I don't know if Kentucky had a system that had him moving similar to Curry. But Reed definitely can shoot on the move. We've seen him doing it. Also, a simple on ball screen can free him for a pull up. He's in a shooting slump. There's no excuse. But Ime is not helping him. Someone mention that he's too mindful on defense that distract his concentration on offense. If that's true, it's kind of the opposite of Amen whose defense took a hit earlier when he's tasked with offensive initiation.
Sengun and Amen have some chemistry inside, but agree that in general the Rockets lack connective passers. Though, a huge part of that is also off-ball movement. The Rockets don't do a good job of rotating on offense, filling vacated areas to make it easier for the playmakers to pass the ball. Part of it is the Rockets are very low on guys that can dribble, pass, process, and shoot. Reed, Durant. and if he gets healthy FVV are the only ones I would say do all 4.
Agreed. Also, to me, it still looks like he's thinking waaaay too much instead of just playing basketball...Looks like instead of trying to take what he wants he's taking what he's allowed to have. Hopefully is just due to him being young and still a bit unsure. Of course it doesn't really help when you know your coach will quickly yank you.
Why should he overthink? it’s not like every move he makes is hyperanalyzed and pulled from the game right??
I think that is very true BUT the counter argument here is we compromised on having guys who could do this so that we would have an elite defense. I think if we have a monster defense - it shouldn't matter as much that the ball doesn't move as smoothly offensively. The problem today is we are I think still a top 4 Offense in the league but are threatening to drop out of the top 10 defensively today. So much of the focus in the threads on this site right now is on how to clean up how ugly the offense has looked but the stats says the pressing problem is we have a middling defense holistically right now and the given we were one of the best defenses earlier in the season, that means we have CRATERED defensively since then to go from top 2 or 3 defense to in the middle of the league in the last 30-45 days. THAT is your problem. Its interesting though - generally point differential is considered a good indicator of success and Houston has the 2nd best pt differential in the league yet has dropped to the 7th best team in the West. Also, when you look at expected wins(what the models think the record should be factoring some close games are a coin flip), Houston has dropped more than 4 games below the expected win total - 2nd worst in the league(Charlotte has 5). Part of that is undoubtedly bad luck but I do think the team is still figuring out what the pecking order is when the games get tight - that is a stage in the Tuckman Stages of Group Development(we are 'Storming' right now). Alpi, KD, Reed, Amen, Jabari - guys are trying to figure out their place in late game execution and are largely not on the same page and that's enough to lose games in the NBA against semi competent teams.
The discrepancy between point differential and W-L records means that we lose a lot of close games and/or win a lot of blowouts. The reason why point differential is usually a reliable predictor of final records is that blowouts are sure wins/losses while close games could go either way. The law of average would smooth out the close game records... unless the team really has a propensity of crumbling in crunch time for whatever reason (e.g. weak mental that can't handle pressure situations, bad tactical management, undisciplined or poor preparation in execution,..).We can debate whether we have those factors that lose us close games or just bad luck.
It’s official, by benching off every little mistake, cold spell etc they killed the dudes confidence. it’s not a secret that our worst stretch coincides with when he cooled down. they need to learn to stick with him rather than pulling him out everytime it’s not going right. Muffakas let Jabari for 1-40 from 3 before he hit another shot
Not liking the way Reed is playing lately. Missed shots happen. Playing passively just doesn't give many chances for good things to happen on offense, but still roughly the same odds of bad things happening on offense and defense.
Reed's confidence is shot. How can you blame him? Imagine if we spent literally ANY MINUTES LAST SEASON DEVELOPING HIM.
Our late game offense might be the worst I've ever seen. ISO KD over and over. Sengun trying to play hero ball. Wait until the shot clock gets so low that only the player with the ball can shoot. No passing, cutting or any semblance of an offensive system. How many large leads have we blown because we go into turtle mode thinking we can run out the clock and come up empty 4,5,6 possessions in a row. All of a sudden the other team has scored 10 straight and we tighten up even more.
I don't like Ime I think he is a bullshit coach, a tough guy who can't hang with the better coaches in Xs and Os. BUT, I was happy to see JD Davison getting some run at PG, even though Reed will be there eventually, JD is better now...in fact I wouldn't mind JD starting that would round out this team better than Okogie or Tari would. JD moves the ball and body, and his handle is solid.....he, IMHO, should have been playing all year. DD
Reed is just so bad at the point of attack, if he doesn't get the steal then it's almost a guaranteed high percentage shot. Combined with his shooting slump, easy to see why JD got an opportunity.
According to Ime (and some of the dumber fans here) the Bulls scored 113 points on Reed last night, just can't have that, they should probably trade him.
I understand why it's confusing. I think it's both. Sometimes, when Reed's man comes off of him to help on KD or Alpi, someone will shift over to keep an eye on Reed. And Reed stands there. But even when his man doesn't rotate he doesn't seem to play the spacing game very well. I don't know if we have the personnel but I would love it if we had an offense more like GSW. I think Reed and Amen would thrive.
LOL..... Did you miss the Harden era? Did you not watch the game last night? Or Rockets games in general? Guess who got the most assist last night? KD and Sengun..... making plays happen from the their ISO game. The difference is Jabari hit the 3 when Durant passed out of the double team as planned....Or amen makes the right pass from Durant when double teamed..... Here take a look at our "non-offensive system" in the last few minutes last of the game:
Isn't that kinda how it goes with Ime Udoka? Shouldn't he get such a logo on his sweater? "_____ Should Have Been Playing All Year."
imo... heres where the hypocrisy exists.... If u think that Bari shoulda been pulled while slumping... then u got no room to complain about Reed being pulled... If u think that Bari shoulda been given the opportunity to work through his slump... then u should have no prob with enduring the growing pains of Reed Sheppard... but that aint happening.... Folks raging about bari's poor performances, that wanted him benched, think Reed should be given carte blanche... and folks that think Bari should be given room to pull himself out of it, are unaccepting of Reed's shortcomings... Folks need to be even-handed on both takes... either u leave guys in who are struggling or u pull guys in that situation... Now obviously Ime has not been uniform in this policy... which has led to much dissention.... but.... we dont know whats happening in practice... we dont know the conversations that he's had with either guy.... THEORETICALLY, maybe bari is killing it practice and Reed is not.... MAYBE bari is "I got this coach!" and Reed is "uh, idk, i'll try...." I'm not saying that is the case... just saying that their are circumstances beyond our view of things... For the record... I'd like to see em both at around 20-25 mins through 3 quarters... and then give some 4th quarter burn to whoever is delivering on any given night.... which is my view of most of our guys... give em some developmental minutes - and then ride the hot hands down the stretch....
Reed's minutes have been consistent. On the season 25mpg. Last ten games 24mpg. Last five games 23mpg. The difference is that he's playing more poorly now so when he goes back to the bench it looks like a punitive thing. If every night it looks like he's being benched for his mistakes that just means he's making a lot of mistakes.
