The Rockets have four of the top-30 players in the NBA

Its embarrassing that a "power forward" who isn't a spot-up 3-pointer shooter (like, say, Bonner) would have such a low free throw rate. And its not like Patterson is unathletic or lacks strength. He's at least average in both categories. I guess its just not in him to play against contact.

 

This is very interesting. I'd expect a lot of jumpshooters to be on this list.

Very interesting that Patterson is the only big man aside from Matt Bonner (who's a 3 point shooter) in the top 10.

Courtney Lee and Budinger are both jump shooters before attackers so I'm not too suprised.

A little suprised that Parsons is on here, I thought he got to the FT line more, but I think he knows hes a bad FT shooter so maybe he tries to avoid being fouled.

 

I have to agree with you. Patterson's been working on some post moves but they are finesse post moves akin to Luis Scola. He'd rather take a hook shot than take a strong drop step and power to the rim. It's funny because I thought it would be the other way around when we drafted him.

 

Flip that list and show us the best 30.

 

Interesting. I profiled Stuckey and Hansbrough as two guys that would be upgrades to our roster.

Oh, and I don't see Carl Landry on the list. He should be on there.

 

Yeah, he has all the tools to be our next Carl Landry. He just needs to be more aggressive and beat people off-dribble instead of that hook shot. That way he can draw way more fouls and dunk the ball more like Landry did. Hope he will be fully recovered and pan out in his 3rd season.

 

i wouldnt worry about parsons...i think he gets it, but was not trying to go to the line earlier when his FT% was incredibly low. He's shooting an extra FT or two, since his % improved.

 

Kevin Martin used to be on that list every year.

 

Patterson has pissed me off all year. He just has looked so.....weak. In every facet.