that makes no sense. We lost Sengun and Jabari is worse which suggests to me he’s not even close to benefitting from a bigger workload.
Bari the Bust…I hate the way this guy plays basketball…I just don’t like any part of his game!! My perfect lineup would be PG..?? We need one, doesn’t have to be a superstar SG…Amen SF…Eason PF…Durant C…Senguin Bari the Bust is a great option of the bench..
Okay I’m back being unimpressed by Bari. I’ve said many times before that my feelings for Bari are directly correlated to his shooting efficiency. He needs to be at least 37/38%. I just checked and he’s down to 36%. Are u freaking kidding me? When is this kid gonna turn into a legit 3pt shooter? It’s year freaking 4! He needs to turn this around or I’m done. If he can’t finish the season over 37% we need to trade him. This is ridiculous.
Unlike Reed, Jabari is 6'11" with a clear, unobstructed view of the basket. In years 4, Bari should be a more consistent shooter. When he plays well, the Rockets win.
What's even worse is that he's shooting wide open shots. His looks are created by the attention KD, Sengun and Amen get. I rarely see Jabari shooting contested shots.
I was hoping for a Lamarcus Aldridge type player but with 3 point range. 40+% on 8+ attempts per game from deep. That looked achievable based on his college performance. He doesn't need to be a ball handler or initiator, I wanted him to be a play finisher. Very disappointed.
In college, he did a lot of one, two dribble to the side to get separation and turn to shoot. That shot was deadly. He could do it from the midrange all the way to the 3. With his height and high releasing point, he should be able to get that shot off even against NBA defenders.
He sucked as a starter last year and then was actually serviceable as a backup and thrived (for him) in that role. He sucks again this year as a starter but Udoka is too dumb to put two and two together and play Jabrari off the bench again. Speaking of dumb….Tari Eason. Lowest iq in the NBA and boy does it show on the court. If Rockets were smart they’d dump both these guys at the trade deadline…..never mind, I temporarily forgot that Stone doesn’t believe in deadline deals.
For some guys where what they do in college seems easily translatable to the NBA, it just doesn't happen.
From what I am hearing, the Rockets have decided to go with what they have this season with the understanding that it’s one more year for the youth to grow and then we get our 32 year old savior back next season and will make a run for the Finals. That’s the plan.
I agree there is a decent impact-wise difference between a 36.6% and 38.1%* three-point shooter over the long haul. However, using only season-to-date stats this early in the season makes it nearly impossible to determine the difference in players' true talent levels, given the small difference in three-point percentage, even though the impact between a 36% and 38% shooter is significant. I think JSJ is improving, but I don't think he's at the level of some on this board, as I expect fluctuations in 3-point shooting. I expect Reed will get hot again, and his current 3FG% will be close to the low point going forward in in-season stats. I think Reed's high floor will make the cold streaks less worrisome even though the current one is really bad. JSJ is at the level that his hit streaks make him look good. Cold streaks make his look like an average 3 FG% shooter (which just isn't good considering he needs this to be a plus to be really valuable in my opinion) I don't like using in-season stats on 3-point percentage the day after a guy goes 7 for 8 or 1 for 8 from three, as odds are that is going to cause a peak or a valley in in-season stats unless in the midst of the opposite type of streak. *Clutch in one of his podcasts recently mentioned this number as well, above three average, a few days ago, and I cringed as JSJ was in the midst of a 5-6 game hot streak with every game at 37% or better. Maybe JSJ gets to this level the remainder of the season, but I try to temper my expectations on is the improvement real.
This was my expectation pre-draft. NBA defenders just close out better, and he's not made the threes or dribbled well enough to make this effective in the NBA. I'm seeing improvement in the dribbling, such that he could see a huge jump in mid-range and three-point % (i.e., he can make shots when not contested well). Not close to a guarantee that it comes, but I feel better about the chances that JSJ's long-term potential pops now than I did last season.
Jabari Smith is 22. Young players are going to young player. He does need to tone down the shots if they aren't falling. I think KD will be good for him long term, but if you look at almost all of the Rockets losses. I can point to one, the lack of PG really hurts this team via TO and the shooting variance of Smith and Reed specifically is almost always correlated to W's and L's. You just have to hope they get more consistent as the year goes. If they go 4 games in a 7 game series where these guys are shooting 5-20 combined they will lose. If they get the positive variance they are going to be extremely hard to beat barring health.
I agree that the Thunder are bad but this rockets team only has one star: a 37 year old durant. Shitgun is shot chucking and very ineffecient Amen is a role player Jabari, Reed are all busts Top it off with the fact that our coach is the worst itl, we’d lose in 4 games to okc by every loss being a 30 point blowout.
