Agreed. If we had some shooters who could make teams pay for doubling off of Yao and TMac, Juwan would be a perfectly acceptable 4. I wonder how many of those low scoring games were games in which TMac and/or Yao went off for big numbers. That is the key here. When teams double off of Juwan, he has big nights and when they stay at home, TMac and/or Yao do the damage. He is filling his role just as Chucky did. He does do that once Yao goes to the bench. His jump hook still looks good and he uses it very well in the post. I would rather have Yao on that block when he is in the game, but who wouldn't. Agreed. If we added shooters with the MLE and the draft, got Head and Bogans to shoot threes all summer long, and perhaps even trade Stro for a shooter, Juwan would be a PF who could fill his role of making open jumpers and being a post presence when Yao goes to the bench. Unfortunately, I don't think we have the resources to address more than one area. If we go after a hot PF, we will not be able to add shooters, and shooting is our number one priority IMO.
Well I think to enable our outside shooters to score, maybe we need to hire the person who trained Tony Parker this year. Tony sux with outside shooting last year and look at how much he improve this year. He is almost lethal when left alone.
Defense is the basis to be a competitive team, but it's not everything. To win the championship, we haven't find the balance between defense and offense. Our defense is above average. How about the offense. Coach is one reason. The talents of the players are another reason. We have Van Gundy, who is the last choice for an offsensive team. We have YM&unhealthy TMac. They are the only ones getting the talents. Stro has the potential, but he is not good yet... A bad coach + a dominant C + a PF (x factors) + a PF with the potential Who else? The old guys? I feel sad for this team.
I agree. We are lack any transition plays. Hopefully with a better SG he can run with Tmac in transitions
1. Get T-Mac healthy! 2. Find someone that can hit an open jumper I like what we have in Yao, Rafer, and T-Mac, whether we have T-Mac at the SG or SF position, so we need to round out those last 2 spots... I've been pretty sick with our inability to get any 2 for 1 posessions with like 30-38 seconds left in the quarter... we always use the whole shot clock and it's annoying! To add on to that, we can never get a shot attempt with under 5 seconds left in the quarter... we can barely inbound the ball, then we just hold the ball until the quarter ends... at least jack up a half-court shot or something, you never know if the ball will go in... good teams will get a shot at the end to either get a cushion to their lead, or try to change the tide of the game... the end of each quarter for the Rockets always seems like a downer... I know that may sound nitpicky, but hey, that could be the difference between a bottom-seed playoff team vs another team on the outside looking in
Pal, you've got the point. Look at Mike D'Antoni and the Suns team. The offensive flow is so smooth and fluent, even without Amare. And those players they've chosen seem to show their skills on both ends of the court. However, they do not prove that on their former team. A good coach really means a lot, especially to a team with Tracy and Yao.
I wonder about the Rockets' offence rating in the league when both Yao and T-Mac are healthy. It's a stat that shows whether we have a good offence as a whole team and dispels the injury gives JVG a free pass myth. Also, Alston's fg% and 3P% are below last year's averages. Shooting 3s at 33.6% right now is strange for someone who shoots at least above 35% in the last faive years. He's got open looks, what's wrong with a three point shooter turning into a brickhouse? The same thing happened to Eric Pike. The common factor: playing under JVG. Bogans' 3P% raised a little to 35.7% on the Rockets, but he doesn't take many shots. He shoots roughly 3 three pointers a game as opposed to Alston's 5. Head is decent at 35P%. He is inconsistent like a rookie, oh wait, he's a rookie. Players should be shooting at 37% with the open looks they get from the double teaming. Not only we don't have good three point shooters, Alston and Head's FG% sucks at both 38%. Bogans at 41%. We need better scorers, not just shooters. JVG picked two guys with low career FG% in Alston and Bogans. Low fg%, combined with inadequate 3P%, is doomed to be an offensive wreck. JVG has placed too little emphasis on offence, he thinks it's OK for fg% to be low as long as a player's 3P% is decent, as reflected in his personel moves. Such thinking blows up in his face when 3P% is not as good as expected. JVG is one-dimensional in his way to look at things. Also, His tight, micro management style meshes more with defense, but is counterproductive to offence. Being relaxed and having fun are good offence are all about, but they aren't the trademarks of JVG offense. I mean, if JVG wants the players to push the tempo, he should implement such things in practice, why stand there and wave his arm? A general needs to get his order down before the battle, not in the battle. In short, he's partially responsible for our offensive woes. We need a couple of good assistant coaches in offense and shooting, if JVG is to stay, because JVG is clueless on offence.
The answer is quite simple. Keep Yao and T-Mac! Trade other role players! Get one like Big Ben, two like Peja who can shoot 3pts, and one real CG. Ask the guard to break inside, then give the ball to yao. If yao was doubled, pass to the 3pt shooter. Then he shoot the god damned ball! Then Rox win!!!!
coach cannot be traded Anyway, I don't know why this thread has gone on so long. My extremely super brilliant post about balance was all that was needed, but people just have to put there two cents in on clutchfans. I tell you, I'm tired of your opinions. Stop typing and pick my brain by reading everything that I have to say. Next, respect it. Then, don't post. Unless you are agreeing with me. I'm probably like the best poster here! Consider my back patted, but feel free to chime in.
Yeah...you can never anchor your hope in a man who doesn't deserve, especially when he is daftly wilful...
Trading Mike James might've been a bad thing, but I think we've found a good backup in Bogans. He's much more versatile than Baxter.
The Rockets need a lot of help on offense. 1) Offensive rebounding is weak. The Rockets need better size/skill/hustle at the PF and SG spot. An extra shoot or two could do wonders. 2) Communication. With all the lineup changes, it doesn't seem like everyone is on same page. 3) A shooter that can play defense. JVG's style of defense can wear down a player's legs if they aren't used to playing both sides of floor. 4) Health. The Rockets have a lot invested in TMac and Yao which prevents them to some degree at upgrading other positions. The Rocks need both of these guys. 5) Another year for Head. From what I've seen, Head could become "Mike James" type of player off the bench for the Rocks. I'm not sold on JVG. He's been a good defensive coach. His defensive style has hurt the offense. With Yao and McGrady, the Rockets have unique offensive weapons that I don't think he's taken advantage of.
yes, you are right, it's really a big time to see other teams make much ado to defend our great players all the times. Offence and defence shall have a balance, but we must pay more works into offence,because we have YM and T-mac, they are also good at this kind of easy work.
