Honestly, let's just have him come off the bench and be instant offense instead of deferring to the established stars.
He didn't check back in because his defense was dogwater in the first half. Ime did the same to Jalen, Jabari, and Sengun in his first year coaching. If you don't D-up you will not play.
Maybe it does. How many people here though are happy to be wrong when they are wrong?? I for one wish I was wrong far more often. Like please... prove me wrong on things as inconsequential as Reed Sheppard being taken too high in the draft, to the consequential things talked about elsewhere. In 2025, unfortunately the pessimists who see the risks, and the bad intentions in everything are right waaaayyy too often. Reed proving me wrong would be a small thing but it would maybe be a small sign that the universe isn't completely fcked.
Uhhh..might be extreme but…need that energy Reed!! You get “days off” in the offseason. I knew it would be trouble when I saw the Rockets social media post with the team and Reed was pounding a coffee in the middle of the day. Not sure what R33d got into overnight in SLC (maybe a late night sorority raid on the BYU campus for some intense handholding), but cut it out!!!
Interesting how people score less points on average on Harden's blow bye. Like it's almost a good defensive strategy for him.
The quiet part no one is saying out loud is that Sengun/Reed together is a defensive nightmare for Ime. Sengun/Reed/Durant is defensive suicide.
I'm not a lover of Sengun's defense, but I would not be too concerned with Reed and Sengun on the court relative to Reed on the court with a random 4 other Rockets. For Reed, Sengun, and Durant, I'm more worried about the Reed and Durant part than the Sengun part on defense, even though the Reed and Durant lineups have not been exposed too much so far.
