Have you been satisfied with Ron's performance this year?

why no somewhat option?

 

i think the injury has slowed him down a little bit. his main problem is that he forces actions too often. otherwise i'd give a solid b- thus far.

 

I haven't been satisfied with his play all year, but I never liked the trade from the beginning. I do love his effort and fight on the court though.

 

His shot selection is getting better.

The one thing that is actually keeping him from being flamed everyday by the boards is his 40% 3 point shooting. What a luxury that is.

 

Honestly, I wasn't sure about Ron until that one Jazz game, where he took over.

That was the game where I was like, man, Morey did good with the Greene-Artest trade.

 

100% satisfied.

He really didn't do well in the beginning of the season because his offensive game doesn't mix well with Yao and T-Pain's, forcing him to be a spot-up 3 point shooter when all 3 where on the court. The games where T-Pain didn't play, he can get better shots on the floor and sometimes is a more willing passer than T-Pain.

Now that T-Pain's career is most likely over in Houston, he will be our 2nd offensive option and will now get better shots since T-Pain isn't there to iso for about 18 seconds into the shot clock then throw a last second pass.

I don't see how people can be disappointed in Artest's play this season. He personally won us 5-6 games this season, the most memorable ones were the 1st Dallas game, the 1st Utah Jazz game, and the 2nd Celtics game(even after he fouled out). He was a steal of a trade.

 

Its ClutchFans. You know, the same people who would argue that Yao is way better than Howard, yet the moment Yao has a sub-par game, they instantly say crap like Yao is too soft and we will never get anywhere with him.

 

No, and I don't think he's satisfied either. Or at least I hope not.

But he's played better the last few weeks, and I'm optimistic he'll finish out the season strong.

 

Yes, before his injury he was very active on offense and defense. And, if not for TMac's injury, he could have given his proper time to heal. Last night showed he is close to getting back to pre-injury form. He probably needs a couple of more weeks off but since it is the second half of the season he won't. He was taped up pretty good for the game.

I like what he has given us this far which seems to be all he can give. I don't see any selfish play going on, especially the last 4 games. I think once he is fully over the ankle injury he can really start driving to the basket more. Right now it doesn't appear that he can blow past anyone to get to the rim so he methodically works his way there looking for the best shot opportunity to present itself.

 

Two things that have really suprised me are 1) how the ball does stop in his hands and two how overall poor his defense is.

I assumed that being from a RA team he would play the RA offense, and he really doesn't. I am not saying that he is a bad offensive player, he certainly has made contributions and some very big shots. But he is not a part of that ball moving offense that I was expecting. I think he also puts up a lot of low percentage shots. I'll give him credit that many go in, but in the end I think the numbers will catch up to him.

I am shocked by his defense. Last night against Dallas in the 28 point first quarter he literally stood around and did not guard his man. I don't know where the term TruWarrior came from - to me it looked like TrulyUinterested. He does get steals but many are from risky plays that often look good when it works (ie a steal) but often gives up points when it does not work. That was not what I was expecting from one of the better defensive reps in the league.

I am not saying dump the guy or he is a dog, but he was not at all what I was expecting. I am allways disapointed by poor fundamentals.

 

Not satisfied enough to sign him to anything that could bite us hard.

 

I'd say I'm slightly dissatisfied with Artest thus far. I thought he was a better post player than he is, and I didn't realize how poor his shot selection would be.

That said, I think he's been much better the last couple of weeks.

 

I did not expected too much for him, but I really like his determination, dedication and toughness. That is really what Rox needs.

 

It's not that simple. Did I expect better numbers from him? Yes. Did I expect him to behave this well and keep getting better despite the mess this entire season has been. No.

I give him an incomplete. Let's see what he does from now until May.

 

I thought maybe he would put up bigger numbers than he has so far. When he was out with the ankle, the team looked a lot less agressive...Of course T-mac was trying to play when ronron wasnt able to, so maybe that also had something to do with it.

Anyway I am "satisfied" with his performance

 

No.

Ron needs to pass the ball sometimes.

 

I cannot cast a vote as of yet. I'll have to reserve my judgment from the all-star break until the end of this season.

He was playing on a team who he claimed belonged to Yao and T-Mac. He was playing on a team who he was willing to come off the bench for. He expected T-Mac to be a leader.

The cards have changed now.

All I know is when I was at the Rockets-Jazz game on Dec 27 (a game that T-Mac didn't play), Ron took over in the second OT to win. He took the load. He did what Yao couldn't. He didn't disappoint me then.

I doubt he'll disappoint from now on.

 

I like it!
Esp in the games T-Mac not playing in

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