I’m with you on the offensive rebounding and screen setting, but not the passing and you failed to mention his rock hands, no shot outside of 2 feet and putrid FT shooting. He is a decent backup center for 10-15 mins a night. He has been overrated by Clutchfans all year. We should definitely use his contract if possible, but I’m not sure there will be any takers unless we attach draft picks.
I think several teams woukd give us draft picks or a good player for Steveo. I’d try to get Queta and picks from Boston. I think he has big value around the league.
Brad Stevens would immediately hang up the phone if Stone wanted Neemias Queta and picks for a healthy Steven Adams. He would do so while laughing hysterically for an Adams that is going to be out three months in a best-case scenario. The Celtics could win the watered-down East this year. A team like Indiana (needs a center and out of it for this year, but expects to contend next year) would be a better trade partner. Otherwise, you have to entice a rebuilding team by attaching picks with Adams or taking on a worse contract, which requires the Rockets to creatively match salary due to apron rules.
I liked it when Wemby needed to stat pad on the final shot of the game to get him to 14 pts. Very ethical hoops of him.
Thx for sharing that quote mvpcrossxover, I missed it I find quotes like this to be helpful towards my understanding of the team. He was specifically asked is our volume of threes a problem to solve. He first just flat-out said we don’t rely on them to win. Also said we have some iso players (KD/Sengun) who draw doubles and we could probably get more threes out of that. So, didnt sound defensive to me. And specifically mentioned something that is a window into what he’s trying to get them to do … ie KD and Sengun need to pass more when doubled … ie look for Reed as a default After that analytics quote he said when you have the best midrange shooter ever in KD, low post scorer in Sengun, cutters/slashers (Amen, Tari) you don’t always rely on 3s when you got those guys going. After 1-27, I feel like this entire BBS argued for that statement,,,no? But what it really tells me is how a lot of our movement actions (our Princeton, Zoom, Away, Horns) and our interest in pushing tempo with Amen doing early probing (even out of made baskets) is designed to have iso as fallback, as well as initial. Yet, kd and alp often just go through the motions in the setup phase of those actions so that they are more likely to end in iso. I don’t know, that’s one of the things I’ve been watching … we have the movement actions, obviously we are practicing them, why do so many miss cutting opportunities, weak split-actions (like KD is sabotaging them) or Reed opportunities. Hell, even when Durant sabotages our other options out of these actions and gets to his a money spot for a analytics shots (for him), I just say, man we need to do those other options if for no other reason than live-game practice, or do you just not see them Katie? Sengun? bottomline: I like that full answer … makes it interesting for me here it is
