It makes perfect sense for DFS, if Tari can’t stay on the court. He was insurance for losing Dillon making us thin at SF. Capella is Adams insurance, since Adams has also frequently been injured over the last several seasons. Okogie was signed as extra backcourt help. All 3 signings made perfect sense. I don’t think they anticipated DFS taking this long to get on the court, but it can still pay dividends. If the Rockets had signed a PG instead, all of the Reed onlys would have been screaming bloody murder. The FVV injury was not anticipated. This hindsight stuff is ridiculous.
He has not played like in 6-7 months.....I mean real games and not scrimmages. He was obviously a SF/PF and sometimes C version of Okogie........people expected him to be the second coming of Draymond Green.
I assumed his signing is Tari insurance/wing depth for the inevitable 25 missed KD games. Not sure now that Tari had another prolonged injury absence how that impacts our likelihood of retaining him, but I would think Tari is the piece that 100% gets traded if he ends up costing us more than $30mil/yr. In the short term, DFS is not KD but I imagine having him and Tari back means KD will be taking more games off in the near future and Houston will rely on smothering defense, and Alpi and Reed to continue to grow their playmaking and scoring skills along with Amen.
He is not like Draymond at all. Not sure where the comp comes from. He's not a playmaker at all. He's a good shooter. He shot around 40% from 3 in his last two seasons on fairly high volume. He's also a good defender. I'd say he's more like a smaller but faster Jabari than Draymond. A solid 3&D guy who can defend the 2-4 positions. He's acquired to replace Dillon Brooks's function on the team. If Reed doesn't start, DFS will compete with Tari for the 5th starter spot.
This right here. He just came back from major ankle surgery into a professional NBA game during Christmas day, against the Lakers. Of course he looked cooked, so did Adams last year. But as the year went on, Adams became better and better, into a crucial player. I bet it's the same for DFS. Honestly, the expectations of our so-called fans are ridiculous. They act like our players are robots, that you just replace the part and hit go. Human bodies are not build like machines.
