Lamb only weighs 180 pounds, too light to play small forward. I anticipate that Lamb will be a backup PG (defensively) and Parsons will be a backup SG, like he was last year guarding Kobe, with Royce White on the floor as the point forward.
If the offensive set calls for small ball, then it might work, because you have the element of speed on your side. The idea is to have the fastest players on the floor at the same time.
I could imagine him playing as pg(scoring) with Royce White on the court, but I don't see him as a sf.
This would be a good small ball line-up. Machado Lin Lamb Royce Jones. Could possibly be a good two way line-up as well.
I think our backup PG as a defensive specialist will be TDouglas Also I'd be surprised if Royce gets the reigns of the offence as a Point Forward in his first year. I think he will be spending a degree of time with the vipers unfortunately
Durant, 6'9 235 James, 6'8" 250 Anthony, 6'8" 230 Pierce, 6'7" 235 Gay, 6'8 230 Granger, 6'8" 228 Lamb, 6'5" 179 That's why he is a SG
I don't understand why people keep wanting to put somebody else at sf. I see threads for White to start at sf and now a thread about Lamb. Unless he is traded I'm happy with Parsons playing small forward for years to come. Rocket fans seemed to over hype him before and I think they have now swung back the other way. His play was very impressive as a rookie and I see him being even better this year.
Courtney Fortson weighs more then Lamb. Even still if Courtney Lee didnt/couldnt get time at the 3 then why should Lamb? Lee was a proven defender.
Theres this group of guys, 5 of them, who would really love to play with the Rockets. They're called the bench.
He would have to gain least 40 lbs... could see him as a rudy gay type player.. but its a stretch really..
There's no need for ANY of these threads! This is all for entertainment! Will you people STOP trying to police these threads! All this negativity does is make other readers think "Why are these people trying to ruin everyone's day?" Please, NO MORE "lock this" or "no need." if ya don't like it, read something else! Some people like it, so let it exist!!!
SG is his ideal position. If anything he looks like a pretty good passer so maybe use him as a combo guard when we wanna go big.
You're overestimating the importance of wingspan here, can be nullified quite easily if he's bodied up by invariably bigger and much stronger sfs..
Lee gets away with it because of his defense. I can see Martin and Lamb sharing the court if the opposing team goes small, or if we fall behind and need to shoot our way back into a game. That's about it though.
