Could Motiejunas and Jones both move out of the rotation?

Everytime DMO is on the floor he looks disorientated and team chemistry goes down the toilet. I don't think he can cut it in the NBA.

 

He just needs to find a system that utilizes his post skills and plays him as a PF instead of this backup C nonsense. His defense does need to improve greatly. At least stop committing the dumb fouls. Luis Scola was able to be effective on the offensive end and he is one of the worst defenders that I have ever seen. He also thrived during stretches in preseason running the PnR with Lin.

 

So okc can play lamb and jackson to get seasoning ,but the rockets can't or shouldn't play jones. Bro, did u know hawes is like a career 34% 3pt shooter? While you're talking up anderson and his elite shooting,go look at his playoff performance with howard. He was basically a no show because they either ran him off the 3pt line or just stayed on him. If they're going to upgrade the spot,then that's cool,but hawes and anderson are lateral moves and both have injury history.

 

OKC is starting neither of those guys. And they are both contributing positively to the Thunder team. And...the Thunder have enough depth that if any of those guys starts costing them games they can bench them. We do not have that yet.

Championship contending teams cannot afford to start and play guys that are developing that are a negative on the court. But we have no other options at the moment. We literally have no one else. That tells me we aren't true championship contenders. Jones is in no way, shape, or form ready to contribute to this team on the level of Ibaka, Collison, Lamb, Jackson, etc. He's playing because there is nobody else.

Hawes is a veteran 7-foot center. What matters is what he is shooting NOW! You have to understand some players still develop, etc. I follow players during the summer as much as possible to see how they are working on their game. Hawes worked on his shooting this summer. And the numbers prove it. He's not a 34% 3-point shooter anymore. He's a 40% 3-point shooter. He has went up a notch. If we had Hawes starting on this team right now beside Dwight we'd be about 3-4 games better in the standings. He's a young vet with a mature skill set. Same thing with Anderson. If we had Anderson at the it would mean another 3-4 wins for us.

That doesn't mean I'm advocating trading Asik for Anderson or Hawes. I'm not. Although I do want Hawes I know Asik is worth more than Hawes in trade. I'd like to get Hawes and something else and picks for Asik and DMo and I think Morey knows he can eventually get that.

In the meantime we need Asik to get back out there and we need to find 12 minutes a game where Asik and Dwight can share the floor. IF we can do that then we can actually play Jones off the bench alongside Asik against reserves and Jones will look a lot better. But Jones isn't a center. And he isn't much of a PF. At best he should be the 3rd big in the rotation right now...at best!!!! And if his shooting continues to crater and doesn't improve then really he should be nothing more than an emergency stop-gap 4th or 5th big.

 

Hey Bballholic

What's the use of all this? In the end the Rockets would benefit the most from Terrence's performance.

 

With Smith out again, DMo is the only healthy back-up center. Ok, Asik has no injury and if he can deal with the role he can play

 

When you predict something to be a certain way, I guess you root for it to happen that way in the end for Clutchfans rep. Screw what works best for the team... GIVE ME REP

 

This thread is about whether Motiejunas and Jones are rotation players. So there's not a whole lot of use from this. I'm agreeing with the OP, they're not. The only reason why Jones is in there is because we don't have anybody else.

 

Nah. OP said Casspi would be a starter of 40 minutes and take all the minutes from Jones and DMo.

That is not the case.

 

This Spurs game was the best game Jones has played. Gotta give him his props. He hustled, was a great garbage man and was sensational defensively next to Dwight. Really battled great on D and on the boards mostly matched up against a much bigger Splitter. He was good everywhere but shooting. 9 for 20 on the night but I don't think I saw anything outside the paint area go down for him.

He can't play defensive center effectively when Dwight is on the bench but I don't blame him for that. He's simply not built to play center in the NBA.

He did contribute positively to this win. He was a factor. But Simmons calling him a spread 4 is funny. He's not a spread 4. He's a banger/garbage man.

Let's see how he plays next game.

 

Jones is a baller, that's for sure. DMo needs a chance somewhere they'll allow him to post up and play his game. I don't think Houston gonna be it.

 

Really feel sorry for D-Mo... 7footer man.. So much potential... Sigh.

 

D-Mo has already moved out of my rotation in NBA2K...

 

lmao.

 

To be fair he was good in both games against San Antonio.

 

This team is a title contender when Jones plays consistent defense. He adds a second rim protector. He, just like Dwight does not obtain good position for defensive rebounds and it hurts the team.

Trade Omer for bench depth, ala Celtics trade and this team will have what it takes to beat anyone.

 

Jones is still developing. It's great having a big (6'10 250) PF in the lineup who also has the long arms and athleticism to finish strong/ change shots, and can knock down the outside shot (however streaky).

Quite pleased with his progress thus far, if we could get a vet PF so we could limit Jones to under 25mpg, and help him learn the 'tricks of the trade' then I see him being a good NBA starter for years.

 

TJones played so well in the first 3 quarters but Mchale benched him in the 4th and kept playing DMo. He must be a TJones hater!!!

 

It's not he is bad.... He cannot play C he is SF in a PFs body

 

maybe a Tony Allen small forward that can't shoot in a PF's body.


On another note, was this a beginning for DMo tonight? I didn't think much of him at first. But the longer he stayed in there the more physical he became. Hopefully he discovered something about himself tonight, that being that in the NBA it's physical and he has the ability to play physical basketball.