People are confident of the possible results from saying something so dumb. 1. He actually never scores about 15, never improves from his 20 year old seasons, and they feel like a basketball genius. 2. He does score above 15 per game, and no one remembers this dumb **** they spewed. 3. He gets above 15ppg and someone reminds him of that dumb take, and they say "I'm glad I was wrong but back then he was ass." 4. He gets above 15ppg, someone reminds them of how dumb it was to say that, and they move the goal posts to explain why 15ppg is pathetic for a #3 overall pick or something like that. There's no accountability for stupidity on the internet, and that's why society is where it is right now.
It is not twelve games that shows Tari is better. Granted, Jabari had higher expectations based on draft position in EPM's model and it only took EPM about 12 games to think Tari was better. At this point, we are close to 180 games and EPM thinks Tari might be taking a leap. Also, if 12 games isn't enough to call for Jabari's head, it isn't enough to call for Brooks's head who has a longer track record of being better. I expect Jabari will improve a some point. I think Amen and Tari have shown this year and prior to this year that they deserve more minutes. Brooks has not shown that he's dropped in talent enough to warrant getting traded. It just comes down to if one wants to win games and develop players or just develop players.
If Jabari was shooting 40% from 3 like he did in college he would be perfect for this team right now. What a disappointment.
Would certainly be helpful but even his defense has been trash, teams are figuring it out and going at him instead of Sengun and scoring at will.
I've been reliably told his defense is good and that defense is half the game therefore he's actually a good player This website is funny
Umm, the Rockets are preswitching and scram switching with Brooks, Amen, Tari, or Jabari any time they think Sengun is going to get attacked on the perimeter. Jabari is the easiest the weakest link of those 4. I'd put Jabari's defense in the "not good" category and not the trash category. For a guy that was drafted to be a 3 and D player, he needs to be better than "not good".
I wasn't arguing that college game is equivalent to the NBA. Just saying that "not a good shooter" would not be able to shoot that well in college. And he had a whole NBA season when he shot above average at a decent volume. That can't be done by "not a good shooter." Nobody was running any plays for him last season and he still had 5 3pt attempts per game. If he could replicate that this year and play good defense, I don't think people would be wanting his head. All I'm saying is that he has shown the ability to do just that. Writing him off as a bad player now is a kneejerk reaction to a guy who's clearly struggling for whatever reason.
From my maths, assuming he keeps up the same number of attempts, Jabari needs to shoot 44% for the remaining season to average 38% from 3 by season's end. You think he can do that?
I think your maths sound wrong bro. A guy who shoots 44% for 70 games is not going to become a 38% shooter because he shot 26% on low volume for 12 games. No I don't think he can shoot 44% on this volume the rest of the way. I think he can shoot 39-40% if he gets serious about appreciating his role and he stops daydreaming about being Jayson Tatum.
You are right. I think assuming he shoots the same number of 3's for the rest of the season, he needs to hit at 40%. I still doubt he does that.
This is not even a debatable point and Jabari's minutes will continue to decline if he doesn't improve. Even worse for him, if either Cam or Reed (or both ) step up later on and seize the outside sharp-shooting role, Jabari could find himself on the outside of the rotation.
This is a crucial problem for Jabari. He wants to imitate Tatum but lacks the physical makeup and skills to do so. Jabari's discouraged by it all, but he probably needs to focus on doing the most with what he's got. That means doing the dirty work on the glass rather than hoisting up 3s. Udoka may need to give him more of a yellow/red light on the perimeter and get him closer to the rim.
Now they made it look like the new reality with Sheppard also having problems shooting lights out in the NBA not transitioning well at all. It is better than being a poor shooter at College ball, but it doesn't hold any value anymore, not on the NBA level. I was surprised as anybody..... Movement shooters like Redick, Knecht and Korver did fare better in the beginning. Those that don't need dribbling to get their shots off.
Jabari should be practicing corner threes all day, every day. Looks like Amen practiced that more than he did.
which is why I’d rather move Bari sooner rather than later before his value really tanks. Bari does no one any good on the bench. If he can’t get developmental minutes here we need to move him.
