You're talking based on a whole crap-load of assumptions. Lin has improved significantly in terms of defense, assists, transition assists, turnovers, left hand and not forcing the issues. He has shot poorly because he's not taking the shots he is used to taking, ie off the dribble. But, after a poor shooting start, can you guess his overall FG and 3pt shooting % from the NY home game to the NY away game? Overall quite close to 50% and 3pt comfortably over 40%. Is that an improvement enough for you? Do you think players just improve defense, playmaking, turnovers, left hand, assists etc over the offseason without working hard at their games?
Depends on what you define as practice. If practice is having someone feed you the ball while you shoot jumpers than yeah - no wonder you can't hit them in the game. Why is game time different? Because you are running, sweating, your heart is pumping, adrenaline coursing through your vains, everything happening faster, defenders, breathing hard, no time to line things up, operating on instincts, muscles fatiguing. That's why if you really want people to improve their shot, you have them shoot after you make them sprint, do drills, tons of pushups, and are totally exhausted. Then you practice shooting :grin:
wouldn't be surprised. He continues to contribute other ways though (rebounds, assists, steals) so whatever, it'll come back. :grin:
Gotta give Parsons credit. I think he can evolve into a championship caliber role player once he matures and becomes less inconsistent. The issue here is that his contract is going to expire around the time the Rockets should be positioning themselves for deep playoff runs and title contention. It seems the Rockets have a policy of not granting extensions to players other than stars and letting the market determine their value instead. The problem with that is somebody will most likely overpay for Parsons. It may be best to grant him an extension before his contract expires and lock him up as a Houston Rocket, because he is due for a big payday.
[QUOTE But if he worked incredibly hard on his jumpers and feels comfortable with his shooting form, then he would have a lot more confidence in his shots. Plus, Im not talking about only 3 point shots but just FGs in general. [/QUOTE] That's what he has to understand more about shooting so he will have confidence in his shot. To make sure he knows every single part of the shot, then he will feel confident shooting. That is if he is in condition to play. His shot could be dead on but if he is still having conditioning problems from his knee surgery that will make him miss a lot of shots, when your legs go your shot goes.
(WARNING: oncoming sarcastic "rhetorical" questions; proceed with caution) When have the Rockets EVER not paid anyone? When have the Rockets EVER traded a player before he can get a raise?
Love Parsons. Aside from his dreamy eyes, his "do-everything-passably-well" skill set is perfect for being our "glue" guy. He will have a very long career in this league . While Asik is the backbone of our defense and Harden is the focus of our offense, Parsons is the "stirrer" for our team as the article points out, the bridge between Harden and Lin. On top of that, he's our guy in clutch situations. Really excited to see how he further develops his game. Sadly, most likely our most valuable trade chip as well (dirt cheap contract). I hope Morey never gives him up...
He is young. Young players are never consistent. He did a lot of good stuff out there tonight. A lot more to the game than just hitting shots.
They'll figure it out; if Lin and Harden can figure it out, I'm sure that the rest of the team can as well. This is a young, unselfish team just learning how to play with each other. In fact, Lin fed Parsons lots of assists but for whatever reason (shoulder injury) it's not going in. I don't think it's going to be an issue in the long run, Parsons is too hard of a worker for it not to.
