@@bastadimasta man you wanna split the hair? Alright then "A content creator is someone who creates entertaining or educational material to be expressed through any medium or channel." Gotcha!|!!
I totally agree with Roosh. You can replace Jalen only with Amen on this current roster. Anyone who knows ball already knows that Cam is not even an option, and if you replace him with Tari, you just don't have enough guys to handle the ball. When you replace Jalen with Amen, you instantly get better on rebounding, defending, handling, playmaking, transition offense and defense, efficiency, rim pressure. And there's so little you sacrifice for all that since Jalen doesn't really provide any outside shooting anyway.
It will be interesting, on the one hand jalen is horrible statistically shooting the ball, but he still draws defenders unlike amen who defenders are happy to sag off. In the end, the sad part is both jabari and jalen sucks at open catch and shoot, but are decent for tougher dribble pull up threes or stepback threes
@@amb86that's because his shooting is always a threat, he starts because of his gravity not his shot making, but rather his shot taking and he makes difficult shots.
I’ve always said we should trade jalen sooner rather than later as he’s clearly a fools gold player. We can get value for him rn we just need to be bold!! ❤ 🚀
First time to the channel. Bulls fan who just loves the league. I'm only 11 seconds in and just wanted to say thank you for that intro music. It hit the mood perfectly and I was so glad it did not blast some noise on me. ( Fine, sometimes.)
Great pod guys. I have held out belief that Jalen would break out this year and to say I have been disappointed is an understatement. he started the year on a good note and has fizzled ever since. it doesn't help that Jabari's play has also regressed. I agree with both of you that our defense is good enough to win. we have got to find someone to fill the shooters role. we are generating wide open looks and tossing up bricks. on the nights someone is shooting HOT we are a force. on the nights we can't find that person we struggle. the way we are built we must get offense from our guards to balance Alperen, and we have not gotten that on a regular basis from either FVV or Jalen. we have got to get better guard play to take the next step IMO.
Emerging has also regressed. The paint is getting covered because he holds the ball to long. Can’t make a shot because he can do anything if he can’t spin. Also as missed many open players. The big problem for the offense is that it’s stale, every team, with the exception of Cleveland, only focuses on shooting the three so teams are going defend that.
It gives me pain what alpi has to do to operate in this team man:') like when he is on post the paint is stacked and he desperately calling out for someone to cut. That is painful. Like watching someone literally struggle
Yeah, that's exacly how i feel watching the games... It's like his mind is 3/4 plays ahead, but the rest of the team just does not follow his IQ. The only one that I see that follows Sengun is Tari Eason, he's always cutting or floating through the court
Jalen with that kind of 3-point shooting will kill the Rockets. Rockets have been trying to make him a star and build the team around him for the last 4 years and but it will not happen at all. Ok, he is electric when going to the rim but one team cannot live with that sort of amusement only. Fred is a disaster this year as well when it comes to shooting. If he is having a bad night he should not take shots. When Alpi kicks out the ball neither Fred not Jalen can score, so Alpi takes the job in his hands but how can one expect him to fight with a lot of opposing players against him in the paint. I am just worried that he may injure himself in the coming days if the process goes on like that.
I am 💯 percent in agreement with you. The reason Alp shooting percentage has dipped is cause he’s trying to score with double teams because he’s the only offense now & when he kicks it out to Fred and Jalen they’re bricking the shit out of the ball. Now Alp is working way too hard and may get himself injured.
Jabari has never gotten the volume of a #3 pick. If Jalen moves out of the way, Jabari could ascend. I watched it at Auburn, summer league, end of games - whenever he needs to be the guy, he is the guy. Gotta stop making him the 4th or 5 option if we want better offense
@AbundanceBuild Jabari's average field goal attempts is 11. That's more than enough volume. Moreover, Jabari chose to stand in the corner waiting instead of cutting or contributing to the team. Jabari is just like Jalen. He needs to prove his worth to the team.
@bastadimasta from the corner you can only cut baseline which he does regularly when Alpi is at the elbow otherwise where and when is he going to cut? You're assigned to the corner for floor spacing. That's about half the shots Jalen gets. Everything is run for by and through Jalen. Jabari just gets random rebound putback "shots" and 3-5 corner threes. It's obvious his usage percentage is low.
@@AbundanceBuildbro his problem is he rushes his shots.. he so scared to miss a opportunity he take contested shots.. if he would just pump fake side dribble shoot or just plain take his time he would be ok
Rockets offense right now is Alp and the Terror twins. Their shooters can’t shoot. What it does is make their offense very predictable. If you can stop Alp and match the Terror twins energy you can beat them easily. You can’t just rely on energy or defense to win every night. Rockets need to make a trade or changes to their starting backcourt cause it’s none existent on offense. The starting backcourt is their weakness and needs to be addressed if they want to live up to the expectations they set for themselves.
I honestly think Jalen lacks focus, i mean he bricks in rhythm shots, I don’t know what shot he even makes consistently. The door is open for Reed imo, as long as he can continue to simply make shots and play average defense which he is capable of his minutes need to increase. This is Jalen’s 4th season he’s had more than enough leeway.
Jalen has improved in other areas of his game, such as his defense. Unfortunately for him, that's not what we needed most from him as a team nor is that what the front office is expecting of him. Stone specifically stated he wanted Jalen to be a more consistent player. I think his shot selection has a lot to do with his inefficiency. Its literally the same thing every year. Idk what they need to do.
man, i always look forward to frank's analysis. please keep it up!! i love that jabari as a "coach pet" lol. as an old school rocket fan, due to jalen's inconsistent/streaky shooting, is he comparable to a sleepy floyd (who can drop 30 to 40 on some nights)? an atheletic sleepy floyd? much love from korea!! Go Rockets!!
The reason why Ant and SGA are so dominant is because they can attack the basket with high conversion, either score or get fouled. Jalen is very inconsistent with that. And that’s what Cam is good at.
I really want to have Cam get the same opportunities as Jalen's. The only difference is Cam go in the draft 2 years later but they have same explosiveness. Shooting seems to be on side of Cam and he also doesn't just hoist them a lot when shots are missing.
Seth Curry might be available via trade before trade deadline. Him, or someone like him would give us a back up shooting guard. If Jalen is cold, then Curry could go in.
To the roster construction concerns and putting that on the GM, we did have a Jalen Green sub in KPJ that probably would’ve worked nicely if not for all the off the court stuff with him. It’s not like he’s been great for the Clippers though, at least not against us. But I think things with Jalen would be pretty different if KPJ were still on the team.
