More TJo and DMo please

In a video game perhaps. But not in real games.

 

This is a moronic statement. You think players just "get better" over a summer?

 

So your PF demands are now growing once again. Now not only do they need to be able to shoot the 3 at the same rate as an average NBA SG, and rebound & defend the paint at the same level as a top 10 defensive Center, but now they need to have the handles of Rafer Alston?

Sounds a ton like Derrick Williams or Jason Smith to me.

 

How can we call Morey a Genius if he can't land us a PF with the skills and athleticism of....Lebron James

 

I think you meant to say Derrick Williams. Apparently he's got the potential to surpass James with the right opportunity.

 

So whose brilliant idea was it not to teach young players more sets, but allow them to run a free-flowing offense, that for repeated times now, has been shown to be easily picked apart by playoff teams?

Howard's post play is disappointing even himself. Harden has to play perfect for us to even have a chance. Parsons has disappeared. Now we're relying on playing 3 guards in late game situations to generate offense. It worked vs. POR but only because their defense is poor. Vs. a rested MIA, easily handled.

Teach more plays, call more plays. So they have something to fall back on when Howard and Harden are stymied. In the 1st half, MIA ran an out-of-bounds play with 0.7 secs left that led to a Lebron basket. JVG called the play when he saw their formation. A few plays back, we had 2secs left to run a play but we got a 5sec violation.

Many many moons ago, it was at this point of frustration that Les Alexander listened to one Rick Adelman when he said, "I can make it easier for your superstars to score." We're in the same boat today. We have the talent. Help them win more easily.

And coaches should not be stubborn about their rotations. Once they see something not working, make the quick change right away. Don't wait for the 13-0 run by the opponents. Or 19-0 vs. Bulls the other night. You make the guys feel that they're alone out there; no one's strategizing for them.

 

Its funny how people expect first/second year players to be finished products. If they don't have a skill people think they cant ever develop that skill. Young players need to play in real games to further their development. Just look at Parsons, his first year he was a lock down defender who couldn't dribble or shoot to save his life. He worked on those skills and has now turned into a solid player. People just need to give these young players a chance to grow and improve.

 

^ It's amazing here that people still think McHale and the Rockets do not run plays.

YES.... they run plays.

The problem is the ball slogs down in the final 5 minutes of the game, the sets get broken, and become Iso hero ball....

However, Harden is one of the best Iso scorers in the league, and if the opposing defense is locked in, I'd rather go with Harden Iso than try and force feed a Jones back cut, or a Lin contested 3 with the Likes of a Lebron James draped all over them.

The problem isn't that the Rockets do not run plays or use sets that they run consistently, its that they break them at the end of games when the defense forces them out of their sets, and they aren't able to push the ball in transition.

Its not an easy fix, but that's the truth right now that they are dealing with when playing in the half court when Dwight isn't dominating his matchup on the low block.

 

Terrence Jones should've been traded high at the trade deadline. He takes too much away from the table while offering little. He gets destroyed in every match up against a top west team except the spurs. And he is terrible and undersized on defense. His hustle/tempo plays have gone down. I don't think DMo is the permanent answer at PF but its starting to look like he fits with the starters better. Terrence and Lin are better suited coming off the bench.

Look at the numbers showing production of the 5 man lineups with Jones or DMo (I understand that the starters with TJones have played roughly 9 times the amount of time as they have with Dmo, but still)

All stats are net, meaning the opponents numbers are substracted.

FG%
T: +.035%
D: +.105%

3P%
T: +.004%
D: +.247%

TRB%
T: +5.4
D: +17.3

AST
T: -2.5
D: +4.7

All stats are from Basketball-reference.com

http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/HOU/2014/lineups/



Oh, and Jones steals rebounds, but that's more of a personal thing I don't like about him.

 

LOL at you guys saying I hate our PFs. LOL Simply not true. Just being objective about where they are at and what this team is trying to accomplish contrary to the OP who thinks we aren't really trying to win a championship this season.

 

in the 1st 1/2 of the season when e had consistant minutes Casspi was very consistant.

and he still the best perimeter defender and spacer the rocket have at the 4 position.
we should play him more esppaicelly against team like MIami who play small ball

 

LOL there's still Casspi fans out there? That's hilarious.

 

I wonder what the Jones hater have to say about his performance tonight since he is not a quality starting PF. That supposedly 8 or 9th man off the bench went off for 30 points 5 rebounds and 4 blocks. LOL This is his second 30 point game, season average 11.4 with 7 rebounds. And he is not a quality starter bwhahahahahaha. Oh this is his second year.

Basketballaholic you are off the chains SIR.

 

You have been wrong all year about Jones bro. Dude so far is making you eat your words. But the problem is, you haven't admitted that you were wrong. You are trying your best you stand your ground. Bwhahahahaha give the young man his props.

 

They balled out of control tonight but dude will come back with, " it was against the Jazz". LOL Let me see them do it against players like Blake, Randolph or any other top 10 PF's.