Former Rockets Tracking Thread

You think KJ and his dad wish he was still
In Houston now? Dude could’ve been apart of this revitalization of a franchise but chose to go “home” instead. He cant get minutes in La or Philly

 

KMJ cant help who he is traded to, but if he did have choice in the matter, I imagine he would prefer playing time over sitting on almost any team.

 

Kenyon publically stated he wanted KJ out of Houston, KJ asks for a trade, KJ gets traded to LA where Kenyon lives, Kenyon is ecstatic, then gets his heart broken when KJ is traded across the country just a few months later.

9 games in he's averaging 6 min per game, 3mpg on his current Philly team. After averaging 28 mpg last year for us. KJ looked great here and had great chemistry with the team-building block in Sengun. Meanwhile, the Rockets hired Ime, signed vets, and now are a winning team, seemingly resolving all of KJ/Kenyons gripes with the team

KJ is in a contract year currently averaging 1.6 ppg

 

KJM was the most positively discriminated player in Houston last year, not KPJ, not JGreen.

It was a marriage in heaven for KMJ, a limited player getting starter minutes and having an unselfish and passing center nearby, best suited for his dunking-cutting style of playing.

There is no chance to get a starting place for him in whole NBA. A father ruined his son's career because of greed/shortsightedness. Poor Junior.

 

Thats not true. KJ just isnt what some of you think he is regardless of his chemistry with Sengun. KJ is buried on the 76ers team because they are chock full of wing talent while enjoying a 12-4 record. KJ doesnt offer consistent enough shooting or defense to compensate for cutting and dunking. Philly has every bit the engine (if not more) with Embiid that would make these super awesome court attributes you mention shine, but lo and behold KJ cant beat out Nic Batum or Danuel House for minutes.

 

It's very likely KJ finds a new home by the trade deadline. No need to have that young asset rotting on the bench.

 

It is brutal - except KMJ wouldn't be playing if he stayed with the Rockets.

 

I agree he wouldn't be getting as many minutes as last year, but considering Easons/Amen injuries, Brooks/Tate/Sengun being foul-prone, how bad Landale and Bullock have been, and the fact that Boban is a decorative, I'd have a hard time believing he wouldn't be averaging more than 6mpg here, he fit soooo well with Sengun and I think would have benefited greatly from FVV (+ Ime).

I think moving him was a part of the culture reset so I'm not salty, his publically demanding a trade was ridiculous... but I do think he was legitimately one of our better players of the past few years, even though thats not saying a ton.

 

We moved him because we had to to make room for Lopez. Then Lopez, changed his mind.

 

I think it’s telling how so many of our supposedly productive players from last year are getting minimal minutes or are out of the league KJ, Garuba, Josh, KPJ, Ty Washington, Nix, Matthews, even Eric Gordon is very average this season.

 

It's 2024 and our 2008 first round draft pick is still playing meaningful playoff minutes.

 

Don't want to see Daishen ever again on NBA camera.

 

Just took a stroll down Memory Lane and saw that Billy Spanoulis was recently voted Euroleague's "Greatest of All Time". So it turns out he was Europe's T-mac after all.

 

According to them he was the Jordan or Akeem of Greece.