Who is being an ass here? When did I blame anyone for Yao's performance? Find me an example. I just like what I see from Sura more than from James as a starting PG for this team. It's not like Sura can consistently find Yao but James can't. But Sura brings more to this team on the table. Stop being an ass***, don't post if you can't read.
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. -------- quit while you're not far behind, cos you're just making yourself look like a fool.
Yeah, don't confuse this thread with some bb logic. Essentially, we should shut-down those nuts on a shooting hot streak ASAP so we can pass the ball to any cold shooting superstars, in every single game.
Texas Stoke is right that when a playe is hot, we should feed the hot hand, Mike James could turn out to be a great fit for the team. From what I saw, James is still getting familiar with his role and finding his place in the team and most of his shots are within the flow of the game. I think Choujie got a point too. Why isn't Yao allow to shoot himself out of a slump? It's been a problem for a while now. It's not a problem of Mike James taking more shots and it's not good for the long term development of the team, it's the way guys are not actively looking for Yao to make a pass that's gonna hamper the team, especially when Yao is having a off night shooting or when he's in foul trouble.
Most of his shots are within the flow of the offense. Occasionally he'll drive or take initiive. When the ball is swung back to him, he usually shoots cuz he has such a quick release, unlike Sura. When Sura comes back, we'll have double-headed monster at the point.
Yao has the highest FG% on the team by far. Shouldn't he be taking every single shot? As for the Mikes James question, what we should be asking is, "Have we really had a chance to evaluate Mike James?" which the answer is no. He's a career backup PG, being asked to start on a new team and play full minutes. So far he's shot well, and passed solidly, without excessive turnovers. He does seem to over-dribble, hopefully this is a byproduct of being on a new team and being hesitant, (and I know we all have Steve Francis inspired warnings of what excessive dribbling means!) Let's give the Mike James experiment a while longer before we attempt to evaluate him. He'll have bad shooting games, he'll need to learn how to get Yao involved more. I think we'll all be pleasantly suprised by what a Sura/James combo can bring us in the end.
Your're freaking NUTS. We have a new player over 3 games that's shot 55%, 55% from 3-pt land, assists have increased from 3-5-7, and has 71 points on 53 attempts which exceeds even TMac's scoring efficiency (which is how you analyze ... against similar positions) FIND SOMETHING ELSE TO b**** ABOUT.
Again, who's the fool here? That was responeding to Texasstroke for saying James took the shots because Yao was not on the floor. I pointed out the stats and said James shot a lot had nothing to do with Yao on or off the floor. So he is more suited for a 6th man role for this team because of that. And his shoot a lot style may not do Rockets any good in a long run since he's a low percentage shooter careerwise. It has nothing to do with blame him for Yao's poor performance. Please learn how to read.
anyone notice that he dribbles alot? The only person I want dribbling more than 2 or 3 seconds is T-mac... sorry mike, but pass the ball. I love his intensity and his game, but 22 shots is alot... But i must say he took all of them within the flow of the offense, i couldnt even tell he shot thaaaat many. I like him thought. Def good pick up, especially at the loss of Reece 'no game' Gaines.
Again, we all know why you came to this reasoning (Mike James should come off the bench). You're Yao-centric and all you want is Yao to get more shots, get better stats whatever... all your arguments have shown in the past to revolve around - what's best for Yao , and not for the team. Look, I'm one of Yao's biggest fans as well, and I'm all for him getting great stats, but all I'm saying is he's gotta get it done himself. Enough said!! I won't argue... I think everyone knows what you're trying to get at.
....and about learning how to read, try to write coherent sentences before expecting people to be able to read your crap.
Can you not be that stupid? I pointed out for his career average, it's just a hot streak for James. Nothing more. You are a fool to believe he'll keep shooting 11/15. And in the last game 10 for 22, 24 points on 22 shots is not exactly "hot", it's not what I'd like to see from a PG when so many people on this team can score. Had he went 15/22, I wouldn't complain since he's truely hot, but 10 for 22 is NOT HOT. The rest of the team took 56 shots to score 74 points, but our PG took 22 points to score 24 points and he's considered highly efficient? Don't be fooled so easily just somebody can score. There is no rule says other players can't if they get the chance. James took too many shots as a PG instead of get teammates more involved, but he can score, so he's better as a 6th man instead of starting PG, that's what I wanted to say through out the thread.
lock this thread, neither side understands what the other is saying and is making no attempt to, if no-one is willing to bend, what's the point?
Getting Yao more touches is good for Rockets, Yao-centric or not. Let me say that again, it's not like Sura is an expert at getting Yao the ball. In fact he had trouble doing that, could even be worse than James. But from what I'ven seen, Sura passes the ball around better, getting other teammates involved more,(NOT YAO HERE), the offense looked more smooth when he was the PG. Personaly I'm not hating James, just think his style is not the best fit for Rocekts as a starting PG. And I got so much name calling crap for stating my opinion.
That's understandable, since your opinion sucks. Seriously, James has been here for only a few games. At this point, he's not sure where his teammates are going to be at any particular moment. Once he gets some time to learn the habits of his guys, he'll be fine. Until then, if his shot is falling, it would be pretty dumb to make him stop taking it.
dude, you were the one insulting people first. calling people dumbass, stupid, etc etc u deserved what you got.
I think James is perfect for this team. He can penetrate. He can make the open jumper. Solid defense. The starting guards will always get more attempts than Yao. He aims for the high percentage shot or dishes it to the open man.
