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Ime: Amen, KD, Jabari & Sengun are starting, 5th TBD

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by JW86, Oct 4, 2025 at 2:22 PM.

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  1. JW86

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    Great to see Jabari confirmed!
     
    #1 JW86, Oct 4, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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    Gatlin looking like a vintage 2018 assistant's assistant coach in his profile pic.
     
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    Confirmed: Reed will not start.
     
    #3 RB713, Oct 4, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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    Jae’Sean Tate from the top rope
     
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    need a 3rd shooter to complete the lineup
     
    #5 pippendagimp, Oct 4, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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    Tari or Okogie?
     
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    5th starter would’ve been DFS if he was healthy

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    Okogie. He’s Nigerian like Ime. Last time we had a Nigerian in a starting 5, he turned out ok.
     
    #8 RB713, Oct 4, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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    Clever bash of the Reed Sheppard thread.
     
    #9 Amiga, Oct 4, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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    Yeah I think the two leading candidates are hurt. My guess is Tari or Holiday.
     
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    where da fook is DMo when you need him
     
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    Tari and is not even close.
     
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    I'd like to see Reed thrown into the deep end here sink or swim, though not as a primary ballhandler in half-court sets (he can bring the ball up some of the time though). He should operate more as the off-guard on offense. Give him until December 15th to show he can be a starting caliber roleplayer, and if it's not working, time for a trade. He has to prove he can at least be an effective shooter and adequate defensive player for us, or he needs to go, so this is the time to see what he's got since we don't actually have a lot of good options here.

    Half-court by committee, with Amen initiating a majority of sets but KD and Alpi also doing some of that work, and Reed just a little bit here and there.

    If we see 30mpg of Aaron Holiday, I'm going to feel like we've already basically wasted the Reed pick.
     
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    Tells me Jabari was the 5th starter before Fred got hurt. Also tells me Ime knows who the 5th starter is right now.
     
    #14 Cstyle42, Oct 4, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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    I’d say whoever proves to be our best shooter should start. Even if it’s Jeff Green.
     
    #15 JW86, Oct 4, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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    To me, that sounds like Reed is going to be given every chance to start
     
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    I’m so pissed. YOU HAVE TO let him start. Give him that confidence to grow. Reed can be like Rondo when Rondo had so many great players around him in Boston and he didn’t have to go crazy but he balled out and figured things out.
     
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    LOL. You can't have three non-shooters on the floor at the same time... unless either Amen or Sengun or both turned into a league average 3pt shooter over the summer.
     
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    In that case this is exactly what Ime is going to do.
     
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    Give Tari his $20 mil per and let’s roll!
     
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