3:01 bro it's the times we live in clearly the last days everyone is unhinged we win the comment section "We are the best in the league they play for each other we have a dynasty in the making" we lose 1 game " Fire Ime trade Jalen,build Alp a statue,and trade everyone for Giannis" I'm like damn it's pre season lol
@@RawMcRaw😂😂😂 even in the playoffs we won’t see any improved Jalen. Whats going to change? Will he miraculously learn how to shoot consistently cause we’re in the playoffs? Lmfao Green is a bust to me.
@@pon372 How he a bust to yo random ass, but not to the franchise? Sit yo goofy ass down. He's inconsistent because of his shot diet and when he shoots the ball in our offense not because he's bad hoe. We depend on him to finish possessions, not to create his own shots so that he can get into a rhythm, we play slow and methodical that also doesn't bode well for him. When the rockets are playing at a faster pace he is consistently better and so is the team. When the game goes thru Sengun he's worst and so is everybody else honestly I feel like it slows down the game too much when we try to force every action from the mid post. It just becomes a game of monkey in the middle and realistically we don't have the shooters for that, which is why our offense looks like hot garbage because it's easy to key in on Sengun and not have to pay for coming off of your man. That's why we have to rely on Amen and Tari so heavily to create things out of nothing because usually we don't have a leg to stand on offensively, literally our defense is our offense. The reason I say wait until the playoffs is because there is purpose to it and I believe Jalen lives for meaningful games, like I don't think we are seeing the best out of him every night as if he picks and chooses what games to be up for, but mainly because it's the playoffs. His ability to score in one on one situations is definitely going to be a factor especially if the Rockets are to go any further than we think. Most elite scorers are born in the playoffs not during the regular season and for a shifty guard like him it's gonna be a terror trying to stop him for seven games. Really the only team I see being a problem for him is Minnesota if we play through him. Playing thru Sengun is a tougher game because everyone has bigs in the west and team concepts that can take us out of the game but when the rockets play fast then we impose ourselves. Wait n see
Ime calls what he has too. No one else can contribute close to Sengun. Jalen looks better but not enough. The players we need to try to develop offensively from with in I think are Reed, Cam, and Tari. Jabari needs high post touches. And amen keep improving shooting. But with where we’re at now it’s usually Sengun in crunch time
Jalen has two incurable issues. First he's not snart. He cannot chose the right shots, read the game, understand his teammates etc. Second, he's avoids physical and emotional challenge. He gives up easily when he is challenged.
I don't care about the numbers so much, I care about players choices. Coach takes a time out, draws a play and gives the ball to the jalen than jalen just doesn't takes the screen from sengun and runs in to the crowd. That's just unacceptable. They are cutting down Fred's touches for Jalen, they are drawing plays for Jalen, they are doing a lot but Jalen just doesn't take what they are giving. He needs to understand that behavior hurts him the most. Now Fred feel's betrayed, he thinks team is not gonna pick his option and Sengun thinks even he is the best player in the team, they don't want him to be the best player. And young guys are looking at the situation and thinks if you're talented, if you have a big potential, than teams will pay you even if you play the wrong way. He is just a bad example for the rest of the guys.
I just wanna kno wat it is tht jalen, the coaching staff, and the off-season trainers have been working for the three years he’s been in the league. Is he just always reverting back to his old habits? Is the coaching staff making him work more off ball tell him to cut in practice or just lettin him to roc out and focus on defense? I don’t wanna pretend like he hasn’t improved at all because he has, it’s just on things tht aren’t gonna move the needle for me. It’s gonna keep him around in the league, but it’s not gonna make him a cornerstone.
Jalen Green energy is off cuz everyone forget last season single n focused one off season later new father to two baby girls and two BM’s and he is like 22-23 that’s a lot of stress off the court in the public eye of course his focus is off. That’s 4 girls/women to deal with all at once so his basketball focus is not there
He'd better show some sparks. He sure has the potential. His athleticism if off the charts, needs to complement that with average shooting at the very least.
So I need to put out into the "Universe" ... that I was Dead @ss wrong about the 2025 NBA Draft. I've been scouting the Talent for the this Draft ... and there is a HUGE fall off after Cooper Flagg & Dylan Harper !! Other than Flagg (and maybe Harper), I don't see anyone worth Houston's time. I was high on Ace Bailey but "he ain't it" in my opinion ... and chances are slim to None for the Rockets to have a Lottery Shot at Flagg (cuz the 76'ers are horrible & the Wizards are tanking hard AF) .. Rafael Stone covets the 2027 NBA Draft, and Now I see WHY !! Cuz the Rockets could potentially have TWO Top-5 Picks in this Draft, and the 2027 Draft has got some Dudes (like Tyran Stokes looking like a Light Skin Zion Williamson w/ a Jump Shot). So I gotta "Give Flowers" to Rafael Stone cuz he clearly knows WTF he doing !! .. In Rafael, I Trust !! For Real
Amen is the most logical option to replace JG in my opinion. JG needs to give a chance to being the bench scorer, I think he really could excel in that position
I cant imagine if Antman trage with JG. I think Senguns efficiency depends on the double triple teams. If he has to go against doubles or triples efficiency is horrible. It is just the extend of bad shooting.
y’all acting surprised about this offense or acting as if y’all don’t know where the problem is on this offense makes me laugh. Let’s stop acting ignorant or thinking the fans are stupid, we know the problem is the starting backcourt. It’s easy to fix, make a change to either Fred or Green and y’all will see this team reach close to its potential.
But playing Devil advocate I’d say we could enter Tari in the starting line up slide DB to Sg. That way we don’t lose any shooting quite possibly add a better shooter/defender to the starters
Love that my guy Roosh is a Horn. I still think Jalen is good, and if he doesn’t hit then his contract will settle to lower $$ or he will be moving on elsewhere,
@StateOfTheRockets i just thought what would be better than amen... 2 amen! Lol dont they play different positions. If he plays defensive like his bro that would be a good thing. I know it wont happen just a thought
I dont know man... but I got this weird feeling of Jalen playing alongside Fred V.-Sengun tandem is kind of like having psychological/confidence drag on him, it seems to me like Fred is favoring Sengun more than Jalen to be the center piece of the team.
I dont think it would work to start Amen as SG. Just gives more of an excuse to teams to clog the paint. Like Frank said, I would like to trade for a better PG who can shoot and take over when necessary so that we dont have to worry about Jalen. I would propose: FVV (or Jalen if they prefer) + Cam W + Phoenix picks for Dearon Fox (or Trae Young or Tyler Herro). If this not possible, then I would try to get Markannen with a trade centered on Jabari so that we can improve shooting and offense that way.
