The Rockets won 100% of the games Landale started. The Rockets were 12-7 in games Sengun didn’t play.
Having Tari, amen, cam, and Adams for the full year is upgrading. People are underestimating how good our bench is going to be. We have at least 12 players worthy of rotation minutes. I really don’t understand this signing, but not overly upset. He is a good trade piece for matching purposes. I don’t really think he is adequate as injury insurance to any of our guards. Contrary to some of the opinions here he is not a good defensive player and gets hunted on that side of the ball. He is a vet with a good work ethic which contributes to a winning culture.
I’m not sure I agree with that. We traded for Adams, who will substantially improve our backup 5 position. Our biggest weakness last year was shooting, so we drafted by far the best shooter in the draft and traded for another young shooter. We’ve also set ourselves up well to have a ton of cap space next summer. The next few years should be fun.
There's a lot of correlation there, but I think small sample size may be more approriate. Landale was great offensively in 2 out his 3 starts (i.e., 17 points on 116% TS% in one and 20 points on 68% TS% in the other), and the rockets defense was generally better with Landale than with Sengun and a lot better than when the Rockets went small. Also, with Sengun out, the Rockets changed a lot, and the Rockets picked up a few cheap wins while teams were unable to handle the Rockets small ball offense. Not sure if the Rockets record would have been better or worse in those games with Sengun, but we can be pretty certain that the Rockets won by having to play lineups caused by Sengun's absence. In a larger sample, I expect teams to adjust better. One of the better traits of the Rockets last season was that they adjusted quickly.
Glad to have him back. Won't be in the rotation this year but he's a solid citizen who will play the right way whenever he's on the floor and continue setting a good example for the youngsters.
I did a rewrite to help you: "Glad to have him back. Won't be in the rotation this year but he will provide $5,000,000 to staple onto any big trade that might come along."
Meh. I have little interest in watching him play heavy minutes again but as a 3rd stringer you can do worse. I've said my peace on Holiday enough, if he's a regular rotation player on this roster something bad has happened. Is that our 15 then? IMO: Fred - Jalen - Dillon - Jabari - Alperen Amen - Reed - Cam - Tari - Jock Aaron - AJ - Jae'sean - Jeff - Steven An ideal minutes distribution would look something like: Fred (30) - Jalen (33) - Dillon (24) - Jabari (30) - Alpe (33) Amen (24) - Reed (18) - Cam (24) - Tari (24) - Jock (spot)/Steven (matchup)
He struggles to get his shot off sometimes but Aaron has a 6'7.5" wingspan. And, thankfully you shoot a basketball with your arms and not your head.
