He rarely interacts and responds to comments. You sure about that? Without constant interaction, it's literally just comments into the void. Pointless.
Are y'all completely forgetting Tari? Talking about Amen starting over Dillon Brooks but what about Tari? Tari is a special defender too and an analytics darling plus he has a nice little three point shot!
@Aventsdor I believe Tari and Sengun will become average shots. Jabari and FVV are already good shots. So you are saying negative spacing just on Amen. Amen will never shoot well but nor did Westbrook.
Biggest upcoming issue that I see is we do not have defecto Max cap player in our core 7 yet and only player that is even close is Sengun. We have many fringe All-Star caliber youngsters which will be bargain contracts or overpaid asset. Unlike OKC our talent pools are so close to each other terms of draft classes that we cannot afford to give out max extension lightly. I think the best option is match Sengun’s deal for max 4yr so we can take him off on rookie max extension quickly as possible so we have room to sign next rookie max
You can cut brooks for amen and have 3 ball handlers on the floor at the same time. That would be a decent tactic too, you can have amen run the offense as a good passer and uae JG4 and FVV as finishers if needed
I've looked at Amen and his ball handling is somewhat concerning, but I think the first thing he has to get in the habit of doing is just protect the ball. Using his body or his offhand is an option. He has length and speed and should be able to avoid people swatting at the ball. I think he has gotten too used to just depending on his raw talents and so has not focused on his some of these basics. He shot almost 70% from the free throw line, so honestly I expect he will shoot above 70% from the line this year and at least 28% from three. Given his productivity with the terrible shooting last year, I expect his impact this year to be greater and he should start at the three by January the latest. Furthermore, in my opinion he does everything well other than shoot, so if I am the Rockets, I am building my team around him and Reed Shepard.
Amen is typical point forward that can play 1-4 as needed for the match up. Ime likes to have least three defensive minded player in the rotation along with two offensive player. We know that Jabari, Tari, Brooks, Adam, Jeff and Amen are the defensive role, Jalen, Sengun, Aaron, Cam and Reed are the offensive and Fred just doing both. For Reed to get a spot on a rotation he gotta beat Aaron Holiday for a spot
HOT TAKE: We all know Jalen Green was one of the worse players in the league for about 90% of the season. And we know Udoka have him on a short leach. I know you guys only referring to Dillon and Jabari, but there is a world that Amen takes Jalen spot, especially if Amen handle improves slightly. And I do not really see a justifiable reason why Amen barely scratches 20 minutes a night when he was one of the more impactful players on the team.
I think Detroit took that mindset and almost ruined Asur’s development. He had much more opportunities than Amen early on but soon as other team start exploiting his weakness his confidence dropped and was unplayable in 4th quarter. At the middle of the season everyone thought Asur was better twin but by the end of the season Amen was consider far better player and even consider future All-Star by few analysts. Thompson twin have very good work ethics and mindset so they will get better if the situation lets them. Jalen needs all the playing time he can because time is almost up and surely rockets front office don’t see him as max level player yet.
He just bumps that 3 pt % up he'll be doing really good! He shot like 56% from the field last year, and that was with him shooting a woeful 13% from 3. So to still shoot 56% then the rest of his shots must have been at a really high clip! Probably dunks for the most part but he's actually finishing his dunks so there's that! If he can bring that 3 up to around 28% at a minimum then he's gonna be really efficient. I really do love Dillon Brooks but I think he's already outlived his usefulness to us. We need to trade him ASAP for assets we can cut cause we have too many great guys who need playing time. Start Tari or Amen at the 3. Udoka won't do that though cause he wants to make the playoffs bad and he wants to lean on those vets to do that.
By mid season this lineup will play together the most minutes: Amen, Reed, Tari, Jabari, Alpy! This is next season’s starting 5 (or next season Reed/Jabari will be replaced with an established star). The future of the franchise: Amen, Tari, Alpy!!
@@jineshlachmansingh4709 You wasted Reed's talent in PG while discarding Amen altogether. I don't discuss about Jabari because the Jabari-Tari discussion will be resolved by time alone.
