[I'm ignorant] Educate me on Silas' offensive system

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not sure if that would be enough to get BS here tho...

perhaps something like 45 future swaps, and 18 2nd round picks should be included to get it done

 

Did you really reply that to me like I said it wasnt or like I dont know that he is? lol wth

 

he think hes the smartest person in the world just because he knows better than Silas

 

I agree with most of this. I think the one that doesn’t fit is Theis not Wood. Also disappointed in Theis’ defense and rebounding. Sequin and Wood will fit better and can alternate in the pick and roll sets and as facilitator at the top of the key. Sequin will definitely need to develop and consistent outside shot to meet his full offensive potential. He is already a better defender and rebounder than either Wood or Theis.

 

Garuba is extremely raw and looks lost on team defense. He will spend a great deal of this year in the G-League. I think he will be a really good rotation piece later this year or next. I do agree with the Rick Adelman offense would be ideal for our lineup.

 

I think Garuba should stick with the team learn in real time against real NBA talent. He is paying to be on our team so let him play. The organization is in a development stage and he is worthy of it. We my lose a game or 40 as he learns but long term he and the Rockets are better for it. Bring in coaches for him snd hold him accountable for what he is learning. I would enjoy watching him grow, this is building a fan base for him and the team.

Positive things happen when he is on the court already.

This is a coaching thread let’s see some coaching.

 

I'd like to make assessments on our team at this point, but man it's hard when they are young and only played a few games together. Everyone knocking on the Wood/Theis line up is out of their minds. There is zero chemistry between those two at this point. Maybe they will develop chemistry, maybe they won't. At this point I would venture to say that although these two are in the starting line up now, that may not be the case later down the road.

I guess I want to wait and see how things look a few months from now. Regardless of how you feel about Silas, he does deserve time to actually implement whatever he is going to implement and for us to judge from that. There have been questionable things he did while James was here but I am going to go ahead and say last year was a wash and he doesn't deserve to be judged off that entirely.

This team is young, with some not very talented veterans, so ultimately we are going to be a very inconsistent team. The team has only been together for two weeks, let's at least allow a little bit of time to pass. Not trying to fire coach just yet.

 

you know who is also prettty raw? Coach Silas...

How about we send him to g league to let him have a lot of hands on coaching practice before ruining our entire future....

 

perhaps silas is not to blame for the last year but to say he deserves to implement whatever he wants to implement for us to judge from that is a reach...

how many years hes allowed to ruin for us before its fair(lolol) to fire him or relegate him to assistant coach?

this is not a charity organization, you either show me something real fast or youre gonner

ship him to kings so that we can see what hes capable of and hire a true coach to develop our young and lead this team

 

I don’t think we really much of a choice to give him time. This isn’t like the Texans here doing things and making moves that don’t makes sense. I give the man some time to implement what he is going to implement. Rome Empire wasn’t built overnight, same goes for a lot of Dynasties that dominated this league. Our city already has one great example of a successful rebuild process that’s currently still playing in another playoffs series….

 

On Spacing: it is not the holy grail that the blog-boys and the Morey-cultists make it out to be. It's just a factor.
[The Ringer had a very nice piece yesterday on the Lakers and how they consider the trade-offs between spacing, physicality and other factors. Very good read, I recommend it. Fact is, Lakers chose Russ over Buddy Hiled and his spacing this summer, much to the horror of the entire blog-boy commentariat, yet they are still considered favorites in the West, including by some of the same blog-boys who killed them for the Westbrook deal... It's all hot gas...
https://www.theringer.com/2021/10/8/22716122/nba-size-los-angeles-lakers ]

As far as the Rockets are concerned, we have a borderline All-Star big who is a great shooter from distance, plus three other bigs to chose from as a complement (Alpi, Usman and Theis). None of them are great at shooting, but all of them would let it fly from time to time... What I am saying is, chose the best player to play alongside Wood, which is Sengun. It's not like Garuba or Theis are these great spacers... Also, with Wood's great shooting, it's not like we'll be playing Capella and Andre Drummond together... Also, old school high-post/low-post Alpi/Wood "spacing" is a thing, too, you know; it's not like if you don't have four guys behind the 3pt line and people will be stepping on each other's heads... I wouldn't be concerned with spacing with Wood/Sengun at all.

On defense: Wood would switch! Alpi is probably better to drop... Remember this video from practice a few days ago where Wood (Team A) harassed House (Team B) on the perimeter to force an air-ball, which Sengun (Team B) got by boxing out pretty-boy (Team A), for a putback? What I am saying is: Sengun should be on Team A (and Green on Team B), and you end-up the defensive possession with the ball...

 

you should be an assistant to coach @D-rock

 

So what does that make you?

You obviously believe you also know better than Silas, or Heaven forfend, even me.

 

Look, man... This is all very simple: talent is more important than system. Russell Westbrook is a better player than Buddy Hield, period. you get Russell and not worry about spacing and shiat...
Same should apply for the Rockets: Sengun is your second best big right now. You play Sengun and figure out the scheme that suits him and Wood. Don't be a slave to stupid junk-science dogma, don't be drinking the Kool-Aid of the Morey-cult. That's what I am saying...

 

Lakers decry spacing because they are extremely physical and skilled near the basket.

That's really not the Rockets.

Rockets no longer made up of THICC skilled players.

And spacing without movement (not just ball movement) is useless on this team. The better teams have no fear of static offenses.

 

Do not disagree that talent trumps system.

But you're going to be very sad for a while because Silas is all in on his 5 Out offense.

And so is Stone.

And this 5 out system of Silas' has NOTHING to do with Morey or D'Antoni.

There many ways to skin a cat.

 

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