Please don’t come here trolling with your misapplication of Statistics. He hasn’t defended anyone of value. Because he can’t. He’s also taking about 5 shots a game. Zero offense and zero defense. I don’t need “stats” to tell me that.
Sorry to inject facts into the discussion. I know that they can upsetting. So, nobody has really scored on him but you know that he can't defend? There's exactly 26 other players in the entire league that have shot as many 3's per game as Ennis and have a percentage that good. That isn't trivial.
I still think James Ennis has some adjustment to the new team / system to get past, but I'm very tired of watching him get beat and try to do the lazy-poke around steal attempt, which, as far as I'm concerned, has resulted in a 100% foul rate and 0 steals. In the season Harden got absolutely destroyed for his defensive effort, the 'got-beat-blind side poke-foul' was Harden's favorite move after he got beat. It's lazy and I'm tired of seeing it.
At the minimum, even if you don't like Ennis, his mere presence means MCW doesn't have to get much floor time. That in itself, is a value!
4 games is a small sample still. Ennis could end up being a net zero player. That's nothing special, but it is certainly better than being a net negative. Gerald Henderson took a year off for surgery. Again, nothing special, but what is he up to these days? He can defend and hit corner three's and not turn the ball over.
He does need some time to settle in but also every one of our players needs more time with Harden on the floor. These guys weren’t brought in to carry a load. So far I haven’t been impressed with Ennis but dude deserves a chance to play with the actual Rockets team.
Wah, frankly I was shocked by this, from the limited time I watched the game, he was caught flat foot few times, but good thing is that at least twice he hold the player tight to make sure no layup and 1
He does not suck but not good enough to a starter on a team whose goal is to win a championship. Ideally, he should be coming off the bench for 15-20 minutes a game.
