Donatas Motiejunas - X Factor

He needs some veteran to teach him the post game. We have no one on the roster to do so. Scola would be that nice veteran.

 

It would just depend on what we traded Jones for. If we were pursuing a PF, trading Jones wouldn't be bad. If we were pursuing a PG, trading Jones would leave our already thin frontcourt in even worse shape

 

I just ran into DMo at Walgreens. I didn't take a picture out of respect. He was with two older people that I'll assume are his parents although I am a bit skeptical.

 

agreed. That ticks me off the most. Black does the same thing.

 

I've seen D-Mo play in person several times. He's one of my all-time least favorite players. He's always been ridiculously soft. He disappears in the moment. A kid amongst boys. But I was there Saturday and I saw a different player (well, for the first 38min of the game). He brought some toughness. Rose to the occasion. That was by far his best game in the league IMO. But I'm still not expecting it on a regular basis. If he's a significant rotation player then we're not a contender.

 

Really? D-Mo has been a plus defender for about a year.

 

When DMo plays like his testicles have descended, he does well. He just needs to do that more often.

 

Man, you are worst than the LOF's... He's a decent backup.. you keep trying to force feed the garm BS disguised as caviar...

You are truly D-Mo's #1 FAN...



T_Man

 

And you must be D-Mo's #1 hater... The guy (jtr) is speaking the truth, DMo has really improve his defense.

 

You think so? I have been saying that D-Mo is as good as the Rockets are going to do for a backup C/PF this season. Is that so far fetched?

You do need to moderate your testosterone levels.

 

Horrible finisher and shooter

 

not to the extent he actually believes.

 

its funny how its pretty quiet around here when dmo has the typical Dmo like games and struggles, which happens more often than none.

 

But absolutely excellent on the defensive end. Where 50% of the game is played.

 

It's pretty clear that D-Mo is very solid on defense. This is why acquiring a starting PF like Millsap is critical. This allows us to move D-Mo to backup center. With his solid defense, D-Mo as a backup C is more than adequate compared to our current options. So getting a PF actually kills two birds with one stone.

 

A very good point. D-Mo currently is a very good backup at the PF/C positions due to his defense. But the Hawks are in the chase for EC seeding. I doubt that Millsap is available.

 

Yes, we need to root for them to lose just as much as the Pelicans. ATL lost to the Lakers at home but are still a 5 seed currently. With Millsap being an unrestricted free agent, they have to mull the consequences of losing him for nothing versus getting a potential high lottery pick and other assets from Houston.

 

Trade deadline stuff. Not for November.

 

D Mo is one of the most frustrating to watch players I've personally ever seen on the Rockets. I don't mean that I think he's terrible, it's actually sort of the opposite. He will have games when I think he doesn't belong in the NBA (games when he looks absolutely lost, throws up garbage shots, gets pushed around, shoots air balls from the 3 point line).

Then theres are the games when I think he can really be a major contributor (when he plays great d, slows the game down and stays out of foul trouble and has confident and crisp posts moves)

He absolutely drives me crazy with his inconsistencies. I still can't make my mind up about him.

 

Notice how all of your points are on the offensive side of the ball. Watch a few games paying attention to the defense.