C Sengun PF Jabari SF Tari SG Amen PG Reed We cannot have more than two defensive liability at the same time so to cover both Sengun and Reeds defense we need three guys that can switch any position at any time. I would love to see Jalen take the next step but so far just by the eye test he is too inconsistent
The Rockets got so much fire power. The ole school way of “starters is gone”. Rocket a bench that can start. Anytime, any place. Lets go Rockets, unfortunately I dont think Jalen fits in the future of the Rockets. Silas did him an injustice by allowing him to just go out and play the way he wants to play. Now Jalen has to diversify. He gotta be a elite defender. His BB IQ is not that high. I just dont know if he got that it that Ime looks for.
Seems odd to refer to Amen as a rising star and then say he can't dribble well or shoot well. Did the Rockets promise Dillon 3 years in the starting lineup to get him to sign with us?
Not really that strange. I think the point is that he can't shoot and he doesn't dribble well enough to play pg. He does everything else above average to exceptional.
Jabari and senguin the only 2 I feel good about being starters moving forward.. everyone else has questions and we got decisions to make… I like reed but need to see more especially defensively.. I actually prefer cam over amen because of his build and his catch shoot ability.. his shot creation is terrible tho… cam plays better off ball but he does know that… green is inconsistent but a much better creator than cam and amen lack of a jumper makes him suspect at all times… and tari ain’t been healthy to evaluate this is tough especially at the wings…
Another issue is Ausar Thompson's blood clot. It's not normal for a male to have a blood in their early 20s. Ausar and Amen probably have a genetic predisposition to blood clots
Because he does everything else to an above average level and is highly intelligent. Forget developing a shot, he will be top class in every other aspect.
NOT as complete of a SF as Tari. NOT as much potential at PG as Reed. NOT enough offense to be a SG. Cant dribble, cant shoot. So how is he gonna put pressure on defenses when they scheme for him? By doing the basics that everyone does, passing and slashing??? Bro, get real.
@@josephmccain3204 skill is part of the equation. Because its a game, and games involve skills, genius. Having a race car doesn't make someone a racer.
@@originalsportscaster OK "sportscaster" with 12 followers, Amen shoots 13% from 3. You don't even have to know ball to know thats not just bad, thats ass. Thats the kinda shooting where defenders can sag off and not care, because he doesn't create the outside shooting pressure to create spacing. You can't be a playmaker in today's NBA if you don't add a threat. Most modern bigs shoot in the low to mid 30% from 3. Amen shoots 13% from 3 as a Wing/Guard. Thats ass.
@@warlock4hire211 YEAH, you need to create spacing like Russell Westbrook who shot 26% from 3, averaging 27pts, 7.9 reb, and 7 assts when he was with the Rockets.
@@Fetemart 26 is literally twice the 3pt % and Russ was so "good" he's been looking for a home ever since. And also, Russ had an MVP level offensive game once. Amen don't.
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He rarely interacts and responds to comments. You sure about that? Without constant interaction, it's literally just comments into the void. Pointless.
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Are y'all completely forgetting Tari? Talking about Amen starting over Dillon Brooks but what about Tari? Tari is a special defender too and an analytics darling plus he has a nice little three point shot!
Both will be starters post trade deadline.
@@y2jt585we’re gonna start amen, Tari, and Sengun😂 negative spacing
Let go rocket 🎉🎉🎉
@Aventsdor I believe Tari and Sengun will become average shots. Jabari and FVV are already good shots. So you are saying negative spacing just on Amen. Amen will never shoot well but nor did Westbrook.
Can you MF wait??? Damn…
Biggest upcoming issue that I see is we do not have defecto Max cap player in our core 7 yet and only player that is even close is Sengun. We have many fringe All-Star caliber youngsters which will be bargain contracts or overpaid asset. Unlike OKC our talent pools are so close to each other terms of draft classes that we cannot afford to give out max extension lightly. I think the best option is match Sengun’s deal for max 4yr so we can take him off on rookie max extension quickly as possible so we have room to sign next rookie max
The fact that we are having questions on the starting lineup because there are so many talented options. I can't wait for this season!!! Go Rockets!!
