@@michaelboyles714 Finding a scapegoat is not healthy. Fred was really bad, but he's not the worst player in the roster in this season. The issue is systemic.
This okc defense held luka and kyrie to 30pts total, with sga 40pts three days ago... Shooting, shooting, shooting.... If rockets could shoot 35% from 3pt, they would win against okc yesterday. Rockets defense is elite but it is not possible to keep that intesity throughout the game, this team needs at least an average shooting percentage to win consistently...
But they can't shoot 35% against any decent team. Trades need to be made along with a coaching strategy! Clase the 3 pt. Brick factory and tell people you do not have the green light to throw up 15 threes a game each. If we had guards that could shoot better than in the 30% range on all thier shoots. Just be smarter and play closer in. I'm not a believer in all these threes if you can make twos at a high% it's just as good and more reliable.
@@bigkanesays304 well said. I’ve liked Jalen a lot as a fan. But at some point I realize I like the Rockets more than one guy. Hard pill to swallow but Jalen is not “the guy” on this team nor does it look like he will ever be. If I’m the GM I probably trade him this offseason. Unless he explodes soon and keeps it up through the playoffs. Which we all know probably won’t happen
@bigkanesays304 I also think Jalen Green has potential and I have been waiting on him to grow his game. Problem is, he has been in the league for a couple of years now and he should be a slightly lesser version of SGA or Anthony Edward's by now.....if he was, Rockets would have beaten OKC and the rest of the league would fear the Rockets on a whole new level. But he is inconsistent. I think the issue is all through the G league and his first couple of years on the NBA under Stephen Silas, he never had good coaching. His first good coach started last year with Ime Udoka. Now we are in year 2. His refinement of his game is starting late.....so the question, How long do we wait for him to reach his potential if he ever does? Has his lack of coaching early on ruined what he could have been? Also, the Rockets as a whole took a huge leap ahead of Jalen Green's growth.... 3 guys, (if develop very quickly) can place the Rockets in championship contention either Now or next yr Reed Shepherd, Cam Whitmore and Jalen Green. Don't even know if all of them will be on the team with all the excess talent the Rockets have.
Jimmy Buckets? jk of course. It would be nice if Reed was shooting the lights out. We could really use that kind of floor spacing for Jalen , Sengun and Amen.
@@JudaRod11 Cam was playing terrible and that is why he wasn't playing. Shooting poorly and making bad decisions, I guess trying to prove that he's arrived. The bad thing for Cam is too many players can already do what he does a higher level (Tari, Amen) and because he can't play the point, he rides the bench as a worse option at the 2 and 3. What are you going to do , give him Dillan's minutes? Dillan is out playing him easily. He's got to learn how to make the right play and do a better job on switches, if he wants to see time. Scoring is important, but not if you give up even more on D.
@juqual78 Totally disagree with your assessment. Tari and Amen CANNOT do what Cam do....at all. Tari and Eason are average finishers at the basket. Cam is an athelic beast that will posterize defenders. He stronger and built for contact. He use his body well to leverage against his defenders and score at ease around basket. Amen and Tari can't do that. They struggle whereas with Cam, it's his forte. Next thing here....Cam was in a shooting slump. Reed hasn't been hitting his shots as much either. Amen isn't exactly a shooter right now. And Tari has been in a slump too but you don't see Ime going hard on them like he does Cam. Cam is just coming off his rookie season. I don't understand why Ime impatient with him when Reed has been a bit worst. Holliday ain't giving us sht. And Amen can't really create his own offense. Cam can create his own offense. He's comfortable shooting and playing around the basket. He's a better all-around talent then Amen and Reed...and Tari. And his defense is not bad at all. It just not as good as Amen though. But he can make up for it, scoring the ball in bunches.
For sure we are here for the analysis. Keep up the great work and thank you for breaking down the positives and especially the negatives whether we win or lose. Any top level activity needs to be looked at objectively in order to build success in a rational way. Your channel is the best for this in the Rockets orbit. 💪
I saw a play where Jabari came off a pin down screen from Al P got the pass and didn’t shoot it. He was on the bench after that. He has to be wayyy more aggressive in the mid range with his shot
looking at this kind of game, make you to realize how genius D'Andoni was as a rockets coach, appears once every decade maybe, one of two great offense coaches Rockets every had, D'Andoni and Adelman.
Yes sengun should take more shots, and continue to take shots even when they arent falling.. but the team approach to offense is egalitarian to a silly extent. Not that he don't deserve blame. But the hyper focus on balance, when balance aint gonna work.
