I saw potential from the beginning just like you did. He had great size and a nice shooting touch. He also played well with his back to the basket. He has picked up weight, strength, and smarts. Can't get in a "rhythm when you only get spot minutes. When Jones comes back, the Rockets are going to be even more "loaded" than they are now.
You can definetely see the Hakeem effect on Dmo's game. The positioning, faking, spinning. He didn't show any of that last year. You can tell he soaked it in and took it to heart this year. He's a successful graduate of the 'Dream School' The Dream continues to be an asset to our Houston Rockets
No doubt, Dmo always had the spin moves and the ball fakes, but they were too fast, and not smooth, or particularly effective, he goes to Dream school and learns how to harness his speed and use it to fake others out and score with ease. DD
I dunno man, Dream has a certain style that you can once in a while see in Kobe's or Lebron's game. But DMo to me clearly takes after McHale more than anyone else. All the ball fakes to the pivot-out with the hookshot...earlier in the year he even did some up-and-unders, although not much lately. With DMo you can see that it's so easy now; he's setting people up three moves in advance, and now he's waiting for the opposition to catch up and adapt so that he can begin to unleash Round 2.
Agreed, Smoove played well tonight and missed a couple shots he normally makes, nice to see the 3's drop. Harden had 30 pts on 13 FGA as you stated... this has only happened 12 times this season. Harden has done it 3 times, no one else has done it more than once.
Let's be real, Smooth played OK, and he did not hurt the team - but he hardly played WELL..... He held the line, which is what backups should do, so starters can finish them off. But 15 shots - I mean the dude led the team in shot attempts, and BTW, shot 33%, 50% from 3pt range though.... Hurry back TJones....PLEASE ! DD
I want some real highlights from this game since I had to work and missed it. ESPN just posted the Howard-Garnett altercation as their video recap and nothing else. NBA.com spent half their highlights on the altercation and showed like 2 or 3 other made shots.
Like Jones, Dmo has become a complete player. There is nothing more beautiful than watching ur draft picks develop into a butterfly
i watch the headband brigade take 3's and really hope its jet (i can barely tell the difference between brewer and terry at the camera distance)
