my bad - the tweet I got that from must have been wrong. I had read RJ was signed to $24mil which is where I expect the MLE to sit in new CBA. Yeah, $35 is NOT new MLE money. Knicks have done it again...
Yeah apparently only cult members think KPj can play or improve. Because resorting to name calling and labels always means you are winning the debate. per Shams: Jazz plan on inking Sexton to 4 yrs / $72 mil ( $18 mil on average ). Sexton 6'1" 23 years old: 21/22: 16.0 pts / 3.3 rebs / 2.1 Ast / 24.4 (3P%) / 11.9 (Ast%) Porter Jr 6'5" 22 years old: 21/22: 15.6 pts / 4.4 rebs / 6.2 Ast / 37.5 (3P%) / 30.7 (Ast%) Every NBA player can improve.....except if your name is Kevin Porter jr
Those Sexton stats are from 11 games from last year. He was injured. His previous 3 seasons were 16.7, 20.8, 24.3 per game with 40, 38, 37% 3pt shooting. I don't think it supports your position at all.
Sexton only played 11 games due to injuries. His career averages are 20 ppg 3 reb 3.3 ast on 45.8 fg% 37.8 3fg% 82.7 ft% vs KPJ career averages of 13.7 ppg 3.9 reb 4.7 ast on 42.4 fg% 35.2 3fg% 68.6 ft%
Yes and Porter first 18 games of 21/22 were complete garbage with Theis starting and no space. So do I get to throw those out...or only you can cherry pick? Porter had more points in 20/21 and higher Ast% in 20/21. Yes only 26 games. Point is Porter hasn't spent much time at PG but yet some have him capped for some strange reason?
We have to look at red rowdy dumb stuff We still are getting along. As I said we want the same thing in terms of Houstons success
Point Guards don't need to pass? Dont need to have a good Ast% ? Porter Jr:........................................................................Sexton 18/19:..............................................................15.3 (Ast%) [ PG....82 games ] 19/20: 13.9 (Ast%) [ SF....50 games ]............15.1 (Ast%) [ PG....65 games ] 20/21: 31.2 (Ast%) [ SG....26 games ] ..........22.6 (Ast%) [ SG....60 games ] 21/22: 30.7 (Ast%) [ PG....61 games ]...........11.9 (Ast%) [ SG....11 games ] Strange when I mention Porter Jr just started playing a new position....I have clowns telling me Nooooooo Porter has been in the league for 3 years!!!!!!!!!!! So those few games Porter played in 20/21 count but Sexton 11 games in 21/22 don't? Yeah THERE IS NO BIAS GOING ON. In 20/21 Porter played 26 games but Wall played in 10 of those games making Porter the SG. So in actuality Porter played PG in only 16 games in 20/21. Add the 61 games last year and Porter has played a grand total of 77 games as a Point Guard. Sexton played Point Guard in 82 games in 18/19 alone. As Sexton improved over time so will Porter. Why is there a phony ceiling placed on Porter? Just plain Bias. @King1 doesn't like Porter mainly because of incidents. I can't argue that. But I will argue the stats all day and why they were tainted: From *Theis and lack of spacing *Playing better without Wood (cramping his game) *Wall selfishness *Silas playing easy to defend "Vanilla Offense" (self admitted) *Silas playing easy to score on "Vanilla Defense" (self admitted....always inbounding and going up against a set half court defense) *Opponents best wing defender on him *2nd and 3rd tier defenders sitting in the lane ready after Porter gets by BEST DEFENDER. *Piss poor 3-point shooters for the past two years Porter's job is now to drive and kick.....it's not his job to also make the baskets for all those receiving the pass. Yeah I'm looking at you Sengun, Tate, Kenyon, Theis.
Doesn't this just reinforce the fact that the Rockets shouldn't commit to KPJ immediately? I feel like there are different topics going on. I don't think the argument is whether KPJ should stay on this team, or that he should be cut. It's that the Rockets shouldn't commit big money to him until after next season. If the Rockets were to commit to KPJ now, it would likely need to be in the 10 range where their cap flexibility isn't affected and the deal is low risk.
For a team tanking and a lot of players under 2 years of experience there is a lot of blame to go around. Seems like just Porter gets thrown under the bus. If we (Rockets/fans) don't like or trust Porter to be incident free..... Why waste time playing him. Let's train Christopher to do the same. JC can spend 70 games or so at learning starting PG. Porter is going to do too good and we win more games under the direction of Porter at PG than Christopher. We let Tari and Jabari have the Wood minutes as inexperienced as they are. Do to Porter as they did to Wood. Trade him. I said trade Westbrook to New York for Bobby Portis and all those non guaranteed contracts....instead Stone traded for the terrible worthless John Wall that Tilman had to eat the final two years of about $90 million. And then Stone did what I suggested with Wood. Traded him for smaller crappy deals in Burke, Boban, Chriss, Sterling. And the rights to TyTy. Great score. Let's just trade Porter now if he's so bad. Get back a ham sandwich. We spent less than that to get him.