Well that kind of comes from the fact that Jalen and Sengun are so young. Younger players tend to defer to vets and we have some REALLY strong willed ones in Fred and Dillan. That and Ime values tough vets quite a bit and rewards them with usage and shots. I don't see that dynamic really changing unless they FORCE it by playing out of their minds, or Ime enforces it. Ime has pretty good control of his team, but that is also in part because he has deference to smart/tough veterans as general rule. All that said, Jalen has to play better. He has been terrible offensively , almost the entire season. Too often he can't burden the load of being doubled and hounded the entire game. He's been shrinking and turning the ball over far too often when the pressure is on, which is a terrible sign for his ceiling. You either have that extra gear and level of focus, or you don't.
Cause the guards are lazy and don't pass the ball or drive to the basket like they should. This would also create more fouls and free throws which this lazy team can't shoot as Good as a high school team eithier.
@@ROBERTMILLS-v9z I wouldn't say lazy, we can see from the excellent defense they play that they aren't lazy. It's more to do with the style of offense they've been playing. I love Ime but offense isn't his forte. They need a legit offensive coach under him (like a D'Antoni for example).
We either need an OC, we need another guard that can get a bucket or we need a star level player that can score and we need a 3 point specialist. This offense is bad and it looks like it won’t get better. Our defense is great but we can do so much with that. Jalen is too inconsistent and Fred has been awful as a point guard. Now that we know these issues Stone going to have to address these issues either next summer or by the deadline Also please get a backup big Adams is washed
As a Filipino, I'll always support Jalen and be proud of him (regardless), but come on, Jalen... we need more. Frank keep spittin facts! I look forward to you and Roosh analysis after Rockets games. Much love from Korea!
I agree with what you say about being objective however, all this talk about "baby Jokic, Jalen improving( he is who he is), "Terror Twins(Tari fouling on 3pt shots, repeatedly). Just give it to us straight. NO GLAZING WHEN THEY WIN AGAINST LESSSER TEAMS.
I agree man , I hate being surrounded by yes man it’s great to be optimistic about the team but I need to hear it how it is. No point in kicking the can down the road
Completely agree as usual. Alpi needs to develop a short term memory. He gets emotional over every missed shot and missed call and drops focus. It bleeds into his defense and his finishing. I need Aaron Holiday's mentality to brush off on him a little, because for whatever reason when Aaron Holiday steps on the court he throws up shots like he's the best player on the court. Outside of Alpi, we know the perimeter shooting is lacking. It bothers me when Udoka says the offense is generating good shots because those shots are wide open, when we all know those shooters are open for a reason. Teams want us shooting those shots. Our offense should be generating GOOD shots, not just open shots. The offense should be built to get our players to spots where they are consistent. Say what you want about Jae'Sean Tate (dude can be all over the place), but when he gets in the game, EVERY SINGLE TIME he's getting to that left hand hook shot off the glass. Know your spots and counters and how to dictate your offense.
Yeah and since he's missing so many shots it's compounding things. He's giving up 2-4 points a game and the rest of the team of course feeds of his energy so it's setting a bad example for the other young players. It's a really bad habit that every leader of the team needs to break, so that toughness filters down.
Appreciate your take Frank. First of all, we are actually ahead of schedule. No one expected for us to win a chip. All we wanted is to make the playoffs. But since we winnin, we expected too much. But that's fine. 2nd how many potential assist Jalen could have if Alpi just made all those damned tear drops. Jalen is not fit in this system. He needs a coach that can utilize him better. Not saying he's gonna be a superstar (that shipped already sailed) but atleast setting him for success. Even Fred can't set him up better. We need to ship him out and get 3 and D or look out for Booker or Lavine. Now Jabari, he still doesn't have a dribble package. He can't even get shots. Amen is great but he's still tentative sometimes. Tari needs to knockdown shots as he gets it. I mean, still hoping to get to the playoffs outright but we need a pure scorer/knockdown shooter. Still, Go Rockets! 🚀
I don't agree with you when you said it was "not a great representation of houston rockets basketball". I think that is exactly how we played this season. Our defense was impeccable, our offense was absent, grit and grind, that's rockets identity. Great video.
Game wasn't even out of reach. If Sengun just hits 3 missed shots and 2 threes from shooters it was rockets game. Not even mentioning terrible free throws. Rockets literally generated 16 more shot attempts. This shows fighting, spirit. I dont think they played bad. Cant win them all. Dont be frustrated, guys need more experience. Shooters gonna shot decent in average.