Love me some Amen Thompson!
Can’t wait for the home opener 🤘🏼🚀
My favorite Rocket
You can cut brooks for amen and have 3 ball handlers on the floor at the same time. That would be a decent tactic too, you can have amen run the offense as a good passer and uae JG4 and FVV as finishers if needed
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I do agree about the handles if he comes back with them skills that will give him a better feel on the floor that will bring the shot
Good stuff Jackson
Great show and Go Rockets!
Very excited here 😂
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Amen's defense will be next level
I've looked at Amen and his ball handling is somewhat concerning, but I think the first thing he has to get in the habit of doing is just protect the ball. Using his body or his offhand is an option. He has length and speed and should be able to avoid people swatting at the ball. I think he has gotten too used to just depending on his raw talents and so has not focused on his some of these basics.
He shot almost 70% from the free throw line, so honestly I expect he will shoot above 70% from the line this year and at least 28% from three. Given his productivity with the terrible shooting last year, I expect his impact this year to be greater and he should start at the three by January the latest. Furthermore, in my opinion he does everything well other than shoot, so if I am the Rockets, I am building my team around him and Reed Shepard.
I think he's one of the rookies with the most potential. If his shooting improves, he can make a big difference.
If his shooting does not improve, won't teams just sag off Amen and make him shoot or pass, or roam and disrupt the offense?
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I think Reed is the future pg amen can def be the 2.
That is the backcourt for our next championship.
Amen is typical point forward that can play 1-4 as needed for the match up. Ime likes to have least three defensive minded player in the rotation along with two offensive player. We know that Jabari, Tari, Brooks, Adam, Jeff and Amen are the defensive role, Jalen, Sengun, Aaron, Cam and Reed are the offensive and Fred just doing both. For Reed to get a spot on a rotation he gotta beat Aaron Holiday for a spot
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HOT TAKE: We all know Jalen Green was one of the worse players in the league for about 90% of the season. And we know Udoka have him on a short leach. I know you guys only referring to Dillon and Jabari, but there is a world that Amen takes Jalen spot, especially if Amen handle improves slightly.
And I do not really see a justifiable reason why Amen barely scratches 20 minutes a night when he was one of the more impactful players on the team.
Amen can't shoot. 68% free throw shooting isn't going to cut it either.
Cam whitmore is going to take Jalen spot if he doesn’t improve. That’s why we never traded him.
I think Detroit took that mindset and almost ruined Asur’s development. He had much more opportunities than Amen early on but soon as other team start exploiting his weakness his confidence dropped and was unplayable in 4th quarter. At the middle of the season everyone thought Asur was better twin but by the end of the season Amen was consider far better player and even consider future All-Star by few analysts. Thompson twin have very good work ethics and mindset so they will get better if the situation lets them. Jalen needs all the playing time he can because time is almost up and surely rockets front office don’t see him as max level player yet.
He just bumps that 3 pt % up he'll be doing really good! He shot like 56% from the field last year, and that was with him shooting a woeful 13% from 3. So to still shoot 56% then the rest of his shots must have been at a really high clip! Probably dunks for the most part but he's actually finishing his dunks so there's that! If he can bring that 3 up to around 28% at a minimum then he's gonna be really efficient. I really do love Dillon Brooks but I think he's already outlived his usefulness to us. We need to trade him ASAP for assets we can cut cause we have too many great guys who need playing time. Start Tari or Amen at the 3. Udoka won't do that though cause he wants to make the playoffs bad and he wants to lean on those vets to do that.
By mid season this lineup will play together the most minutes: Amen, Reed, Tari, Jabari, Alpy! This is next season’s starting 5 (or next season Reed/Jabari will be replaced with an established star). The future of the franchise: Amen, Tari, Alpy!!
The championship team:
PG Amen
SG Reed
SF Cam
PF Tari
C Alperen
PG: Reed Sheppard
SG: Jalen Green
SF: Cam Whitmore
PF: Jabari Smith Jr.
