would you rather watch Patrick Patterson play at his ceiling, or watch Donatas develop into a 7 ft machine, or Thomas Robinson (except he's 6-10) for that matter. this is just dumb, Patterson was not as good as you think he was, he was an average PF in the league, you want mediocrity? starting Patterson at PF is the perfect way to do that.
To be fair, 2Pat is capable of getting the rebounds when he remembers to do so but he just does not get the mindset.
you're joking right? robinson put up a near double-double with 8 rebounds. do you know how many times patterson put up 8+ rebounds in a game with Houston? 7 times, out of 51 games! Robsinson has put up 8+ rebounds 7 times as well, WITH LESS PLAYING TIME. Believe it or not it's not all about scoring. The Rockets are so good at scoring that they need to focus on improving other aspects of their game, at the expense of offense because they can afford to do that. And Patterson wasn't even good at scoring, he was a 10 point per game player who couldn't average more than 5 rebounds per game. Patterson really wasn't good at anything, as far as I'm concerned D-Mo has been better for the team than Patterson was. D-Mo is very very close to what Patterson was, and considering the fact that he's a rookie, I'm totally fine with that.
That makes no difference. If he doesn't remember to rebound, then he isn't rebounding. At the end of the day, Patterson didn't produce in that department.
I agree with you about Motiejunas and at one time I thought that way about Jones, but it isn't true that Patterson and Morris have been in the league for several years. Morris had one year in the D-League, with only about forty minutes more time on the floor for the season as Jones has had this year. I expect Jones, as little as he is used, will wind up with more floor time this year than Morris had last year. Patrick Patterson played a pretty reasonable amount as a rookie and more his second year, though he was saddled by injuries from the very start. This was his first opportunity to really show what he could do. Before this season, the two of them had about the equivalent of a year in the league; Morris with practically zero time and Patterson's experience being debatable. I thought it was total incompetence to put the power forward position in the hands of Patterson and Morris coming into this season, but they performed admirably. I admit it's pretty subjective, but I would put Patterson 20th among starting power forwards in the league and that's a pretty good jump for a guy that was fourth on the team not very long ago. Morris, with no NBA experience, became a rotational player whose average numbers were good, even if his consistency was not. But the very lack of consistency shows that he isn't finished developing. Now we have DMo and I think he'll be better. But if he's nearly as good as I think he will be, we will trade him. All this perpetual turnover is about the Rockets refusal to pay competitive salaries. We're willing to pay superstars and we're willing to pay minimum salaries, but paying a little more for a little better player (or one who becomes a better player by doing the little things a team needs in order to be successful), that's just not going to happen. The fact of the matter is, if we have two equal players and one of them works his butt off, plays his best and helps the team while the other dorks around and does nothing, we'll trade the one that became better under the motto of "selling high" and keep the other because of his unrealized potential. But that's not DMo! He's going to be terrific. We'll be trading him and some draft picks and a million dollars for a 2012 or 2013 bust, probably eleven months from now.
Jeremy Lin (@JLin7) tweeted at 8:56pm - 3 Mar 13: @pdpatt i miss you too! smh... (https://twitter.com/JLin7/status/308441212120096768)
Dmo is a better player than Patterson. Not even close. On another note, one thing I've noticed about dmo is that he really looks to block shots. Hes been a tad late a few times, but that's something that Patterson wasnt that good at because of his lack of length. Dmo being 7ft has shown that he is capable of being a really good help defender. I'm really enjoying watching dmo play and grow. Highest ceiling on the team.
Saw that and PPatt congratulated "baby boy" :grin: for his high career. They were really a tight group.
I honestly feel bad for Patterson, Douglas, and Aldrich. Not that the Rockets are a 1st tier organization...but to send a guy to Charlotte or Sacramento? Ouch.
Like I said before, Sacramento is where power forwards go to die. I like Patterson, but they have the guy looking like a straight up scrub most nights. Dude goes from starter to averaging 15:24 minutes per game? 5.3 points and 2.8 rebounds. This after you trade the 5th pick in last year's draft for him? Disgusting. Funniest thing is Morey probably offered all 3 first rounders for that pick months ago and now you only give up Patterson for it. Seeing how they are doing Patterson and how they nearly ran double double machine J J Hickson completely out of the NBA the year before gives me more hope than anything that Robinson can become a good player. It still boggles my mind how they gave Cuckwagon all that money and barely play him. Smh All for this trade. I really want to see what D Mo, Robinson and Jones bring to the table. I think when it's all said and done, all 3 will be better than Pat and Morris.
Youy should never be mad at mchale. he's one of the few nba players that schooled hakemm olajuwon in the post.
You should never be mad at Mchale. He's one of the few NBA players that schooled Hakeem Olajuwon in the post.
i'll see like my fifth game friday. haven't seen d-mo but i'm curious off the reviews off actual big league play. i mean the rockets maybe able to sign best available player at this point and even though that might not be the best route, its good to be in position to go that route.
