I'm ignoring that. What I'm doing is giving basketballholic a chance to prove he isn't incapable of admitting he's wrong, should that prove to be the case. Besides, last year is last year, and we didn't advance. I have no desire to rehash that series. It would just make me depressed. This year? A deeper team, with more experience. If we advance past the first round this season, and TJones is starting, say, more than half of the games, then logic dictates that basketballholic was wrong and should admit it, in my opinion. If that plays out and he admits to being wrong about Jones, seems like that would be a step in the right direction in having folks around here take him a bit more seriously. Why wouldn't he welcome it?
Giving me a chance? If you haven't read me write about being wrong....then you simply haven't been reading my posts. I don't need your chance. I'm one of the easiest people to admit when I'm wrong about something. What you want is me to admit in advance before it is proven that I'm wrong. Remember last year? Terrence is a role player at this stage off his career, Deckard. A good role player.
im 100% his "insider" sources are from his insider ESPN subscription or **** he just rehashes from Reddit. Majority of the so called insider rumor that he spits out are stuff that I read on reddit on a daily basis.
Read reddit one time (Morey interview). Do not subscribe to ESPN anything. Here we go again. Let's talk about the Rockets, not me.
Remeber when BBhollic tried to get people to pay for his insider info lol. Ive never seen anyone so in love with himself.
It was an idea I had. But you've got about 20% of the idea I had. Only what you want to remember. I have developed a small network since then. Including cultivating a 3rd insider source that has given me some good info over the last 3 months or so. Probably over half of you are his twitter account followers but he goes off the grid with me and gives me stuff that he can't tweet or make public. But ...... once again.... talk about the Rockets....not me.
I responded to someone else that I wanted to forget last year. And I actually agree with you that at this stage of the career of Jones, he's a good role player. I'm responding to your comment that there is a less than 50% chance of him being a starting caliber player on a playoff team. You have a history of dismissing Jones for various and sundry reasons. There are also a heck of a lot of people here, whether you think that the case or not, who believe that you never admit to being wrong when you happen to be, essentially, wrong. This is your opportunity to show that, sure, you can admit that you were wrong about something. Wrong about Jones. That if he starts for the Rockets during the playoffs this season and we advance, Jones is more than simply a role player. He's a starter for a playoff team. Heck, he may not even start and I'm assuming we advance, an open question at this point. What have you got to lose?
At this stage of his career, Terrence Jones IS NOT a starting caliber player in the playoffs. That doesn't mean he won't start. He already has. But he isn't starting caliber. He's an easy mismatch against us for other teams to pick on just like Portland did last year. Nothing has changed about that, Deckard. Nothing. If we go up against a Twin Tower team in the playoffs this year (and we most likely will) and McHale runs Terrence out there with the starters (I hope he doesn't) the same thing will happen this year that happened last year. Terrence will be overmatched and will clog up the paint for Dwight and Harden to operate by dragging both 7-foot opponent bigs into the paint while he gets backed down defensively and worked over on the defensive glass. Terrence is not big enough to handle the opponent starting bigs in the playoffs.
I think it's about 50/50 whether he'll be in the league 5 years from now. Wouldn't want to say he's definitely going to be in the league. Wouldn't want to say he's definitely out of the league. Too many variables. 5 years is a lifetime for a basketball player. That's kinda like saying..well the Pelicans are always injury prone, they'll have more injuries next season than most other teams.
Last shot at it. So if Jones starts and we advance, would you accept that you were wrong? I'm not going to argue about last year, because you're right. My premise is that players improve. That Jones will have improved, as has the team (and hopefully the coaching). That if Jones starts (and again, he may not) and we advance, that Jones has proven himself to be a starting quality 4 in the playoffs.
Even if Jones doesnt get any better, there is NO chance he isnt in the league short of a carreer ending injury.
If Jones starts, plays substantial minutes against the opponents starting bigs and is effective, I'll accept I'm wrong. If Jones starts, and it's just a token start, and he's replaced after 5 minutes every game because he's drawn 2 fouls and we are getting hammered, but somehow we pull out the series I won't admit I'm wrong. But I really do think this is all for naught here. If DMo and Jones start together in the playoffs we are likely going to lose in the first round. They're both undersized at the 5/4 and going against playoff caliber bigs...won't be good. So, if Dwight is healthy, the only question is who starts next to Dwight? We've seen what happened last season. I'll be surprised if McHale goes back to Terrence starting this year if we are playing against Twin Tower bigs. And I think we are most likely going to be going up against Twin Tower bigs. I fully expect DMo to get the starting nod with Dwight and then if DMo gets into foul trouble we will got to Smith and also Terrence. But if DMo plays well, we'll see Smith and Terrence split backup minutes depending on which one of them is matching up best and playing the best against the opponents bench bigs. If Dwight is healthy enough to play and McHale goes back to Dwight/Jones against Twin Tower bigs with DMo and Josh Smith off the bench, I think McHale is making a big mistake. And I don't think he'll be able to stick with that decision for even 2 games like he did last season.
