I am amazed at how Parsons has improved each and every game. He is one of the most efficient players on the rockets. He has learned to not rely on that below average jump shot and instead drive to the rack. He finishes beautifully and hustles every dang play. Another gem by Morey.
Parsons reminds me of a young Robert Horry. Plays great defense, blocks shots. Improving on the offensive end.
He is finally making the layups that he was missing earlier in the year. He was missing a good 2 layups a game when he drove to the basket, glad he has learned to have a little softer touch. Needs to hit his FT though.
If the Lakers took a package of Dragic, Parsons, and Scola, plus an expiring for Gasol they'd probably win it all. Injecting Dragic's and Parson's speed and defense into their lineup along with Scola's scoring would make them killer. Too bad they don't know that. LOL. Of course, I'd like to think Morey wouldn't give up Parsons myself.
And posters wonder why Morris is stuck in the D League. Don't see any chance he's taking minutes from Parsons any time soon. I am constantly amazed at how quick his first step is. At times it looks like he is being guarded by concrete pillars. Best second round pick in years?
My feelings exactly. When I let reality slip away and think of the next Rockets championship, I see him there. Not the Hakeem of course, more the Mario.
Our second rounder beat out our veteran Budinger, lotto SF Morris, and lost boy wonder Squid. That says a lot about our SF rotation. Parsons is literally a more athletic Shane Battier with less shooting. He hope he stays a career Rocket.
dude is our best finisher when driving to the rim and one of our best defenders. If he can improve that jumpshot and free throws, he can be something really good.
A player's FT% has to be lower than 50% for that to actually be profitable for the hacking team. c/o Hollinger: Here's the thing about Hack-a-Dwight, or Hack-an-anybody: The player has to be an exceptionally bad foul shooter for this strategy to have much merit. Emphasis on exceptionally. It works with Ben Wallace or DeAndre Jordan. With just about anyone else, it's highly questionable. Take Thursday night, for instance. Dwight Howard is a career 59.5 percent foul shooter and has done slightly better than that each of the past three seasons. But let's take 59.5 percent as his chances of converting any given free throw. Sending him to the line for two shots produces an expected return of 1.19 points from the foul shots, a scoring rate better than that of any offensive team in the history of basketball. Just sending him to the line time after time is one of the worst percentage moves a team could possibly make. http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/story?page=PERDiem-120113&_slug_=nba-dwight-howard-foul-strategy (I don't have Insider, that's just the allowed excerpt.)
