I really don't think people understand how essential good guard play is to having a functional offense. I think it's pretty obvious that one of Shepard, Holiday or Davison will be in the starting spot at PG - They have to have two ball handlers on the court with Amen as the other guard, even if he's playing more of a wing role. They can't run Amen out there with 3 forwards and Sengun and expect a functional offense. Teams play two ball handlers for a reason .... Okogie, DFS, Tari and Durant don't fit the description. Reed did look quite a bit better against the Jazz than that first game .... F: Jabari F: Durant C: Sengun G: Amen G: (pick one) Shepard, Holiday, Davison.
Uh huh everyone is a power forward cuz you say so lol. anyway lets see what happens in the real games.
I mean i showed you where they ACTUALLY played, i gave zero opinions. A player who plays 90% PF is a power forward, i don’t see how that’s something you could argue. You’re acting like i made up those facts when they are….facts.
It's not really all that odd. It's actually pretty common for people to be divorced from reality when they want something so bad. And it's not even that people necessarily want Reed to be bad. Some people value being right more than being objective so instead of taking a step back and viewing things through an honest lens they'll keep parroting the same stuff until the evidence against it is too overwhelming. No one has to believe Reed is going to become a good player or a star....but to say he didn't play well in this past game just lets you know what kind of person you're dealing with.
You said 4 PFs how can everybody play 90% PF and that's supposed to be a fact? You showed me where they played when you said they were "pure" 4s and 5s when they literally played multiple positions. Look bro how about you put your money where your mouth is? 100 usd my bet is KD starts at 3 and Amen starts at 1 or 2. You can bet they start at 4 since thats what you keep claiming. You agree yes or no? You talking about facts like Amen and KD gonna be at the four in this team.
Even if that heavy gimmick rotation of wings, forwards and Centers would work.......once the team hit injuries, adversity and a wall........ They are going to trade for a PG, just book it. It always is Sunshine in Philly......Houston until it isn't.
Are you saying basketballreference numbers are made up? Where do you look it up then? Or do you chart every minute every player plays? Your bet makes zero sense, if sengun “starts at the 1”, i would still not consider him a 1.
So you look at ball reference to see where they play but at the same time if bball reference says Sengun is a 1 you wouldnt consider him a 1? So in short you are just inconsistent. You use the position when it favors you (aka Bball reference says he played 90% at PF) but when it goes against your argument you wont consider the data (Even if Sengun starts at 1 I dont consider him a 1).
Thats literally what you said dude. Just adhere to one set of rules. If you are using Bbal reference positions to say KD spent 90% of his time as a PF well then Bball reference will also says he will be the starting SF this year. You are telling me we have 1 center and 4 PFs because KD and Amen spent a lot time at PF last year as per Bball reference or "facts". But this year, it is almost guaranteed KD will be playing SF and Amen will be playing 1 or 2 and I am sure Bball reference will also show that. So now you can't tell me the "facts" suddenly dont matter just cuz you dont agree with them lol wtf.
There definitely is a very high likelihood he will play out of position, that i don’t disagree with. His best position, just like jabari, is the 4. I can’t imagine even you would disagree with that? When the rockets go double big, do you not consider that playing 2 centers?
If you believe that why are you using where they played in bball reference as your argument to begin with? "Aka if he played 90% of his time as a PF, how is he not a PF?" -> Remember when you said this? So this year KD will play 90% of his time as a SF but he is still a PF? What happened? As for double big we can do that because Sengun is a hybrid center can play both center and PF. If we tried playing Adams and Capela as the double big it wont work because they cant play PF like Sengun. So in the double big we arent playing 2 centers we are playing Adams and Sengun who can do the PF role as well as the center role.
Man, i’ve been so good at not engaging with your nonsense, idk how you got me today haha. Well done bud, you win today.
The Question should be, Is Reed starting material? No! However, should he start on this team? Yes. He's a #3 pick, so he should get every opportunity. Same as Jalen Green. His best asset is his shooting and thus far he hasn't been consistent. His defense is below avg at best. The Rockets view him as an investment, so to maximize that investment, you have to let him play! Now should he finish games? Hell No! His shot is IFFY at best and he gets picked on defensively. Right now from what I've seen, I think JD is more of a PURE PG, than Reed. Reed is a Tweener, same for Holiday, a Shooting Guard in a PG's Body. I think he's at best CJ McConnell. After a year and half, he still hasn't looked like a Top 5 pick. Good view point! And yes Reed did look better against the Jazz, than he did against Atl. However, Atl is a better defensive team with more length on the wings. The Jazz are primarily comprised of Rookies and 2nd yr players and they just don’t play defense. But like I said earlier, I think by default the Rockets have to start Reed, because they have more invested in him. Of the three; Reed, Holiday and Davison, I think Davison fits best but for the first 10 - 20 games of the year, you got to start Reed and see what he brings.
to be honest I’m thinking it might be year three or four until he really becomes a good NBA player. I think it’s situational. You can afford to wait when the player is intelligent. if he is not amazing this year I don’t think it’s any reason to give up.
