If Luc does not win starter spot then I hope Green does. Rockets need more length and better defense on starting 5. Brodie/Rivers Beard/EGo RoCo/House PJ/Luc Green/Bruno BMac subs for Rivers/EGo if either are off/injured. Demarre subs for House if he's off/injured. Tyson subs for Bruno if off/matchup warrants. Clemons only plays in blowouts.
Must be why PJ and Ariza were beaten into a ****ing pulp by mike, and why Carroll and Green instantly got minutes. Thabo and Chandler are old old, they physically can't play real minutes, nor even half the games in a season. Similar to how Nene was with his last year playing. Moute will get minutes IF - he's healthy, he's in shape, and he's playing well. Incredibly unlikely he ticks all those boxes considering he hasn't played in like 2 years. The only thing that ever stopped him from playing when he was healthy with us a couple of years ago is at times his offensive can become destructively bad, when he hit his shots he'd get 30+ mins.
I like Tyson but aside from his age, his skill set does not really fit this Rockets team. I have always thought that Noah was a more skilled player and much better fit on MDA team.
If Luc can get anywhere near being the player he was for the Rockets when he was healthy? It can have an enormous impact on our defense. That's not even taking his offense into consideration. I'm already imagining Luc playing with Covington, as well as what Tucker playing fewer minutes could do for his game. We would give opposing coaches nightmares. I have to calm myself down.
Speaking of DMo, something that might be interesting to hear... He's currently back in Lithuania and was on a podcast. And he admitted something interesting. When talking about the injury 5 years ago, he said he was looking straight into doctor's eye and the doctor was telling DMo that people usually retire after an injury like that.
This is like having your favorite TV show revived for one last season to tie up lose ends...The Prince!
I’d be surprised if MDA decided to change the starting line up now. Continuity is something that people have cited as being an advantage in the bubble. However, if House is underperforming then I could see them changing the rotation so he plays less minutes. I know that Green has experience playing with Harden and Westbrook but I just don’t see MDA putting him in the starting line up. I could see MDA starting Gordon at the three before him starting Green at the 5. I wouldn’t agree with that move but I think it’s more likely.