Rockets-Cavs Reaction: Amen Thompson is HERE, Rockets SWEEP Cavs | The Dime With Josh and Kwab
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- Josh and Kwab react to Amen Thompson and the Houston Rockets defeating Donovan Mitchell, Darius Garland, and the Cleveland Cavaliers 135-131
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#rockets #cavs
man im loving how Ime has my Rockets looking.
Gotta be in contention for coach of the year 💯
Uain lying bro got these boys right
@@thedimenba crazy thing is he never gets mentioned.
@@thedimenba
I think it's between Ime and the Cavs coach right now. I might lean toward, Ime just because Houston wasn't expected to be anywhere near where they are now.
This was one of the best offensive games the rockets have played.
Great passing and great team ball.
If they can play like this all the time, they would be SCARY 👀👀
@@thedimenba
They need someone to step up offensively in the fourth. This team is still learning and that’s scary!!
@@Fudoshin01definitely refreshing not seeing a 4th quarter collapse due to offense even though it was the defensive end this game
Also helped that niang sat around watching and leaving huge holes behind him for most of the game
Houston is a contender. They have a Big Three, Jalen, Sengun, Amen. This team is stacked and has a deep bench with alot of very good picks in the next 5 years. No need to trade for anyone. Just enjoy PHX and BKN lottery picks every year for the next half decade.
They are not a true contender, Thompson Green & Sengun have never seen the playoffs, they are clearly overachieving & that's wonderful but no way in hell anyone that truly knows ball is taking Houston to win the championship 💯
@@chaelarocca8465so they should pack it up 🤷♂️? They are second in the west and just swept a team that hasn’t been beaten a lot all season. They are contenders, just not a lock like Celtics and OKC, but they are contenders
@@elliotness11 Didn't say they should pack it up tf I said they're overachieving which is great & will help the main core in the long run but again, that doesn't make them true contenders maybe a 2nd round exit maybe but you take Jeff Green FVV DB Holiday Adams & Landale off the team none of the players have seen the playoffs lol go ahead put your money on them to win the Finals if you want 😂 but Houston isn't there yet maybe in 2 or 3 years yes but definitely not now
Thays the point of those vets. Didnt you know that? 😂 Too bad, i know the Rockets are frustrating to play against on most nights. There owner, GM and head Coach deserve alot of credit. These guys are just super serious .😅 Till-MAN dosnt want to lose. He fired everybody when he bought the Rockets 😂
@@chaelarocca8465 people who call it “ball” are those that are trying to sound like they know what they’re talking about.
Cavs absolutely wanted to win this game. They came out super aggressive.
Sengun (pronounced Shengoon) continues to eat against them and keeps proving he's the best player in his draft class. And Jalen showed he's right there with mobley.
Without Amen, they would have lost a close game. Kid is going to be special. He needs to start.
Scary thing is, Jabari isn't there and he's not far behind the other three in his progression. And he's younger than them. So yes he also needs to start. He doesn't need to figure out where he fits. We're a better defensive team with him and he is probably the best shooter on the team.
Brooks needs to go to the bench.
As a Houstonian, Jabari isn't going to the bench. Ime Udoka values defense and versatility, and our defense has taken a hit due to Amen playing the 3 and Brooks sliding over to cover the 4. Our highest rated defensive line-ups feature Jabari, and Jabari helps space the floor because he's a better shooter. If anything, it's Brooks whose position is in jeopardy; but I don't see him coming off the bench either. One thing's for certain, in an Ime Udoka led team, who starts doesn't matter as much as who's playing the most minutes.
@@3rdCoastAlliance so if brooks doesn’t leave the lineup I guess that just leaves Amen. Are you cool with that?
@@thedimenba Of course! Like I mentioned before, the starting lineup is just that (a starting lineup).
People place too much value on who starts. What matters most is who's playing the most minutes, cause that'll tell you who's most valuable to the team on a game-to-game basis. Amen may come off the bench, but he's going to play 30+ minutes in a lot of games.
Agree with all of this. Unfortunately, the politics of hierarchy in draft picks by year may play a part; esp when considering the vets that built us up. I hope I’m wrong tho.
Amen is going back to the bench once Bari is cleared to play
Offense flows better with Amen is on the floor... He gets Jalen Green good shots as well as Fred. Jabari a Ball Stopper
As a Rockets fan, Ime is going to start Jabari when he’s back and healthy. Jabari brings a lot on help defense and he can switch 1-5. He also unlocks Sengun.
Jabari needs to slide to the 3. Let Amen stay at the 4. Brooks slides into second unit. Unlikely to happen. But there's no two ways about it. Jabari is a perimeter threat, Amen is a dunker spot threat. Amen is the better rebounder/crasher and outlet passer. Jabari *is a 3*.
