Who is Jordan Hamilton?

pippendagimp · Feb 21, 2014

anthony bowie?

GoRox2013 · Feb 21, 2014

mollamar said: ↑

I like this trade for AB -- 3rd string here to fill in starter in Denver with half a season to impress and land a new contract somewhere. With out this trade, likely AB could realistically have been out if the league come summer.
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I read this again, and realized this is probably what Morey was doing. I was wrong. Kudos to Morey for looking out for AB, he played for peanuts with the Rockets

StrawberryJamm · Feb 21, 2014

Daniel Day Lewis

Kiddsir · Feb 21, 2014

Another sky is the limit guy. SMH.

NewRoxFan · Feb 21, 2014

Interesting hear Morey comment on the hope that Hamilton will contribute rebounding from the weakside... don't honestly know Hamilton as a player, but his stats seem to suggest he can rebound as a SF.

Joe Joe · Feb 21, 2014

mollamar said: ↑

I like this trade for AB -- 3rd string here to fill in starter in Denver with half a season to impress and land a new contract somewhere. With out this trade, likely AB could realistically have been out if the league come summer.
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AB0 will be back next season for the Rockets. Lin gets traded in the offseason to open up time for Canaan. Rockets will draft another PG in late 1st or early 2nd and send him to RGV. Rockets sign AB0 to be 3rd PG for season as it has been proven many times that Morey values AB0 more than other GMs.

dje243 · Feb 21, 2014

Yeah Casspi has bumped Garcia in the rotation b/c DMO has been playing super solid lately. Casspi has looked like poop at the 3 though. This guy could actually see minutes.

NotChandlerParsons · Feb 21, 2014

Rebounding is an interesting point that I hadn't thought about. Really, this team relies on Dwight and Omer way too much for rebounds and when they're getting beat for whatever reason (usually because someone like O'Neal or Randolph is practicing wrestling moves on them) we get beat. Would be nice to have some wing rebounding as well.

pugsly8422 · Feb 21, 2014

RV6 said: ↑

IMO, he's a more athletic, but less accurate Steve Novak. Someone else to throw out there at the swing spot, when Cisco and Casspi aren't getting it done.
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That describes 90% of players in the league

daywalker02 · Feb 21, 2014

pugsly8422 said: ↑

That describes 90% of players in the league
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get that 10 percent of athletic and accurate guy asap!

RV6 · Feb 21, 2014

pugsly8422 said: ↑

That describes 90% of players in the league
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haha...i guess so... just a little on both though, in this case.

redhotrox · Feb 21, 2014

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On Hamilton's strengths:

Hamilton has had a hard time getting teams to believe he's more than just a shooter. He was just getting into Denver's rotation the first couple months of the season and was finally able to start expanding his game as he grew more comfortable in Brian Shaw's offense. He's a bit of a streaky three-point shooter, but he has had so little time to get a good sample size that that may not be true. He was around 35% from deep for Denver, good for fifth on the squad among the leading long ball shooters.

In addition to his perimeter shooting, he can handle the ball a little bit, get in the lane, and finish with a nice runner or fadeaway. Hamilton also possesses good size for a shooting guard and can get his hands in passing lanes or pick pockets. He's an above average rebounder for a guard and even for a small forward. He played some center growing up and a nose for the ball stuck with him. He's pretty good on the offensive glass, too.

On his weaknesses:

Hamilton will tell you that he has a long way to go to shed his "bad defender" label. I was just talking with him the day before the trade about what he's working on in terms of his defense. He said his defensive stance and readiness needs to get a bit better. He's not terribly quick when moving laterally and he can lose his man while watching the ball. Shaw harped on Hamilton's defense, but valued his scoring and played him through some early rough patches and things were looking up for Hamilton.

He's not a truly gifted athlete, but he will wow with some putback dunks and can sneak into the lane and is strong enough to finish while absorbing contact. He has a bit of a mean streak and can get a touch sidetracked, like when he had enough of the Thunder's Steven Adams and took a little swing at him while running back up court after Adams put an elbow in his back (Ham got ejected and suspended one game this season).

On Hamilton being in and out of the rotation:

I was working on a story about this very topic the night before the trade. Hamilton went from played about 20 minutes a night in Nov. and Dec. to being benched in January, right after the Andre Miller saga, and racking up eight DNP-CD's. Shaw claims that he was just giving others guys a shot and wasn't happy with the defensive side of Ham's game. Hamilton seemed a little perplexed by the benching, but said he thought Coach was trying to get other guys an opportunity. Hamilton also told me that he was going to keep working hard and since he was getting minutes again in Feb. it looked like Shaw was rewarding his practice habits. Looking at it again, perhaps the Nuggets were showcasing Hamilton for this very trade.

Hamilton is a good guy and a young guy. He's going to make some mistakes, but he really wants an opportunity and this trade may be the thing that ignites Hamilton.

On Hamilton's ability to play both wing positions:

He split time between shooting guard and small forward under Shaw. I like his size on the smaller, quicker guards and think he'll have to work hard to defend guys if he plays the two, but that's his natural position. He has the strength to cover small forwards and should be a very nice fit there in the Rockets' system with James Harden and whichever point guard is out there.

On anything else we should know about him:

He is a very interesting guy. He considers himself a skateboarder, but he had to give that up for the NBA. He comes from a hoops family: his older brother Gary played at the University of Miami and plays overseas currently, Jordan with your Rockets, Isaac Hamilton is sitting out a season before he joins UCLA, and Daniel Hamilton is committed to UCONN - pretty amazing. He goes by J_GOIN_HAM on Twitter and I found myself saying: J about to go Ham whenever he checked into games, got rebounds, took a shot, or any other time he did anything. I also sat down with him and talked about how he got into basketball and much more during a podcast over the summer.
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Carl Herrera · Feb 21, 2014

So, are we getting Zordan Hamilton for summer league this year?

howardsucks · Feb 21, 2014

Mr. Anderson 2.0.

GTRockets · Feb 21, 2014

I dont understand. What exactly does Morey see in Hamilton?

Sydeffect · Feb 21, 2014

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I dont understand. What exactly does Morey see in Hamilton?
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A guy who grabs over 17% of all avaliable defensive rebounds was a wing (almost double garcias and higher then Casspi) and a catch and shoot 3 point shooter at 39% which is higher then Garcia and Casspi by a big margin

Rokman · Feb 21, 2014

Nearly every player Morey acquires is a pleasant surprise. There is obviously a lot more about him than we realize or is being let on. Either that or he was trying to work a number of trades at the deadline and that is the only one that worked out.

PeppermintCandy · Feb 22, 2014

Add Hamilton to Garcia and Casspi and we have three backup wings with size and streaky outside shooting. None seem to be the long term answer for the backup 2/3 spot but hopefully one or more of these guys will get hot from the perimeter during the postseason.

danoman · Feb 22, 2014

Von wafer with out the attitude problems?

cheke64 · Feb 22, 2014

Kiddsir said: ↑

Another sky is the limit guy. SMH.
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Haha. What's wrong with that?

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