I've been holding onto this since last offseason and potentially this coming offseason because us Rockets fans hate any trade proposal that would have to involve at least 1 or more young core player just out of hand. And Rightly so because the trades are so lopsided they're usually ridiculous. But I would like the Rockets to take a long long long look at Trae Young. Particularly in the offseason. Despite all the hate Trae Young gets, he's a good shooter and a great passer. His main critique is his defense, but if Ime can turn Jalen into a decent defender he can turn Young into one as well. We are also probably one of the few fan bases that won't turn on a Coach for benching their star player if they don't play defense. From what I've seen with Trae Young's defense, it's not a matter of not trying on defense, he just doesn't seem to know what the fuck he should be doing. I think he'd thrive in Houston and remember how everyone trashed Dillon Brooks and how well he's done for himself here. I think it'd be a similar situation for Trae Young. Again this is more of an offseason move because our current identity revolves around defensive team chemistry and that's something that will crumble quickly after a major trade.
And again, I get why people don't like Trae Young, and unless he ends up on the Rockets I will also choose to not like him. But I think his skill set matches up to what we need and he's been very consistent in those areas throughout his entire career. I'm not saying I'd trade the farm and the house for him, but there are possibly reasonable trade packages out there that don't involve Alpi and the Terror Twins.
if it wasn't for the "politics" (said using the Bomani Jones "politics" voice) then Amen and Tari would be starting over Jalen and Jabari, and the Rockets would be even better than they already are and wouldn't get off to so many slow starts.
The call not against Fleet ... But that was great no call... But that chuck up was so stupid even if. But lets BACK UP ON YHE INBOUND AGAINST BUCKS... BUT TO HAVE YOUR SHORTEST PLAYER TO INBOUND THE BALL TO WIDE OPEN Alpi. 10:17 START AMEN... Hes literlly better than every starter. Amen is going to start and triple double is giaranteed of he olays 38 min
Lots of true things said about Jalen, but I do think Roosh undersold his passing ability. He's made those skip passes along with some other good ones this year. But yes an issue is he doesn't do it enough and hasn't been doing it much lately.
I would be surprised to see a compilation of him running pNr and hitting a cross-court skip pass (not a corner kick-out) this season. Please link me if there’s one out there to watch. - Roosh
@@StateOfTheRockets may be conflating the kick out with skips. I was watching his assists on shotcreator recently so I'll check and see if there's a real skip in there!
@@StateOfTheRockets those are the only two of his assists. Idk if there are more that weren't converted. Obviously you're right that it is extremely rare for him to make it.
Jalen Green does not look like a person for the Rockets. In one game, an assistant coach is walking down the Rockets bench during the game shaking the hands of the players, but the assistant coach seems to purposely not shake Jalens' hand. Jalen gives him a look and says something, and then the assistant coach reaches back to shake Jalen's hand. (Ref Portland Trailblazer game.) If the Rockets trade Jalen Green or Cam Whitmore, it will be one of the worst trades in history. It will be like the Tennessee Titans trading A.J. Brown for a replacement receiver and a draft pick. Jalen has all the skills and more as Micheal Jordan, Lebron James, and Kobe Bryant; however, Jalen does not have the mental toughness and the alpha male mentality. Jalen seems to be more of a Sigma male. But if the Rockets trade Jalen, it may signal to the team that no one is safe. Why trade Jalen and Cam and draft picks for a thirty-something star like Jimmy Butler, Kevin Durant, or Devin Booker when they are at an age where they are always injured/unavailable. Find out what motivates Jalen and execute the motivation. The same goes for Cam Whitmore. Go Rockets!
I also don't like this new thing where we play the same team back to back. It's lame. I don't get the shooting. I kept hearing about how great Ben Sullivan is as a shooting coach and it seems like guys are shooting worse than normal (other than Dillon). I have to hope we get the shooting going at some point.
Jalen needs Sengun to be a strong screen setter for space. Defenses already pack the paint with 1: our shooters aren’t great 2: Offense is basic 3: Sengun and Jalen are threats getting to the rim. Sengun uses his screen as if he’s a lob threat. But he isn’t. It’s not the best decision everytime he sets a screen to roll with the guard. Your job as a screener sometimes is to get your guard’s defender out of his way. Sengun doesn’t do that really at all, look at how Sabonis/Jokic sets screens for Murray/Fox they aren’t rolling with them every step of the way. They sometimes hold Murray/Fox defender to allow Murray/Fox to attack downhill 1on1 with the opposing center. WATCH when we play the Nuggets/Kings you’ll see the difference in how they screen compared to Sengun.
Adams does an amazing job with getting Jalen open with his screens and attacking downhill. Ja with Adams was a beast because once Adams hits you it’s 1on1 with their big and Ja going downhill. Everyone went under the screen vs Ja and he still got buckets not SOLELY due to Adams screens but it does play a major role. Rewatch the games where Adams plays with Jalen and look at how open he gets Fred Amen and Jalen. Not the result but the effectiveness of his screen
Jalen and Alpe their not compliment games Jalen fast pace player and explosive while alpe rely on low post and footwork look back when alpe got injured
Zach Lavine is 29 years old has broken leg, bad knees, bad feet. His game is based on Athleticism. Zach will decline in a couple of years. Without looking at age and injury history just randomly replace him.
I want to see what Cam looks like when he’s given Jalen’s minutes. I have seen enough Jalen to know what his ceiling looks like. I want to see what Cam’s ceiling looks like
There going away from SenHub becaue its predictable, yall act like every team that has bigs dont give us problems. Please lit Amen on the starting lineup so we can see just how tragic our shooting is. We will lose games, how tf can you be an off ball terror if you cant shoot on a roster that is on interior based. There would be no spacing. Roosh says what does Jalens spacing amount to? Wins stupid put anybody else in the other than reed and your theory is trash. The truth is our starting line up needs a mass swap out start Reed, Jalen, Amen, Tari and Sengun. Then Amen is in his natural position. Reed will make consistent shots and assist. Amen will push the pace and make the correct passes while scoring efficiently from the dunker spot. Tari gets his buckets because hes Tari and Sengun is baby joker. And yall act like all the shots were made for Jalen to take, a lot of his shots are not coming with in the flow of the offense. He is not a catch and shoot, 6 seconds on the play clock guy. Hes a rhythm guy he needs the ball to create not just an unlimited amount of shots. He needs to dribble into his shots like Kobe, he will never be Book get that shit out yall head. You cant judge a Dog on its ability to fly it doesn't make sense that would be like if we put Segun on the perimeter and got mad for him being inefficient thats not how he plays. Same thing with Vanvleet, hes is being judged on doing what he isnt good at. Numbers do not show the game and the ebs and flows of what happened. The other day Jalen started 5-6 and was hooping, ime moved away from him and he shot poorly for the rest of the game. You cant base everything off of numbers our guys arent being used properly any of them. Like Jabari is probably the second best shooter on the team and has zero sets im tired of watching us win games off of just defense.
