ClutchFans Game Thread: Celtics @ Rockets 1/3/2025

What? The 3rd pick? Not 23th pick?

 

Jalen Green running plays and ball handling duties similar to Jamal Murray.

Jalen Green definitely watching a lot of Jamal Murray highlights with Nikola Jokic.

It will only benefit Jalen Green. Their play style is similar. Jamal Murray is a better passer and Higher IQ. Hopefully Jalen Green becomes a better Floor General.

 

I would have gone crazy after that. Those fans have no idea how to have fun at a game..

 

the dick riding is too much to be honest. reed does something wrong and yall pounce like thirsty hoes. dude was a 3rd pick in the worst draft in recent memory. what were yall expecting? 1st and 2nd picks are mid at best was reed supposed to be better than them?

 

“We’d be so much better with either Mobley, Barnes, Suggs, Giddey, Kuminga, Wagner or Davion Mitchell”

 

I mean we were literally running a lineup with Jeff Green, Jaesean Tate, Aaron Holiday, and Steven Adams, so yeah.

 

I’ll hold off on judging him, but yeah I wish he would come in firing away. It’s not like he’s taking shots away from better shooters.

 

Reed as 3rd pick is not even in top 20 rookie list in the worst draft year.

 

Huh? People like Bobby who are the biggest Brickpard supporters hated Jalen day 1. Called him the next Corey Brewer not even a month into his rookie year.

 

I think he will definitely get better with more reps, and I’m glad that it seems like he’s getting those reps now. This is not a do-or-die season, but him playing meaningful games and being able to get proper experience may serve the Rockets really well going forward, especially as we move away from the FVV era (we ARE moving away from the FVV era, right..?)

 

meanwhile a tanking team like Utah's crowd is top 5. We have the worst home crowd in the league right there with Washington and Brooklyn.

 

Great job Texans... I mean, Rockets.

 

And don’t forget flip flopping nerds like @Reeko acting like Reed has been afforded the same amount of minutes Green and Bari were.

 

Reed Sheppard has same averages as Rookie with Steve Nash, John Stockton, Mark Price.

He needs a lot of Repitition. He is free balling, making up plays. G League needs to be his environment, ready to play every game. Get his 27 points, 10 Assists consistently. Players focus do change after coming back from the G League.

 

Brickpard makes people mad whenever he steps on the court.

 

I feel like this offense will become consistent once Ime gives full confidence in Green and possibly Amen alongside to be the primary ball handlers in the back court. There is a certain level of confidence that leads to more creativity with ball security when you know the coaching staff trusts you even through mistakes. You especially see it with a player like Green. Dude is a pure confidence man. Dude levels up mid game just from gaining confidence. You see it even with the handles.

Right now this offense has no hierarchy which leads to inconsistency. We need to set in Alpi, Green and Amen centric offense and roll with the hits like increased turnovers because these guys might as well get reps in.

 

im not keeping up with everyone who hates the rockets players. I'm thinking wholistically.

 

Jalen scored 30 pts by his 3rd game. Brickpard got 30 total by his 20th game.

Brickpard has to go to show something to get minutes. 1 pt in 18 mins isnt gonna make Ime give him more PT. Thats on him.

Using PT is such a dumb excuse why not use your brain and THINK why Brickpard isnt getting PT?

 

reed is not getting the minutes the top 20 rookies are getting.. reed dont got the leash to fail on a team trying to win. Yall stop being new to this. Yall mad Reed didnt take Fred's spot day 1. that's why yall mad.

 

he doesn’t even try to be assertive…this guy acts like he was the 53rd overall pick and not the 3rd

actually, I take that back, because the 53rd overall pick would actually show some hunger out there because they have no choice if they want to make it