U Yes. Booker eye test was better even on that 19 win team, just like i would take T-Mac's 28 on that 21 win Orlando team. Booker has averaged 37/5/6.5 on 60/47/86 splits for an entire Playoff series. He avg 30/6/5 on 48/43/94 splits in his first playoff series. Do you believe Green will avg that in a few months his first series? Green is not turning into that in 1 years time either, BUT i'm totally fine with giving it this playoff since Book can still be had this summer. I see Green getting beat up in playoff basketball, but worth a look. *I'm also not sold on Alpy in playoff basketball either. We can easily be Kings like with Sabonis/Fox and fall right back down to mediocrity as quickly as we rose.
"The eye test". Whatever that means to you Im confident it's poor analysis. Booker didn't experience a playoff series until his 6th season dude. Green will experience it in his fourth more than likely. You understand this right? Booker was on a **** team for the first 5 years of his career allowing him to be lazy and not expend much energy on defense while having fun on offense. Is Poole a better player than Sengun because he averages more points on high efficiency? I would say hell no because someone got to put up points on the worst team in the NBA. If Booker putting up 26 ppg on the worst team in the NBA impressed you, so be it. I can't change stupid. You have to do the leg work to get yourself out of your stupid.
for me the more ideal swap is for Brooks. Fred guards 1s and has a tremendous ability to reduce turnovers. Booker does everything Dillon does but a lot better.
it would b nice to see who the jaters really are. Green is improving, he's playing for the team and is putting maximum effort on D. for all doubters thinking its just a mini hot streak, his effort on Defensive alone while going crazy on offense should warrant more patience and due diligence
Only trade we should make should exclude Alpie/Jalen/Amen/maybe Tari. I would only include Tari if it netted DFox, Booker, KD. and hell no to giving up 2FRPs in a KD deal. 2 for Booker I’m in.
I voted no, I entered the season as a stand pat this year and see what we got type of year and make moves in the offseason… Tari is starting to give me Kawhi vibes missing time…
There’s no reason to make any disruptive move this season. Rockets are vastly exceeding expectations and growing together. Let’s see how far this team can go and think about trades in the summer. The only thing this team could use aside from better shooting is an athletic rim running center to backup Goon.
That’s why I said we’ll see what we NEED. I want Stone to look at OKC and just follow their lead. The Thunder saw what they lacked in the playoffs and addressed it in the offseason while hoping Chet would return at a high level. If we suck in the playoffs because of our 3 point shooting then we need to bring in one or two dead eye shooters
I don't really think we need a disruptive trade, but there are definitely some under the radar moves that could actually give us a chance to do some damage in the playoffs, and wouldn't that be fun. Adding say Collins and Brogdon would give us incredible depth and wouldn't cost very much at all. FVV, Jalen, Amen, Dillon, Sengun with a bench of Brogdon, Cam, Tari, Jabari, Collins, and Adams is a serious battle for any team in the NBA and would add injury insurance. With that team we could seriously be favored against everyone in the West except OKC.
Booker has done nothing but ride CP3 in his last bit of prime and let down KD. No thank you. LEAVE THE TEAM ALONE.
First of all, I completely understand where you're coming from and you may end up being right. It's a gamble. Part of the reason i got so down on Jalen was his lack of meaningful improvement from year to year despite his zealots selling him as having a "legendary work ethic". This year he's remarkably better defensively. Some of it is scheme and surrounding him with good defenders... but a lot of it is just his personal improvement. On top of that, this hot streak feels different than the one last year. The one last year felt like a fluke to me.... and after it ended there's evidence that's what it was. This time around it feels more sustainable.... not the 50% 3 point shooting, but the way he's scoring within the offense for the most part. His usage is the lowest since his rookie season and his scoring efficiency is the highest it's ever been. When it comes to Booker, I'm not sure he'd put in the effort on defense Jalen has been this season, and if Jalen maintains even respectable scoring efficiency, he's likely to be the better option overall for longer. Another factor is the chemistry he's already developed with the current team, I don't think we can assume Booker would have that as well. That's why I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt at least till the end of the season. I want him to be the guy his superfans thought he already was the last 3 years
It's a tough decision. Depending on the assets we have to give up. Suns are not doing well and Brooker's value is no longer all time high comparing to the start of the season. I voted yes because I watched some Suns games and Brooker developed himself into an excellent passer when he played with Paul. Brooker can immediately give us at least three to four years championship windows. Also, Brooker can handle the ball, which makes Fred expendable. If Suns only demanded Green plus some expiring contracts or/and a frp without us getting any bad contracts or chipping in any other young talents, that would be hard to pass up. That being said, I also see why people voted no. Jalen is younger; if he can develop himself into an all around player, trading Green will look quite stupid a few years later. it's a gamble. Luckily, both Green and Sengun has a poison pill so we don't have to make the decision right now.
Not at this point no. Right now Jalen has been the best SG in the NBA. If he can keep it up is the question.
It's not the ppg that impresses. I wasn't impressed by Books 70 either. I think the NBA is bad and only gotten worse as the years go by so someone putting up 20 a night while being green light featured on putrid efficiency in this weak league isn't someone i see as untouchable. Green has had his opportunities to put up consistent numbers on bad teams as well, so i don't know why you hold that against Book, but not Green? Almost every HOF'er has had the chance to put up big numbers on bad teams early on. I've always said Green's floor is Latrell Sprewell like. Those 8th seed Knicks made the Finals with him putting up the most shots, but you don't think someone like 28 year old Ray Allen could have been much better for their chances to actually win it all? My eye test says Ray would probably play a lot like Book if he were in the league today and i think Book will age just as well. Poole..he at least did his job off the bench on a team with HOF'ers. Green prob still 18/21ppg on same poor splits on that team. Poole and Green are pretty similar and Green is similarly someone i envisioned being a championship level green light off the bench after i realized he wasn't going to be the IT star i thought he'd be. I just keep forgetting the NBA is in such a bad state, those kind of players are now 100 million dollar "stars" in todays league. I know clutchfans is bi-polar so as soon as this hot streak is over, ya'll go back to hating Green and realizing we're good, not in spite of him being our starter taking the most shots, but that there are dozens of players who can fill his role and do it better. Booker can do it MUCH better. Clutchfans would lose their minds if we had that Cavs team and traded for Mitchell. Mitchell is 28 and they're killing it. Mitchell does for the Cavs in the playoffs what Book would do for us.
If the Rockets trade for Booker mid-season, Jalen really can't be in the trade in any practical way. So its a pointless discussion. The trade would be made without Jalen. If the Rockets trade for Booker in the offseason, then we will see what he looks like for the rest of the season first. Either way, it's not a decision the Rockets front office needs to make without further data.
I agree this "streak" does feel a little different than before. Of course he will not keep this current streak all season but if his valleys stay between 50 - 75% of what he is doing now with the really hot streaks mixed in then he is a keeper.
