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Jalen Green will be the Rockets' Numero Uno

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by kpdark, Jan 2, 2024.

  1. Easy

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    The dunk is nice. But I've never been impressed with big dunking. There are plenty other basketball skills that impress me more thank dunking.
     
  2. mfastx

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    Idk how this related to my post whatsoever. I just compared Jalen bringing it up and initiating to FVV. Jalen got the ball to Sengun several times on the pick and roll in that 4th quarter, which led to several good looks.
     
  3. hlmbasketball

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    What did you think of his passing and playmaking? He had several nice passes this game. Some went for assist, some were missed.
     
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    I've been impressed with his much improved defense. His passing is kind of hit and miss, much like his shooting. It wasn't one of his better games.
     
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    lol

     
  6. BigMaloe

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    thats a legit, and sick af, poster.

    Worthy of being on a kids wall.
     
  7. astrosrule

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    The dunk was awesome, not being trash on defense is great, the career low efficiency is alarming. He’s down to 9% below league average after being 7% below the previous 2 seasons.
     
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    Yes, he needs to improve his efficiency, but it’s too early in the season to make broad generalizations. Luka’s TS% is .53 at the moment. Green’s been on a bit of a slump that decimated his advanced metrics. He’ll recover and be fine IMO.
     
  9. NewAge

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    Jalen hasn't been the problem this season, but the problem is that he hasn't been the solution, either...

    Neither of Jalen/Fred/Alperen is playing as $30M+ players.

    This is a deep team with sub-AllStar players... Not sure what to make of it. all in all 6-4 is nice but we don't look and feel like a .600 team...
     
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    You’re right, we don’t look like a 6-4 team. We should be an 8-2 team.

    Seriously. We beat the Mavs, Grizzlies, and Knicks, and yall still doubt this team is good?
     
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    Luka has a track record though of 5 consecutive seasons with average league average efficiency though, jalen has no track record. Green looked way better earlier in the season and then kinda blah lately
     
  12. snowconeman22

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    i mean ok , he can jump high , tell me something i dont know .

    Im just saying , given the same situation , 90 % of players end up with a poster dunk.
     
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    its like being impressed with a fast-break dunk.
     
  14. snowconeman22

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    we also lost to the spurs and hornets..
     
  15. Houston77

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    Yes. Hence the “should be 8-2” statement. Read is fundamental.
     
  16. snowconeman22

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    lol why are the losses we had against bad teams not counted as losses but the wins we had against good teams still counted as wins .

    what kind of meth math are you doing buddy ?
     
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    Huh? What are you talking about? Do you not know what the word “should” means? Early in the season, bad teams often beat good teams before the latter start getting on track. Hence why we beat the Spurs by 20. The Raptors beat the Celtics early. The Lakers lost to Detroit. Memphis lost to the Spurs. It happens. So yes, I think you gleam more about a team when looking at their good wins as opposed to the occasional bad loss.
     
  19. snowconeman22

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    so using your own logic , how do you know that WE arent the bad team that beat the good team ?
     
  20. Houston77

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    Because we also generally beat the bad and average teams. This isn’t difficult, man. Of our five games against playoff teams, we won three teams and were competitive in four. That’s not an anomaly. That’s consistency.
     

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