Jalen Green needs more Shooters on the Floor with him, the more stretched out the Court is, the better. Jabari Smith and Aaron Holiday should've been on the floor with him. Reed Sheppard getting spot minutes definitely would've helped. Amen Thompson, Alperen Sengun were forced to shoot 3s and and midrange. Kept missing. Dillon Brooks was horrific in the playoffs, couldn't make 3s and cheating off Buddy Hield. Fred VanVleet plays for himself than the Team Offense. Leaving Jalen Green isolated and being in a spot up. It gives huge advantage in momentum to Older Warriors Team, Rockets not playing fast hurt the Rockets, the Coaching Staff sorry to say are Low IQ on Offense. Huge changes are needed in Assistant Coaches. Need more offensive minded Coaches.
Jalen Green needs less of the ball, he is an inefficient chucker......who should be dealt to the next sucker who believes he will ever be more than that. DD
How is the Team built? Mostly are bad shooters? How can Jalen Green be successful without his teammates can't make a easy 3 point shot, when Jalen Green can't drive more open lane because they cheating off of Alperen Sengun, Amen Thompson every time. Liabilities with Alperen Sengun, Amen Thompson, Tari Eason, Dillon Brooks(shot horrible in Playoffs) need to be held accountable. Blaming everything on Jalen Green is very short-sighted. Watch the game closely. If Jalen Green doesn't have the Ball at the PG position it is hard playing off of Fred VanVleet SG mentality. Making 3 point shots open the floor for the guard to attack the basket or pass and make easy 3 point shots. Jabari Smith as the Center, Aaron Holiday together would've helped more. Stretch the Floor.
Almost double is still a lot when the higher number is a low number to begin with. Cam was part of the regular rotation to start the season and was very bad - and was inconsistent at best the remainder of the season when given opportunities. Amen on the other hand, got very few minutes/opportunities his rookie season but forced his way into the rotation.
This guy has not been given half the chance that Jabari KPJ Jalen got right away and I feel like his potential is higher than all of them. lets give him some time before we just give up on him. ok?
I don't get what people see in him. He's a losing player. Lazy, bad attitude, me first, no defense or passing skills with no basketball IQ. He sucks. I want Jalen gone as much as the next guy but they can take this bum with him.
Cam had a very bad start, but he should have been allowed to play through that, Jalen had many bad patches and still played.....same for everyone else. DD
Cam Whitmore lack of Awareness on Defense and Team Offense is his problem, On Offense Cam getting blocked at the rim when there is a open shooter, Cam doesn't pass, after getting blocked just gives up and doesn't run back just coasting. Cam gets benched the next game or gets less minutes. Cam on defense doesn't fight over picks, doesn't switch on defense, never seems focused on defense. Every player on the Rockets really needs to grow up in different areas in weaknesses for the Young Core.
Everyone is underperforming at passing on this team, because the entire team is disgusting at generating assists. DEAD last in assist % as a team. When I say dead, I mean dead. The gap between us (30th) and the 29th Sixers is the same as the gap between the Sixers and the 21st Detroit Pistons. This is despite the fact that we have C, SF and PG who can all pass the ball exceptionally well for their positions. So you obviously have to wonder what the F the coach is doing. But Cam is without question the worst on the entire roster. So he's the worst passer on, by far, the worst passing team in the NBA. Yet, you still have people defending that throw away part of his game. He is mind-numbingly bad at driving, passing and defense. You have to hope he improves those things slowly but it's not going to happen next season. Why do you need to sit here and fight over that? If you're not willing to admit that, how can you be taken seriously? Why can't you just say he's not a passer and that's not his game - then focus on the things he does well? Cam Whitmore has the best pull up jumper on the entire roster. If he can improve his atrocious catch and shoot %'s (the easy 3's) then he would be an exceptional 3PT shooter in the NBA. Good at attacking closeouts. He's also pretty good in transition for his age. He can grab rebounds very decently. These are things he can build a career around. The rest of the stuff will catch up over time, but there is a path to him being a useful player on the court. There is a path to him stealing minutes from Green that doesn't look like "OMG HE WAS A SECRETLY A SUPERSTAR AND WE DIDN'T KNOW". No one wants to build anything slowly these days, jeez.
I don't see what some of y'all see in Cam Whitmore. He doesn't strike me as a potential star. I checked his advanced stats on NBA.com, and except for defensive box outs, there is nothing above average. His clutch time stats are lackadaisical but I will give it to lack of minutes (number of observations). Sure he can score but it was mostly when games were already decided. We have yet to see if he can score through double teams or in clutch time, or even can sustain a whole season of high usage %.. Carlos Arroyo was also a terrific scorer when games were already decided, but was never a star. He had a knack for scoring in bunches, that's all.
If you feel that way, fine but if that was consensus opinion, he wouldn't have slide to #20 in the draft. Jalen and Jabari were picked top 3 because of said potential.
And we wouldn't have taken Jalen anywhere close to number 2 in the draft with all those better players taken after him, your point? DD
The poster I responded to said they thought Cam had more potential than KPJ, Jalen or Jabari. My point was that the vast majority of people disagree with that take.
I agree with that poster. Cam is going to be a PROBLEM for the league when his time comes. He's only 20..
