I personally like it when Wafer shoots. He is a low risk- high reward pick up for the Rockets. It's easy and the coaches use him the right way. If he is off the coaches take him out early, if he is on, he gets good playing time. He is almost unstoppable driving to the rim and dont forget he is proven to be clutch. He hit a big jumper last night when Denver was reeling us in. He is one of those guys that can up 10 points in a minute or he will just let his emotions get to him and they will drag him down. OT- anyone else get excited last night when Lowry made the and 1 with the emphatic fist pump?
if hes not out there to score then what is he out there for? hes taking shots within the offense hes not running up the court and chucking up any shot
I like his passion but he needs to be a lot smarter come playoff time, because against the better teams he will not get many open looks from 3 and he cannot just drive into the paint like a maniac on a mission. Von is great with the ball, but without he just stands around watching. This guy should be slashing and cutting like Elie did and Battier sometimes does, not just park himself behind the arc. They should let Wafer pass the ball to Yao more and when his man doubles Yao he can cut to the basket and get either a dunk, layup or pass off to the PF in case that man tries to cut in front of him. Many times it's Battier who passes to Yao but this guy does not have the speed and athleticism to really do something with the ball once Yao passes it out of the double team; Von does, so he needs to be more active. A great player but needs to be taught a lesson because he does the same things game after game, he doesn't do anything new ever.
He chucks up a lot shots. Something like Yao sealed his man in low post, Wafer look at him, then took a step sideway, throw up a shot with a man in his face.
He goes for the shot every time he recieves the ball. Doesn't look his partners, he recieves and automatically thinks about score and no more. In every situation, you must take good decisions no matter your role is.
Since we're on the subject... I've always thought Von Wafer looks as if he's got Rain Man's voice. It's kind of the way he slants his head, his expressions, and hand movements when he's talking. He resembles Rain Man. Don't believe me? Think of some lines from Rain Man the next time you watch Wafer. You will swear Wafer's voice has GOT to sound like Dustin Hoffman's "Yeah, I'm a very good driver...underwear at K-Mart...yeah...4pm time for Wapner" Check it out!
Your ouote is so true, I was searching of the name. Meet the new V. VWafer instead of VMax. This dude is going to play harder. However, he needs to play D like Vmax.
I am not sure but I feel Wafer has been a little bit unhappy about his role and got some attitude laterly. Sometimes his shooting selection was horrible - even reminded me some Tmac. Maybe because he thought he had finally secured a starter position with his great performance after Tmac's injury but then he had to go back to the bench. I hope he can realize the situation and play with the flow. This will benifit both himself and the team most.
Love his energy and hustle, but he needs to stop shooting every opportunity he gets. He needs to attack the basket more.
I don't have a big problem with his shot selection. I see him take some ill-advised 3 pointers but he is the kind of player who seems to remain confident regardless of how many shots he has missed. He knows he is there to score and there is no hesitation with his shot no matter what happened with the last (or last 10) shots. Obviously, it is better when he goes to the rim but he has had games where he has been cold but kept shooting and then got hot at the right time. The most important thing for a scorer is to believe every shot is going in and I believe Wafer thinks that way. Take the good with the bad with him.
Right on, he is hard to stop without fouling once he gets rolling; very quick move to the basket and a good finisher. Unless he is consistently hitting outside shots, he needs to roll to the hole.