The problem is Fred is taking more shots than anyone else most nights and he's arguably the worst starter. Fred shoots us out of games because he takes bad shots 8-9 times a game.
everyone who tells you to chill just because we won are casuals. yes our team is winning but we have major holes in our offense that will get us expose come playoff time. And I am for one rather have these problems corrected before we get there. love your analyze of the team because everything your saying is so true. we cant live on our defense which yes is incredible. Our backcourt is horrible and I hope Ime makes a change before the trade deadline because we are just going to talking about the same thing when playoffs come
As most of us said prior to the game, we lost. We're still somewhere far beyond expectations right now, nothing is changed. OKC is undoubtedly one of the best teams in the league. They not only have blocked the feeding tubes of our best players, but managed to paralyze them by not giving them any easy shoot as well. Simple as that. The worst taste I have from yesterday was that even in the garbage time of such a game, all Jalen thought about was padding his stats. Its a shame and against most well-known unwritten rule. This is disrespectful to both the opposing team and his own teammates. He needs to stop having such a mentality. KPJ used to do that back in the day. He had this right in the Silas era. Today Jalen is given this right by whom? There is no other player on the team who acts like this. It was as annoying as seeing a symptom of a disease, -that was supposed to have passed, after years.
We could have won if only we had a shooting young talent with high IQ like Reed Sheppard on the team. Unfortunately, we didn't draft him and have to rely on bad shooters.
Good analysis Frank as always. IMO i think Fred's issues is Jalen not playing better offensively and Fred trying to compensate. Another issue is on Ime, he too defensive focused. Cam could be an offensive juggernaut if they develop him more but looks like Ime refuse to prioritize this offensive talent on his bench. I feel the same way about Jabari.Need to utilize him more offensively. I dont think the offensive issues are a roster issue as much as its a roster usage issue. Ime just gotta get better, the talent is there...
Bro I my humble opinion as an okc fan your problem in scoring is that you guys don’t run the offense through one player roles in offense are not set ya’ll figure it out good game fellas
Sengun underperforming and playing like a role player in this particular game is a head-scratcher. He usually shows up for big games, just look at the game against Golden State, it's night and day. Could it because of Las Vegas distractions? In any case, I wouldn't worry much, he has a long track record of waking up when it matters (in fact, there was a little bit of that in the 4th against OKC).
When Fred was on Raptors he was a really good backup PG. But when he tried to lead our team as our starting PG it was a disaster. When we won the Championship Fred spent most of the games on the bench. He tends to crack under pressure. Fred would also go very long stretches of missing nearly every shot. We joked when he had a his baby he finally started to make shots again. Turning point seemed to be when his ego grew massive. He started using the saying bet on himself and forget the rest of team. When he has a bad night shooting he still takes the shots if you don't bench him. To be fair to Fred he has really improved his durability with the Rockets. On Raptors he was always injured. I honestly thought no team would sign him. Let alone offer him big bucks to lead a team. Rockets have a really good team to compensate for this and still be near the top of league.
Not a rockets fan but a lot of what you said was spot on from the outside looking in… the big money guys don’t play like it.. and they miss a true #1 give me the ball, ima get a bucket… defense is phenomenal
when kj martin was in the squad, alpi to kj lob was something we saw very often. it was effective. i don't understand why ime does not try to implement the samething with amen and alpi. as you said the same goes for wood and alpi games. rockets have some old tricks that are rusted and forgotten. need to remembered.
Bro you preaching. We need a true go-to scorer but while we find one of those, there needs to be a hierarchy in terms of scoring regarding the starters and the bench. Right now it starts with Jalen and Al-P. Fred needs to be a facilitator first and scorer second. The rest need to fall in line. Cam should get minutes and I believe he has the alpha dog mentality but Ime wants him to be more team oriented. That's a big worry of mine. The hierarchy isn't being taught, it's team ball which is what he learned under Pop, but even the Spurs had a structure where Tim Duncan was the top guy, Tony Parker was the next man up and Manu led the bench unit.
Ime could have gave cam and Sheppard a shot but instead made them ride the bench sometimes Ime rotations are questionable Sheppards shooting could have open up the game for Alpi
I know last year we were implementing the offense slowly , so you think we have more offense to implement within this system? Or we need to have a whole new one
If I'm the Rockets, I'm looking to get Donte DiVincenzo from the Wolves. His contract is only about $12M a year. We can easily send Minnesota some expiring contracts and throw in a few second round picks. He struggling a little this year, but I think it's just cuz he wants a change of scenery.
Udoka's offense would look a lot better if we had players that could shoot. There were open shots that were just missed. Stone's going to have to do something to add some more reliable shooters to the roster.
