Durant traded to Houston for Green, Brooks, #10 pick, and multiple 2nd rounders

I'm really shocked to hear that.

We've tried this offense with Cam Whitmore and Jalen Green, we've tried it with the most athletic player in NBA history (Amen) and now with one of the flat out best scorers in history. I've demonstrated it in the past regarding Brown and Tatum. Is there a blueprint you can share with us on an Udoka team?

The results have always been the same: disappointing at getting to the rim and finishing. Udoka's wings always have sub-optimal efficiency driving to the basket. We have 200+ games and 6 scoring wing players' data over 3+ seasons.

It's not reasonable to just clap and say make more shots. I don't know if you've properly watched KD before but he's never had to work this hard in the regular season to get points. They're doing to him what they did to our other lead wings: guard him tight (no space to shoot) and pressure him to drive into 4 bigs standing around in the paint while you attempt a chase down block from behind. When you say he just has to be better, I wonder what's your advice in this specific instance? Do you realize how easy this defender's job is to disrupt the jumper and not care about him driving? I've never seen a team do this to itself except Orlando.

There's no chance it's a KD thing. God dropped the perfect fit in our laps, a player who has been elite at scoring from everywhere forever. If it hurts his efficiency, it will hurt anyone's efficiency.

Here's the good news though: as soon as we replace Adams in the lineup with someone who can shoot, KD and Amen will improve and Ime will say "just shots falling". I'll want to kick Ime in the head, but at least we'll have what we need, he doesn't need to understand it.

 

Adams is +4 on the court last game.

 

Silly strawman - who was ever saying Brooks was a problem in Houston? He was a key part of the team exceeding expectations … if anyone in the league still thought of him as a ‘problem’ due to Memphis, they haven’t been paying attention for 3 years.

 

Exactly! It's pretty obvious DB was the only real value the Rockets gave up in the trade.