If Sengun gets more minutes, where do they come from?

Theis was getting near 20 minutes and SIlas overplays Tate. Tate is a good guy he hustles but unfortunately he cant shoot and KPJ and Green need to be surrounded by shooters. So the minutes come from Tate and Theis.

 

It's funny, if we would have kept Kelly O we could have had a rotation of Sengun/Olynyk/Wood between the 4/5 all getting over 30 minutes. While I like Theis it looks like he's not a good fit with Wood. I do think that Sengun and Olynyk would be a good fit with Wood because of their playmaking ability.

I realize hindsight is 20/20, but would prefer we either trade Wood or Theis, and give Sengun a solid 30+ minutes a game. Maybe they're really smart and easing him into the pace to get use to the NBA game, but he clearly can play more than he has been. Fouls are the only thing that can hold him back, especially given he gets very few calls go his way.

 

Voted for combination. We cannot afford not to play Alpi from a developmental perspective.

I am surprised to hear that. He actually seems unbelievably well in control of what is happening and know what he is doing for a 19 year old who just came into the league. He needs to get more respect from the refs, which I believe will take time. And he will need to learn not fight every battle, try less in some situations. The more he plays the earlier things will happen.

 

Change the offense to a high post like the Kings of old with C. Web. We would have Green, Martin & Porter cutting and spacing. Get Wood’s trade value high again and move him ASAP then Theis could also look pick up some stats filling Woods void and increase his trade value at the deadline. Garuba is the ultimate goal as the defense/spacer/screener on the backside helping Green become the beneficiary of Sengun touching the ball on every play. We run a play side triangle with Sengun, Porter and Martin with lots of motion on back side.

 

Wood is not a backup. So you either play two bigs or you trade him.

Theis is fine as the backup center for about 10-15 mpg.

 

Trade wood for a legit stretch 4 or pure pg

 

Trade Wood while we can still get good value, play Sengun 30 min as a starter and keep Theis playing 15 min off the bench until next season. Then you trade Theis and start giving Garuba real minutes.

 

Give Sengun Daniel Thies's minutes. Play Wood and Sengun together only when they go up against bigger teams.

 

Trade Wood-
Play Garuba-
Sengun can rest at Halftime!

 

Sengun is a better Center than Wood is.
Play him at C

Wood at PF stretching paint defenders to the 3pt line, specially when Sengun is playing point center up top.

It might work really well if Wood takes a reality pill and start knowing his role.

Then play KJM off the bench but with significant playing time to play with both.

 

Sengun is a full time 5, I think right now all the minutes should come out of Theis.

In the long run, I have slight concerns on whether Garuba and Sengun can co-exist. Garuba and Sengun as a combination is unique in that they are both very good passers, but unless one of them become a consistent 3 point shooter it won't work. Sengun looks like he's on his way though, which is good news.

 

Sengun(24)
Wood(36) Tate(28)
Gordon(32) MartinJr (20) House(20)
Green(32)
PorterJr (32) Brooks(16)

How I'd be allocating mins. Approx.
Starters on the left.

I'd start both halves with Sengun Wood but then only play 1 for the rest of the way. Closing with Wood.

 

Play sengun center .. theis his backup
Martin starts at pf , garuba backup

Tate SF, Mathews backup

Green/Gordon/Brooks

Kpj/dj


This isn't rocket science I don't understand why this is so hard for silas and even for some fans to understand no offense a lot of You Are in agreement with me

But I'm telling you for the 1000th time we are rebuilding we need to play the young guys we need to trade wood simply because some team next year will offer him a huge contract possibly a Max contract... And since we are rebuilding and we'll probably draft a big man in the draft there's no point having wood(unless you're alone with a girl then you need wood)

 

It is 100% possible to play sengun and Wood 48 minutes a game, and be better than 2-18.

Theis brings literally nothing to the table. He should never sniff the court unless we have an injury.

We should go small often, which is why Wood and sengun shouldn't actually average 48 mins per game. You just won't be able to play either at the 4 spot in some match ups, and that's okay.

Its actually extremely simple, which is what makes this debate so amazing. If we didn't have a coach being paid top 1% money making stupid rotations on a daily basis, nobody would even be discussing this.

 

I know exactly what the problem is

The coach and the rockets won't admit it even the media like Kelly iko won't admit it

The problem is that Silas wants to make certain players happy with minutes at the expense of developing the young guys,

if it was just one player I would not be upset but it's about five players here they are

House wood theis Tate Gordon

Gordon I understand because he's on the trade block.. the others I don't understand... although out of the five Tate is the only one that provides leadership that helps the other players... I still think tate should be a backup

 

So your solution is don't play our best post player, and then play nobody more than 25 minutes a game because we want to play our scrubs?

Our organization is actually terrible, but thank God you aren't in charge lmao