Dog you did you really just say a 9 point performance from Jalen Green is a decent game? Considering his primary role on this roster is to score? Am I reading that right?
He didn't have a good game. His primary role is to either score or create 4 on 3 advantages for his teammates. He did a lot of the later last game. His teammates didn't respond well.
Call it what you want. Jalen in this series needs to give us 20+ points per game for us to have any chance. Nobody in their right mind would consider anyone else on this roster the same level of scorer as Jalen. If he is giving us 7 or 9 points then he is failing in his role plain and simple.
They both have no experience getting to the playoffs, this is both their first time playing playoff basketball. My point is that if you think Amen is too young to be blamed then he should be sat down on the bench. If he is playing 35 mins over Jabari and Tari then he has to justify that PT rather than being excused he is young. Reed and Cam are young too, guess what they are on the bench. Basically if Amen is on the court he has to earn his keep otherwise sit him down. Curry popped for 36 and already killed us 2 times if Amen was so good at defense why is this happening again and again? Curry is their only offense if Amen can lock Curry down we win this series but he hasnt been doing that in fact in the one win it was Jalen guarding Curry not Amen. Game 2 Jalen was the one who got couple of steals and deflections from Curry and was diving for loose balls.
I agree but Amen and FVV have failed their role every game thus far. Ime too has gotten outcoached so far. Not sure why you are singling out Jalen when at least he did his job for one game. Jalen has to score 20+ pts every game but its ok for Amen to be Ben Simmons on offense and let Curry go off for 30 every game? lol
I'm with you on having Bari and Tari in more over Amen. There's no doubt Amen's got some favoritism, and it's warranted based on his regular season play. Also Amen isn't the only one defending Curry this series, but when he does Curry has his lowest FG%. Edit: This was my 10,000th post on Clutchfans!
Ok bro here we go again. Do you see the shots curry is hitting? In game one he hit multiple logo threes while contested so no I don’t blame Amen. We knew Amen was limited offensively. Amen is also in his second year not his fourth. FVV has failed in his role as well atleast on the offensive end. I agree with you there. Let’s keep in mind Jalen was the 2nd pick in the draft and he himself believes he should have been first over Cade. That’s why everyone expects more out of Jalen than anyone on this roster. Jalen was supposed to be our star player after Harden left. Everyone in the media is looking at him for a reason. ESPN did a whole segment talking about how his inconsistency is going to get him traded out of Houston. If you are the star you take the blame with the fame.
Ok here we go again. First of all do you think 2 yrs means anything? Personally I dont. When somebody is 28 and somebody is 26 do you think there is a large gap between them? I dont. So if Jalen is 23 and Amen is 21 I see them both as kids. I dont think Jalen is some vet or ready star and Amen is some rookie. Even if you wann argue Jalen has 2 more years, this is both their first playoff series right? So not sure why you are acting like there should be a large gap between them. Secondly ok so Curry is hitting those logo shots that means Amen is useless right? At the end of the day he is bad offensively which is hurting the team and his defense isnt stopping Curry. You get that or no? Bottom line the NBA is about production. If Amen isnt producing then he should be on the bench. Third, Jalen's inconsistency won us our only game. You agree the 1 win was due to Jalen yes or no? How about Amen which game did he win? So you are blaming the guy that won one game but excusing the guy who has been bad all series? Again that doesnt make any sense to me. We are losing cuz Amen, Jalen and FVV basically 3 starters have been bad for 3 games. But at least Jalen was great for 1 game, he was inconsistent while FVV and Amen are just consistently bad. If you wanna assign blame, then dont blame Jalen blame FVV and Amen for sucking ass every game so far. This should be common sense lol. Finally, yeah Jalen was supposed to be the star after Harden left. Unfortunately he hasnt been the star. We also arent paying him like he is a star. Cade is making 42M, Jalen is making much less than that. Cade has a 5 yr contract, Jalen has a 3 yr contract. So if Jalen is traded because he isnt the star then that would be a mistake because he is getting paid like a role player who plays like a top 5 player in the world sometimes. Thats a loss on the team. Where they got drafted doesnt matter as Amen was the 4rth pick and Jabari and Reed 3rd pick. They are all high lotto picks. So what do you mean if you are the star you take the blame with the fame? His contract is Derrick White not Jayson Tatum. As everyone keeps saying Rockets right now have no star. They have Jalen who won one game, Sengun who has played great for 3 games, and Amen who has played terrible all 3 games. The common knowledge is Amen is our future franchise player and Sengun is the all star big man support. Well with the way Amen has been hurting the team on offense and cant stop Curry on defense I think that needs to be revisited if he doesnt step it up. Every playoff series we have is gonna be like this with half court offense.
Please - Draymond is an old man douche and your an old idiot if you think wearing nails doesnt make you fit to play basketball. I saw him with a man purse in Mexico once with his family - if you want to be the defender of manliness, then be real ****ing serious about it. He's the definition of a studio gangster - that's why he is campaigning for his own defensive player of the year on his podcast despite mailing it in for roughly half the year.
You don’t think 2 years of nba experience means anything? Amen was a rookie last season. He hasn’t even had the chance to develop his offensive game. Do you not see how insane that take is? Dog Amen has had the best defensive win shares on this team. He’s our best defender on curry. If we put someone else on him we wouldn’t even be in these games. Do you not understand that production is more than just numbers? Are you saying we would be better off with FVV guarding Curry all game? Amen has been all team defense this season. Jalen has been in the league for 4 years. That matters compared to someone who is literally coming off their rookie season. You are completely wrong in this argument and you know it. Anthony Edward’s from 2 years ago is no where near Ant right now. Sometimes plays good will not ever win a championship. Rockets are looking for a star player in our young core. Anyone who isn’t a star should be expendable because average or good players exist all around the league. your take is just completely wrong. Jalen has had 4 years to fix his inconsistency and even the media has been talking about how inconsistent he is. Amen has been in the league for only 2 years and has already developed more offense than his rookie season. Jalen deserves the blame because he’s been in the league longer and should have developed by now. He just doesn’t have it and you know that. Stop moving the goal post and saying **** like “he played one good game”. You and I both know that 7 and 9 points in a playoff game from him is completely unacceptable. End of story.
And nobody is excusing anyone dude. I’ve said FVV has been awful but nobody thinks FVV is a star. Nobody thinks Amen is a star yet. Jalen is the only one the media talks about as a potential star along with Sengun so that’s why he is getting the blame. When the lakers lose we aren’t blaming Rui or Reaves. It’s LeBron and Luka. The same theory applies here. Unless you are saying definitively that Jalen is not a star. Which in that case we need to move on if he doesn’t show up. Also I’m in the boat that says it’s Jalen’s first playoff series and we should give him another year. Maybe he will develop consistency after this playoff experience. I don’t think we should trade him this offseason but I wouldn’t blame Stone/Tillman/Udoka if they did get rid of him for a proven star.
im not sure what ur saying. Jalen has had these up and downs since his career started. Has there ever been a season where he was consistent all year? dude dips into single digits for months and the fans complain about it all the time.
the person who was saying 2 yrs experience is same as 4 year experience is saying Jalen is wildly inconsistent because he's basically a sophomore like Amen
Fred makes $40+ mil a year and is complete trash offensively. Can’t create his own shot and bricks wide open shots. He gets 0 blame for a veteran with a championship who should be setting the tone for the young guys and settle them down by hitting g big buckets but he’s non existent most of the season.
Draymond’s a b****. Wish he would get under cut and break his back for all the bs he’s done his whole career.
