Jones was very inconsistent in his best season, remember him scoring all his points in first quarter etc. DMO was consistent game in and game out. No one is judging them by their last couple games.
Eh... if I'm a Pelicans fan I'll take my chances with AD on DMo. <PRE> Player G W L GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS Donatas Motiejunas 5 3 2 2 20.8 4.4 8.6 .512 0.4 1.4 .286 0.8 1.4 .571 1.8 3.0 4.8 1.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 2.4 10.0 Anthony Davis 5 2 3 5 37.0 7.4 13.8 .536 0.0 0.2 .000 5.8 8.4 .690 2.0 9.8 11.8 1.4 2.0 2.6 1.0 2.0 20.6 </PRE> Those aren't bad stats but it was really only one good game where he had 21 points on 10-16 shooting. But I don't know how many of those 10 buckets came when he was guarded by AD.
The homerism over DMO is astounding. I like him as a player and I believe he has a lot of potential but some of the comments here are head scratching I bet if DMo were on some other team, the same people here would be calling him just a rotation player, some may even call him a scrub. Now he is a perennial alls tar who shall only be traded for a supastaaaaaaa
This. DMo isn't the kind of guy who puts up big numbers. But he's very handy to have as your third go-to guy. His defense is fine, just needs to be careful not to show too high in PnR. His biggest weakness is rebounding and I don't see him improving more than marginally.
It's not that I don't believe he can't make that next step, he is a smart 7 footer with great post skills and a 3pt shot, sky can be the limit potential wise. But all in all, the dude only averaged 12 and 6 last year as a 3rd year player, and that's with Jones and Howard out for most of the season. We also have yet to see how he performs in the playoffs, one of Jones's biggest knocks around here.
Dmo played solid this past season and should improve this coming up season. But some fans have their own agenda when evaluating talent. They hype up those players they like and talk down on the ones they don't like. Our PF situation if healthy should be pretty darn good this year.
I don't need to watch highlights of DMo; I've seen every Rockets game he's played in. I'm just trying to be realistic here.
I do like DMo but I agree that the love for him here is a little exaggerated. But it's hard to quantify his numbers on our team given that our team last regular season was: 1. James Harden 2. Everyone else If the right deal came along where we'd upgrade the 4 (no, I don't know who that'd be; see "Suspects, The Usual"), then Morey would pull the trigger.
So what? We're talking about some of the best players in the NBA, if Griffin or Davis outscore DMo....who cares? The fact that DMo can slow them down while forcing them to put forth effort on the other end of the court is what is important. That's certainly more than we'd have if we didn't have DMo out there. Give us DMo and Bev in the playoffs this past post-season and the Rockets are very likely in the finals. If the Rockets can stay healthy this upcoming season, they are going to be a really hard out.
The year before last Jones had his way with Davis. They are NBA players so they should be able to fake a player out every so often. That's basketball 101. Lol you can get a shot blocker to leave his feet with a nice head fake.
Bwhahaha he slowed who down. Come man stop drinking the kool-aid bro. We can play the if game all day. We don't know what would have happened if Dmo and Bev wasn't sitting in suits. Bev was playing some of his worse basketball before the injury. And this would have been Dmo's first time getting quality minutes in the NBA playoffs. So you don't know how he would have performed.
Superstar back...I doubt it. Some people though are way too "Realistic" and think Dmo is just your ordinary 12-6 player. He's not. He's a 24 year old player with about a year of experience of actually playing on the team with a low post game. Good luck finding that again. He's definitely tradeable for none superstars. I'd trade him for Millsap sure, or players like that... But he's not just going to be thrown away, he's an elite prospect as far as I'm concerned. If you told me a guy coming into the league at 24 had a low post game, a 3 point shot, and was 7 feet tall I bet you that guy is going in the top 5. Therefore you do need to be careful of trading him. He can be a 12-6 guy all his career or hit a switch and blossom into an all-star player.
DMo is the Rockets best PF on both sides of the ball....of course he'd have helped the team and are you really trying to argue that not having to start a 38 year old PG wouldn't have been better? C'mon man, work with me.
Bobbythegreat I've seen a lot of players struggle in the playoffs their 1st go around. Plus it was The Warriors year that's why they're the Champions. Dmo being out there wouldn't have propelled us over them. Come on big dawg let's be realistic around here.
I think the homerism pendulum has swung the other way. We're one of the best teams in the league. Even after his second DUI, people were saying it's silly to think we can acquire Lawson for Papa, Jones, Prigs and a mediocre pick. We ended up getting him for that package, didn't give up Jones, pawned off Dorsey, and received a decent second rounder too. D-Mo can hold his own at PF in this league. He can score on anyone. His defense is decent. His 3pt shot is looking good, and if history is any indication it will be slightly better next season. Things have slowed down for D-Mo in the post, he sees things while he has the ball, makes his move early and doesn't get stuck often. He's a decent rebounder when playing the 4 and not taking 3's. When he's asked to sit on the perimeter at times, it heavily impacts his rebounding. This is true for every PF/C and the impact on rebounding is directly linked to how athletic the player is (being able to get in, get position, get the rebound after being on the 3pt line). We don't need an upgrade here. We've taken LMA's best ever shot, and D-Mo has improved a lot since then. Our defense as a team has improved a lot. I bet Jones has improved on that end too since he has 3 more playoff series under his belt now. Bev at PG, Ariza at SF, Dwight at C - we'll be fine lol. Not to mention D-Mo is looking great passing out of the low or high post. That's going to add a lot to his game. I like the idea of bringing Hayes back as a security blanket and teacher, but I'm 100% confident that this team team as constructed TODAY has more than enough at PF to not let it be an obstacle to winning a championship. Teams have won it all with less PF. They've won it with greater disadvantages at a position. They've done it with lesser ranked players at the position. I suppose our next weakness is a backup defensive big man, but we are talking about the 8th or 9th or maybe even 10th rotation player. We have the best C and SG in the game surrounded by Ariza, Beverley, D-Mo, supplanted by Lawson, Thornton, Brewer, Jones, KJ, Capela. Possibly Terry and Hayes too. D-Mo and Jones are at least in the same boat JR Smith, Delladova, Shumpert, Harrison Barnes, Ezeli, Livingston, Iguodala, etc. They are both mid 20's big men in a contract year. Trust me, we're fine at PF AND we're still going to improve at that position.
No. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/4WJMZuSrpWw" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> If you are going to state a "fact", at least be right.
