Ime - nothing is Given anymore all will be earned!

That doesn't sound like a player who just chucks the ball as some (not saying you) on here claim, that sounds like a confident team player

But I agree he needs to impose his will more and that comes with age n experience n confidence, which next two seasons completed will shed light on who he will basically be

 

Assuming no veteran PG is brought in, who do you think gets the minutes at PG?

 

whose roles could be changin' as Ime indicated

jabari to C
tari to PF
KPJ to SF

 

With the current roster, KPJ would clearly start and Amen of the bench. Kind of obvious really, but I expect them to add some players.

 

JaeSean Tate (the 6’4” dude) starting power forward with 35 minutes per game? Hahhaha well we’re f*cked then

 

Ime sounds like he's going to demand respect and accountability. Last coach that did that was Rick Adelman.

 

You could trot out a lineup of 5 members of Clutchfans or 5 All Stars and you would still very clearly see that there was no offensive or defensive scheme in place. It doesn't matter the talent level. The man couldn't coach. The team did not know how to play.


Oh and he also started Bruno Fernando over Alperen Sengun to start the season in case you needed more evidence...

 

I'm not sure about. The KPJ PG experience really might be dead. He's much better off the ball. But even in that situation as the backup PG Amen is probably getting 15-20 min a night. And with a veteran he still might get those minutes if KPJ is being moved off ball.

 

This thread is hilarious because although I agree with the sentiment that players should earn their playing time, the same people seem to still be in denial that Rockets were intentionally trying to lose. Emphasizing development over wins was obvious code word for tanking.

If it were up to DD we would've started Garrison freaking Mathews over Green for 1-2 seasons just because Mathews could hit a 3 and take a charge. Maybe benching Green a few games to send a message I could get behind, but I really don't see Green developing that much on the bench watching the team as constructed. There simply wasn't enough talent to have that kind of environment. Bottoming out 3 years in a row has now allowed us to have enough talent to have this environment AND have massive upside potential.

The Rockets now have a ton of young talent, aren't interested in higher draft seeds and so it makes sense for the guys to scrap and claw for playing time. I love it too. This is what I've patiently waited for and LOVE. Now comes to fun part where culture is everything. Not to say Silas couldn't have done a much better job at fostering a better culture and developing our players with the talent we had, because he was pretty bad at most things this team needed. But, now that we've gotten so much talent that there needs to be a consolidation of talent, it makes sense to have this attitude. Ime is the right guy to teach the young guys about important things like defensive effort and rotations, secondary assists, playing to your strengths, etc.

I'm really excited about the next few years and believe in these guys

 

It's ok as a figure of speech in this context. We will find out how good Udoka is too.

 

Because he won't admit KPJ was a terrible point guard.

 

He has a solid coaching staff but no real top assistants that could rival or succeed him therefore he would be clearly in charge.

Also no real interim coach if something were happen to him, no real deputy.

 

Ime's motion offense in Boston does not go for a ball pounding guard like kpj. If he turns into a hand off, off ball, spot up shooter then its a two shooting guard lineup. Won't mean he's the point guard.
Smart starting for Ime with Jaylen in the backcourt gives me a clue that he's likely not really excited about either Jalen or kpj, but Amen and Tari rather.

 

Going to have to disagree. It's to many good teams in the western conference. I will give them a year before they can get to that mark.

 

Sorry. My sarcasm sucks.

 

I don‘t believe Jabari will play C - he will come in as a small ball C to cause miss matches, but his natural position will be PF and he may even play some SF. He will struggle defending strong Cs and he is great defending on the perimeter.

Tari already is a tweener SF/PF. I would like him to play as a SF more, but I also believe he will back up Jabari.

KPJ to me is the one player Ime talked about. He won‘t play PG at least that won‘t be his primary position. I don‘t know if he will play SF or SG. And I imagine he will be our scoring spark of the bench.

If we get Brook Lopez I could also see Sengun play some PF.

 

is @DaDakota ready to spend a penny on the Rockets again?