Morris has looked lost, rookie lost. Has nothing to do with him being a 3 or not. He's just a rook. Yeah, in gimmick small ball lineups, McHale plays Parsons at the 4. Remember that's gimmicks. Gimmicks on a lottery team. Look at the list of players I gave you at the 3. Chase hasn't got a chance to guard those guys. He's simply not the right size.
Your infatuation with scrub players is really getting sad. I hope you don't have anything invested in these favorites of yours because you don't seem to have a good sense on basketball players. From AB being a championship level PG, Lowry being a career backup, Budinger being future star... You been striking out on everything. But that +/- stat you choose to bring up is overrated and is dumb to even throw. If you where gonna bring that up why didn't you mention Jeff Adrien who had a +6. By what you were saying, Adrien must have been the best player tonight for the Rockets... Twill, when aggressive, has shown that he will get something done, plain and simple; whether it's him putting pressure on the D, having them collapse on him to get others teammates easier opportunities or scoring himself. Biggest thing Bud has been shown, season after season, is that he is extremely inconsistent and can't be relied upon a lot of nights. And even if Bud is sticking to his man for a couple of seconds, he hardly has ANY effect on anyone's shots. For Bud, what you see is what you get. But for Williams he still has plenty of room to improve. Like Bill and Daryl have mentioned a couple of times before, Twill is basically another 1st rounder for the Rockets. The Rockets aren't going anywhere fast. The team should trade Kmart, start Lee & Twill, and let Morris be the 6th man with Budinger playing spot minutes ("Kyle Korver role").
Everyone has seen more than enough of Budinger to know what he brings to a team. His rookie season, 2nd year, and this season. Every year he's shown the same thing too often, he disappears. People should call him "casper" from now on not b/c he's so pale but cause he vanishes like a ghost all the time. You can just throw the word inconsistent out the window. He's just not a great shooter like some people think he is.
Unbelievable just for you, but not for anyone else with a clue... If you can't see that the difference between the two is that one will forever be limited as a player by his athletic limit, while the other is limited by skill level and not athletic limit. Skill level can improve, athleticism cannot.
We've seen bud play consistent minutes for quite a long time. I honestly don't think he's going to improve much from what he is now. Twill has the slim chance of being better. Honestly though from what I've seen he's either playing way out of control or way too passive. These games are depressing me.
Budinger hasn't improved since his first year at Arizona. He is a damn near identical player, and that is why Arizona fans were always so annoyed with him. Terrence has yet to figure out what type of player he is. He may never figure it out. Tools are worthless if you can't consistently put them to good use. Honestly, I don't like either of them. I do think Terrence is more of a SG, and would be better off playing WITH Budinger... I just wish we would make a huge deal, and play Marcus Morris & Patrick Patterson heavy minutes together at the SF/PF...
This Budinger's stock dropped specifically because he did not improve (that and people thought he was soft and often disinterested). 2 years ago before the draft he was considered a lottery pick, and at worse a top 25 pick.
Maybe MM will show enough with the RGV to get a shot at the 3 up here. What we got to lose? If we really aren't tanking, we'd better try some kids. Like, why isn't Montejunas over here now?
I think Chandler Parsons should start instead of Bud, lets tank! <iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/_GFsFGlbiBg" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/2wrrcnxFw10" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/B4MLqnEjNcc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/fWiO62uV7qE" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Twill at the most has only played about 1 1/2 season of pro basketball, while you know what your going to get with chase at the moment. Twill can definitely improve while Chase is what he is. He is a 6th man not a starter.
One thing I've noticed about Parsons is he has tremendous ability to scan the floor and move to a spot to create space and floor balance. He doesn't know the offense any better than Morris but he just plays it fundamentally, see where his mates are at, and go to where he needs to be to create the most space for everybody involved. Oh, he is a better shooter than Chase. It's not even close.
Just ignoring the facts about CBud improving I see....just make stuff up to make Terrence look good and CBud bad. Keep on banging that drum, too bad the Rockets won't dance to it. DD
Bud would do way better on the bench. thats the only group that knows how to pass the rock. Bud/Dragic/Lee would be stellar off the bench
Just to be clear: The ever improving Terrence is 24 years old. http://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/4019/terrence-williams While the clearly peaked CBud is 23 years old. http://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/3968/chase-budinger And ignore the fact that Chase has better stats in almost every category, dang it.....Terrence is clearly better. [/sarcasm] Yeah, not ! DD
Like knote said, Chase hasn't improved since his freshman year of college. He is what he is. Do I think Terrence Williams is better, or going to get better? No. Most of these super athletic players that don't get it initially, never get it. I do think we should start Twill, and see what happens. Either he builds his value or we suck and lose enough games to actually get the star player we've been missing.
DD (and McHale) doesn't realize that moving Bud to the bench is the best for Chase (gets more shots in the offense, can hide more on defense by Lee/Dragic/Patterson, and plays against subpar opponents) and for the Rockets. Don't fight it. It's going to happen. This truth applies for Hill as well. No one is saying that Chase is not an NBA player. He legitimately is; one that is on a great contract. However, on this team and what it needs, he is a bad fit as a starter and would much be better served coming off the bench as as a 7~8th man rotational player. TWill on the other hand is a better fit in the starting lineup. He is not forced to score so he can concentrate on rebounding, defending, and slashing. Once again, it's not that he's deserved playing time thus far, but more of being a better piece next to Scola/Martin. Same goes for Dalembert.