I think the only way you solve the shooting issues is you either start or give more minutes Reed or Aaron Holiday or like Roosh said start Amen But Reed a rookie and Aaron Holiday can have that tunnel vision. I wouldn’t mind starting Amen with his defense and he a monster in transition I would be open in Jalen coming off the bench But let’s go to Frank saying here. Politics because they not going to bench Jalen Green if they bench him it won’t be long until we hear certain noises from agents and other stuff behind the scenes. But if I’m Ime that shouldn’t matter you got to do whatever it takes to win I guess another thing with Jalen Green he can do some things with Steven Adams off the bench with the pick and roll. So yeah we need to get better at shooting and I don’t know know how your going to fix it unless you do the other options like I said.
The shooters are there the rhythm and chemistry isnt. Every time we play slow we handicap our players. We need to play through Jalen, Amen, Reed guys who speed up the pace. We are not the Grit n Grind grizzlies we are the run and gun rockets and nlwe need to play that way
OMG only 1 lose after 2 win back to back.. Now immediately asking for Trade and Big Adjustments.. Overreacting opinions and comments… Rockets are 12-6. We know content are matters these days. Let see next game.
13-22-13-23-31-18-12-44-17-33 on 44/34 shooting splits. You want to bench that guy too? Oh by the way, that's Devin Booker. The bar you're holding for Jalen is silly. Apart from SGA and Ant, nobody is putting up the numbers you'd be happy with. Don't overreact to a single game.
Devin Booker typically averages anywhere from 25-27 PPG on somewhere between 57-61% TS. Your comment is wholly unserious and unworthy of legitimate consideration. - Roosh
@@StateOfTheRockets Yes - Booker is older, more established, more consistent...NOW. His first 3 years his TS% was 53/53/56 and he missed 38 games. Jalen's first 3 years his TS% 55/54/54 an he's missed 21 games (played 82 last year which Booker has NEVER done). My point isn't to say he's better than Booker. My point is that you're treating him like trash when he's on a similar path as many of the other great shooting guards historically. He's having a bad stretch of games. It happens (even to people like Booker). He had a good stretch of games to start the season. That happens too with him, and it has been happening quite a bit since the All-Star break last season...He's 22 - stop judging him like he's in the prime of his career.
I've been telling Jalen is no championship in this channel for over 2 years, and been attacked bt Jalen fanboys for sating that. I am glad that people are enlightening.
Poor Leadership by Fred VanVleet and Dillon Brooks starting Fights with Players and Referees. Poor Coaching Rotations by Ime. Fred VanVleet and Dillon Brooks will end the Rockets by Chucking up Shots.
Best 2 content creators for Rockets. Appreciate you fellas
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Content creator is a bad choice of word. I call them analysts.
@@bastadimasta this ain't imdb either, chill
@elnardowebster2842 This isn't OF either.
@@bastadimasta man you wanna split the hair?
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This is great. Finally no sugar coating for Jalen.
I totally agree with Roosh. You can replace Jalen only with Amen on this current roster. Anyone who knows ball already knows that Cam is not even an option, and if you replace him with Tari, you just don't have enough guys to handle the ball. When you replace Jalen with Amen, you instantly get better on rebounding, defending, handling, playmaking, transition offense and defense, efficiency, rim pressure. And there's so little you sacrifice for all that since Jalen doesn't really provide any outside shooting anyway.
It will be interesting, on the one hand jalen is horrible statistically shooting the ball, but he still draws defenders unlike amen who defenders are happy to sag off.
In the end, the sad part is both jabari and jalen sucks at open catch and shoot, but are decent for tougher dribble pull up threes or stepback threes
@@amb86that's because his shooting is always a threat, he starts because of his gravity not his shot making, but rather his shot taking and he makes difficult shots.
@@RawMcRaw Once in a million!
I’ve always said we should trade jalen sooner rather than later as he’s clearly a fools gold player. We can get value for him rn we just need to be bold!! ❤ 🚀
@@RawMcRaw No, he starts because he's 2nd overall pick, and signed a 9 digit extension a month ago.
First time to the channel.
Bulls fan who just loves the league.
I'm only 11 seconds in and just wanted to say thank you for that intro music.
It hit the mood perfectly and I was so glad it did not blast some noise on me. ( Fine, sometimes.)
Great pod guys. I have held out belief that Jalen would break out this year and to say I have been disappointed is an understatement. he started the year on a good note and has fizzled ever since. it doesn't help that Jabari's play has also regressed. I agree with both of you that our defense is good enough to win. we have got to find someone to fill the shooters role. we are generating wide open looks and tossing up bricks. on the nights someone is shooting HOT we are a force. on the nights we can't find that person we struggle. the way we are built we must get offense from our guards to balance Alperen, and we have not gotten that on a regular basis from either FVV or Jalen. we have got to get better guard play to take the next step IMO.
Slam Cam
Emerging has also regressed. The paint is getting covered because he holds the ball to long. Can’t make a shot because he can do anything if he can’t spin. Also as missed many open players.
The big problem for the offense is that it’s stale, every team, with the exception of Cleveland, only focuses on shooting the three so teams are going defend that.
It gives me pain what alpi has to do to operate in this team man:') like when he is on post the paint is stacked and he desperately calling out for someone to cut. That is painful. Like watching someone literally struggle
Yeah, that's exacly how i feel watching the games... It's like his mind is 3/4 plays ahead, but the rest of the team just does not follow his IQ. The only one that I see that follows Sengun is Tari Eason, he's always cutting or floating through the court
Thank you for your analysis. I thoroughly enjoy listening to your takes
you can't win the second game of the back to back with only defense. You need better offense.
Exactly very well said
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Jalen with that kind of 3-point shooting will kill the Rockets. Rockets have been trying to make him a star and build the team around him for the last 4 years and but it will not happen at all. Ok, he is electric when going to the rim but one team cannot live with that sort of amusement only. Fred is a disaster this year as well when it comes to shooting. If he is having a bad night he should not take shots. When Alpi kicks out the ball neither Fred not Jalen can score, so Alpi takes the job in his hands but how can one expect him to fight with a lot of opposing players against him in the paint. I am just worried that he may injure himself in the coming days if the process goes on like that.
I am 💯 percent in agreement with you. The reason Alp shooting percentage has dipped is cause he’s trying to score with double teams because he’s the only offense now & when he kicks it out to Fred and Jalen they’re bricking the shit out of the ball. Now Alp is working way too hard and may get himself injured.
Stone has had his share of mistakes during his tenure but his worst was passing on Mobley for Green.
