Check this out. Nobody has pointed this out yet. This dude started a thread saying “You people fcking disgust me.” and ended with “Positive vibes only.” Like what? How come no one and I mean absolutely no one, noticed this? Sheesh. The readers of this infested place are disgusting.
All I know Is I'm not reading anything more than 2 paragraphs. All I read was "You People Disgust Me" then I got fatigued and dipped.
I stopped reading at 'done nothing but praise the organisation'. I mean sure if you ignore using the head coach as target practice. I mean sure if you ignore him dogging his teammates and evacuating during the middle of a game. Yeah you're right. He's done nothing but praise the organisation.
I'm with you PatBev I'm a believer that Porter jr can continue learning how to read defenses and distribute while providing spacing with his 3-pt shooting. I can see a scenario where Jabari and Chet are taken and we (Rockets) select Ivey. The stable of facilitators in Jalen Green, Ivey, Porter jr, Wood, Sengun, and Christopher could dissect some fool headed teams. Like you said, do a better job of setting screens, hitting 3's, FT's and add cutters and the field could open up greatly. Creating amazing space.
Honestly my only issue with kpj is the position he is playing. He is not a starting pg in my opinion. He can be a starting 2 or 3 or he can be a ginobelli like bench player who gets starter minutes and plays pg with bench players and a 2/3 with starters to close the game. When he is on, he is lethal. He is an amazing scorer and competitor. As a pg, he is either not letting his talent just play or he is hogging the ball and mostly only giving it up when he has to. You also mentioned Jordan Kobe winning with avg pgs. I think that's exactly what we need. A pg who can bring the ball up, get the team set up on the play, hit 3s and play defense. That role severely limits kpjs ability.
But that’s where most don’t see. Look beyond the points. Look at it situationally such as him putting the team in a hole with a wild 7 point swing the other way in this last game. Multiple instances of bad decisions and carelessness in tight situations where Rox had to score to stop the other team’s run and risk going down double digits etc. The craft and mastery level is the ability to play a full game making the right decisions at the right time and minimize mistakes. None of those 30 pt games or high scoring games were masterpieces since there were too many mistakes. Too much holding the ball. All of these things add up. It aint the points. None of those games were solid.
Having two guards with a scoring mentality doesn’t often work out for teams. There needs to be a harmony. If the pg is a scorer then the SG would have to defer and understand a lesser role and do that job well and vice versa. Memphis plays Bane who compliments Ja morant well since Bane doesn’t try to do too much. Drives when he has a seam. Shoots when open. Moves the ball around. CP3 facilitates for Book and the Suns being the great PG he is. Kobe had a hard nosed Fisher who defended and shot 3s. Fox and Heild nevet worked in Sac and reminds me very much of porter and green. The two can’t coexist as starters. Too much demand for the ball. Doing too much to score instead of understanding roles and deferring. That’s why I was excited to see Nix. Hopefully he shoots better and play more aggressive when he has the lane. But he would be a great fit with jalen.
Gets his teammate stabbed, throws soup at his coaches, quits on his team. F*** KPJ! This dude gonna be broke in a few years and it's deserved. I don't care how many empty stats in meaningless games he puts up, he doesn't deserve to play in the NBA.
