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Amen Thompson is the only problem in our offense now

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by Mathloom, Dec 27, 2025 at 11:11 PM.

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How many more games do we stay patient?

  1. 50

  2. 40

  3. 30

  4. 20

  5. 10

  6. Pull the plug, move him back to SF

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  1. Mathloom

    Mathloom Shameless Optimist
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    All these guys fit in their offensive roles:

    Sengun/Adams/Capela
    Durant/DFS
    Bari
    Tari/Okogie
    XXX/Reed/Holiday

    Still worth pushing through with developing Amen as PG, but we're approaching mid season now. This is a title-contending season, our "best" player is 36 years old and we've invested heavily in extending his contract. Sengun is ready to be the 2nd best player on a title contender. The role players are elite. We have the 2nd highest net rating in the NBA and that's historically been an amazing indicator of future success. We will probably end the regular season with the 2nd or 3rd best record in the NBA.

    My patience is being tested at the moment. His 3PT jumper is infuriatingly bad after 3 years of investing time in it (shooting under 20% right now on just 2 wide open attempts). His midrange is absolute garbage too (30% this season, 38% last season, 29% the season before). He's making almost 80% of his FT's so I'm starting to think he just has the yips on these jumpers.

    This is much more than a coaching/system issue right now. He's constantly surrounded by shooters so while the spacing positioning could be improved, the spacing can't get much better for him.

    How many more games would you invest in him being the starting PG?

    P.S. I'm being hard on him because he's one of my favorites and I have high expectations of him. I thought he's the franchise player we were waiting for.
     
    #1 Mathloom, Dec 27, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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  2. LosPollosHermanos

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    He was ****ing lethal with his cuts today. Playing Reed next to him offsets the shooting struggles

    let’s give it more time. But staggering the PG minutes and moving him to wing does sound appropriate
     
    #2 LosPollosHermanos, Dec 27, 2025 at 11:17 PM
  3. Houston77

    Houston77 COOKIES AND CAKE, MY TEAM BAKED!
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    lol no

     
    #3 Houston77, Dec 27, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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    @Mathloom how many regular season and playoffs games was Jalen given by this org before he got traded? And how may more games were you and other JOFs willing to give Jalen?
     
    #4 bustamove, Dec 27, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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  5. WoodDavidWood

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    He needs to move back to free safety or whatever the hell he was playing last year. He’s definitely passing up good looks at jumpers now. I don’t want him afraid to shoot.
     
    #5 WoodDavidWood, Dec 27, 2025 at 11:54 PM
  6. Arnel

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    This Rockets team is better with more potential compared to last year. Keep the young core 5.
     
    #6 Arnel, Dec 27, 2025 at 11:59 PM
  7. A_3PO

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    No changes should be made. Now that the roster is finally full, they should let it percolate and evaluate how things develop during January. There is no need to rush.

    To be clear, I have no doubt they will add another guard, hopefully someone who can shoot 3s decently and run point better than Holiday. Defense is not the priority for this addition.
     
    #7 A_3PO, Dec 28, 2025 at 12:20 AM
  8. Corrosion

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    I think you can do both ....


    Have him push the ball up court and stress the defense early, especially off of defensive rebounds, if there's a path to the basket, take it.

    If not, give it up and assume the dunkers spot.
     
    #8 Corrosion, Dec 28, 2025 at 1:34 AM
  9. Mathloom

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    Please don’t make this another fan vs non-fan thing. Everyone loves Amen except a few cuckoos and we don’t need to encourage them.

    We know he can average those numbers even from the SF spot.

    We’re strictly talking about good development as a floor general or primary playmaker in this positionless era.

    If you had always given up on his jumper and being a better set up man that’s fine too but I’m actually interested in it.
     
    #9 Mathloom, Dec 28, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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