Excellent point. I was thinking that Morey's analysis focused on individuals. I now think I overlooked the likelihood that their analysis of overall team aspects is a more critical component of their approach, since this move was brilliant on several levels.
Well I'm glad for B. Jackson. Reunited with his old coach and getting playing time. Plus extra motivation for S. Francis to work his butt off in the off season or he really will be punk'd. So much for "Bobby Jackson can hold my jockstrap", Steve Francis.
Whoa, a lot of appreciation threads lately. Isn't it too early to make one for him? Let the guy settle down here and make his mark first.
i love BJ. we dont have any real veterans on this team (francis is not a veteran), but BJax is a REAL veteran who can still play. i think he'll be the vocal leader this team sorely needs.
yes the jackson trade has been wonderful so far (after one game). not that i doubt if jackson will fit in (i have always loved his play), but the other side of the fact is, by trading away bonzi, we now only have luther as our backup 2. i understand one has to give up something to get something. but if we can't sign barry, our backup 2 could be a little weak, especially considering how luther performed last year in the playoffs. mcgrady may have to play too many minutes.
but ya know what's ironic? The fact we brought in the one player that Francis trash talked about on TV. Now it's time for Francis to get well, put up or shut up.
I expect one of the biggest rewards to be reaped from getting BJ will be to help accelerate the rest of the players adapting to RA's offense. He's not the coach, so when he talks about "how to do it" (a la Battier's comments) and then just goes out and shows how to do it -- well, example is better than precept -- and a picture is worth a thousand words.
You can't really compare +/- between a bench player and starter. Rafer is going up against the starter and BJ is going up against the bench player. We can't from this stat that BJ is better than Skip. It just means that he was a killer bench player lsat night.
The rockets went on their winning streak once it was announced that francis' season was over. He was a distraction and the rockets organization would be fools to ever bring him back onto the court in a Houston Rockets uniform.
As a long time Kings fan i know Bobby Jackson is in the same caliber as Shane Battier, so at least now the Rockets get another high-caliber reliable player. Bonzi is a high-caliber player but he tends to be lazy and not working hard...that is the difference.
With all the hate mail Bobby's been getting since the Bonzi trade, it's time to show him some love. Clutch performance tonight Bobby, he drained some key 3 pointers that kept us in the game.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/5624500.html Jackson shows Rockets exactly what he's made of Veteran scores 19 in just 20 minutes coming off bench By SAM KHAN JR. Copyright 2008 Houston Chronicle When the Rockets acquired Bobby Jackson from New Orleans in a trade Feb. 21, coach Rick Adelman knew what kind of contributions the 11-year veteran could make to the streaking team. Jackson, 35, had the best years of his career under Adelman in Sacramento, where he won the NBA's Sixth Man of the Year award in 2002-03 and was known as a high-energy, instant-offense spark off the bench. In the Rockets' 104-92 win over the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday at Toyota Center, Jackson played that role to perfection. In just 20 minutes, Jackson had his best game as a Rocket, scoring 19 points on 7-of-9 shooting and hitting two key fourth-quarter 3-pointers to help the Rockets claim the top spot in the Western Conference. "I've seen him do that before," Adelman said. "People here haven't seen him do this before but I have. And it wasn't just making the shots, either. He had six rebounds, he tipped the ball out of there on a key possession. That's what he does: (provide) energy." Point guard Rafer Alston got things started, picking up 16 of his game-high 31 points in the first quarter, but Jackson picked up where Alston left off. Soon after checking in at the start of the second quarter, Jackson scored the first four points of the period for the Rockets on a 17-foot jumper and a reverse layup. By the time Alston checked back in for Jackson at the 3:54 mark of the second quarter, Jackson had posted nine points and two rebounds and the Rockets' lead increased from one point to 11. Together, Alston and Jackson combined for 50 points, critical on a day Tracy McGrady didn't score his first points until late in the third quarter. "That's what we're going to need," Jackson said. "(Tracy's) not going to shoot the ball the way he wants to every night and teams are going to key on him. So the rest of us are going to have to step up and make shots." In the fourth quarter, Jackson continued to make his presence felt, scoring 10 points and hitting a pair of timely treys. Shortly after the Lakers had cut the Rockets' lead to two points, Jackson struck from 24 feet with 7:29 remaining to extend the lead to 84-79. Then with 3:22 remaining, Jackson hit a trey to give the Rockets a 96-86 lead, effectively putting the game out of reach and sealing the team's 22nd straight win. "It felt good," Jackson said. "This game is all about having rhythm and having confidence, just going out there and playing this game comfortably and feeding off your teammates. "They know what I can do. Sometimes guys are going to go through shooting struggles, but the most important part is just coming out here and continuing to work on your game. They have a lot of confidence in me when I step out there on the court, and I have a lot of confidence in them." Since coming to Houston, Jackson has simply tried to fit in. His Rockets debut Feb. 24 was his best night before Sunday, when he scored 14 points in a 110-97 victory over Chicago. Adelman hopes Jackson can build off what he did in Sunday's win and be an asset to the Rockets for the remainder of the regular season and postseason. "In his defense he's been trying to figure out where he fits with our team," Adelman said. "I think he's been very unaggressive in the way he has played. Tonight, he put it on the floor, went to the basket hard and (opened things up). If he can get it going, we can find ways to put him in situations that he can create (offense) as well as for the other guys." sam.khan@chron.com
