You have to use Dmo when you need buckets, you just have to...

Do you think he'll hang around after Jones is gone?

 

I hope so, his unique size, speed, and skills - make him a mismatch most nights...and those players are rare.

DD

 

haha, interesting way of thinking. but i cant disagree more.

the right way to motivate a player may vary from one to another, but i do know always catering/giving in to a player's liking isnt the right way to go.

i know "its a players' league" and all that bullcrap... but if you look at the most successful franchise in the league in the past 15 or so yrs. - the spurs, you see a clear difference.

 

DMo needs to grab more rebounds to get minutes. He's soft.

 

LOL... Then why are YOU using DMo's stats when you KNOW he's only averaging 13 minutes per game? Use TS% or come back at me with better metrics.... You even get to choose...

Let's be honest, you're butt hurt and have to resort to calling me a TJones homer.

I wholeheartedly agree DMo should be better long term.... but so far it hasn't happened this season.... Sorry if I stay grounded and calls it likes I sees it.

 

Who cares? Defenses rightfully don't respect Jones' 3pt shot. Why do you think he's always so wide open when he shoots them? Also, despite being so wide open, he still manages to occasionally shoot airballs. And after shooting an airball, he becomes a VERY reluctant 3pt shooter. Even if a defender is 8 feet away, Jones won't shoot the 3. Instead, he'll start pump faking. It's painful to watch.

 

Do you want to whip out some metrics showing how awesome DMo is this year and how pathetic Jones is? Yo boy DD pooped the bed on that one...

 

LOL... DD cares... He posted DMo's 3 pt % as a metric to why he should be playing over the rest of the bigs...

Can't help it if TJones is shooting better from beyond.... I asked him to produce better numbers... Let's wait and watch!

 

then who's our starting 4?

capela - very little offensive skills outside of an alley-oop;
tjones? he's a worse defender than dmo.

i know the small sample size says when capela starting w/ dwight, our win/loss #'s are good lately. but that leaves our entire front court w/ very limited production on offense.

 

If you knew what you were seeing when you watched the game, you wouldn't need to rely on metrics to know what is going on. Don't worry, I'll try to teach you basketball. It won't be easy because you seem to think Jones is a competent defender which is hilarious, but even the worst students can be taught.

 

Just let them be. Those guys are stuck with the idea of Dmo and do not realize there are better players and Euro players in this league.

 

Tim Duncan is one of the most selfless, team-first players I've ever seen. He's an outlier. You can't use him as a benchmark or you'll always come up wanting.

Catering to a player isn't the morally correct way to go, but it's the only way to keep him on the team. Otherwise, they'll demand a trade or sign elsewhere. Don't forget that Dwight didn't like his role on the Lakers so he signed with us.

 

....so no. You are waving the white flag.

How do you make so much money as a pro basketball scout/evaluator and have enough time to bash TJones on at least 3 different Rocket fan sites? Amazing....

 

I am fairly certain that he can't play in long spurts yet, that's what usually the doctors say after a player come off of an injury. 5-6 minutes usually is the max they allow them.
Perhaps the team tries to take as slow as possible to not put it at risk??

Why noone asks the coach about DMO?

 

Not everyone can be Porzingis, Dirk or a Gasol.

 

I'd roll with Capela and Howard, then sub one out after 3-4 minutes for DMo.

 

So far this year he is getting T-black minutes as of last year. Problem is JB is not a bigs coach he has no clue how to make bigs play,you can see it DH stats list, its not that DH is bad ,there are no plays written for bigs right now.

 

No, true, but DMo is a solid 2nd option on offense.

DD

 

I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if that was the case by the end of the season or in a month really.

 

while duncan is the core and he is indeed unique, him alone cant form the culture that exists today within that organization.

while i understand it is real hard to build a culture like that (sometimes it may even take a bit of luck), always catering to players, from the long run, tends to build an unhealthy environment, imo.

yes, howard left the lakers becoz he's unhappy. but, looking back today, did the lakers really lose anything? meanwhile, how's that giving kobe mega million dollar contract in his twilight yrs (catering) idea working out for them?