I am off the Jalen Green bandwagon. I don't think the shot will ever be good enough. Something about him is off.
Midway through his 3rd season Jalen is officially shooting worse than he did in either of his first two seasons…and that’s with a real point guard in the back court. Yikes!
Jalen Green is bad and it would certainly be in our best interest to move on from him but there should be nobody advocating for a KPJ return. He was terrible too and he's also an immature scumbag. I wouldn't want him back in Houston if he was willing to play for free.
KPJ would have been GREAT on this team, he is exactly what is missing a guy that can get to the rim and finish, and play off the ball - if the charges are dropped in NY, and what was reported was wrong, I would be fine bringing him back, he has the talent and Ime has the disciplilne he needs. DD
Miles Bridges got another contract because he's not a bad NBA player like KPJ. If KPJ was a good NBA player some team would have picked him off the waivers already. Some teams will take a chance on him yet no team have taken a chance on him
i already watched that video on youtube from his ex girlfriend denying everything, so it looks to be the case. And look, i never even wanted him to be here! i wanted him traded awhile ago, before giving him that contract. But even as someone who didn't like him, i can say from as basketball standpoint, if he accepts his role would be a great secondary creator on the wing and one of the best catch and shoot 3 point shooters on this team.
That was a matter of shot selection more so than anything. He's an elite catch and shoot 3 point shooter who was forced into a PG role due to being on a team void of talent. In a proper role, I think he'd thrive.....assuming he would accept that role. Of course, none of this really matters, the Rockets can't pick him up till the off-season and I think the Rockets have other directions they'd rather go in and he's got no one to blame but himself. If he didn't act like an idiot in the offseason, he'd be the starting SG right now and the Rockets would be a much better team.
I believe that you are desperate but DD is not. I just do not see that talent when you have to carry a burden like him around....... Might as well play Oladipo who is on the roster until a trade happens. He also used to score 13-14 for the Heat before injury. Van Vleet got figured out on the road, that was the biggest problem.
I will respectively disagree. I think Ime would have killed him in the locker room by now. He pouted when he didn't get his way on and off the court, he's had numerous incidents on multiple teams that lead me to believe he's a bad person. Whether or not everything is true (and I'm sure some of it is exaggerated) I'm pretty sure the NYC incident happened close to how it was originally reported. We all know in the case of domestic violence the victim retracts their statement or modifies it. All that said, he wasn't good here. He "led" our team to multiple lottery picks. He's just not a good basketball player or person. No thanks and good riddance. I do hope he manages to get his life together because it will end really poorly if not.
hey you don't need to insult me. This is a message board where we are free to share our opinions. If you want to call me desperate that's fine. i've been watching this **** since sleepy floyd was the rockets point, so i know how hard it is to build a contender. Giving KPJ another shot is a much better option than trading 1 or more of our firsts only to sit in mediocrity and go nowhere. So if you want to call me desperate that's fine. I want to win a championship.
Your post obviously was not directed at me but I'll respond. I completely applaud wanting to win a championship (I think all of us want that) but do you believe KPJ would help that? He was terrible here and the results tell the story. Moving on from the KPJ and Green backcourt is the best scenario. They're both terrible
No one will touch him until his court case is resolved, and they know what they are getting.....just like Miles Bridges.....resolution first, then possible redemption. The Rockets traded his contract so they could make a move this year, we shall see what happens with Oladipo's contract - that is what they are angling for.... We have a hole at backup pg, or primary creator after FVV - we struggle big time - so hopefully we can find a guy that can fill that role and KPJ's skillset is filled elsewhere to avoid the war here...lol... I just want to win, and don't care about personal life issues if they can be controlled by discipline, KPJ might have been his best self under IME, but I am fine with moving on, if the role is filled if not and we have no other options - maybe we pick him up on a make good deal.....some of you argued so hard it would bother you to do that, I don't care about anything other than can he help us win, and that answer is clearly yes at least to me. DD
yes, the fact of the matter is we cannot give OKC anymore young talent on cheap rookie deals, or they might build a dynasty that we cannot overcome. Its entirely plausible right now that we can be bad next year or the year after, injuries happen. We need all the help we can get. If he can help us stay decent for two years, we can be better by not making them better.
The Rockets effectively replaced KPJ with his polar opposite stylistic player in FVV and won 2x as many games. He is exactly what we are missing.... in a good way. That's why he's missing from the NBA.
I agree on needing all the best assets we can get but not on a guy like KPJ. He's never going to help a winning team. I feel the same way about Jalen. Unfortunately, we don't have much of a choice on OKC because of the horrible Westbrook trade. Trae Young is probably the best player available and he'd be a pass too from my personal opinion
Come on Sam, I am not looking at him in the same role with FVV, Brooks and Green here, more of a backup 6th man, or a starter over Jalen Green. Everyone's role changed with all the roster turnover....... DD
