I was just thinking of all the recent top 5 Lottery picks that have gone bad. Thomas Robinson, Anthony Bennett, Wesley Johnson, Evan Turner, Hasheem Thabeet, Derrick Wiliams, MKG, etc. etc. History shows the odds say of at least one of those picks would be a bust considering draft position, but all 3 could be MVPs one day. That's excellent player development.
Harden would have never been an All-Star on the thunder. His development was all Houston. And they would've taken Oden if they had the 1st pick, it's been stated many times. They got lucky with picks. If Morey had 3 top 5 picks in 3 straight years, we'd have multiple ships by now.
I remember the way he behaved after that horribly ref'ed wrestling match with OKC and that goes a long way with me. I'd love to have him, but why would they help us out?
Because it wouldn't be helping us out, it would be helping them out. Reggie Jackson is not a good basketball player. At all.
It's been stated many times that Harden and Oden were drafted in 2 different years? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_NBA_draft They've drafted really well. What's wrong with saying that?
Development of talent? I don't see how OKC and Brooks are developing talent when all Durant and Westbrook needed was playing time and shots. Ibaka is probably the lone wolf among all of their drafted players where you can say "this guy has come a long way from draft day" because Durant, Westbrook, and Harden had the skills/talent (hence, their draft position) to succeed. Lets put it this way since we seem to agree but are on different pages--the chances of a player picked in the Top 5 being successful in the NBA is quite a bit higher than a player picked in the low teens, 2nd Round, etc.
Exactly. Durant was the 2nd best prospect in the draft after Oden and Seattle/Presti had the 2nd pick. That was a no brainer pick.
Well, given that our first impression of Jackson came in the playoffs 2 years ago, Rockets fans can be a bit biased here. I mean, I see his crappy efficiency stats and everything, but I can't somehow equate that with the guy who was draining 3s and driving on us in the playoffs back then when he was 2 years younger. I think a team might actually overpay him this offseason just because of the Harden effect, assuming a random backup guard on OKC has superstar potential because Harden became a stud.
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I don't think he sucks. I actually think he is a good player. Reggie Jackson's strengths are driving to the lane, cutting and slashing and using his athleticism on the break. He is a decent playmaker for getting others involved but not great. He is a poor shooter (career 29% 3-point shooter). If those attributes sound familiar.... (I know people are going to think I am crazy for saying this)... it is because those are all the similar atrributes of Jeremy Lin. Poor shooter. Good on the break. Good at driving to the basket. etc. Obviously Reggie Jackson is much, much better than Jeremy Lin. But they have similar playing styles. Lin didn't fit. I don't think Jackson would fit. And on a team that emphasizes 3-point shooting as much as the Rockets, how many bad 3-point shooters can you bring in and still expect the idea of 'volume of efficiency' work with your 3-point shooting? Josh Smith is a bad 3-point shooter. Brewer, although doing much better, is a bad 3-point shooter for his career. Reggie Jackson would just add to that bad 3-point shooting. I don't think Reggie Jackson is a great fit for us. That doesn't mean that I think he sucks.
