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Summer League: Rockets @ Suns 7/14/2008

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by farrisdabis, Jul 14, 2008.

  1. BimaThug

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    Landry was projected by most mock drafts as a mid to late second rounder. The fact that he went with the first pick of the second round surprised a lot of very educated basketball fans even. I have to admit, when I saw that Seattle (at the time) picked Landry at #31, I actually laughed at them. Not one of my better moments.

    Greene, on the other hand, was a McDonald's All-American, one of the top 10 freshmen recruits in the country, a sure-fire first rounder all season long. Anyone who followed the NBA draft knew EXACTLY who Donte Greene was.

    Except maybe to the casual fan, there was a BIG difference between Greene and Landry.
     
  2. t_mac1

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    but brooks better show the team something before SL is over or jackson is gonna be the backup PG once again :(
     
  3. DaDakota

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    I liked Robinson too, he looked very comfortable at the point, in fact a lot more comfortable than I have seen on the Rockets for a while, a nice player....gonna watch him in these next few to see if he can also shoot.

    DD
     
  4. t_mac1

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    again, i foresee greene having a landry-like impact next year. and that's even more important b/c he will provide that perimeter scoring that we need outside of tmac and alston.

    man, really want to get this season started.
     
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  6. DaDakota

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    How does a guy with that nice release that Greene has shoot only .418 at Syracuse?

    Something strange happening there.

    DD
     
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    So now is the whole board going to jump all over green if he does not have a good 2nd and/or 3rd game?
     
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    http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/bk/bkn/5887748.html
     
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    I read somewhere he became too reliant on his 3pt shot and became a 3pt shooter. I didn't watch the game but how did he get most of his points?
     
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    maybe they were trying to change his shot up a little bit and he wasn't responding well to it?
     
  11. t_mac1

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    lol, you can expect a bunch of garbage if he struggles.

    but i don't judge stats on SL games. what i already like about donte is his aggressiveness and willing to TAKE AND MAKE his OWN shots. that's what we need from other guys (not just defer to tmac/yao). and he's incredibly talented and skilled. he's not just a hustle player (we have a bajillion of those).
     
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    Basically 2 starters of the team went down with injuries and he was the guy required to make plays. Combine that with a really, really tough Big East schedule, and he was forced to shoot a lot of outside shots. Then it just started becoming a bit of a habit...

    Ryan
     
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    Bad shot selection. Settled for way too many 3s for a guy with his skills.
     
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    He got 15 points off of 3's. He drove pretty well into the lane, got a few dunks, and got 11 out of 12 free throws. If Greene plays like this in the season/playoffs I'll bow down to Daryl Morey as the greatest wizard ever.
     
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    where is Joey Dorsey? Why he didn't play?
     
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    DId anybody just see that shot O.J. Mayo just made in his summer league game against the Spurs? lol, well beyond half court and drained it for a buzzer beater 3.
     
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    Has to mean Deke is in the bag. Morey wouldn't go w/o a legit center? I see Patrick Bryant signed with the Celts, I thought he would have been a good pickup for the Rox.
     
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    Some of Greene's highlights are up on the front page...
     
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    Orange had 2 of their starters hurt. They were injury depleted and they had to depend on Greene. Thats why greene shot so ****ty. He had to take the shots or it wouldn't have been competitive.
     

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