KD is not the answer !

DD is a clown who is always wrong. KD is a winning player and for us to advance in the playoffs we'll need him to take the lead.

Ime I don't like so I'll agree with him there

 

DD isn't wrong though. KD is more of a play finisher, not an initiator. The only one who can competently initiate plays from our starting 5 is Alperen, and our coaching staff has him initiating plays out from the perimeter rather than through the post... which I don't understand either. Amen is also better as a play finisher at this point in his career with his lack of jumpshot. If Ime would get his head out of his ass and give Reed more significant minutes, then maybe the Rockets wouldn't be losing so many close, winnable games...

 

Hr is wrong. KD was was brought on to initiate the offense which is something we sorely lacked. Alpi can start plays but he still can't put the ball on the floor with any efficiency. We agree on Amen. He can't shoot and for whatever reason he hasn't improved. I've said before he's our Rondo. 100% with you on Reed. Ime is a terrible coach for this team.

 

I can see your point, but if KD's main role is to initiate the offense, then we're in trouble. He's never been a good playmaker throughout his career, and even more so now at his age.

And with Alpi, he shouldn't be putting the ball on the floor like he's some perimeter player. Ime, if he had any brain cells, would realize we'd be much better off with having Alpi playing as an initiator from the post, like Jokic, or going back to how Rick Adelman did with Vlade or CWebb. Instead, Ime has Alpi cosplaying as Luka Doncic from the perimeter... it's a ****ing joke.

 

Great. Go get us a real point guard to alleviate some of the turnover issues.

 

KD needs a REAL point guard
Amen is doing a great job playing PG but he is not instinctively a pg
KD should not be bringing the ball up
KD should not be setting up the offense
KD should not be playing heavy minutes In January
KD should not be holding the ball more than 3 seconds

Let’s be real here, Rockets usually get great players on the decline and KD is on the decline but still effective
His coach doesn’t know how to get him the ball in good spots
He has no true PG on the team to get him catch and shoot opportunities
His Batman or Robin , Sengun, is playing soft, lazy and passive, so there is no real reason to double Sengun

KD can do better with turnovers, sure, you go tell him then he is too old to change

Somebody check on Sengun, he has been since Joker took his lunch and yanked that baby joker title from him

The only saving grace is the west is mediocre rt now and not much separation .

 

Kevin Durant might of figured out he was still playing around bunch of young players, and he the major scoring
option, (VET Who is the #1 option) even thou he cant figure out why there not another star on the team(Besides Sengun, who can get his), well he playing with young rebuilding team.

Still a good young team, and playoff bound. Sengun wasnt quite there like he should be. Jabari and Reed need to be active when it counts in the late 4th and OT!

 

I think it makes sense to trade him.

We're not going to be real contenders with him. He deserves to compete. We need to prepare for the future.

Send him to a contender for picks/youth, develop Amen/Reed/Sengun, stock up on draft picks, hope to land a banger in the draft and or prepare for an age appropriate star to hit the market.

Durant for Butler + 2 firsts & 2 swaps

 

KD with 32/7/3 on 58% FG today +18.

even when we lost he had 36/7/3 on 63% FG. Oh yeah he wasnt hustling...so what? If he is doing his part who cares??? If everybody wasnt hustling but shot 63% FG we woulda won the game.

You are literally blaming the best player you understand that yes or no?

IF KD is doing too much, its on the coach to make sure the offense is balanced. Whats KD supposed to do? Not shoot so his teammates brick the shot instead???

I cant blame KD for crashing when you got numbnuts blaming him like he is somehow the problem.

But then again DD is getting senile imagine still saying Keegan Murray should have been the pick over Jabari in 2026 SMH.

 

what was the question?

 

I've forgotten more about basketball then you'll ever know. It's not a dick measuring contest though.

You know nothing about KD or our offense. He's doing his job and we're winning. KD was what we needed to close down games. It's that simple. With Alpi and him we have a two man show. If somehow Amen can learn how to shoot that would be great.

We need to figure out what to do with Reed and Ime isn't the coach to do it