Hear me out everybody. We need to we need to give the ball to Alpi and Jalen every position. Give one of them the ball and have them be aggressive from beginning to end of the game. Everyone else get the hell out the way and be ready to cut to the basket, catch and shoot, or grab that rebound. When have we seen those two playing their best? It's when Ime says, "Ok, your the guy we're running with right now and that's it". Even though they have the highest usage on the team. They're not get the ball in iso plays enough. We've been using them too sporadically. If we want them to perform like superstars, we need to play like they are. If Jalen or Alpi pass because they're covered, throw that shit back to them and tell them "go get that shit!" Everyone else is supposed to be a role player, and they'll have to get it when they can, but cannot be having Dillon and Fred especially wasting positions; positions that could get Alpi and Jalen in rhythm. Cut the shit with all the damn screens. They're not working.
Odd you added Jalen to that list of those who should have the ball. The numbers are clear. 1. He winds down the clock and passes it away. 2. Get gets stripped 3. He throws up a brick. He had three years of hero ball. We’re trying to win now, you can’t play through a guy like that
@williamdavis9562 no disrespect, but you completely missed the point I was making, Jalen has played better in the playstyle I laid out. And also there are several things misleading of the 3 points you made
@ no disrespect taken, I’m no expert so what I’m saying could easily be 100 percent wrong, I concede that. I like hearing different points of view. Personally I’m just not sure any system will make Jalen the type of player we want at this point. Even if it makes him a bit better, if the juice worth the squeeze. Honestly when has Jalen ever been efficient consistently? Even when the entire system was catered to him and he was handed the keys to the car. I’ve been watching this kid from day one and waiting and waiting for him to blossom into a star. It has been 4 years and to me (maybe I’m wrong) it doesn’t seem like it will come. He just isn’t that guy, in the second half of his career he will probably end up as a streaky flame thrower 6 man somewhere. When hot you ride him, when cold you sit him
@williamdavis9562 I see him as a Westbrook type. Remember when Russ first got to Houston he was bad... like really bad, but once we traded Capela, he had more space, and that opened up everything for him. And for me personally, that was the best version of Russle Westbrook ever. That stretch he had was better than any stretch of his MVP season. When Alpi went down, Jalen was forced to be that guy, and in the following month and some change, Jalen was the best player in the NBA, even if it was for a short time. Comfortability in a certain playstyle is definitely a thing for Jalen and Alpi both. I think if you force them to put the team on their back, they will. I feel like they're still getting their hands held. But that's just me.
We played good defensively. We are a up and coming team. This team isnt a completed team get. Remember at the beginning of the year Stone said this is phase 2 of the rebuild. Oklahoma City is a completed team. I love your videos and reviews but Remember we are still building. The offense needs work but the defensive is awesome.
Well spoken bro. If our starting shooting guard can’t hit a shot we’re basically screwed. JG has shown us what he is, mgmt just needs to adjust to it. Cam is the other one on the roster like him… they both lack fundamental IQ.
takımda alperen hariç beni kimse şaşırtmadı.. ama okc ödevini çalışmış alpinin eline top gelir gelmez ikili üçlü rim yoluna önlem aldılar ve asisist yollarını kestiler ve top kayıpları oldu, zorlasa ayrı saçmalık asisist çıksa şutörler berbat ve canı çok sıkıldı suratından her şeyi anlıyordunuz ve okc şutları girmeye başladığında işlerini bitirdi. ime açısından iki seçenek vardı ya alpiye oyun sende zorla dyecekti yada kenarda daha fazla oturtacaktı ve oturttu da, ama o da işe yaramadı yokken top dönmedi, adams + şengün denenebilirdide tam rim kontrolü, ime fredi yönlendiremiyor bence, bir gün sen bir gün ben mantığıda çalışmadı, jabari eli sıcakken şut çekmedi, fred jaylen tuğlaları yağdı, çok can sıkıcı tamamen oyun planları çöktü ve ime müdahale edemedi. bu takımda iq eksiği çokdu bu oyunda... tüm takım işlemezken yine alpi den kahraman olması beklenemez... keske maç başına 10 3lük atsa jaylenden daha iyi yüzdesi olur kesin.
Yea frank we let the team down i fell asleep after i got comfortable with our effort but they just let up when i woke up i was like ....Jalen hoed us 😮 ... i also feel like this one dem games where kenny shooting with his left and loosing to SA Shaq dressing like Calvin Murphy ...all that just the vibe wasnt vibing and noby fought nobody ... thats the flip side of you just spitting the facts
They need to train Cam he will be the next go to guy if Jalen not hitting shots. Rockets don’t have deadly scoring punch especially if Jalen and Fred don’t have good shooting night. They need to run play for Jabari.
