This Ryan Anderson/PJ Tucker PF tandem is destroying us

More maybe this maybe that. What else are you going to say might happen.

 

Tucker would look great at the 4 alongside DeMarcus, or LMM, or Ariza.

 

Now that Green is staying the rest of the year, look forward to Anderson and Tucker's minutes shrinking once Luc comes back.

 

Tucker is fat and needs to lose weight. I don't what the hell made this guy come into the season 10 pounds heavier, after already gaining weight what seemed like yearly since 2015.

His mobility is shot and it hurts him on both ends of the court. As you get older and lose natural athleticism, you should shed weight like LeBron did when he left Miami to keep some quickness.

 

..........................................................sure, why not?

 

Agreed, not sure why no one in rockets organization has commented on this. Perhaps he gained weight over the summer because he didn't want to hurt himself working out as a free agent. Surely he didn't gain it on purpose to be a better player... He had a few good games early on, but seems like he's now seen the downside of playing at such a heavy weight. It just wears on you. Hell, it wears on me to carry an extra ten pounds and all I do is work at a desk.

 

I realize that Tucker's shooting will be up and down. Fine, is what it is. But he better damn well rebound the ball. That is just skill, position and energy.

As for Anderson, he is supposed to do two things: 1) Space the floor hitting threes 2) Space the floor via gravity. He isn't doing either if he is shooting poorly and isn't on the floor because he is a liability.

Yeah, the PF position has been brutal this year. Getting Luc back will at least give them another option.

 

he's probably put on weight because they've been playing him so much at PF / C.

when you're 6-5 your gonna have to be a lil thicc to bang down low with real PF's and C's

 

oh no more where to be found once again. how was the game against gs. tells us all what happened

 

You cant love on a guy after 1 good game. You cant hate on him after 1 bad game. PJT has been in a long funk on both ends for whatever reason. He had the opportunity to step up big with Mbah a Moute out, but never did.

 

if you hold him to a standard of a star then your expectations would be that high. PJ isn't. he was brought here for his intangibles primarily.

 

This why Clutchfans.net gets so unnecessarily salty. Players like Ryno, Luc, Ariza, PJ even EGO aren't stars and shouldn't have those expectations. When any of those guys have bad games I really don't care; they won't be the reason the Rockets lose on any given night.

Harden and CP3 (and maybe Clint now) are they players I get angry at if they don't show up. With out them, Rockets don't win period.

 

I think Tucker is ok. He's not going to be great every game and will have spurts of no contribution.

But Anderson is getting insane. He took 3 shots ... in 30 minutes. To his credit, he showed up in other ways, though was still -2 in an 8 point win.

If we're "stuck" with him, I hope he continues this style of play. Shoot less, do more elsewhere. Hopefully the shot eventually comes around.

I'd certainly be interested in a deeper statistical dive... but doesn't seem like the Rockets offense has suffered a ton with Anderson suffering a ton. It's been more the defensive problem. Maybe that's because although he's been off, he still commands respect as a deep 3 shooter, so the floor is still spaced?

I know he's a horrible 3 point shooter and a bit of a head case, but if I could find a way to add Julius Randle for Ryno (3 team trade required), I'd do that. Rnadle would basically give you what Anderson gave you last game... and it seemed to work.

But again, maybe the spacing then goes away??

 

tucker may suck some games but at least he has heart and never gives up. his effort is always 100. is he the corey brewer of our team this year?

 

T H I C C stat.

 

no you dont hold players to a standard of what you are paying them. You hold them to the standard of what they are being signed here to do. people like you judge a players performance completely wrong. sounds like you're the dumb one bc you dont understand anything besides what you see in a espn box score. thats all the basketball iq you can probably handle which a little kid can even read

 

Sincerely,

The Golden State Warriors