Is James a good fit for this team?

Too early to tell. He is shooting lights out but like you said he is taking maybe a few too many shots. Iam sure once Sura returns that he wont get nearly as many shots since his mins will go down.

 

WTH?

He's 21 of 37. That's 57%.

He's 8 of 12 from long distance.

He should take fewer shots? Tell me why.

 

I think he's a really good fit. He's very quick. He has a lot of abilities and can shoot and dribble and play defense.

We need his scoring..and well he still needs some more time with us.

I like our offense but I think we should have more motion..movement of players without the ball...

He's a really good fit I'm really glad we got him.

He's definitely not just jacking up shots. He is getting good shots. He tries initiating the offense after bringing the ball up the court. His shots are open shots off pick and rolls or from penetrating in the lane or they are from other players like Tmac. He really fits well..he isn't disrupting the chemistry..imo..he makes our team even more better because he helps on defense and he helps on offense..by ballhandling and setting up other players.

Yeah I hate it when he goes out. I like to have him in..and Barry and Wesley in..I like all of them when they're doing well. Which is uhh a duh type of thing.

 

If the ball is going in...keep shooting

When Sura comes back, James should be an EXCELLENT spark off the bench

 

Well, that's the question that i wanted to ask as well. Like you, I dont' live in Houston, so, I can't watch Rockets on TV that much. Never saw James in action before. hope I can manage to catch the game on Sunday.

So far, judging from the stats, it does seem James shoots too much. but I don't know if he did that within the flow of the game and all since I didn't watch all those games. I need some unbiased opinions.

 

James is awesome and without him we wouldn't have been in this game. We lost it when JVG rested him (up 7 in the 4th when he went out, down 2-3 when he came back). Yao didn't have that many shots b/c he was in foul trouble. Don't be deceived by the loss - James is a team player and a damn good one at that.

 

Does a bear Sh*t in the woods?

 

If you can shoot like he has been shooting you belong on the floor and you can take as many shots as you want. Who's to say he isn't our best player. You just never know.

 

I think he's a good fit for a 6th man, Bobby Jackson type. It's unrealistic to think that he'll shoot 11/15 all the time like last night, or he'd be an all star already. And his 24 points on 22 shots isn't that great. I'd chose Yao to shoot the ball more on any given day. 22 shots for 24 points would be a horrible shooting night for Yao.

Even though Sura is a natural shooting guard and has trouble feeding the post, he still passes the ball around better than Mike James, in turn players are easier to get in to a rhythm, the offense looks more fluid.

But when we need a score or a defensive stop at certain moments, James could be better. So he'd be better off as a 6th man.

 

Yao Ming has played a total of 74 minutes the last three games

while Mike James has played a total of 108 minutes the last three games

so he's going to take more shots

and a lot of Mike James shots come when Yao is sitting on the bench in foul trouble for half the game, you see, so he automatically becomes the second option, or more importantly the first option off of Mcgradys passes out of double teams.

Mike James is not a good fit for this team, he is a great fit for this team.

 

What kind of analysis is that?

Game 1 you discount because he shot too well , and game 2 you don't like 24 pts on 22 attempts. I don't really get it. The most equitable measure would be to add the games together: 50 pts on 37 attempts, which freakin rocks. Yeah, it's unlikely to maintain that over time, but you cannot make any assessments at this point ... especially not ones that are even remotely negative (i.e.,
'off the bench').

And to compare a pg's % to a center is ridiculous. Of course you'd want your centers and pf's shooting the ball more ... they're closer to the basket.

 

He may be a "bad" fit now as far as players getting used to his style (not that he has a particularly good or bad style) but if he continues to play how he has been playing, playing defense the way he has with the Rox and shoots the way he has been shooting, we'll be a much better team in the long-run.

With 4 losses in 5 games, it's hard to see the future, no matter how promising...

Stuart

 

Yao had 27 shots in 73 minutes. 0.37 shots per minute.
James had 52 shots in 104 minutes, 0.5 shots per minute.

Look at the game tape, several times James chose to shoot instead of passing to Yao who has good position down low.

Luckily, his shots are falling for these games, shooting 54% since came to Rockets, but I won't bet on a career 45% shooter to shoot that well in a long run. To me, James shoots too much.

 

I didn't discount anything. Consider James is a career 45% shooter, 22 shots for 24 points will happen more often than 37 shots for 50 points. So I just think on average Yao is a better scoring option than James, James shouldn't take that many shots when Both Tmac and Yao are on the floor. His would be a great fit as a 6th man role, provide instant offense off the bench.

 

My mistake, James is a career 41% shooter, not even 45%. He's just on a hot streak.

 

It's not like he is forcing shots up or looking only for his shot. Most of his attempts are either of a set play with a screen set on his defender, open shot from a double team elsewhere, fastbreak drive or penetration he created to keep the defense honest.

He is taking alot of shots but he is getting in a lot of situations to take those shots. I would be more worried if he was holding back when he was open or had a chance to punish the opposition for their 'D'.

Mike James is a smart player and knows how to run a team on the floor. He did a great job of it last season for Detroit. Just right now, he is shooting well and taking advantage of the abundance of opportunities he is getting.

 

He dribbles too much before getting into the offense, but maybe that is because he is not comfortable yet.

I think he has been shooting too much, but at least he is hitting them.

Yao on the other hand, really played poorly tonight.

 

Yao sucked big time tonight, no question. But overall, I trust Yao's shot a lot more than James's. I feel that It won't take very long for James to cost Rockets a win if he keeps taking that many shots when Both Tmac and Yao are on the floor.

 

and this bothers you, and I know why.