Jackson Gatlin mentioned in passing that he thought we could possibly get Levine for 40 million in expiring contracts. Do you think that’s something that is feasible? We HAVE to get someone who can shoot. I’m sure Zach Levine isn’t the defender that he should be but he wouldn’t be that much of a downgrade from Jalen. Plus we wouldn’t have to give up any of the core 7. Your thoughts on this?
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There is no 2 man game with Sengun and I feel first 3 years Alpi wanted to play that , but now he's task driven and that's not him he's a very free flowing player. And the team need to cut more.
C'MOM MAN! ON A TEAM THAT CANT SHOOT THEY CHUNKED UP ALMOST 50 THREES. This is a coaching fault why oh why do 5hey have the green light to throw up three after three when you know on average they are miss 70% of them. That would have been a improvement over last night. This team plays like thier Golden State but thier nowhere near a shooting team like them. This team needs to play to thier strength and that's inside the 3 point line. I'm so sick of FVV and JG CHUNKING up THREES RATHER THAN DRIVING ,ITS LAZY AND STUPID. You say they gamble but we where stupid enough to take that bet. Teams are gonna give you what you suck at and you fall for it ,idiots! This team needs a offensive coach that is not so basic and this team needs to smarten up.
Man you don't need to explain why you analyze games without bias. Those "one-way-only fans" are not even fans. They don't even care for the Rockets to get better, they just wanna be right. And that's their problem, not yours or anybody else's. Go Rockets! from Italy
Honestly, this team probably doesn't practice shooting enough. I just don't understand JG jumper. Every time he shoots, I'm often surprised if he makes it. I wonder if he works on his jumper at all. Same goes with Sengun. I know Tari and Amen worked on their jumpers as they showed progress at least this year
Rockets need backup center that shot blocker type and lob dunker and can defend in the rim alpe is good but is not agile in defense and not rim protector
With 5:06 minutes to go in the Game, Jalen Green only had 7 points (ending w/ 12 points, 1-8 on 3 pointers), which is Unacceptable .. I Been Done with Jalen so my 👀's have been on Amen Thompson .. I know Amen has been working (Hard) on his Jumper, and right now the development of Amen's Jumper is the clearest path to improve the Team's Offensive Efficiency .. We won't have a potential Top 3 (and probably #1) Pick until 2027, so the development & emergence of Amen Thompson at SG or PG will define this team .. FRANK, Your Thoughts ??? 🤔🤔
Tari eventually needs to learn how to shoot. I'm worried about his jumpshot. I'm also at the point where I feel like i need to see what cam looks like at this team as an offensive weapon but I think he's fallen out of favour with coach. But we need someone who can score
We dont have an efficient scorer on this team..Amen can be that guy, i think he needs to tighten up his handles first... I have been pointing out all Year about Sengun inefficiency, dude is a Center but has a fg% of a S.G....Also if Sengun average north of 20 attempts, we will loose to any team who can get up 35 threes...
Sometimes you have to take three steps back in defense to go five steps ahead in offense. Playing Cam and Reed might hurt your defense but your offense increases.
Reed won't shoot! Why do yall keep calling for him. There is no room for a short dude with a rudimentary handle that's afraid to shoot. Let that non-sense go. I would rather have Cam. At least he isn't scared.
@@CornellG I agree. If scoring was what the Rockets wanted, why pick one of the smallest guys in the draft. If they watched the Kentucky games, they would see that he played the same way. He wanted to be open to shoot. Kenecht was a primary option on his team. Reed was not. I guess they are hoping he would be Devin Booker. He will be a very good player, but not top 3 good. At that size, you better have confidence and wiggle in your game. He needs to go play in the g-league and get his confidence up
Thats 19m dollars more salary coming in than going out. Zach alone makes 8m dollars more than all those guys combined. I'm not aware of the Rockets cap space situation though so who knows!? Idk? Maybe a multi team trade? Bulls seem to like Smith, 'tho. Adams to Bulls? It would help them move off Vuc, I suppose? But where is Vuc going? Bulls just a mess, 'bro😅
I get OKC is a good defending team but this was not about it. All theese free shoots? Where is the easy buckets? The starting 5 were just so bad and after some time Udoka should accept it and had to make some changes. Cam came back from G-league and he wants to show himself right? Reed could also send a couple of 3s and probably score more than Fred or Jalen. I don't know Jeff could be a player who gets some easy shots.