@@ronking5103 completely agree
Amen is the connector we desperately missed in our offense early season.
Jabari brings the best out of Sengun, by being a help defender in the paint and a good shooter.
I think Amen will makes jabari better too, Dillon is going to the bench, core 7 is taking over one by one
Amen Thompson and Tari Eason coming off the bench together is dynamic. Jabari helps us spread the floor and he's a solid defender and important to our rebounding and he's longer then Amen. But because of that Terror Twins duo of Amen and Tari I would guess Jabari is still starting when he comes back, now next season could be different we could see Amen starting and Dillion Brooks coming off the bench.
Jabari is the second best defender on the team. And honestly Dillon may be behind not only Tari, but maybe even Jalen on D at this point.
I like Brooks, but he needs to move to the bench when Jabari returns.
Dillon is absolutely going to the bench THIS SEASON when Jabari comes back lol, not next season. Dillon is on the bench when Jabari gets back.
Amen is going back to the bench, y'all DB is here for at least another year til Eason can prove he can stay healthy, the only one out is FVV cause he's asking for a 50 million dollar one year extension 😂
It is great to see the Rockets playing so well. Great defense makes a difference. I would love to see a Thunder/Rockets conference final.
Great take guys. Maybe your right about the Rockets not being championship contenders, but they are still improving (bigtime) as the season unfolds.
The first half of the season seemed like they worked on the D, rotations, boards, ball handling and transition game....lately we are seeing them improve their 1/2 court offensive.
They maybe are contenders by years-end.
I hope they move Brooks to the 2nd unit with Adams (Griz-mates), Tari and Cam and I hope Reed. Then keep Amen and Jabari in the starting lineup. Go Rockets
The key is what Ime does when Jabari is available. Amen clearly has helped JG and the team defense to start games.
We truly fear the Rockets. They've got a squad!
Jabari gotta be the most disrespected good player. I have a barometer of your ball knowledge based on your opinion of him
Lets go h town. About time. My youngest have arrived cuhs. 😊
Cavs' Mobley, Jared and Tristan put all together were not even equal to Alperen. They could not stop this guy unless they fouled him.
Facts
It's funny to see the fellow Rockets fans so quick to state the obvious that Jabari absolutely needs to start with Brooks moving to the bench.
I get national types can't watch as much as we do, but it was apparent when he was in that we were better.
Call it a hot take if you want, but he's just as good defensively as mobley and a better shooter. That statement won't be wild this time next year with hindsight.
Great video though. Keep that quality coming!
Thanks man! Definitely appreciate the comment. This helps understanding the team better than we do and gives us more nuance when discussing them
These rockets impose their will on teams love to see it
It’s a great problem but Brooks to the bench
This is the most direct reproach to Morey Ball one can have today. Screw the analytics. Screw the floor spacing. Lock in on D, and run in transition better than anyone else. It's Pat Riley's Showtime, supercharged by modern elite athletes. Amen at the 4 has a been an eye-opening experiment. Even if we ignore the occasional made 3, it shows that you can run two guys without a shot together. They just can't both be stuck in the mud. This is my favorite version of basketball. Green is blossoming, FVV is proving that a gritty undersized floor general can be invaluable, Sengun seems to have taken personal offense to the many (myself included) that knock his ability to play the 5. That's a lie today. He *is playing the 5* and doing it more aggressively and physically than anyone else I've seen since Ben Wallace. And Amen. Years from now, it won't be Wemby people are talking about as *the unicorn*. It's going to be a 6'7 freak of nature that plays out of his mind in *every facet of the game*.
Cavs fan here, and please allow me first and foremost to give flowers to the Houston Rockets, they took care of business this week, well done, now on to my Cavs, I am of the mindset that the Cavs are a young team trying to learn how to win, while being the hunted.
That type of resolve takes a playoff-type mindset, so for me, while the results were not the outcome I would have liked, it does provide a teachable moment for a young team learning how to compete for a Championship.
More effort on Defense
Trust one another and move the damn ball
Better effort on Defense (there is a difference)
Make our free throws
Stay away from hero ball
I am pleased with the growth this Cavs team has produced, but as we see this week, there is still room to go. Congrats Houston in a great sweep on your part, would not mind seeing you, OKC or Memphis again in June.
Go Cavs!
Brooks better sit himself on the bench, because they are absolutely missing jabari. Amen helps in multiple ways, especially speeding things up. But jabari also provides critical things they do need for their potential. People dismissing jabari feels like when people were saying green and alpi couldn't play together.
