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KPJ: From whipping boy to glory hunter

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by daywalker02, Apr 1, 2023.

  1. Plowman

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    He's our best ball handler, shooter, and defensive player.
     
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  2. Plowman

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    He's our best ball handler, shooter, and defensive player.
     
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  3. Aruba77

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    Best defender? 2 outta 3 ain’t bad ;)
     
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    He has shown improvement this year, as opposed to last year when he didn't really.

    I'd give him a chance with a competent coach for a bit. I'd be interested to see how a good coach would use him.
     
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    I view Porter as better than Green. I would trade Green if the right deal was available. Porter playing with a real point guard would make Porter even better than he is now because he would be responding vs thinking. Remember it’s not Porter who had him play point. That was the coach. Taking away some of the responsibilities may open Porter’s game to higher places because he understands reasoning behind everything going on around him.
     
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    Most say KPJ will not accept change but if you think about it, he has changed 3 times this season alone; the first being at the beginning of the season, when he was asked to play with Bruno as the starting center. A Lob Threat. Then he was asked to play a different style with Sengun as the starting center, where he had to learn to throw a different type of pass, a Bounce pass into the lane. Now, they're asking him to play PNR with Jalen, which the coaches apparently discussed months ago but Silas just now became open to the idea and both guards are now flourishing. Not counting the fact that he had to learn to play with Jabari and get him more involved.

    That's 3 DIFFERENT styles all in the course of 6 mos. but people still say that he's SELFISH, HE BALL HOGS, HE HOLDS THE BALL TOO LONG!

    I've watched almost every game this yr and I'm not seeing what you're seeing. He has proven he can score at the same rate as Jalen, he's the best ballhandler on the team, he can playmake equally to Sengun and he's one of the teams best defenders....ALL OF THAT EQUATES TO THE BEST ALL ROUND PLAYER ON THE TEAM.

    So when people say, he needs to be a 6th man or a player like Ty Ty is better than him and he should start over KPJ, I hope you can see why I think its utterly ridiculous.
     
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    Exactly. It makes you wonder if many of these guys actually watch games. The guy is not a classic point guard, but a killer scorer who can be a secondary distributor.
     
  8. Pistol Pete

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    And if we played a team tanking harder than us every night. profit!!!!!!
     
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    You are entitled to your (wrong) opinion. At least you are trying to show some reasoning, in contrast to the even worse posters.
     
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    immanuel quickley tore this f'n scrub a new rectum just a few days ago... that was perhaps the worst defense of any player in the league this season
     
  11. Francis3422

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    I think Green has a higher ceiling, better attitude and is slightly better at generating his own shot and will generate better shots for other as he matures.

    KPJ is a better rebounder, shooter, defender(but still not great).


    I like them both and they have both improved this year. My gut instinct is to put KPJ on the bench for 2023-2024 as 6th man and have a vet who is a better distributor. However, if swapping KPJ to starting SG or SF mid in 2024-2025 happens then Green hasnt improved and KPJ has. So gravy, switch their roles.
     
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    I sincerely wonder what is gonna go through KPJ's mind if we get the number 2 pick?


    Battle of the true Scoot.
     
  13. peleincubus

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    Instead you draft Victor. Sign Harden. Trade the Clippers pick/Sengun/KPJ/Nets assets/Martin for Brown

    Harden
    Green
    Brown
    Victor
    Jabari

    Eason
    Garuba
    Christopher
    TyTy
    Vet
    Vet
    Vet
     
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  14. DaDakota

    DaDakota Balance wins
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    With Sengun getting it at the top KPJ can just attack and he is excellent at that.

    DD
     
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    It's not a coincidence the people hating on KPJ have a turk wearing a crown on their profile pic or have some other reference to Sengun.

    This is the first time I see a poster hate on a quote taking accountability.

    "It's my fault, that loss is on me"

    Senguners: The Head HoNcho!!!! Glory Hunter!

    The kicker here is people always complain how the players dont care and dont take accountability. But if Sengun is the one who said that you'd probably shut down the site eith posts and thread on how this is Sengun's team and Sengun's world and everybody else should just **** off. Lol y'all are ****ing pathetic.

    How much I love Sengun as a player is now almost how much I detest his fanbase. Why the best guys always attract the worst fans?
     
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  16. DaDakota

    DaDakota Balance wins
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    Just read on Twitter that KPJ is up to 6th in TS% for SGs in the entire NBA.

    DD
     
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    You can keep making stuff up, but one thing remains true:

    Low IQ posters like low IQ players.
     
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    In his last games.

    He was injured a whole lot with his foot or toe.

    Before that he was inconsistent like the rest of them.
     
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  20. hajkov

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    Not even in 2k.
     
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