Team is good this year. Young core developing…We see… Just upgrade veterans players…or add young star players at the end of the season… I prefer D. Fox, D. Booker or Edwards…
Van Vleet and Jalen are barely shooting above 30% from deep. We got three monsters sitting on the bench in Eason, Thompson and Whitmore. Why do we have to be so loyal to van vleet and Jalen?
Jalen makes the right reads, made lotta good passes, but we have no shooting to finish. I agree jalen is suspect with the ball but this is not a problem we can just, "hide," by sticking him in the corner. He is too valuable for the offense. Jalen has to be given a real opportunity before we give up on him
Teams are hacking Al-P and although he has "physicality" ability, he too often shies from attacking over physical defenders. Its now Obvious that Jalen Green is a 3rd option on a good team. We(the Rockets) Need a "go to" wing player.
No shot at anyone but playing hard and scrappy is not enough period. I enjoy this team, want to see them grow and they are WAY ahead of schedule. But they can shoot, and more importantly don’t have a wing playmaker right now. This gonna be the same outcome come playoffs. It’s time to bring back Cam right now, IDGAF if the defense slips some. You need to know what you have there cause you have to send out something to get something.
@ , absolutely, I’m just trying to find offense. If he don’t have it got to package him is my thought. He is young some team will think they can save him
The Warriors packed the paint and dared the Rockets to shoot threes. That's why they took so many, that was all there was to do. Jalen was hardly engaged in the game. He was mostly watching. When a player dribbles past the area you're guarding, you should at least make a swipe for the ball. Sengun was so confused he never did get focused. If SGA had not been so cold the first half, this game could have been a runaway. It was close until the fourth quarter. Ime and Stone need to quit playing hard ball with Cam and let him play some and when he is playing well, give him more minutes. It's an injustice to Rocket fans. Rockets are catering to Reed like they do Jalen. Giving him minutes he has not earned. Reed needs to go to the G League and keep him there until he at least scores a 20 point game. I never heard of a good shooter that passes up shots like Reed. Probably if he were to try and become a volume shooter,we would find out he is not that good. There are so many players I wanted us to draft beside Reed Sheppard.
if Fred and Dillon managed to do half of the percentage of 3 point shots,we could of win the game. This sort of finals completely depending and reliying on your vets.
Need an Alpha Scorer. The same reason you take Cam Whitmore off the court, will be the same reason why you need him on the court. When the game gets messy and you just need somebody to score.
The bottom line is, we can't score. Jalen green needs to know how to play, the same with Sengun. Probably they're young, that's why they don't have the go to move. A move in which a great player can score no matter what the defense will give them. If these two can develop a go to move then we are contenders. Our defense is a championship level but our offense is just low.lols I don't think our coach is out coach. A coach can't do a lot if his 2 franchise players can't score. I don't expect Brooks, amen, vanvleet or season to take over the scoring in the fourth quarter. These players rely on Green and Sengun to take over so that they can help them. When we won 2 championships way back 93=95 era. You don't expect Maxwell, Elie,thorpe, Kenny to take over games. Hakeem Olajuwon dominated, take over so that those guys could be free to help him. The defense will open if our 2 franchise players will take over and dominate.
Rockets are last (or near bottom) in basketed assisted They don't get the easy open shots Sengun seems to be the one player that finds people for open shots. There isn't a real constant 3pt threat There are too many bad shots taken
The Rockets are in dire need of a pass 1st PG. These shoot 1st PGs like FVV and KPJ don’t cut it, when trying to win at a high level. FVV was most successful his 1st couple years when he was playing in an off-ball/6th man role. He’s never passed enough or made his teammates better in Toronto, since becoming a starter. Jalen does have to get better in some areas like taking care of the ball, reading the game, and staying aggressive. I think the organization missed the ball by not giving him those reps during the tanking years. Instead they wasted them all on KPJ. I would like the see Stone to get a real PG like Lonzo Ball. Or just move off FVV for KD/Butler type player. That’ll allow a combination of JG/Amen/Reed/Sengun to run the offense.
Hahahaha, Frank.....Roosh is NEVER objective. Come on Bruh. Just yesterday he posted that Jalen was the reason for the loss. EVERY starter played poorly
Fred van flea is not a playmaker!!! We need pure point guard for this group of guys we have… like pass first and 2nd then shoot!! So many times Fred brings the ball up jacks up 3 not even making one pass. The dude is slow and old… would be a great trading piece if we could move that huge contract!! All the young guys are ahead of the curve these are all learning experiences!!