@@wuzi7049 I think it’s more of the fact that team is clicking with what they have right now. Jabari can definitely take the team up a notch hopefully he can fit right in
@@thedimenbaJabari played a lot of this season starting they can play with bro 😂
@ I gotta take a look at the +- numbers if we take out Dillon and add Jabari. I’m sure there’s some data on that lineup. Will report back 😂
@@thedimenba since bari been hurting the rockets defensive ranking went down that’s your +- for you nerd
@@thedimenbaTbf they were clicking when Jabari was playing. He was also noticeably improving and I believe they were still 2nd in the west
Having Steven Adams relieving Sengun and youngsters like Cam Whitmore off the bench is a positive.
Keep sleeping on the Rockets, this team is stacked with young talent and assets . Our time is coming go HTwn 🤟
Oh we believe it’s coming. The real question is WHEN? Love what’s going on in H-Town
@@thedimenba Thank you for giving us some shine, the city is excited for our Young Rockets. Huge credit to our GM for excellent drafts and hiring our Great Coach. We have an identity because of Ime , no nonsense, physicality, and not afraid to throw down if we need to.
Keep Amen in the starting lineup and Jabari can make an impact off the bench with Tari Eason. They both got drafted together so they would have great chemistry off the bench together. Jabari and Tari
I mean 2-0 vs cavs 3-0 vs Memphis 1-0 vs Denver 1-2 vs OKC with both losses being close. How are they not champ ready
I think lack of playoff experience is probably the biggest thing Houston has going against them. Other than that, they look like contenders
For argument sakes, everyone one of those games we had extended stretches where we couldn’t put the ball in the basket.
Bad loses back to back versus Miami and Minny where we were up and the offense stalled. In the playoffs scoring comes down, pressure goes up. Most of our guys don’t have a single playoff game. You really got to see how they look under the hot lights.
We played Detroit and lost on a bacc to bacc when we beat Cavs first game.
12:04 smith is now a tradable asset. before, I would say he was one of the untouchables.
I have to disagree because the defense has slipped since he absence.
I think when Jabari comes back you start Jabari at the 4, start Amen at the 3, and move Brooks to the bench
When Jabari comes back to the team. I think he stays in the line up, but its Dillon Brooks who goes to the bench and Amen starts at the 3. Jabari has consistently been featured in our best defensive line ups, and is super underrated when it comes to rebounding and weak side paint protection. The only person that has a worse on off number at the moment is Brooks by 2-3 points, and that's probably due to his bad shooting stretch lately. Brooks is the most likely candidate to get replaced as a starter. At the same time though for an Ime lead team it isn't important who starts. It's the minutes played, and who ends games that's important. I think by the end of the season our most played line up will be FVV, Jalen, Amen, Jabari, Sengun. It was already trending that way before Jabari got hurt.
"Can I get an Amen" is our future Superstar. He should never come out of the starting lineup. Bari could replace Brooks. Brooks and Adams have chemistry along with Tari off the bench damn.
When Jabari comes back Brooks (or FVV if he’s cold) goes to the bench. Our D and rebounding have suffered since Jabari got hurt.
You can thank the NBA. They wanted us to watch the Lakers vs Warriors instead.
Amen replaces Brooks who isn't playing as well as he was earlier in the season. When you do the stats Amen and Jabari are better than Brookes and Jabari or Brookes and Amen.
This makes the most sense to me based off what rockets fans have been saying here
Rockets got tha better Thompson twin 🤘🏽🚀
11:27 DB hasn’t been playing good all January. His defense hasn’t been consistent, reckless fouls, shooting has been down from early this season. Amen staying the starter with Jabari.
Only player I can think of that can play every position. Amen has the vision to play PG which may be his natural position, but has the size to play center as he showed last night blocking the 7 foot Mobley one on one. He just needs to work on his jump shot and he’s the ultimate payer.
We probably need to bench or trade Dillion and start amen and Jabari. Tari and Cam come off the bench
We just trying to get playoff first. Then we’ll see
Not to many teams want to see the rockets in a playoff series !! They are pest on defense and FVV can get off the rock and let amen rock out .. Watch out
You need to consider adding minutes played along with those stats in the beginning.
Amen off the bench…he produces either way…If you bring Jabari off the bench, you don’t know how he will look…
I personally want Amen to go back to the bench. But I think realistically let Amen start over Bari until he gets his rhythm back and implement him back into the starting lineup. Dillon Brooks should start over Amen but as long as Amen closes out games that’s all that matters.
#Rockets didn't play great defense against cavs. Ime postgame: "hurts my heart to give up 47 in a quarter, especially the 4th." Regarding zone-d, they did play zone in the 3rd, they stopped playing b/c Ime adjusted from previous game, (bc prior game their zone hurt us), and put amen in the slot and killed the zone. Amen is a starter. Bench Jabari or Brooks. #Murica
Amen is a starter from now on
The Rockets are a problem
If anything, I would ask Brooks if he is willing to come off the bench and have a line-up of Amen and Jabari in. But the chemistry is good right now so I would not mind if Jabari does come off the bench. Next year though, its going to be the young guys in the starting line up.
