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Brandon Knight

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by da_juice, Aug 31, 2018.

  1. DasouthDakota

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    Bingo. God bless
     
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    He was somewhat good in 2014-2015 with Milwaukee and regressed after being traded to Phoenix and then had a major injury. It's not crazy to think he could contribute if he's healthy.
     
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    Knight has always reminded me of Lou Williams/Jamal Crawford. Good luck building a team around him, but in the right role he's a good player to have. Anyone hating on this trade is trippin.
     
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    Those corner 3pt percentages when he was healthy and the number of shots he takes just inside the 3pt line makes me think he could improve vastly under the Rockets system.
     
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    Terrible defender, mediocre player maker, described as bone headed, has had lockeroom problems, inefficient scoring are his knocks.

    His pros, when hot he’s a volume scorer. He’s a shorter Gerald Green making 15 mill per, with a recently torn ACL.


    Not much to like, Melo/Knight/Green on one team is far too much no D playing chuckers for my taste. Hopefully Knight gets moved, and or doesn’t get many minutes (or even better proves me wrong and plays well).
     
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    from what I remember, he was a good to above-average playmaker as a starting pg, not a star by any means, but around that range. Defense was probably just average, but I don't recall him being trash or anything. When he first got to the suns it was the three pgs that they had in him, isaiah thomas, and dragic. Then somehow bledsoe. I forget what order they came in, but they all played at above average levels. I'm more confident in knight's game than mcw's ... though mcw might have more upside potential on d due to his length/height.
     
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    Its so refreshing to read your posts here they are so rare
     
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    this is not how this works.....i remember lebron missing a layup in the clutch and harden making serial turnovers in the clutch
     
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  9. True Rocket

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    Brandon Knight is an elite combo guard who can score and playmaker at a high level. Trainning camp will be fun watching Knight & Cp3 battle for the starting position.
     
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    :D
     
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    Oh yeah, they battle, but not for the starting position.
     
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    He is a career 15 pts a game scorer. When healthy he can ball.
     
  13. amaru

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    Low risk, high reward move.....especially considering we got him for a worthless, overpaid player.
     
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    As a 4th guard in the rotation, he’s pretty good. And he’s probably more playable than Ryno against the Warriors. That’s a good trade in my book
     
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    Dude has not played high intensity bball for a full season and the season before he wasn't actually playing well.

    Ryno actually played regular season games, he locked valuable minutes in the regular season.

    We did it to save money and give Anderson a now outlook to his career.
     
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    He's been pretty much nothing but fake stats and terrible defense. Not a winning player at all.

    Having said that, the talent level is there, maybe in a better spot with the right mindset he could be a great combo guard off the bench. I'm not really expecting anything from him. But the mere outside possibility he could help us in the postseason makes him an upgrade over Anderson, not even taking salary into consideration.
     
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    All we want out of him is to be an injury insurance for Paul which he's more than capable for. I am very ecstatic that we finally have a proven point guard behind Paul.
     
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    I remember him being a great addition to my fantasy team back in like 2014/15. Haven’t kept up with his career much since then, but I remember he had solid numbers across the board
     
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    I'd feel better about it if he wasn't an even more worthless, overpaid player.
     
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    Knight was a good player and a great teammate to my NBA2k16 MyPlayer who was drafted by the Bucks, let's hope he can recapture his video game form.
     

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