I love his work ethic aand I believe he has a bright future but his full potential will not be met in this team as long as we have this coaching staff and harden continues to play his ISO style dMO value is more to several other teams than the current rockets
Last year when Dwight and Jones missed a ton of games due to injury Dmo was the one holding down the fort for the Rockets plain and simple, and the Rockets kept on winning. He needs more minutes and most importantly he needs to be back in the starting lineup. He compliments Howard better at the 4 spot instead of Capela.
you and I agree on almost nothing outside of Dmo's importance to this team, and his work ethic as a positive on a lazy team. with how we are playing, I would rather begin force feeding dmo (rationally) while giving him minutes to regain his form, legs and shot - and deal with the poor results knowing how it will benefit in the future. but hell, i'd force feed dwight more too and go back to a true inside outside game with dmo at the four for spacing to start while mixing it up with him an capella at the high post when dwight goes out #actualcoachingandnotjustslappingplayersonass
Houston is a nightmare destination for NBA's bigs. Have you seen how many baseline cuts Warriors did last night? Our PG SF SF are utter crap at staying focused on defense. These ***** make DMo look bad on defense. These ***** make every Rockets big worse on defense than they are. Except Jones. Jones is worse than he looks. And he looks terrible.
Our guards may make him look like a ****ty defender but the opposing teams guards make him look like a ****ty rebounder
No you want him to be the key. To turn this thing around, all of them will have to commit to playing team defense and transition defense better.
I am trying to figure out if you are just dumb or stupid, because he is one of the best team defenders on the Rockets. Maybe it is both? DD
Dmo didn't get benched in favor of Jones. Even though Jones had a game last night, he's been pretty solid in his previous 6 games.
Yeah that guy talking about commitment to transition and team defense is totally an idiot. Clearly that is not a team issue or constructive criticism... Clearly an idiot... You two have some past history or are you just as big of an ass hole as this post indicates?
Jones is not a bad player, he is just incapable of understanding the team concept, and has no offensive game to speak of outside of a long unwinding jumper. Players like Jones are a dime a dozen, you can find a 6'9" PF anywhere - there is nothing unique about his skills. DMo is unique, he is tall, quick, and has a fantastic post game, and understands team concepts on both ends of the floor. DMo is a much better player now than Jones, it is not even close anymore.... Nah, just pissed at the Rockets - decided to dump on his stupid post, because DMO is one of the few that does do transition D and team D.....his criticism of the team is spot on, Mine was not. DD
Here we go with these childish insults. Dude i said the entire freaking team has to play better overall defense. That's the only freaking way this team will turn this thing around. Dmo alone is not turning this train wreck of a season around. That very dumb and stupid of you to even think that nonsense.
Offensively Jones has been solid in his previous 6 games, but he's the worst defensive big man in the rotation and arguably the worst on the team. In games where he happens to be making shots he's only a little bit of a burden to the team, in a game like last night he's a huge burden. The only excuse for Jones to be playing over DMo is that they are trying to preserve what is left of Jones' trade value. I just hope they don't lose too many games playing scrubs like Brewer and Jones that they intend on trading.
Ah, then I misunderstood and owe you an apology. I agree with your assessment about the teams issues....I do think DMO who pays attention to those weaknesses helps the team. I believe that ONE player can make a difference if that player improves the overall team.....and I believe the STYLE that DMO plays is what is needed, moreso than Capela or Jones. Again, my apologies.... DD
Capela regressed. He's hit a serious wall before even plateauing to a level before he could hit that wall. I remember 4+ blocks a game was the norm for this kid earlier in the season.
Capela is fine as a center, but we need more - right now Capela is a lot like Howard, PnR player who can dunk, and occassionally hit a short hook...and is a good rebounder and rim protector. But that doesn't have any contrast, you don't have to double team either of them. DMO is unique in that he plays great team D, and his post game is one of the best in the league - he should be complimenting, Howard and Capela - instead of playing like skilled players. We have to get a BALANCED group on the floor....right now, our starters are: Bev - Defensive oriented - decent 3pt shooter Harden - Fantastic office - horrid defense Ariza - Good D - Terrible offense Howard - Good D in the lane - Terrible offense Capela - Good D - Terrible offense. We have 4 guys who allegedly are good on D (Though you would never know it) and only one starter who is a good offensive player, and not ONE...not a SINGLE two way player in that group. DMo - Good positional defender - excellent offense - a 2 way player. He helps a lot...which is why I think he is the key to the season - if Bickerstaff will play him......that is. DD
I accept your apology. My thing is Dmo alone can not make our wings get back in transition. For example: Harden shot a contested jumper over Iggy and missed, the Warriors got the rebound and hit Iggy with a bullet pass for an easy layup. It was Hardens responsibility to get back to prevent that. Another example: look at how many of the Warriors points were scored off of back door plays last night. It was like taking candy from a baby.
