I'll agree with the Head supporters here. Utah is just a really bad matchup for him. Head is a great finisher, pretty good shooter (great when he's hot), and by all accounts loves the Rockets and is a good teammate (given an interview posted a while back when there trade rumors going around about him). What impresses me the MOST is that after every year a facet of his game gets noticeably better, which really makes him stand out as focused and hard worker. After his first year, it was his three-point shooting. This year, it was his dribbling and finishing. I'd gladly wait a few more years to see how he can pan out-- he can still be a very valuable piece of the Rockets. Not to mention that Head's got ice in his veins, which is wonderful to have.
I believe if you go to the basketball reference website, Brooks attacks the basket at a higher percentage than Mcgrady..... Now.... If Brooks is just a shooter and cant penetrate for ****.... what does that make of T-mac? Seriously, Brooks is the most underrated player on this bbs, and his hate is unwarrented...
By quick release, I really mean the Reggie Miller style. It’s a demonstration of a player’s self-confidence, unparallel skills, and assassin's mentality. When Luther receives the ball at the 3-pt line, even if he is relatively open, he still hesitates a lot and often misses the opportunity. Whatever the reason is, it just takes him too long to figure out what to do and ends up with no time to get his shot off. But I think this is the area (decision making, along with good shooting mechanics, etc.) that he can improve upon, and hopefully he will become a very good shooter in this league.
luther is valuable to us against teams like warriors, nuggets, suns. teams that have fast backcourt. luther just can't go against korver, brewer, harping, or anyone they put on him. but, luther got to make those shots. those wide open shots, he gotta make.
Didn't either bill or clyde say Luther's shooting has been inconsistent because he used a quicker release then he did in past years?
it's more inconsistent, cause he's not used to it. i think they said he changed it during the season. so hopefully, that shot will be consistant like last year when he practices it this summer. quicker release for luther would be a big plus, especially with his weaknesses.
expiring contract? Look at what he makes. Thats not an expiring contract anyone wants. If we unload him its for his skills, and it has nothing to do with his contract. Bjax's contract is valuable however. Lets all cross our fingers for Mike Miller.
Luther represents he trash can model of drafting the rox had struggled with. I'm not going to blame him, but for yrs they drafted 1 dimensional players instead of basketball players. Just like Boki instead of Prince. Novak instead of Millsap. They need to draft guys that can play instead of guys that will win a game of horse. I never liked luther because he's a 6'2 sg that can't dribble,pass, or create a shot for himself or others. Basically he's a situational player.
I ain't a luther hater, not a lover. But I do get frustrated by his idiotic plays. However, his defense is not all that bad, he just needs to work on getting around screens. Is he done for the series? Probably. Is he done for the rockets? Not just yet. This is only the first year for RA to coach the rockets. The final touches and adjustments are always made after the first year as a coach on a team. So next year, I'm sure RA will apply something to Luther. Next year, we're a beast. RA will get everyone involved. NBA should put us number 1 for "Teams to watch it next year" and maybe Trailblazers second or third. However, as of now, I think Luther is done in this series only unless he shows that he can play smart ball.
Luther's an undersized player on a team with a bunch of undersized players. He doesn't have the ballhandling skills to make up for his lack of size, either. I love his shooting and his competitiveness, but he's a luxury the team can't afford.
Hindsight is a dumb way of looking at it. We got one of the top ten guys in that draft for 24th pick. all 30 teams passed on most of the guys you mentioned and not even the teams who ended up with them knew what they were getting when they drafted them. Out of all those guys Boki is the only guy that was a bad pick and when we scouted for him, we saw a slasher not a shooter...
Agreed. Boki was not supposed to be one-dimensional. Rudy T salivated about him because of how he could go to the rim. Novak was drafted because JVG said in that offseason that we needed a PF who could shoot from outside. Luther Head was a surprising pick. If you remember, all of us here were like "what the...?" Then after he has shown how he could knock down cold blooded 3s, we were all ecstatic about how he was the ONLY bright spot in that dismal year.
He's another expiring contract, I'd think he'd get moved along with Jackson. At least, there's potential he would be.
Even if you believe that Luther's defense "is not all that bad", the problem is that it certainly isn't great, and it needs to be if he is going to be constantly guarding bigger and stronger players. He's not a PG, and never will be, so he is almost always playing next to our PG and forced to defend the other team's 2 or 3. He would have to be an outstanding defender to make up for those mismatches and he is not. If he had the game of Monta Ellis, you could make a case for sacrificing defense for offense. Luther isn't even in the same stratosphere as Monta and never will be. The ONLY thing he is good at is spot-up shooting. That isn't enough for a mini-SG. Luther's gotta go.
Besides Brooksball wanting Aaron Brook's direct competition sent packing , totally agree. Luther Head made himself pretty much the definition of expendable. Though his stats arent terrible and he's one of the few that hits his free throws on the team, his game's still a bit awkward for the position he plays. Not only his bad point guard skills and suspect D, but its upsetting how he has very good quickness but doesnt utilize that effectively either.
