OT this morning. Not Green. Counted 3 of Haliburton's buckets was on Jabari. Bari wasn't bad per se, but he left enough space. Another one was a screen on Jabari, then Haliburton got KJ, and just blew by KJ for a layup. That one was very bad. It looked like they wanted to attack KJ on defense. During non-OT, Green had bad defensive possessions. There was one when two guys trapped near the half court line, then he got stripped. Turner of all people fast breaked for a layup, and Green barely did much to get back. But I kinda forgave him since he played well offensively 2nd half. When Al-p was subbed out it was 2-3 min left in Q3, team was already close again (down just 5pts). Start of Q4, Pacer lead went back up again.... then it just sea-sawed until OT. So it wasn't like Sengun was losing the game for us. With Tuner fouled out; we should have had Sengun in OT (.... If Silas was trying to win the game, which I think he personally wanted). I guess in the end a 'close loss' is what most of us wanted, so it worked out. note: The camera pan to the bench a few times when Green and Smith made clutch shots; Sengun seemed happy for his teammates; so it didn't look like he took it personally. Pretty much.
I thought Jalen locked up Hali in those winning time regulation possessions. I was hoping Jalen would continue to guard him in OT.
I don't listen to a lot of Jalen Green interviews but in the few that I've heard, especially recently, he sounds like he has a good head on his shoulders. Always self-critical and self-aware. I'd rather have a player who is hard on himself than somebody who always seeks to look for excuses.
It's a problem for high usage offensive players. Green physically is the most gifted one on one perimeter defender on the team due to his lateral shiftiness but how many quarters can he stick on Halliburton before becoming a non factor on offense because his energy is being spent guarding their most high usage player with the ball in the hands the most. Probably was too much for Green to do it in OT. He genuinely looked tired in OT.
