ClutchFans Game Thread: Rockets @ Mavericks 11/28/2023

When we play good teams and Jalen shoots inefficient like he did tonight, it's always going to be tough to win.

Like, Al-P felt like he was missing too many gimmes but you take a look at the box score and see he still scored efficiently.

Jalen even on good nights, he's taking 30 shots to score 25 points.

 

I can't remember how many games we lost just because of Jalen Green trash playing this season.

 

If the 2021 Draft was today Alpi would be the number 1 pick.

 

FVV controlled the offense the reason we didn’t have even more turnovers and had 12 assist … some of yall think every player should avg 20+ and that’s not this offense … Sengun gets majority of his buckets off passes from FVV … just last year yall was b****ing about KPJ not giving the ball to Sengun .. make up yall mind

 

Alp was already #1 pick in 2021 also.

Ignorant GMs passed him, it is their problem.

 

Because CF want their players to be superstars already after 2 and a bit years. Look at all the guys jumping on Smith Jnrs bandwagon after he has found his form. Most of them wrote him off in his rookie year as no good..........

 

Another Aussie Exum scored 12.....made the difference.

 

Cam or trade for offense

 

It would be very interesting to keep the young core together of Green, Alpi, Bari, Tari and Amen until they were all around 25-27, in their primes and see what you had.

 

All of them - How Jalen goes the Rockets go.. until they plug someone else in.. Sengun can have 50 but if Jalen doesn’t have over 20 it will be a L

just like Denver dealing with, with Murray out.. give Joker everything and get the W

 

We need offense

 

Offense

 

When can we get 1st road win?

Sign

 

The game was lost at the final minute of the 3rd and starting minute of the 4th.

 

Brooks has 43 fouls in the past 8 games............... an average of over 5

 

Have you heard me? We need offense.

 

It’s not a lack of confidence - it’s a lack of basketball IQ and coordination. Confidence is earned by capability and right now I’m struggling to identify one thing at which Jalen is capable. He isn’t playing at a star level and fortunately his confidence reflects this - otherwise he’d be jacking up all kinds of terrible shots and probably turning it over like a drunk Alexey Shved.

This team needs a consistent perimeter scorer to take the next jump and there really isn’t anyone competing for this role against Jalen. I’m less and less confident every game that he’s even the guy to be our long term starting SG, let alone one of our “stars.”

 

Sengun, Jabari, and Jalen

 

It makes no sense we don't play more Tari Eason.

 

The team scored enough, 115 points.

We needed defense, more Tari and Tate.