They treat Adams like a star, not that it is incomprehensible. Understand the whole offensively outrebounding everyone therefore sign Capela to keep him fresh..... Is it viable, we shall find out.
Instead of leaning into learning GOOD sustainable basketball, we have leaned into bad cleaning up the glass basketball. Which can't win against good teams that can shoot. As much as I like Adams he is a role player at this point - and he is a lane clogger......dooming us to outside shots for the most part as a stable diet of our offense....it is rudimentary at best. DD
Last year, the Rockets were seen as an anomaly being great at offensive rebounding and decent at transition defense. Convention wisdom is that crashing offensive board is bad for transition defense, and has historical data to support it.
If you only get Adams to crash it and the 3-4 others return early, nothing has been lost much. Given Adams' success rate, the play is alive most of the times.
Yeah, if you have Adams who needs two men to keep him off the offensive glass, you free up the other guys to either sneak in for the rebound or run back for transition defense.
The historical data is based on a different type of offensive rebounding when three pointers weren't as prevalent a shot. The current style of offensive rebounding is either: 1) slam your man in the paint closer to the basket, making it difficult for him to get longer offensive rebounds (or any rebounds if you are Adams). If man isn't in the paint, optional to make contact with your man, but it is prefered to make it difficult for them to get in transiton. If man is not in paint, get between him and the basket to slow his runout. 2) If a man is in the paint, but trying to stay away from the basket, making it difficult to slam him under the basket, get inside him and tip in a shot. On conventional wisdon, I think it was Immanuel Kant that said, "Offensive rebounding does not violate the moral law of transition defense provided that contact is maintained with one's man".
You touched on last year, the Rockets were quite adept at stealing back the ball after a Turnover. Actually I believe I saw a Steven Silas game where the Knicks would force a TO and the Rockets would steal it back, and commit another TO and then steal it back again. The Ability was there even during the Silas era.
ah "good basketball" vs "bad basketball"... kinda like that whole mid-range is bad and 3 is more than 2 mentality... lol! Its all about finding your areas of advantage and hammering them... if thats shooting 3s - fine, if thats offensive rebounds - great... whatever tips the scales to your advantage... but this whole treating the game like an algebra problem with no regard to the actual players at your disposal and their abilities is just asinine... I'm sure there is tons of statistical analysis that says our guards should be shooting more 3s... i dont want Amen chucking more 3s... lol! Play the course and lean into your areas of differential - whatever they may be.
Clint has done a great job, but I'm told he'll be part of a trade package. He's played himself into better shape, but he's just not the same jumper and player that James created him to be. We would need another center to make up for Adams' back to back game protocols , but that's the easiest part. And, just as a wondering and preference, I'd rather have Josh over DFS any day of the week. He is an exceptional defender, hustle guy and shoots the 3 fairly well. Ime has an affinity for him (not like FVV, Amen and KD), but Josh gives you more experience , hustle and interchangable lineups than an injured DFS
yeh... who wants additional possessions and second chance points... ewwww! yucky! You just go on "seeing the game differently from most people..." and I'll just continue shaking my head at your inane posts... lol! I do feel sorry for Reed, though... since u put the DD curse on him... along with VSpan, DMo, Kpj, Cam and most anybody else u have ballyhooed with your expert analysis... lol
AI says ur full of crap too... Key Rebounding Champions & Eras (2000-2024): Shaq-Led Lakers (2000-2002): The 2001 Lakers, in particular, were dominant, with Shaq leading the charge on the boards and scoring, controlling the paint. Tim Duncan & Spurs Dynasty (2003, 2005, 2014): The Spurs consistently relied on Duncan's rebounding and defense, making them a strong rebounding team in their title runs, especially the 2014 squad known for team-wide excellence. 2016 Cleveland Cavaliers: LeBron James, Kevin Love, and Tristan Thompson provided significant rebounding power, especially in the Finals against the Warriors. 2019 Toronto Raptors: Serge Ibaka and Marc Gasol provided interior rebounding and defense for their championship run. 2023 Denver Nuggets: While not always top-ranked in overall rebounding, Aaron Gordon and Nikola Jokic were exceptional in crucial rebounding areas, especially offensive boards, complementing their elite offense. Key Rebounding Stars on Championship Teams: Shaquille O'Neal (Lakers) Tim Duncan (Spurs) Kevin Love (Cavaliers) Dennis Rodman (Bulls, though not in this era) Nikola Jokic/Aaron Gordon (Nuggets) The Takeaway: Elite rebounding, often anchored by dominant centers or versatile forwards, has been a hallmark of successful teams, with the Lakers and Spurs dynasties being prime examples of how controlling the glass fuels championship runs
You are ****ING kidding right? ROLE Player.....is what he was....and those teams he played with had good offensive schemes too. You fell into the trap Joe Joe........And Kjyap, proving he is stuck in the old way of basketball that doesn't work anymore, couldn't coach his way out of a paper bag......and BTW we are talking offensive rebounding ........here. DD
A role player on multiple teams that had offensive schemes that incorporated offensive rebounding. Also, the Pistons offense scheme was not some thing of beauty. It was give Isiah the rock, miss some shots, and depend on offensive boards and physicality. I fell into a trap and still found an example that proves your ambush wrong. ..and then I found 4 others. I admit I fell into your trap. Can you admit that I found 5 great offensive rebounding teams that won rings. 2 of them, which relied on physicality more than scheme. The best way to win a ring is with the MVP. 2nd best way is with a Top 5 player. Without those, I think there are only 4 champs in my lifetime. 3 of them won with offensive rebounding as a major component of the offense. The other had FVV.
I think the mistake was the DFS signing, not so much Capela .... DFS taking up $12.7m in cap space and hasn't stepped on the floor all season. Even with FVV I thought the team was lacking at the guard spots, now without him there's a huge hole to be filled and pretty much no money / contracts to do it with. That money spent on DFS could easily have been redirected ....Ty Jerome signed with Memphis for $8.78m ....
