Title Teams can only afford to have 1 Non-Shooter in their Rotation

It works better if one of the bigs can shoot (like Chet). I think Sengun will become a decent 3pt shooter in the next few years and thrive as a PF.

 

I’m in no rush to trade Amen, Sengun or Adams. I think 2 of them can develop into somewhat capable 3pt shooters. Amen from the corners and Sengun from the top of the arc. We just need to be patient.

 

I agree we don’t need to be in a rush, but we need to be opportunistic and realistic. If we can get a high pick in this draft using Sengun then we probably need to go ahead and pull the trigger. It’s all about the return. Adams developing a 3 pt shot is hilarious.

 

I’m all for being opportunistic and realistic. I don’t think opportunity to get in the top 10 of this years draft using Sengun or Amen is realistic though. If it is and that’s the route they want to take then they better have plans to offload a lot of the other vets as well (KD-cough, cough).

 

This depends on coaching. The Rockets barely shoot threes and Ime likes it that way. What good are more shooting threats who wont be shooting threes? Change the coach first or it wont matter who you get.

 

Top 10 is not good enough to trade Sengun unless it comes with two really good young players like Okongwu and NAW. Top 3 is a different story, because I think Peterson, Boozer, and Dybansta all have perennial all-stars written all over them so it’s worth the gamble. We could then pursue a stretch 5 this year or next that would fit with Amen and the younger guys. Amen easily gets you in the top 10 and wouldn’t trade him even for top 3, but that’s because I think Amen’s ceiling is higher than all of them (but that’s just my opinion, of course).

 

Agree with this. 3 pt misses lead to transition points. Ime’s extreme focus on defense is one of the reasons the Rockets don’t take very many 3’s.

 

Duh. Not rocket science. While fans continue to blame coaching, the starting lineup makes little sense in a Center and guard who both can’t shoot more than 12 ft. That’s unheard of and I don’t think that’s ever happened in the history of the game.

When we got blown out by the spurs on the reg season they loaded up on Durant. Every time the ball rotated weakside corner with Amen he is wide open. He usually misses the corner 3 or tries to drive and by that point the defense has recovered into the paint

 

There are two possibilities I see with Amen: Either you build the whole team around generating turnovers and defensive rebounds and running the floor, with athletic floor spacers all around him--which is the only way you can play him on the ball as a point guard / point forward with his current skillset--or he gets decent at shooting the corner three (which I think he can do, given his FT improvement) and you play him off the ball as more of a power forward on offense, like a blend between Aaron Gordon and Draymond Green, i.e. a guy who is basically the best roleplayer in basketball, to the point of making All-NBA teams.

Playing him as a guard with no stretch 5 and a slow-paced team is not going to work.

 

I think he will at least get 15-18 ft jumper and 3 pt shot similar to how Jeremai Grant developed. But it will take another 1-2 years I believe. I think we’ll see more mid range j’s next year and maybe slight improvement on 3’s. He showed in the playoffs he could shoot from FT line and beyond.

 

Or if Amen shoots 6.5-7 3’s/game like other normal 2 guards then Rockets would be up there middle of pack. 36-36.5 threes a game. OKC shot 37.9 and Spurs shot 37.5 FYI