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Mac Needs To Start

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by Imanimal, Jan 9, 2021.

  1. Sweet Lou 4 2

    Sweet Lou 4 2 Contributing Member
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    Really, one game, and we're already at this point?
     
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    Nah he should be the 7th man.
    Harden
    EG
    House
    PJ
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    Starters with Wall backing up Harden and playing 10-12 minutes together.
     
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    As long as we are playing 9 to 10 guys a game the play will pick up. House is my guy but for now he does not need to play 30+ minutes a game.
     
  4. RocketOrg

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    If anything B Mc should be playing more minutes, especially when Harden is off the court. And yes, I would start giving Tate more minutes over Tucker. He brings the same level of energy, and his youth is evident as he moves much faster to the ball both as a defender and as an offense player setting screens.
     
  5. Imanimal

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    Nwaba can’t shoot outside shots worth a lick, but he makes up for it with his excellent defense. Have no idea why our announcers act like he is Steph Curry making excuses for all his missed outside shots. His three pointer has no arc and is certainly not a thing of beauty.
     
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    Length matters at SF position. Who’s guarding Lebrun, who’s guarding the klaw?, Durant?.

    The Rockets have been missing a good True small forward player for a while.
     
  7. banzai

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    Knee jerk. He needs to keep coming off the bench. Being a starter takes something. Role players have their role. BMac's is to come off the bench and hit 5 3 pointers. His defense sucks ass.
     
  8. Dankstronaut

    Dankstronaut Way, way out here.
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    He's the gunner. You let him in for a couple minutes and see if he can find the range. If he doesn't, sub in a defender. If he does, let him have as many shots as he can get up. That was dead-eye stuff 2 nights ago.
     
  9. RedRedemption

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    The best defender on the team that can reasonably hit threes should be starting.

    We don't need more offense, we need to shore up the defense. Having a glaring weak defender in the lineup that teams will target will hurt us more than his shooting will help us.
     
  10. pmac

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    Yea, but the offense really stalls out when Nwaba is out there with the starters. The answer isn't all defense or all offense.
     

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