@@dandeitch3459 Did he really say that? What is Jalen still doing at the Rockets? He should ask for a trade.
@@codingstyle9480 - I don’t think Green has much trade value.
Jalen doesn't "get" in the paint but "run head on" in the paint.
Jabari has never gotten the volume of a #3 pick. If Jalen moves out of the way, Jabari could ascend. I watched it at Auburn, summer league, end of games - whenever he needs to be the guy, he is the guy. Gotta stop making him the 4th or 5 option if we want better offense
He did. He really did. He played 30+ minutes since the beginning of his rookie season just like Jalen did.
@bastadimasta I'm referring to usage. Standing in the corner doesn't count lol
@AbundanceBuild Jabari's average field goal attempts is 11. That's more than enough volume. Moreover, Jabari chose to stand in the corner waiting instead of cutting or contributing to the team.
Jabari is just like Jalen. He needs to prove his worth to the team.
@bastadimasta from the corner you can only cut baseline which he does regularly when Alpi is at the elbow otherwise where and when is he going to cut? You're assigned to the corner for floor spacing. That's about half the shots Jalen gets. Everything is run for by and through Jalen. Jabari just gets random rebound putback "shots" and 3-5 corner threes. It's obvious his usage percentage is low.
@@AbundanceBuildbro his problem is he rushes his shots.. he so scared to miss a opportunity he take contested shots.. if he would just pump fake side dribble shoot or just plain take his time he would be ok
Great podcast of complete dissection of the Rockets' game mechanism.
Thanks for listening!
great job as usual!!!
PG Reed Sheppard
SG Jalen Green
SF Amen Thompson
PF Tari Eason
C Alperen Sengun
Trade jalen
Can you please tell me why Reed shepherd was taking out when he was cooking?
He made one turnover and Ime yanked him….smh
two to’s back to back actually
@@pon372One turnover and a heavily contested drive which he was led into and got blocked. Ime has a short leash unless your name is Fred.
@@Hinkenzo or Dillon
CLEARLY JALEN APPEARS TO BE OUT OF RHYTHM IN OFFENSE WHEN HE DON'T GET ENOUGH TOUCHES!
JALEN IS EFFECTIVE WHEN HE RUNS THE OFFENSE!
AGREE💯
How many shots should he take a game? He takes the double of Sengun. He has enough touches
No wtf, he’s not good enough to run a offense of a winning team
dude needs 20+ shots for 20 points hella inefficient.
Do you actually watch him play? How he’s just liable on both ends?
good discussion back and forth liked it. thanks.
Next year will be year 5. We can't continue to say "give Jalen until next season." This is mental torture at this point. He's an inconsistent player.
I could never understand why so many ppl are still babying him…. Like wake up
Rockets offense right now is Alp and the Terror twins. Their shooters can’t shoot. What it does is make their offense very predictable. If you can stop Alp and match the Terror twins energy you can beat them easily. You can’t just rely on energy or defense to win every night.
Rockets need to make a trade or changes to their starting backcourt cause it’s none existent on offense. The starting backcourt is their weakness and needs to be addressed if they want to live up to the expectations they set for themselves.
I thought Reeves was picked 3rd for shooting?
@@bigradwolf5001 yes they need to play more Reed.
Jalen is a more athletic Malik monk that’s all he is. Rockets should’ve never gave him that extension. You’ll never win with him as your staring SG
Malik a better shooter
Malik is 10x better shooter than Jalen
I honestly think Jalen lacks focus, i mean he bricks in rhythm shots, I don’t know what shot he even makes consistently. The door is open for Reed imo, as long as he can continue to simply make shots and play average defense which he is capable of his minutes need to increase. This is Jalen’s 4th season he’s had more than enough leeway.
I think Jalen has focus. He focused on the most important parts that's why he is very successful.
@@bigradwolf5001Jalen is not being successful wym😂😂
@@brendensapp7468he probably bought too many Jalen’s cards I guess
Jalen has improved in other areas of his game, such as his defense. Unfortunately for him, that's not what we needed most from him as a team nor is that what the front office is expecting of him. Stone specifically stated he wanted Jalen to be a more consistent player. I think his shot selection has a lot to do with his inefficiency. Its literally the same thing every year. Idk what they need to do.
Great conversation. Y'all planning to put these episodes on podcast apps again?
I think the back to back against the same team can be good in terms of practice for the playoffs.
I would love to see the stats of how many JG three point misses become offensive rebounds and scores.
man, i always look forward to frank's analysis. please keep it up!! i love that jabari as a "coach pet" lol. as an old school rocket fan, due to jalen's inconsistent/streaky shooting, is he comparable to a sleepy floyd (who can drop 30 to 40 on some nights)? an atheletic sleepy floyd? much love from korea!! Go Rockets!!
The reason why Ant and SGA are so dominant is because they can attack the basket with high conversion, either score or get fouled. Jalen is very inconsistent with that. And that’s what Cam is good at.
I really want to have Cam get the same opportunities as Jalen's. The only difference is Cam go in the draft 2 years later but they have same explosiveness. Shooting seems to be on side of Cam and he also doesn't just hoist them a lot when shots are missing.
Seth Curry might be available via trade before trade deadline. Him, or someone like him would give us a back up shooting guard. If Jalen is cold, then Curry could go in.
That's why we got Reed
To the roster construction concerns and putting that on the GM, we did have a Jalen Green sub in KPJ that probably would’ve worked nicely if not for all the off the court stuff with him. It’s not like he’s been great for the Clippers though, at least not against us. But I think things with Jalen would be pretty different if KPJ were still on the team.
3:01 bro it's the times we live in clearly the last days everyone is unhinged we win the comment section "We are the best in the league they play for each other we have a dynasty in the making" we lose 1 game " Fire Ime trade Jalen,build Alp a statue,and trade everyone for Giannis" I'm like damn it's pre season lol
Y'all sleeping on Whitmore. He's being held back.
Frank we still got alot to learn we are still losing to teams we should beat
I don't think we'll see the real Jalen until the playoffs
@RasheenWardlaw what??? Then what are we looking at now? Make it make sense.
@@RawMcRaw😂😂😂 even in the playoffs we won’t see any improved Jalen. Whats going to change? Will he miraculously learn how to shoot consistently cause we’re in the playoffs? Lmfao
Green is a bust to me.
