How old is Amen vs Reed? Reed is 21 - will be 22 in 12 days. Amen is 23 - will be 24 in 6 months So, about 1.5 years difference - still a difference. And, I am not interested in a battle of Reed vs Amen they are both Rockets and they are both in my top 3 keepers along with Jabari. DD
It should be worrisome if Reed can't beat out Van Vleet. (a 33 year old mediocre shooting PG coming off ACL surgery).
That might be a coaching issue. I’m worried more about his physical limitations, and, so far his mental softness. I do agree that Van Fleet is no longer a viable starting PG in the nba.
Really great pg’s often have less than stellar TO stats. Harden? Curry? The reason that people focus so much on that here is FVV, who doesn’t turn the ball over, but doesn’t have any of the skills that can portend a higher turnover rate. All the “Rockets don’t have someone to set up the offense” is bullshit. If people watched closely, whenever Amen was bring the ball up to the half-court in a non-transition type possession, he looked to the bench for the play. 9 out 10 the call from the bench was to hand it to Durant or Sengun. When FVV was running the offense, he walked the ball up the court and 9/10 either gave it to Jalen or went into a PnR with Sengun. Anybody that can get the ball to the half-court line in Ime’s offense is the so-called general. Most of the NBA is either ISO or PnR sets. It doesn’t take much genius to set up offenses. Being able to create offense by driving and finishing or distributing is what sets apart elite PG’s. FVV and Reed (at least so far) are incomplete PG’s. Amen is a shot away from being an elite creator. FVV will never be an even mediocre creator. Reed has a fighter’s chance, because of his handle and shot.
No, I meant NBA experience too, Reed's first year was a wash, and honestly, having a horrible coach like Ime is not helping either of them. DD
I’ll forgive you because of your undying love of Reed. It was only a 6 on a scale of 10 for a disingenuous comments compared to Furious Jam’s BS about Amen being a 5 year professional, being a 10. According to his logic, Flagg is not eligible for Rookie of the year since he got paid in college. Just own it when you make a mistake instead of being shifty. I’m mostly kidding. Ime did screw Reed his rookie season, but not because he earned more minutes, but because we keep pursuing regular season wins instead of an eventual championship down the road. It made no sense to give Holiday more minutes.
I agree with you. I like Amen a lot. Unfortunate he can’t shoot. And teams sag off him. But we saw flashes of his midrange game in the playoffs. He’s shown he can be a big playmaker. Few things he needs to work on like playing pnr and controlling his dribble, stop and go. He’s too much north south. Rockets ran more plays for him late in the season and playoffs that’s why he was able to score more. As i said if he can shoot 34-35% 3 it’s over for these teams.
See but that’s not Ime’s choice. The organization pushed them to be in phase 2 which means winning games regularly and making the playoffs. That’s ownership and management’s decision. And that was the right decision to push this team forward. Besides Sheppard was absolutely terrible year 1. It’s not like Rockets didn’t try to play him. They did and he wasn’t playable
So with you if a player is younger, that gives him an excuse for poor play? Dylan Harper was a rookie and he was one of the most impressive players in the Playoffs. Sam Cassell was a rookie when he won a championship, so was Magic Johnson. Age doesn't matter if you're good.
You just have to wonder what a team with Dillon Amen and Castle would be like together defensively. That’s a Nasty trio.
Any Rocket that makes a 3 pointer before their 21st birthday DaDakota runs down and gets their portrait tattooed. Reed, Jabari, Cam Whitmore, KPJ.
Cassell was 24 when he was a rookie. Harper is really good. He’s probably going to be a lot better in 4 years when he’s 24.
