he is solid, he has got good rebs, but he is not faster~ seemed that Head and Alston do not trust him, no balls passed to him in the paint...
Big Jake looked great last night. I was at the game and I couldn't believe his size. It's amazing that we have three centers over 7 feet tall. When we acquired Jake my comment in the trade thread was that I thought our system could get the most out of Jake's abilities just as it has gotten the most out of an old Dikembe Mutumbo who many thought was washed up before he arrived here. Last night, Jake made me look really smart. I appreciate that too because it's not often I get to feel smart around here.
We are one of the few teams that still value centers, most of the rest of the league has moved away from centers to a skilled big man league. The NBA's zone rules have hindered centers dramatically. DD
I also like what I saw from Big Jake last nite, considering how horrid a game it was, gotta look for some sort of positives
JVG nailed the rule into Alston and Head: do NOT pass to the big guy if his # is not 11... But yeah, big Jake did alright last nite, one of fewest should walk out the build with the head high.
The Rockets should strongly consider bringing Jake back to be Yao's backup for the next 5+ years. 7 footers don't grow on tree's
After Yao returns, I think we should start Jake over DM , unless we really need defence from DM for few munites, he is running out of gas.
LOL, I have seen that guy so many times on TV already . I like the self-deprecating humor in this picture:
Is this the guy you saw ?? There was an article by Wang Meng sometimes ago (January 17, 2007) talking about how this guy, Dimitrios Fetokakis, became a great fan of VSpan. http://sports.tom.com/2007-01-17/0424/85612022.html When VSpan first arrived into Houston, the Rockets management told him that Niko Niko's is the most authentic Greek restaurant in town. Therefore, VSpan took a visit there one afternoon October 2006. He was immediately recognized by Dimitrios Fetokakis and his staff (all of them Greeks), who all were fans of VSpan, as they felt proud that VSpan had led Greece to defeat the US Dream Team in the World Championship. From then on, their paths just crossed each other. In his support of VSpan, he did a couple of the following things:- He bought season tickets for the Rockets, and came every game to rave and support the Rockets in the hope of VSpan will get his play minutes. The Niko Niko's also became the sponsor for the short intermission session where VSpan taught the Toyota Centre fans simple Greek words and phrases, like Nike (Victory) or "defense" or "believe".
Head and Alston should have passed the ball, these two guys were horrible. These are the times I wish JVG would give VSpan a shot at the PG position.
Its all so clear now.... Too bad we couldn't eek out a win. Alston did an ok job last night of setting up his team mates, but he will never be confused with Steve Nash. We just couldn't hit a shot, 32% fg, 4.5% 3pt , holy crap I think I could shoot better then that. I am not going to go so far as saying one player cost us this game, the whole team looked disoriented. You could tell they were really missing T-Mac.
Last night Big Jake out played Mutombo.He has the talent and youth to be our back up Center. JVG of course will stick with Mutombo and will wan't to overpay him to come back for another season, instead of developing Big Jake.
So because of one game, we should drop Mutombo? The wisdom spewing out of your hands is just amazing!
Well did you notice how many defensive rebounds he got ? No defense ?? As interviewed in Chinese websites, the guy said:- He thought very highly of Jeff Van Gundy.... a great coach. He understood his role in the Rockets, as backup centre, in the perking order of Yao Ming and Deke Mutombo He will strive to learn as fast as possible the Rockets O&D systems He knew that his strength is his height and power/strength He will focus on one thing only: rebounding and Defense He felt very happy to be in the team with Yao Ming and Mutombo. He knew he could learn alot from them.
Does anybody know if big Jake can pass the ball out if needed, or is he a black hole? Sishir Chang ---What is Souvlaki ?
He passed the ball out a few times, his teammate never returned the favor. His only 3 points came from an offensive rebound and put back (3 point play). Yesterday's game showed exactly why I want a AJ type coach than JVG, AJ would keep resorting to his bench to find an answer in such shooting woes, JVG just stuck there and swallowed a lose---I meant to add a word before the "lose" , but I couldn't find it.