@@pon372 How he a bust to yo random ass, but not to the franchise? Sit yo goofy ass down. He's inconsistent because of his shot diet and when he shoots the ball in our offense not because he's bad hoe. We depend on him to finish possessions, not to create his own shots so that he can get into a rhythm, we play slow and methodical that also doesn't bode well for him. When the rockets are playing at a faster pace he is consistently better and so is the team. When the game goes thru Sengun he's worst and so is everybody else honestly I feel like it slows down the game too much when we try to force every action from the mid post. It just becomes a game of monkey in the middle and realistically we don't have the shooters for that, which is why our offense looks like hot garbage because it's easy to key in on Sengun and not have to pay for coming off of your man. That's why we have to rely on Amen and Tari so heavily to create things out of nothing because usually we don't have a leg to stand on offensively, literally our defense is our offense. The reason I say wait until the playoffs is because there is purpose to it and I believe Jalen lives for meaningful games, like I don't think we are seeing the best out of him every night as if he picks and chooses what games to be up for, but mainly because it's the playoffs. His ability to score in one on one situations is definitely going to be a factor especially if the Rockets are to go any further than we think. Most elite scorers are born in the playoffs not during the regular season and for a shifty guard like him it's gonna be a terror trying to stop him for seven games. Really the only team I see being a problem for him is Minnesota if we play through him. Playing thru Sengun is a tougher game because everyone has bigs in the west and team concepts that can take us out of the game but when the rockets play fast then we impose ourselves. Wait n see
@@pon372 - since Green was drafted I doubt there is a less efficient starting guard
Ime calls what he has too. No one else can contribute close to Sengun. Jalen looks better but not enough. The players we need to try to develop offensively from with in I think are Reed, Cam, and Tari. Jabari needs high post touches. And amen keep improving shooting. But with where we’re at now it’s usually Sengun in crunch time
Jalen has two incurable issues.
First he's not snart. He cannot chose the right shots, read the game, understand his teammates etc.
Second, he's avoids physical and emotional challenge. He gives up easily when he is challenged.
Not smart? Dude's a genius. It's very hard to get $100M in USA. I consider myself smart but could not get to that level of Jalen smart.
I don't care about the numbers so much, I care about players choices. Coach takes a time out, draws a play and gives the ball to the jalen than jalen just doesn't takes the screen from sengun and runs in to the crowd. That's just unacceptable.
They are cutting down Fred's touches for Jalen, they are drawing plays for Jalen, they are doing a lot but Jalen just doesn't take what they are giving.
He needs to understand that behavior hurts him the most.
Now Fred feel's betrayed, he thinks team is not gonna pick his option and Sengun thinks even he is the best player in the team, they don't want him to be the best player.
And young guys are looking at the situation and thinks if you're talented, if you have a big potential, than teams will pay you even if you play the wrong way.
He is just a bad example for the rest of the guys.
Totally agree
I just wanna kno wat it is tht jalen, the coaching staff, and the off-season trainers have been working for the three years he’s been in the league. Is he just always reverting back to his old habits? Is the coaching staff making him work more off ball tell him to cut in practice or just lettin him to roc out and focus on defense? I don’t wanna pretend like he hasn’t improved at all because he has, it’s just on things tht aren’t gonna move the needle for me. It’s gonna keep him around in the league, but it’s not gonna make him a cornerstone.
Mike Dantoni would've never allowed a PG be a Half Court player. Fred VanVleet is hurting the offense not running Fast Breaks.
Over the summer, we get Fox for Jalen. Sacramento will be bad the year and Fox will not sign a new deal
If the Rockets don't want Jalen, why would the Kings want Jalen over Fox??? They see the same thing you do.
@ Lol
Green doesn’t have much trade value. I don’t think any team would give a lottery pick for Green at this point.
Jalen Green is a glorified 6th man
probably that's the only way he can shoot over 40%.... coming off the bench without ppl double team him
Unfortunately, we have better 6th man than Jalen
Jalen Green energy is off cuz everyone forget last season single n focused one off season later new father to two baby girls and two BM’s and he is like 22-23 that’s a lot of stress off the court in the public eye of course his focus is off. That’s 4 girls/women to deal with all at once so his basketball focus is not there
@42killac his last season was awful with the exception of 8 games in March. Jalen is consistent inconsistent.
I know everyone will disagree but i'm still high on Jalen's upside
He'd better show some sparks. He sure has the potential. His athleticism if off the charts, needs to complement that with average shooting at the very least.
You wanna wait till his 5th year while the team needs all that cap space for extensions?
So I need to put out into the "Universe" ... that I was Dead @ss wrong about the 2025 NBA Draft. I've been scouting the Talent for the this Draft ... and there is a HUGE fall off after Cooper Flagg & Dylan Harper !! Other than Flagg (and maybe Harper), I don't see anyone worth Houston's time. I was high on Ace Bailey but "he ain't it" in my opinion ... and chances are slim to None for the Rockets to have a Lottery Shot at Flagg (cuz the 76'ers are horrible & the Wizards are tanking hard AF) .. Rafael Stone covets the 2027 NBA Draft, and Now I see WHY !! Cuz the Rockets could potentially have TWO Top-5 Picks in this Draft, and the 2027 Draft has got some Dudes (like Tyran Stokes looking like a Light Skin Zion Williamson w/ a Jump Shot). So I gotta "Give Flowers" to Rafael Stone cuz he clearly knows WTF he doing !! .. In Rafael, I Trust !! For Real
Amen is the most logical option to replace JG in my opinion. JG needs to give a chance to being the bench scorer, I think he really could excel in that position
final Rocket position and down by 1, which Rockets player should has the ball in his hand?
I cant imagine if Antman trage with JG.
I think Senguns efficiency depends on the double triple teams. If he has to go against doubles or triples efficiency is horrible. It is just the extend of bad shooting.
He improved defensively, he regressed offensively. He was a better scorer in his Rookie years. Somebody should fix his shooting mechanics.
The efficiency will take time. We have volume guys on this team so you have to let them cook. We are a defensive team not offense.
y’all acting surprised about this offense or acting as if y’all don’t know where the problem is on this offense makes me laugh. Let’s stop acting ignorant or thinking the fans are stupid, we know the problem is the starting backcourt.
It’s easy to fix, make a change to either Fred or Green and y’all will see this team reach close to its potential.
Other teams blitz him a lot, which must mean something.
He a POST-ASB player & honestly it’s nothing wrong with that. If he get hot in the playoffs we win a series.!
But playing Devil advocate I’d say we could enter Tari in the starting line up slide DB to Sg. That way we don’t lose any shooting quite possibly add a better shooter/defender to the starters
No cam ?
He was playing off the ball really good pre and earlier during the season. Him defaulting back to his inefficient ISO game is holding him back
TRADE JALEN GREEN TO THE MIAMI HEAT PLZ!
Cam is the answer, since he can create his shot and bully his way to the basket.
So he can yell at his coach and unfollow the team on social?
