Zach Lowe: Terrence Jones could be asking for $15M per year

But you have a clue huh LOL. What NBA team do you work for or played for sir. Since you're such a genius at spotting out NBA talent around this piece.

Everybody are entitled to their own opinion.

Everybody sees the game totally different, some might share the same view.

A bias fan will always show favor of or against one thing. In this case Dmo and Jones.

While an unbias fan will be more impartial. Basically keeping it 100.

Like ole buddy said, they are pretty much even. And if Dmo was that much better than him. Well why can't he beat him out for that start PF spot?

Three straight years man. What the heck is McHale thinking about. Please call him and share your opinion on who you think should be starting. hahahaha

 

Ok, they made him the focal point but he only played 26 minutes per game and shot 57% from the field, .623 TS%

 

Maybe its because not until last year was DMO better

Dmo has improved drastically from 2014 to 2015 while terrence has basically been the same player.

Dmo already was a better passer defender and post player in 2014 but last year he improved his game so he can actually space the floor and is much better than jones at shooting the 3. Its not all about talent jones is talented but he isnt a better fit or basketball player then dmo and its not even close.

I dont work for any nba team but i do know my basketball and i wouldnt say something with this much assurance unless its very obvious like this right here.

This year many ppl will think back and think how stupid they were to even think they are comparable

 

Only a biased or inexperienced talent evaluator would say DMo and Terrence are even.

 

If you're Vlade who do you want?

 

Your post contains zero content. Try harder.

 

I said they ATTEMPTED to make JV the focal point. His performance didn't warrant it. They will try again for sure this season. They believe in him, hence the $15Mil+ per early extension.

 

While I tend to agree that Dmo is better than tjones I feel like you should never be able to point the bias finger at anyone under any circumstances concerning the rockets power forwards. I swear you tried to get your picture taken with Tjones and he was like no

 

Some people concern themselves with bias, I'm only concerned with accuracy. If a biased person says something accurate, it's infinitely more valuable than a non-biased person saying something inaccurate.

 

Bingo.

 

Another big big factor that ppl dont talk about much is the court awareness..

Seriously Jones could have one of the worst basketball IQs in the NBA while dmo has a very good understanding of the game

If jones however works on his 3 pt shooting he could be very useful for us this year but with that form i just dont think its possible

 

Only a biased or inexperienced talent evaluator would say they wouldn't trade DMO for LaMarcus Aldridge and call Clint Capela a "pile of poo" on the night he was drafted by the rockets LOL.

 

I couldn't agree more. I think people who prefer TJ must have tunnel vision watching the ball and look at the box score after the game thinking Terrence had a good game. He doesn't understand defensive rotations/assignments at all. It's very frustrating to watch him.

 

I understand why mchale went with tj over Dmo early on but truth is Dmo has always had more potential.

At this point its not close as to who should be the long term solution between the two if you're picking from those two. Tjones is a skilled trash man. Dmo is a player you can actually go to for production.

I actually like them both a lot and wish we can keep both. But Dmo is the better player...imo

 

Hopefully D-Mo's 3-point shot will be good this season.

I'm worried because Ryan Anderson's shot was off all of last season after he had surgery on his back. Although I think it was more his neck. Not sure.

Either way, hopefully D-Mo will shoot well, because he worked hard last year to improve his shot.

 

Well that's not true about Jones. He can score in more ways than just putting the ball back after a rebound.

He's got a decent face-up game and he can hit the 3 if he's wide open.

Y'all must have forgot how he plays when he's healthy... and due to his long absences last year, I understand that people forgot. And when he came back from the collapsed lung, he didn't look great.

But when he was healthy, he is a nice player.



I like D-Mo better because he has more ways to score, and he plays better defense. He's also a good bit taller and longer, which is always good to have big guys down low.

But Jones has been very underrated around here. He's better than he gets credit for.

 

T-Jones pump fakes too much behind the arc like Chandler Parsons. Dmo pulls the trigger without hesitation.

 

So it's a bad thing to have the handles and ability to face up and drive, but it is a good thing to not have handles nor the ability to face up and drive? OK got it. Makes sense.

One guy made 37% of his 3s, the other made 35% of his threes. It's noise. They are both currently about the same in making threes. Which is pretty decent for a spread 4. Look at "Threeza" look at McGrady...all these guys we assume "oh he can hit the 3 on you. When D-Mo gets an open 3, he needs to shoot or pass for an easier, high percentage shot. When TJ gets an open 3 he can shoot, pass or drive for an easier, high percentage shot.

 

But T-Jones doesn't drive after his pump fake because his defender stays home. So he just wastes clock being hesitant to shoot behind the arc.

 

I think D-Mo is a better 3-point shooter.

Jones shoots 3's only when he's so wide open that he has to take the shot, and one of the reasons is that he has a slow release.

D-Mo can shoot without hesitation in a tighter window than Jones can.

Also, D-Mo got off to a slow start shooting the 3 last season. When he got more confident, his stroke was smooth. D-Mo played 71 games last year. If you skip his first 20 games, and only look at the 51 games he played from early December until the end of the season, he shot 40% from 3.

40%!