I like his edge. He just has to toe the line. If he goes to far and gets suspended, or gets a flagrant at the wrong time it could cost us. Everyone still blames Draymond for losing to the Cavs because of a stupid move at the wrong time. That’s my only concern when it comes to his edginess.
Yes I expect the roster to be: (Playoffs) PG: CP3/ EGordon/ Rivers..............................(Shumpert/ Harden) SG: Harden/ GGreen/ Shumpert......................(Eric Gordon/ Rivers) SF: Tucker/ House............................................(Shumpert/ Markieff Morris) PF: Markieff Morris...........................................(Tucker/ House/ Gary Clark) C: Capela/Faried/ Nene....................................(Markieff Morris/ Hartenstein) I’m guessing NY will not play nice and buy out DJordan before March 1st. Tucker/House give me some of that SF play I’ve been insisting the Rockets needed. Deep team......many interchangeable parts...wrist of Rivers should be better by playoffs.
I believe you're right about DJ. Whether Markieff comes here, I don't now, but he can help with spacing, rebounding and some post play. I don't think he can make much of a difference defensively, but he is no Faried when it comes to that. I entirely agree with you, that House will help with rebounding and defensive/ physicality. Any points that he scores will be gravy.
DJ is not going to get bought out. He seems very happy to be in NYC and they are playing well with him. Good culture vet and all.
PG Paul SG Harden SF Gordon PF Tucker C Capela 2nd unit PG Rivers SG Shumpert SF House/ or Green PF Morris C Faried If we get Morris and House that's a deep roster. I really like that 2nd unit.
I think Markieff would be a great addition if healthy. 85% healthy Morris pays off big for the Rockets. Here are Markieff DRtg stats this year and last year (month to month): NBA/stats.com .................................17/18 DRtg...........................18/19 DRtg October.....................———....................................113.5 November..................104.6.....................................117.2 December..................105.3.....................................113.0 January......................105.3.....................................——— February.....................109.2....................................——— March.........................105.9.....................................——— April............................112.7.....................................——— You can see Markieff had a bad month of Feb last year. April was a throw away end of year month. This year defense has taken a hit among most teams if not all teams. I blame the “Freedom of Movement” tag. November this season had a lot of drama with Washington players. Morris could use another setting. Here are the Rockets DRtg’s this year to this point: Basketball-Reference.com Player.........................................18/19 Rivers..........................................117 (Houston).....116 (Washington) Eric Gordon.................................117 Gerald Green...............................116 House...........................................115 Shumpert......................................114 (Houston)......111 (Sacramento) Gary Clark.....................................112 Tucker............................................112 Hartenstein.....................................111 CP3.................................................111 Nene................................................111 Capela.............................................110 Harden.............................................110 I saw Tucker vs Paul George in the 4th quarter of the most recent contest vs the Thunder and I like what I saw. I’m guessing Paul George scored most of his 40-something points vs EGo and Shumpert prior to Tucker guarding him. Keep Shumpert mostly at SG and adding Tucker/House to our SF ranks will help our defense tremendously. Morris playing PF could probably bring his DRtg down to the 110-112 DRtg while with Houston as Capela helps him by playing next to him.
But but we had the most money to offer . Except we didn't offer it because LT savings . We were "aggressive" yet we wouldn't have signed him for another week or so .
