I dont think this is true at all. FIrst of all reed is not a zero on defense. Neither is Josh actually. This board really needs to stop thinking NOT ELITE = TOTALLY BAD. He's average. Jalen brunson is average and he's the finals MVP.
Amen and Sengun fit great together. I dont know where you guys get these ideas from. Amen and Sengun together actually have had us winning. Are you ignoring the Rockets record over the last 2 years because of the playoffs? lol Our issue is point guard AND JABARI. Amen is being forced to play point guard becuase Jabari is there. If you move Amen to power forward and Reed to sg and you have a real point guard that can rebound and is one if the best passers in the NBA it would be great. We would still have KD althogh I would trade him too to get younger.
Your main gripe on Jabari seems to be that he is slow, but are not at all worried about FVV and KD who are decrepit ball stoppers. FVV probably has gotten to the hoop 15 times in 3 years and missed 10 times. We all want the Rockets to win. People hate some of my ideas, but I don’t care and will laugh at them or myself as long as we keep it civil.
Jabari does nothing but shoot badly and defend. both Amen and Sengun have played allstar level at times and they are young and will get better. Jabari is a complete disapointment from what he was supposed to be. I just dont get wanting to keep Jabari but to each their own I guess.
Yeah I’m more neutral towards KD and FVV. I’m not auto against a trade including them I just don’t think they have the same discrepancy between trade value vs production value that Jabari does. Best version of Fred can run, pass, catch, dribble, shoot, and guard POA. I might prescribe more of his past playstyle to what we needed from him vs the only way he can play. But I’m not a fan of depending on him as the sole PG. KD is still a bucket and that still has its place but that’s a lot of value equity that we can’t currently afford to just retire off, so if value is there and time is right trading him is solid logic.
One of my favorite podcasts is dunc'd on and they once talked about giddey and made a reasonable argument that he is the single most damaging defender in the nba. The reasoning was that he's basically a 3/4 on defense because he absolutely cannot guard a small player, so he HAS to guard a wing. He's also terrible at that, so his awfulness there forces you to do other stuff. Reed is MILES better then josh on defense but he is also small and needs to be protected.
The potential part is true, it's possible that one day he can reach the point where he's a bad defender. Can he be average? I doubt that, but he could probably get to the point where he's bad. If we had wemby or gobbert, sure it wouldn't matter, but we don't. If giddey is on your team, he is also the guy running your offense. He's alright, but i just am not interested in that.
Are you basing that on a podcast? How many games have you watched Giddey play? I’m not a huge fan in reality. I just threw out a trade to try and get somebody close to talent to Sengun and the 4th pick in this loaded draft. I want Amen to run the offense in the long-run. This trade is one of about 50 I’ve thrown out there to try and get us closer to championship level.
ya i'm not worried about giddey being traded here, it was just more jarring then some of the other stuff people post so i responded, that's all
I see Sengun’s value right now as a top 3 pick in this draft and a good player or a top 10 pick in this draft and 2 good players. I think Sengun with a 3 pointer is an elite offensive player, but still a poor defensive player. You can hide one bad defensive player, but the Rockets are trying to get by with too many suspect defensive players. Not having a rim protector is a huge hole for this team.