Well you can throw these guys under the bus as well: Wood 1st nine games: 38.0% (3P%) Next eight games: 19.4% (3P%) forced Theis out Last 50 games: 41.6% (3P%) Sengun 1st twenty games: 40.9% (3P%) Last Fifty-two games: 21.1% (3P%). Pure dog **** Jalen Green 1st eighteen games: 27.8% (3P%) got hurt (HS) and came back later. Last Forty-nine games: 36.4% (3P%) Tate 1st Sixty-three games: 29.8% (3P%) Last Fifteen games: 38.2% (3P%) So people can't understand why I would throw out the first 20 games of the season as garbage........others players lousy play helped bring down Porters stats. Yet they want to throw out Sexton 11 crappy games. and How their improved play from 3 correlates to better stats by the driver of the car. Duh. An infant could see this. Why guard anyone from 3.......just pack the paint like they did in the first 20 game. Duh.
Both KPJ and Wood get more criticism basically because of two main reasons: They have the key to the team's offense. Both Wood and KPJ get the most touches on this team. Both Wood and KPJ exhibited clear attitude and personality issues, which is not an isolated incident but an extension of previous incidents. We need to remember Cleveland traded three 2nd round picks and 1 protected 2nd round pick to acquire KPJ at the 30th spot, and the 30th spot is considered lower value than early 2nd round picks due to the contract differences (whereas the talent gap is minimal). Cleveland practically waiving him after his rookie season speaks volumes. This is not to say KPJ's issues can't be improved, but the Rockets should not risk their cap flexibility on KPJ unless they are certain on him. Frankly speaking, there is a legitimate chance that very few teams out there would even risk giving him a contract, especially when the Miles Bridges incident is still fresh in everyone's minds.
Not a Wood fan whatsoever. We were extremely lucky to get a first for him. On Green and Sengun neither of them literally quit at halftime.
1st) everything the Cavs have touched has turned to *mud. Why would you draft 6'1"" and Garland and 6'1"Sexton and play together and expect good things? I knew the Cavs were using Porter wrong, KPj knew that was a screwed up mess. I wouldn't say the Cavs letting him go because he was calling them racist speaks volumes. They took his locker away and put his near the toilets. I would be upset as well. What next.....make me sit in the back of the bus? Do the laundry? Clean the toilets? 2nd) I posted how Porters stats were not bad for the game in question: 01/01/22 vs Den: KPj: 15:46 mins....3/5 FG's...2/4 (3's)...3 Ast...1 Blk...1 TOV...8 pts. So were you in the locker room? How do you know John Lucas was not venting and mixed Porter in the mix (previous game Porter played bad)? Sometimes miscommunication by those in authority can lead to confrontation. A guy like Porter needs to be explained why you are yelling at him. You just can't go yelling at him without telling him it's because of effort the previous game. Now if you have a link to an article where players or Lucas himself states Porter showed lack of effort in that exact game....I would like to see it. Until then it's all assumption that Porter was at fault. Sometimes us old guys get caught up in the heat of the moment too.....and don't communicate as well as we should. *with exception of Jarrett Allen and Mobley. I can link you article after article of Cavs players saying Sexton is garbage that has low basketball i.q. and doesn't pass the ball to others. Or just Google is Sexton liked by Cavs players? I'll get you started: https://bleacherreport.com/articles...rated-with-collin-sexton-opponents-taunt-cavs Here is another for your viewing pleasure https://www.news-herald.com/2021/10...eammates-dont-like-collin-sexton-jeff-schudel
He paid the fine and lost a paycheck for missing a game. I'm sorry did it knock us out of contention? Someone forgot to tell Stone, Tilman and John Wall who sat out the season while getting paid $41 million
We wouldn't have our first championship without Vernon Maxwell who waked off the team before the playoffs the next yr because Drexler was a threat at SG. In an interview with Mad Max they asked him about that. Said it was the biggest mistake of his life. You claim people don't learn from their mistakes? Can't change? I know from working with troubled kids that they can. Porter lost his dad at a young age and I can almost bet that his mom let him get away with murder. Now it's hard for him to be yelled at. But if John Lucas can forgive him and vice versa.....your opinion don't matter. Good luck with your holier than Thou beliefs.
Best move for both the Rockets and KPJ is to let him play more this year and demonstrate consistency which will A) increase his leverage for a bigger payday B) Assure the Rockets he is worth investing in It's honestly win win. Stone has shown he is very savvy and at the same time builds great relationships. I have no doubt that the contract with KPJ will be fair and bakes in some of his downside risks. And I don't think people should worry about KPJ costing on a contract, he's just not that kind of player - far too emotionally involved. The biggest ? around KPJ is what happens if coaching decides he should not be a starting pg. That's the biggest risk in my opinion.
I have never said that it's not possible that he changes. His behavior patterns are what they are. He's done it his entire career. I coach AAU in my spare time do I also have experience with troubled youth. You're just making excuses for him because you're a fan.