Sengun needs to be more aggressive and look to score first…that’s why he has so many turnovers…over passing…when he gets the ball in the post, he’s looking over his shoulder expecting a double team…just make quick move..
the narrative is Van Vleet isnt shooting like he did in Toronto-..Van Vleet never had a natural consistent stroke,Also,Udoka should put Shepherd in and tell him "shoot every time you touch the ball"---it cant be any worse than it is now
we shouldnt even be talking about next year. were a playoff contending team this year with 2 6th men guards starting. I know its nvr going to happen but we need FVV & Jalen coming of the bench lol. Their chemistry is non existence & only one of them can be on the floor at a time. Cam & Amen can do better. Both of our starting guards have digressed from last year tbh.
Every body stunk in this game, give OKC credit they know what they wanna do this year and they not messing around. But, how long do the Rockets wait for Jalen Green to be that guy? He’s still young and got time to figure it out but when you watch him play he looks so unaware and unbothered by his play, and it’s not just the poor shooting, but his lack of play making, lack of free throws, sub par rebounding for his size and athleticism, and poor assist to turnover ratio, it’s all horrible. I feel like he gets a pass, know one talks about how bad he really is. He’ll come out and score 30 pts and everyone forgets about bad he’s played the previous 5 games. He’s supposed to be that dude right now and he’s not even close on any level especially as a leader. There’s def 8 arguably 10 players drafted after him that are more impactful to their team. Imagine this team with Scottie Barnes, Jalen Johnson or Franz Wagner. It’s time the rockets admit they missed on Jalen Green, move him and look to bring in a veteran like a Butler, Lavine or Ingram and make a real run.
I’m glad you are taking responsibility for this loss. If you had been home Fred wouldn’t have shot so bad.
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Funny.
Fred isn't the scapegoat though.
@@bastadimasta he had 8 points on 15 shots. I wouldn’t call him a scapegoat, but he was the worst of the bad with the least excuse.
@@michaelboyles714 Finding a scapegoat is not healthy. Fred was really bad, but he's not the worst player in the roster in this season. The issue is systemic.
Just came home from work, now its time to relax with the Chopshop ❤️
This okc defense held luka and kyrie to 30pts total, with sga 40pts three days ago...
Shooting, shooting, shooting.... If rockets could shoot 35% from 3pt, they would win against okc yesterday.
Rockets defense is elite but it is not possible to keep that intesity throughout the game, this team needs at least an average shooting percentage to win consistently...
But they can't shoot 35% against any decent team. Trades need to be made along with a coaching strategy! Clase the 3 pt. Brick factory and tell people you do not have the green light to throw up 15 threes a game each. If we had guards that could shoot better than in the 30% range on all thier shoots. Just be smarter and play closer in. I'm not a believer in all these threes if you can make twos at a high% it's just as good and more reliable.
Optimistically I want to ride with Jalen Green. That’s my guy since we drafted him.
Actuality he is the weakest link. 🤘🏾🚀
@@bigkanesays304 well said.
I’ve liked Jalen a lot as a fan. But at some point I realize I like the Rockets more than one guy.
Hard pill to swallow but Jalen is not “the guy” on this team nor does it look like he will ever be.
If I’m the GM I probably trade him this offseason. Unless he explodes soon and keeps it up through the playoffs. Which we all know probably won’t happen
Everybody wants to see him succeed.
@bigkanesays304 I also think Jalen Green has potential and I have been waiting on him to grow his game.
Problem is, he has been in the league for a couple of years now and he should be a slightly lesser version of SGA or Anthony Edward's by now.....if he was, Rockets would have beaten OKC and the rest of the league would fear the Rockets on a whole new level.
But he is inconsistent.
I think the issue is all through the G league and his first couple of years on the NBA under Stephen Silas, he never had good coaching.
His first good coach started last year with Ime Udoka. Now we are in year 2.
His refinement of his game is starting late.....so the question, How long do we wait for him to reach his potential if he ever does?
Has his lack of coaching early on ruined what he could have been?
Also, the Rockets as a whole took a huge leap ahead of Jalen Green's growth....
3 guys, (if develop very quickly) can place the Rockets in championship contention either Now or next yr
Reed Shepherd, Cam Whitmore and Jalen Green.
Don't even know if all of them will be on the team with all the excess talent the Rockets have.
We need a bucket getter.
Jimmy Buckets? jk of course. It would be nice if Reed was shooting the lights out. We could really use that kind of floor spacing for Jalen , Sengun and Amen.
@MrJuandiego1988
Cam Whitmore but Ime too stupid to realize that.
@@JudaRod11 I think Cam would’ve helped against the thunder with knocking down shots in those drought periods
@@JudaRod11 Cam was playing terrible and that is why he wasn't playing. Shooting poorly and making bad decisions, I guess trying to prove that he's arrived.
