KPjr has more to do with us winning games RIGHT NOW than anyone on the roster

Plowman is a good dude, he tries hard to increase KPJ's trade value.

 

Relax, he's a scoring guard who scores 12.6 per game with a 36% in FGs. He has long ways to go. Right now he is a minus on the court.

Potential is there, but we'll see.

 

Shooting splits are abysmal, if he was decently efficient he could be star level. If not they should move him to the 3 or try to be a combo guard off the bench, luckily he’ll have the rest of the season to figure out the PG position

 

Naw. This ain’t it.

 

Scooter has more heart than most of the team. 100 games into his career and juggling the most difficult position swap and I agree with @Plowman His stat lines don’t encapsulate everything he does to contribute. He will continue to mature and play better. People are looking for something to dislike and the kid hasnt done himself any good by lashing out, but he’s got the it factor. Just need to be patient.

 

He's improving but I wouldn't go that far. Best thing you can say about KPJ right now is that the team improves defensively when he's on the floor. He's better than half the other point guards in the league at getting steals, rebounds, and blocks. His field goal percentage and free throw shooting doesn't meet the benchmark for NBA PGs, but his 3 point shooting and assist numbers are improving.

Right now there is no "THE GUY" player on the Rockets like we had with Harden which is why we suck right now. We hope it's Jalen but until he develops into that role the few wins we come by are truly team efforts.

 

EG is having one of the best seasons of his career. I know he plays less minutes than KPJ, but Gordon still gets my vote.

 

I need to attend your seminar on Zen chillness and positive vibes.

 

Totally. 45.6% from 3 in 30 somewhat games.

 

He should....HE'S THE PG!

 

I think he's doing EXTREMELY well.

Think of it like this, a QB who never played QB in college or his 1st yr in the NFL but all of a sudden he's thrust into playing QB in the NFL, because he can throw.....it's going to take time. He needs to learn the intricacies.

Next yr will be a better indicator

 

I really wish we could get him the hell out of here before that number dips. Gordon ALWAYS has a really bad month where his shooting numbers dip.

 

Give the kid a consistent rotation of players with a center who can actually catch a bounce pass in the post without fumbling it, and you will see a a top 15 pg(top 5 two-way point)

We started the kid with a rotation of Theis/Wood, rookies, g league players, Nwaba, and House lol

Wtf did you expect him to do with that mess the first 15games

 

Did you see the way he was driving after halftime of the Denver game?

It was like nobody wanted to get in front of him

 

KPJ can be is a wing with great potential, if he can keep his head screwed on tight. What he isn't, in my opinion, is a point guard. Oh, he'll have games here and there where he'll rack up some assists, but he doesn't control the offense. When he attempts to, more often than not he looks awkward as hell. Porter can be a very valuable member of a team's rotation, even a team's 6th man, but he is not, in my opinion, who we need playing next to Jalen Green and with Alpi Sengun. The two players who are our future, along with possibly some other young talent we have.

Hey, I would love to be wrong, but KPJ is as much a distraction on the court as he is a point running our offense, in my opinion. Maybe more of the former.

 

https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/p/porteke02.html

Interesting look at his Rockets stats, 23 games started last year and this year. His shooting has suffered but I think the note is that this year he's been more the focus of defenses. John Wall isn't playing so he's not drawing attention, Porter isn't the secondary option.

I believe he'll get there though. Shoot a little better, improve the assist/turnover ratio a bit and he's probably one of the best 23u players in the league. He's just young.

 

Football positions are so vastly different.

Basketball is more interlinked as far as players skill sets.

Not really comparable.


I just don't see the skill set or IQ that I'd like to see from a starting pg.

Like Harden....it was easy to see him as a pg because even in his early days you could see the passing and IQ.

Like how many times this year has kpj wowed you with a really good pass? Either degree of difficulty or the IQ it took to read the D and make that pass?

Sengun does this almost every time he plays.

And if passing and leading the offense aren't going to be strong suits he needs to be a very good defender and a very good scorer/shooter.

His physical attributes against most other pgs makes him a plus defender...usually.
But he needs to work on his shooting and scoring.

I don't see it with him at pg, and really I don't trust that he won't have more incidents in the future.