Floor general...haha First 25 games VanVleet 6.2 assists in 37 minutes KPj 5.8 assists in 34.7 minutes (KPj was 6.2 assists in 21/22) The difference was Poeltl as a good roll man in PnR. You want to see a good roll man that would have helped KPj get 8 assists per game. You don't want me to show you Sengun an hour late getting into good roll man position.
Floor general...haha First 25 games VanVleet 6.2 assists in 37 minutes KPj 5.8 assists in 34.7 minutes (KPj was 6.2 assists in 21/22) The difference was Poeltl as a good roll man in PnR. You want to see a good roll man that would have helped KPj get 8 assists per game. You don't want me to show you Sengun an hour late getting into good roll man position.
If you are referring to PNR possesions as the primary ball handler. Pnr stats for last season FVV - 8.1 possessions per game .96 ppp Green - 9.9 possessions .87 ppp KPJ - 8.5 possesions .84 ppp So FVV would be our best pnr ball handler instantly and Green second.
I mean Sengun is an excellent finisher at the rim with significantly more craft, footwork etc. There are many pnr possesions where Sengun was the roll man and he got the ball from a Green or KPJ pass and Sengun still created a shot because he did some fancy spin move and baby hook. Sengun is really good rolling to the rim.
John Collins 1.25 PPP as roll man Poeltl 1.17 PPP as roll man Sengun 1.09 as roll man I know, I know.....but we need a point guard that places the ball on a tee near the rim so Sengun looks better. With no spacing good luck with that.
PNR Roll man stats Poeltl : 1.17 ppp (3.2 possessions per game) Sengun : 1.09 ppp (3.1 possessions per game) Hmm
It's so hard to determine who is responsible for this. Is Poeltl having more competent pg play responsible for this or him being a more talented roll man?
My determination would be that the difference between Poeltl and Sengun as finishers in the pick and roll is slim and wouldn’t be something I highlighted as reasoning why Houston’s pick and roll ball handlers were worse than FVV last season. Or that all Houston’s pick and roll ball handlers were missing was a Poeltl level finisher to really boost their assist/ppp numbers.
No peleincubus, I feel our young kids will do just fine without the help of VanVleet and Dillon Brooks. Teach our young players defense? What the h*ll are our coaches going to do? VanVleet is suppose to teach our kids how to walk the ball up the court? KPj already knows how to do that.....Amen needs to run and gun. That's what I was sold on, that Amen is a beast in fast breaks and putting him with Jabari, Tari. Green, Tate, Cam....then we won't be taking advantage of that if Freddy gets his regular 36 minutes and he says Slow it down young ones!! We got to have low turnovers!! They are going to teach are kids how to shoot inefficient shots and be chuckers at a greater level. That's not winning basketball. And I said last year.....if Green/KPj chase the ball handler over the screen (Sengun sets up deep in drop back) the ball handler is going to pin their ears back and have a running start at Sengun and beat him like they did last year. Sengun would be two feet in front of the rim and guards would still elevate above and thru him. Plus Sengun will be in more foul trouble. That's why our guards went under screens... to protect Sengun. So if VanVleet goes over the top of screens near the 3-point line. Sengun is in drop coverage....you think Brooks help defense is the answer? It's going to be the athleticism of our young lengthy kids that will be the difference. Tari, Jabari, Amen, Whitmore (leaping ability) and their mobility. I do feel we would win more games with just coaching....minus VanVleet and Dillon. I would have overpaid for Brook Lopez, Cam Johnson and added Monte Morris&Jevon Carter. That would have been more bang for our buck
I'm in LA or really San Diego at a coffee shop while my kiddo is at a soccer camp for LA Galaxy and i just laughed out loud at the coffee shop on your bolded "young ones" part i read. Good stuff
Also I would say I am split on who I would want for 2 years Van Vleet or Lopez each has their positive and negatives when considering the entire package. I would have taken Cam Johnson a million out of a million times over Brooks though. With the added benefit of hurting the Nets.
⬆️⬆️This! Why do so many posters think PNR = dunks. Lobs yes, PNR is finishing at the rim. Dunks are great, a layup is worth the same two points. The old Celtics perfected the PNR. Russell and later Cowens both finished at the rim. Sengun is just fine at finishing at the rim. Van Fleet will do wonders for the Sengun PNR.
It's a no brainer to me on both Brook Lopez and Cam Johnson. They give us a better blend of defense and offense. Brook Lopez was 2nd or 3rd in DPOY where guys like Giannis, Middleton and Jrue Holiday funneled the ball handler towards Lopez. Rockets would use Jabari, Tari, Jalen Green and KPj or Jevon Carter or Monte Morris in much the same capacity. Lopez also shot 3's which would improve our spacing. Cam Johnson is nothing spectacular, but he shot about 40% on about six 3's per game. About 41% on CnS 3's. Cam Johnson has been a backup for most of his career. If he fails to win the starting gig at SF or PF.....he doesn't have the ego not to be a backup making $30M. VanVleet and Brooks will imo. Monte Morris.......Amen / Jevon Carter Jalen Green...........KPj Cam Johnson........Cam Whitmore / Tari / Jabari Jabari.....................Tari / Sengun Brook Lopez...........Sengun Wins 40+ games........where as this team wins 31 as currently constructed.
Yes gone over this last week 1) weaker West after playoff teams made trades last year. D Mitchell to East and Gobert setting the T-Wolves back. Suns re-signing Ayton was a negative after Monte Williams blasted him for poor play in previous season. Lakers were old and had a lame roster. Woods hated that Porzingis role while with Houston....why would he accept it in Dallas? Lakers, Suns, Kings are now better. I like what Utah has done. Denver will still be good. Spurs with Wemby, Others just really needed a PG....Cameron Payne will help. Blazers Scoot, Sharpe, Jerami Grant, Simons, others (Dame) will surprise. Thunder with Chet joins a play in team. 2) I projected better 3-pt shooting from us last preseason. Other than Jabari I don't expect the Rockets to get better, especially when you add volume chuckers like Fred VanVleet and Dillon Brooks. Those 7-8 threes by each will turn into bricks that are long rebounds and run down our throats as fast break opportunities. 3) new coaches often forces players to take a month to get use to the system, rotations, minutes, timing. And that's new coach being added to vet squad use to one another. Rockets shipped out TyTy, Garuba, Josh Christopher, Nix. Rockets drafted Amen, Cam Whitmore: they will hit rookie Wall after about 30 games just like Tari and Jabari did last year, and Green, Sengun had to adjust to the travel, speed of the game the season before. Brought in 4 vets: Fred VanVleet, Dillon Brooks, Landale, Holiday. It's one thing if they were on the same team.....but they were on different teams. They have to get use to Green, KPj, Sengun, Tari, Jabari, Tate....the two rookies.....plus each other (FVv, Dillon, Holiday, Landale). This isn't NBA2K where everything on paper works perfect. It will take months to get familiarity. And I didn't hit the mark of 34 wins last season. We won 22. We have more moving parts in the form of players, head coach, assistant coaches, offensive schemes, defensive schemes, one ball and 12 players playing tug-a-war with that one ball. Vegas also has the Rockets winning 31.5 wins this season. So what of it?
Yeah... Looking at that and thinking about it I would rather have that team as well. That bench of 5 players against other benches would be fun to watch too. I guess it's time to message Stone and tell him to redo it.