Love that my guy Roosh is a Horn. I still think Jalen is good, and if he doesn’t hit then his contract will settle to lower $$ or he will be moving on elsewhere,
Would you trade jalen for Amen brother?
No. No need to literally duplicate Amen. Need to diversify the skill sets.
- Roosh
@StateOfTheRockets i just thought what would be better than amen... 2 amen! Lol dont they play different positions. If he plays defensive like his bro that would be a good thing. I know it wont happen just a thought
I dont know man... but I got this weird feeling of Jalen playing alongside Fred V.-Sengun tandem is kind of like having psychological/confidence drag on him, it seems to me like Fred is favoring Sengun more than Jalen to be the center piece of the team.
Just sitting round choppin it up that’s all!!!
I dont think it would work to start Amen as SG. Just gives more of an excuse to teams to clog the paint. Like Frank said, I would like to trade for a better PG who can shoot and take over when necessary so that we dont have to worry about Jalen. I would propose:
FVV (or Jalen if they prefer) + Cam W + Phoenix picks for Dearon Fox (or Trae Young or Tyler Herro).
If this not possible, then I would try to get Markannen with a trade centered on Jabari so that we can improve shooting and offense that way.
I've been holding onto this since last offseason and potentially this coming offseason because us Rockets fans hate any trade proposal that would have to involve at least 1 or more young core player just out of hand. And Rightly so because the trades are so lopsided they're usually ridiculous. But I would like the Rockets to take a long long long look at Trae Young. Particularly in the offseason.
Despite all the hate Trae Young gets, he's a good shooter and a great passer. His main critique is his defense, but if Ime can turn Jalen into a decent defender he can turn Young into one as well. We are also probably one of the few fan bases that won't turn on a Coach for benching their star player if they don't play defense. From what I've seen with Trae Young's defense, it's not a matter of not trying on defense, he just doesn't seem to know what the fuck he should be doing. I think he'd thrive in Houston and remember how everyone trashed Dillon Brooks and how well he's done for himself here. I think it'd be a similar situation for Trae Young.
Again this is more of an offseason move because our current identity revolves around defensive team chemistry and that's something that will crumble quickly after a major trade.
And again, I get why people don't like Trae Young, and unless he ends up on the Rockets I will also choose to not like him. But I think his skill set matches up to what we need and he's been very consistent in those areas throughout his entire career. I'm not saying I'd trade the farm and the house for him, but there are possibly reasonable trade packages out there that don't involve Alpi and the Terror Twins.
Well the complaint is that FVV isn’t cutting it….. well we’re about to be without him for a little bit so more minutes for Holiday and Reed
if it wasn't for the "politics" (said using the Bomani Jones "politics" voice) then Amen and Tari would be starting over Jalen and Jabari, and the Rockets would be even better than they already are and wouldn't get off to so many slow starts.
Tyler herro?
Ime Udoka making Fred VanVleet and Dillon Brooks the 1st and 2nd Option means the Team has no Direction.
nice
The call not against Fleet ... But that was great no call... But that chuck up was so stupid even if. But lets BACK UP ON YHE INBOUND AGAINST BUCKS... BUT TO HAVE YOUR SHORTEST PLAYER TO INBOUND THE BALL TO WIDE OPEN Alpi. 10:17
START AMEN... Hes literlly better than every starter. Amen is going to start and triple double is giaranteed of he olays 38 min
Lots of true things said about Jalen, but I do think Roosh undersold his passing ability. He's made those skip passes along with some other good ones this year. But yes an issue is he doesn't do it enough and hasn't been doing it much lately.
I would be surprised to see a compilation of him running pNr and hitting a cross-court skip pass (not a corner kick-out) this season. Please link me if there’s one out there to watch.
- Roosh
@@StateOfTheRockets may be conflating the kick out with skips. I was watching his assists on shotcreator recently so I'll check and see if there's a real skip in there!
@@shellynorr Awesome. Would love to know if maybe I'm missing it. I've been looking for the skips / next-level passing from him for a while now.
@@StateOfTheRockets those are the only two of his assists. Idk if there are more that weren't converted. Obviously you're right that it is extremely rare for him to make it.
Jalen Green does not look like a person for the Rockets. In one game, an assistant coach is walking down the Rockets bench during the game shaking the hands of the players, but the assistant coach seems to purposely not shake Jalens' hand. Jalen gives him a look and says something, and then the assistant coach reaches back to shake Jalen's hand. (Ref Portland Trailblazer game.)
If the Rockets trade Jalen Green or Cam Whitmore, it will be one of the worst trades in history. It will be like the Tennessee Titans trading A.J. Brown for a replacement receiver and a draft pick.
Jalen has all the skills and more as Micheal Jordan, Lebron James, and Kobe Bryant; however, Jalen does not have the mental toughness and the alpha male mentality. Jalen seems to be more of a Sigma male.
But if the Rockets trade Jalen, it may signal to the team that no one is safe. Why trade Jalen and Cam and draft picks for a thirty-something star like Jimmy Butler, Kevin Durant, or Devin Booker when they are at an age where they are always injured/unavailable.
Find out what motivates Jalen and execute the motivation. The same goes for Cam Whitmore.
Go Rockets!
I also don't like this new thing where we play the same team back to back. It's lame.
I don't get the shooting. I kept hearing about how great Ben Sullivan is as a shooting coach and it seems like guys are shooting worse than normal (other than Dillon). I have to hope we get the shooting going at some point.
They cant slow down the tempo. You dont have to execute every play with a fast break. Sometimes you have to play a set. Ime just sucks with it.
Jalen needs Sengun to be a strong screen setter for space. Defenses already pack the paint with 1: our shooters aren’t great 2: Offense is basic 3: Sengun and Jalen are threats getting to the rim. Sengun uses his screen as if he’s a lob threat. But he isn’t. It’s not the best decision everytime he sets a screen to roll with the guard. Your job as a screener sometimes is to get your guard’s defender out of his way. Sengun doesn’t do that really at all, look at how Sabonis/Jokic sets screens for Murray/Fox they aren’t rolling with them every step of the way. They sometimes hold Murray/Fox defender to allow Murray/Fox to attack downhill 1on1 with the opposing center. WATCH when we play the Nuggets/Kings you’ll see the difference in how they screen compared to Sengun.
Adams does an amazing job with getting Jalen open with his screens and attacking downhill. Ja with Adams was a beast because once Adams hits you it’s 1on1 with their big and Ja going downhill. Everyone went under the screen vs Ja and he still got buckets not SOLELY due to Adams screens but it does play a major role. Rewatch the games where Adams plays with Jalen and look at how open he gets Fred Amen and Jalen. Not the result but the effectiveness of his screen
@@RonnieTon Lmao stop with the excuses alr. Alpi prepares and they keep bricking. We need to trade Jalen
Sunk cost fallacy.
