Would Paul Millsap be a good corner 3pt shooter in the Rockets system?

Sure, I just don't see Morey moving Asik this offseason, even if we sign Dwight. I would be surprised if that happened. A Dwight-Asik combo will probably be tested out, for a lot of reasons. If it doesn't work out, can always still move Asik at the trade deadline.

 

In his rookie year. I guess players don't become better huh?

 

Difference between hoping he'd become better and saying trollish things that equate to: "I'm going to ignore OP's first post and anything Millsap has done this yr; ignore his corner 3 stats, even if they are few in amount and blindly say I would rather have DMo shoot 3's" -- kay.

 

Fact is Milsap isn't a floor runner like DMo. You're trying to create a new player by asking Milsap to play the perimiter based on statistics. IT'S NOT HIS GAME.

Dmo has the tools to do what you want to pay $10 million a year for to a player WHO HAS NEVER DONE THAT.

That seems like trolling to me.

Last time Morey tried to change and player's game he signed Ariza to become a go to guy. Morey learned his lesson.

 

This is from Draftexpress:

Which I pretty much agree with.

His size and lack of quickness prevents him from being a good defender. He's great at grabbing defensive rebounds I'll give him that.

 

He runs the floor slower than Patterson. That should be an indicator.

 

What? What do we want from our player? DMo's defense is terrible. Millsap's is very good. As I mentioned earlier, it is well above average defense that he brings to the table, which is definitely something we need. Sadly, he doesn't bring the perimeter defense that a player like JSmith would bring (and still do just as well in the post on defense), but lightyears beyond whatever DMo offers on that end of the court.

And how is this changing Millsap's game? Last few seasons, he's slowly been working on the corner 3 and improving, w/o it being a detriment to his overall game AT ALL. Check his stats over the last 3 seasons. There were even articles about it, though I assume most would not read them since it is about Millsap and Utah after all. I don't see how Millsap's development of a corner 3 would be different from...wait for it...2Pat's 3 pt corner shot, which was pretty dang nice while we had it. Millsap would be able to bring that w/ better post play, better rebounding and much better defense. How is it even comparable to the poor season DMo's had?

 

It's funny that we read the same paragraph and came away w/ different conclusions. Not sure where in that quoted block of text did anyone say he wasn't a good defender. I got the opposite impression.

Also, if you check out Millsap's RAPM numbers for last yr, he was a blazing 3.2 for DRating. This yr, up to the end of March, his DRating was 2.1, all well above average. He's no Josh Smith (esp. on the perimeter), but he'd be more than solid enough to patch up any defensive holes we had past the perimeter.

 

You seem to forget Millsap is 28 years old. He has reached his potential while Motiejunas just played his first year in the NBA.

 

Right, but we also know what Millsap can bring to the table. DMo? I haven't seen a good season out of him (a few good games, that is about it), so his stock is just as likely to plummet as it is to go up. I also think he's just not yet ready. He's more of a long term project -- I would be surprised to see any marked improvement out of DMo this next season. Millsap, as I mentioned, would be great to fit in for the right price and the right number of yrs (i.e., 2). Depends on how the market ends up feeling I guess. New cba, hard to guess.

 

Your not helping a Pf get better by asking him to take a less efficient shot while also taking him out of rebounding position. You are making him worse.

 

It appears that if the Rockets wanted corner 2s and 3s, they should have just held onto Patt. Millsap rebounds more, but that's likely because he wasn't spending as much time on the perimeter. If used the same way as Patt, I think you would see his rebounding go down. They are very similar players in my opinion. Just used differently.

*tried posting an image from my phone and it doesn't appear to work.
http://vorped.com/bball/index.php/player/shotchart/1230-Patrick-Patterson/season/2012-2013-REG

 

Well Millsap would obviously not take that many corner 2's on the Rockets -- that isn't efficient. He'd step back and take the corner 3, which he makes a good % of (small sample though).

But I don't think his rebounding will be affected. Currently he takes around 4 FGAs at the rim a game, converting 69% of them. His next most common shot is from 16-23 ft, converting 39% of them (his 10-15 ft range is converted at a pretty nice 48%). So Millsap is ALREADY taking plenty of long 2's. Taking a corner 3, the shortest 3, hardly makes me think his rebounds are going to plummet...It isn't like that extra foot or so is going to be THAT detrimental. Guy is athletic, hustles and has a good sense on how to rebound (think TRob). I doubt it will be impacted just because we're telling him to take the same number of shots as he already does at the very long 2, but just step a foot back lol.

And remember, I don't see Millsap as OPTION A. I think he is essentially a better version of 2Pat. 2Pat wasn't bad. He wasn't amazing, but he wasn't bad. We made that deal to both clear cap space and really because we got a better asset back (at the time). Even now, it is easier moving TRob for a first round pick than it would be to move 2Pat for one.

Finally, don't forget that Millsap is far superior to 2Pat as far as defense goes. Millsap would improve our team; COULD be a cheap and efficient/high value option as well. If for 2 yrs, would allow us to try to get LMA and Love as well. It's just another alternative to consider, or in conjunction to a Dwight signing or something.

 

And you determined that as horrible?

 

Good for you.