They didnt have jabari smith but they had amen thompson
There is no way Amen goes back to the bench. He and Jalen play so well together. Move Brooks to the bench and bring Bari to the 4.
I am willing to bet, that Jabari will be placed on limited minutes to " let him heal" and Iman will stay in the starting lineup 💪
Amen stays in the first 5. Who would take him out? He is right now the best player of Houston Rockets. I say it as a huge Alperen fan. Amen levels the Rockets up. Jabari needs to work harder.
As a long time rockets fan jabari needs to come off the bench the offense not the same with him n the starting line up his offense not that good as amen
4:46 - 5:05 😆
Brooks goes to the Bench. The End
Bari starts
Starting lineup should be Jalen, Amen, Dillon, Jabari and Sengun’!
LFG Rockets!
If it ain't broke dont fix it
I didn’t watch the game but looking at the box scores I just want to know, where the refs pretty one sided or was it called how it should have been and the Cavs where just fouling like crazy?
Cuz lookin at free throws the rockets 45 total to 26 total in Houston’s favor is kinda wiled? I watch the thunder a lot so I’ve seen a lot of bad free throw disparity games where the refs clearly didn’t want to call anything for the thunder but would call the softest fouls on the other side?
Can't find one article on ESPN or SI about the Rockets. Like usual the Rockets never get any respect from the press. Beat the Cavs back to back and crickets. Jabari should replace Brooks.
Move Brooks to the bench. Brooks and FVV aren't the long term vision of this team. I would be willing to upset either one of them by moving them to the bench. Obviously Ime will determine who close games depending on each players in game performance.
FVV
Green
Amen
Jabari
Sengun
With Jabari, even Alpi is a plus defender. Without him, team struggles in defence and defensive rebounding. Also he helps spacing in offence. U seem to fail his importance to this team. Ofc Amen is a better player but he is not a real 4. So if he starts, he should take place of dillon but i think it will hurt dillons ego and team chemistry.
It's not Jabari, it's Dillon
When jabari comes back Dillon has to come off the bench
I think Brooks would be better off the Bench when Bari comes back.
The Rockets look extremely scary when a true 3&D is coming off the bench.
Jabaris lenth and rebounding makes a big difference as well being able to shoot from three amongst his other many talents.
Brooks is bench in this system & these players and i think he will embrace it because he was brought in as part of a mentorship for the young guys not to be a rouge Chemistry Vampire and i think he knows this and thats not even who he is. If brooks started a Ruckus he would be traded.
Why would he trade himself from a situation as good as the one hes in?
Rockets are scarey brooks will go to the bench.
Dillon goes to the bench. Jabari is an excellent defender. Especially with help D. Jabari was also on fire. Currently, DB is playing PF and he has been horrible since he replaced Jabari at PF.
Also subbing. I like y'alls attitude towards our criticisms. Thanks for all the recent Rocket's content!
Thanks for subbing! Appreciate you dropping knowledge on your team
You're talking back to back but u gta remember, they played right before the back to back and rockets beat them in that one too. Thompson needs to stay starting but they're gna switch back to Jabari. Theyll find more minutes for Thompson tho.
Dillon moves to the bench
Unless okc is clearing the west or you guys think the nuggets are still contenders idk see how the rockets can’t win the west almost every game has been a playoff atmosphere beat every top ten in the nba besides the Celtics and kings 😂
Do you think the Rockets WILL make the Western Conference Finals?
Man. I'm starting to think that's not a crazy thought.
No. But they’ll make a good run in the playoffs for sure!
Jabari will start, but i think his minutes will decrease
Amen is amazing but Jabari’s size and defense on bigs makes him stand out great stretch 5 Chris Bosh vibes
Yea, we some dog pound bullies out here. Clutch City got the league on notice.
not only do they keep Amen in the starting line up when Smith comes back, they SHOULD move Tari in the starting line up and move Brooks to coming off the bench with Smith. Unstoppable.
Can't disagree more. Yes, Brooks needs to go to the bench, but Jabari needs to start.
I love Tari, but Jabari is the better player. Better defender and better shooter. Tari is better at moving the ball.
East is weak
I’m not a cavs fan but man Houston stay at the FT line when they play the cavs awful to watch
ur a Cavs fan no need to lie. lol
Ur a casual. They purposely fouled adams 6 times on purpose. Getting ur hating self out
Cavs got so tired of playing defense they just started doing Hack-a-Sengun and Hack-a-Adams
@ it was 31 FTs to 13 mid way to the 3rd like i said disgusting
@@jroc828 nah I’m a magic fan no shame in my game 😂
✌🏻 peace out, I stopped watching when home boy with the Knicks hat said The Rockets are not title contenders.
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