C: Alperen Sengun
@@jineshlachmansingh4709 You wasted Reed's talent in PG while discarding Amen altogether. I don't discuss about Jabari because the Jabari-Tari discussion will be resolved by time alone.
C Sengun
PF Jabari
SF Tari
SG Amen
PG Reed
We cannot have more than two defensive liability at the same time so to cover both Sengun and Reeds defense we need three guys that can switch any position at any time. I would love to see Jalen take the next step but so far just by the eye test he is too inconsistent
@@AkagiRedSun that's wrong. Rockets was #10 best defensive team in NBA when Sengun was in court.
I would prefer Amen to play swiss army knife for another season with minimal PG reps with second unit! Reed has to be the official back up PG
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The Rockets got so much fire power. The ole school way of “starters is gone”. Rocket a bench that can start. Anytime, any place. Lets go Rockets, unfortunately I dont think Jalen fits in the future of the Rockets. Silas did him an injustice by allowing him to just go out and play the way he wants to play. Now Jalen has to diversify. He gotta be a elite defender. His BB IQ is not that high. I just dont know if he got that it that Ime looks for.
Seems odd to refer to Amen as a rising star and then say he can't dribble well or shoot well. Did the Rockets promise Dillon 3 years in the starting lineup to get him to sign with us?
Not really that strange. I think the point is that he can't shoot and he doesn't dribble well enough to play pg. He does everything else above average to exceptional.
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Jabari and senguin the only 2 I feel good about being starters moving forward.. everyone else has questions and we got decisions to make… I like reed but need to see more especially defensively.. I actually prefer cam over amen because of his build and his catch shoot ability.. his shot creation is terrible tho… cam plays better off ball but he does know that… green is inconsistent but a much better creator than cam and amen lack of a jumper makes him suspect at all times… and tari ain’t been healthy to evaluate this is tough especially at the wings…
Another issue is Ausar Thompson's blood clot. It's not normal for a male to have a blood in their early 20s. Ausar and Amen probably have a genetic predisposition to blood clots
How is he going to be a star with absolutely no jump shot?
His shooting mechanics are the worst I’ve ever seen.
Because he does everything else to an above average level and is highly intelligent. Forget developing a shot, he will be top class in every other aspect.
Ben Simmons was All NBA with absolutely no jump shot...waay worse than Amen's.
A lot of Jabari negativity
Amen can be a Scottie Pippen, Grant Hill style player. Handles and shooting is just a matter of working hard in the gym. Hire Phil Handy
NOT as complete of a SF as Tari. NOT as much potential at PG as Reed. NOT enough offense to be a SG. Cant dribble, cant shoot. So how is he gonna put pressure on defenses when they scheme for him? By doing the basics that everyone does, passing and slashing??? Bro, get real.
You didn’t see he’s one of if not the best athlete in the NBA!!!
@@josephmccain3204 skill is part of the equation. Because its a game, and games involve skills, genius. Having a race car doesn't make someone a racer.
Amen sounds like Cam Whitmore and Tari Eason without a shot... so not very useful in todays NBA. That era died with Ben Simmons.
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@@originalsportscaster OK "sportscaster" with 12 followers, Amen shoots 13% from 3. You don't even have to know ball to know thats not just bad, thats ass. Thats the kinda shooting where defenders can sag off and not care, because he doesn't create the outside shooting pressure to create spacing. You can't be a playmaker in today's NBA if you don't add a threat. Most modern bigs shoot in the low to mid 30% from 3. Amen shoots 13% from 3 as a Wing/Guard. Thats ass.
What era was that? There was a Ben Simmons era?
@@warlock4hire211 YEAH, you need to create spacing like Russell Westbrook who shot 26% from 3, averaging 27pts, 7.9 reb, and 7 assts when he was with the Rockets.
@@Fetemart 26 is literally twice the 3pt % and Russ was so "good" he's been looking for a home ever since. And also, Russ had an MVP level offensive game once. Amen don't.
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