Imagine us with Lamelo!
Jalen and Alpe their not compliment games Jalen fast pace player and explosive while alpe rely on low post and footwork look back when alpe got injured
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Zach Lavine is 29 years old has broken leg, bad knees, bad feet. His game is based on Athleticism. Zach will decline in a couple of years.
Without looking at age and injury history just randomly replace him.
I want to see what Cam looks like when he’s given Jalen’s minutes. I have seen enough Jalen to know what his ceiling looks like. I want to see what Cam’s ceiling looks like
They might as well play Reed at the end of the game if Fred going to be shooting like that... SMH
Toronto Fans were angry at Fred and were happy Fred left Toronto. Fred VanVleet is a Undersized Shooting Guard.
Roosh has a Bulls mug? 🤨
Yessir. Mike Jordan is my favorite athlete of all time. Will always love the 90s Bulls. I have Rockets mugs, too!
- Roosh
@ Respect 🫡
Jalen's replacement is Reed, not Amen.
Trae Young to Houston
No, another guy with low basketball ball IQ that is not really a great shooter but shoots a lot just like Jalen and even worse defensively.
THE ROCKETS IS AT 12-6 AT THE MOMENT! AND THESE ROCKETS FOOLS ALREADY CRYING!
IF I'M JALEN GREEN, I LOST INTEREST TO PLAY HARD!
There going away from SenHub becaue its predictable, yall act like every team that has bigs dont give us problems. Please lit Amen on the starting lineup so we can see just how tragic our shooting is. We will lose games, how tf can you be an off ball terror if you cant shoot on a roster that is on interior based. There would be no spacing. Roosh says what does Jalens spacing amount to? Wins stupid put anybody else in the other than reed and your theory is trash. The truth is our starting line up needs a mass swap out start Reed, Jalen, Amen, Tari and Sengun. Then Amen is in his natural position. Reed will make consistent shots and assist. Amen will push the pace and make the correct passes while scoring efficiently from the dunker spot. Tari gets his buckets because hes Tari and Sengun is baby joker. And yall act like all the shots were made for Jalen to take, a lot of his shots are not coming with in the flow of the offense. He is not a catch and shoot, 6 seconds on the play clock guy. Hes a rhythm guy he needs the ball to create not just an unlimited amount of shots. He needs to dribble into his shots like Kobe, he will never be Book get that shit out yall head. You cant judge a Dog on its ability to fly it doesn't make sense that would be like if we put Segun on the perimeter and got mad for him being inefficient thats not how he plays. Same thing with Vanvleet, hes is being judged on doing what he isnt good at. Numbers do not show the game and the ebs and flows of what happened. The other day Jalen started 5-6 and was hooping, ime moved away from him and he shot poorly for the rest of the game. You cant base everything off of numbers our guys arent being used properly any of them. Like Jabari is probably the second best shooter on the team and has zero sets im tired of watching us win games off of just defense.
Fred VanVleet and Dillon Brooks are outcasts from their Former Teams.
Shoulda took Castle at number 3?...... And Roosh compared Green to Clarkson--heh, and they both part Filipino
I think the only way you solve the shooting issues is you either start or give more minutes Reed or Aaron Holiday or like Roosh said start Amen
But Reed a rookie and Aaron Holiday can have that tunnel vision.
I wouldn’t mind starting Amen with his defense and he a monster in transition
I would be open in Jalen coming off the bench
But let’s go to Frank saying here.
Politics because they not going to bench Jalen Green if they bench him it won’t be long until we hear certain noises from agents and other stuff behind the scenes. But if I’m Ime that shouldn’t matter you got to do whatever it takes to win
I guess another thing with Jalen Green he can do some things with Steven Adams off the bench with the pick and roll.
So yeah we need to get better at shooting and I don’t know know how your going to fix it unless you do the other options like I said.
The only rocket content I look forward to.
Rocket are trapped with Jalen and Fred. Good point about Fred being stretched too far beyond his skills.
If we need shooting, where is Cam Whitmore?
He shot 4.8% from 3pt this season down from 36% last season.
@ So what I was just a couple games. Ive seen the same from NBA legends. They keep shooting. That's how you get out the slump.
@@pickleman5041 he is nowhere near a legend like Kobe or MJ.
Give me a trade JG 1st round pick for Tyler Herro
Tari Eason contributed 0-7 and also got benched.
Jabari Smith looks terrible on defense.
The shooters are there the rhythm and chemistry isnt. Every time we play slow we handicap our players. We need to play through Jalen, Amen, Reed guys who speed up the pace. We are not the Grit n Grind grizzlies we are the run and gun rockets and nlwe need to play that way
OMG only 1 lose after 2 win back to back.. Now immediately asking for Trade and Big Adjustments.. Overreacting opinions and comments… Rockets are 12-6. We know content are matters these days. Let see next game.
13-22-13-23-31-18-12-44-17-33 on 44/34 shooting splits. You want to bench that guy too? Oh by the way, that's Devin Booker. The bar you're holding for Jalen is silly. Apart from SGA and Ant, nobody is putting up the numbers you'd be happy with. Don't overreact to a single game.
Devin Booker typically averages anywhere from 25-27 PPG on somewhere between 57-61% TS. Your comment is wholly unserious and unworthy of legitimate consideration.
- Roosh
@@StateOfTheRockets Yes - Booker is older, more established, more consistent...NOW. His first 3 years his TS% was 53/53/56 and he missed 38 games. Jalen's first 3 years his TS% 55/54/54 an he's missed 21 games (played 82 last year which Booker has NEVER done). My point isn't to say he's better than Booker. My point is that you're treating him like trash when he's on a similar path as many of the other great shooting guards historically. He's having a bad stretch of games. It happens (even to people like Booker). He had a good stretch of games to start the season. That happens too with him, and it has been happening quite a bit since the All-Star break last season...He's 22 - stop judging him like he's in the prime of his career.
I've been telling Jalen is no championship in this channel for over 2 years, and been attacked bt Jalen fanboys for sating that. I am glad that people are enlightening.
Frank I see you are confused a bit on Jalen and Fred replacement, what Roosh is saying make more sense. Sorry bro :)
It’s not confusion.. it’s called discourse.. I am aware of my position.. I just thought Roosh gave a great rationale
Rockets can trade Jalen for Yuki.
Poor Leadership by Fred VanVleet and Dillon Brooks starting Fights with Players and Referees.
Poor Coaching Rotations by Ime.
Fred VanVleet and Dillon Brooks will end the Rockets by Chucking up Shots.
Green got to go