He's not a leader at this point. Being a point guard is already a tough position to play. Pushing that at this stage hinders KPJ's development because your asking him to lead in setting up the offense and make the better team ball movement/play setups decisions... well right now he needs to learn how to make the better individual player decisions in his own game first before he's developed to do that as a point guard for the entire Houston Rockets team. That's my issue with the situation.
He ended on a high note last year. Put in the work in the offseason. Kept his head on straight and said all the right things. They got a very team friendly deal that they can opt out after 1 year. It wasn't a mistake. Now does he have what it takes to be the starting point guard? At this point, it doesn't look like it, but if he accepted moving to the 3 or 6th man, he could possibly end up looking a lot better and then it would definitely be a good extension. Especially when the salary cap goes up. I just hope we don't see any meltdowns. Visually, he's been on edge lately. We'll see.
KPJ would have dead money this offseason if cut and is only on a desireable contract if he plays better. Moving him to 2-guard would mean benching him when Green is on the court (I think this is the best long term solution for playing KPJ). KPJ is the best PG the Rockets have on the roster right now. Whether one wants to blame the FO, coaching, or KPJ for KPJ not being a better point guard (or playmaker depending on whichever sematics a person prefers), I agree it isn't working. I see the FO as the only ones capable of fixing it at this point unless Nix or TyTy step up or KPJ drastically improves for more than a 7-game stretch. Nix and TyTy aren't good enough currently to be effective starting PGs especially on a team with Jabari not carrying his weight.
any trade value he may have is minuscule in comparison to damage hes doing and PT hes wasting for the young guys
