Been a long time doubter . part of this is just him making his shots . But that alone is good . I love Tate . Tate May have to bring his shooting up to keep up . I want to see him play more guard too . About guards , wha JC doing . DNP CD , discipline issues ?
Youth n super athletic ability and timeline fit and is just seems he is a better range shooter than Nwaba, but as I said I see where you coming from
No. Every player played like crap after the Rockets gave them an extension. If KMJ willing to accept the deal that structured like KPJ, so be it.
KJ the only player in all 4 of our best 5-man lineups over the last 2 games ... in 5 or more mins Dang look at that bottom lineup tho But props to the top one, the 17 min one, that's a substantial stretch.
KPJ has the most unique contract in NBA history owing to his tumultuous career, if KMJ keeps it up there will be a huge market for him ready to throw guaranteed money at him.
Need to lock him up rather sooner than later and start him as soon as possible too. Tate is cool, but he's no KJ.
KMJ will be a valuable piece wherever he goes. I like his development. Just an energy guy that plays within his capabilities and not trying to do too much. Timely threes, cutting, baseline drives and running hard on the court. He’s impressed me this year.
interesting though. Rockets extended/re-signed their young core which includes Tate, Green, JC, and Sengun. They signed Bruno to a 4 year deal. If they can get a couple vets and Wemb or a top 3 pick this team will have very good role players mixed with vets and another young lottery stud. Im very excited for the possibility of a wemb//green combination. 23-24 may be where this team could seriously contend for a playoff/play in spot.
It's time for KJ to start. He is objectively outplaying EG whose defensive effort is lacking and offensively has been erratic. On defense his help defense on bigs and rebounding is a far better fit with Sengun and Jabari, and offensively his three point shooting has been solid alongside really great cutting to the basket. His flexibility in doing spot duty at the 4 also adds a lot of value. KJ is 21, has developed massively between last season and this season (and he has really put in the work to improve his game), and helps this team perform at its best. He should be a 25-30 min per game guy right now, especially on this team. It's time for Silas to make these moves: move EG and Tate to the bench and reduce their minutes.
I want Tari to start instead of KJ. Tari is like an X-factor, that always disrupt the ballhandlers. Even his disruption may not end up in steals, he distracts the opponent offense which makes our defense deficiencies a little bit less noticeable. KJ brings us more offense and sometimes some blocks, but he maybe better served at the 2nd units unless we decided to move Bari to the bench, which is not the direction of the Rockets organization heading to.
I love Tari but he’s got to work on handles and finishing at the rim. On fast breaks he just goes north south most of the time. Would like to see him change directions on the defender or use euro step more.
I’m glad he has taken a step. It’s his 3rd year; he should be establishing himself as a player at this point, and he’s got some more potential. I like him. In 25 min he’s averaging 11.5 pts shooting 36% from 3pt with 5 reb. That’s solid and he’s turned his value into late first rounder for sure. But he’s below average on defense, he’s never gonna be a good ball handler, I question the BBall IQ. I see a good nba rotational player but not a starter on a good team. I think the ceiling may be lower than people think, so I’d sell high. More minutes for our other developing players.
Losing someone like Tate or KPJ would not make me nervous, I think we know what they are, KMJ is a guy i feel like could have another gear or two and may make a significant leap, and make us regret giving him away.