The bad thing for Cam is too many players can already do what he does a higher level (Tari, Amen) and because he can't play the point, he rides the bench as a worse option at the 2 and 3.
What are you going to do , give him Dillan's minutes? Dillan is out playing him easily. He's got to learn how to make the right play and do a better job on switches, if he wants to see time. Scoring is important, but not if you give up even more on D.
@juqual78
Totally disagree with your assessment. Tari and Amen CANNOT do what Cam do....at all.
Tari and Eason are average finishers at the basket. Cam is an athelic beast that will posterize defenders. He stronger and built for contact. He use his body well to leverage against his defenders and score at ease around basket.
Amen and Tari can't do that. They struggle whereas with Cam, it's his forte.
Next thing here....Cam was in a shooting slump. Reed hasn't been hitting his shots as much either. Amen isn't exactly a shooter right now.
And Tari has been in a slump too but you don't see Ime going hard on them like he does Cam. Cam is just coming off his rookie season.
I don't understand why Ime impatient with him when Reed has been a bit worst. Holliday ain't giving us sht. And Amen can't really create his own offense.
Cam can create his own offense. He's comfortable shooting and playing around the basket.
He's a better all-around talent then Amen and Reed...and Tari. And his defense is not bad at all. It just not as good as Amen though. But he can make up for it, scoring the ball in bunches.
Crazy that Ime is sitting on Cam Whitmore when he desperately needs offense.
Agreed. Last year, Cam was coming off the bench and adding immediate offense.
For sure we are here for the analysis. Keep up the great work and thank you for breaking down the positives and especially the negatives whether we win or lose. Any top level activity needs to be looked at objectively in order to build success in a rational way. Your channel is the best for this in the Rockets orbit. 💪
I saw a play where Jabari came off a pin down screen from Al P got the pass and didn’t shoot it. He was on the bench after that. He has to be wayyy more aggressive in the mid range with his shot
Yo Fred the ''Tank'' always Respect your analysis keep it Rollin bro and btw i been watching my Rockets since 92' a die hard fan here!!
Always truth! Thanks Frank
looking at this kind of game, make you to realize how genius D'Andoni was as a rockets coach, appears once every decade maybe, one of two great offense coaches Rockets every had, D'Andoni and Adelman.
Yes sengun should take more shots, and continue to take shots even when they arent falling.. but the team approach to offense is egalitarian to a silly extent. Not that he don't deserve blame. But the hyper focus on balance, when balance aint gonna work.
Well that kind of comes from the fact that Jalen and Sengun are so young. Younger players tend to defer to vets and we have some REALLY strong willed ones in Fred and Dillan. That and Ime values tough vets quite a bit and rewards them with usage and shots.
I don't see that dynamic really changing unless they FORCE it by playing out of their minds, or Ime enforces it. Ime has pretty good control of his team, but that is also in part because he has deference to smart/tough veterans as general rule.
All that said, Jalen has to play better. He has been terrible offensively , almost the entire season. Too often he can't burden the load of being doubled and hounded the entire game. He's been shrinking and turning the ball over far too often when the pressure is on, which is a terrible sign for his ceiling. You either have that extra gear and level of focus, or you don't.
Sengun needs spacing which we don't have because of lack of shooting.
Cause the guards are lazy and don't pass the ball or drive to the basket like they should. This would also create more fouls and free throws which this lazy team can't shoot as Good as a high school team eithier.
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@@ROBERTMILLS-v9z I wouldn't say lazy, we can see from the excellent defense they play that they aren't lazy. It's more to do with the style of offense they've been playing. I love Ime but offense isn't his forte. They need a legit offensive coach under him (like a D'Antoni for example).
Funny, I think Amen or JG needs spacing
Sengun made double double .he had triple doublyif teammates scores
We either need an OC, we need another guard that can get a bucket or we need a star level player that can score and we need a 3 point specialist.
This offense is bad and it looks like it won’t get better. Our defense is great but we can do so much with that.
Jalen is too inconsistent and Fred has been awful as a point guard.
Now that we know these issues Stone going to have to address these issues either next summer or by the deadline
Also please get a backup big Adams is washed
As a Filipino, I'll always support Jalen and be proud of him (regardless), but come on, Jalen... we need more. Frank keep spittin facts! I look forward to you and Roosh analysis after Rockets games. Much love from Korea!
Piripin, piripin.. kaumay ..ndi kelangang sabihin.. ksp ba lahi natin?
I agree with what you say about being objective however, all this talk about "baby Jokic, Jalen improving( he is who he is), "Terror Twins(Tari fouling on 3pt shots, repeatedly). Just give it to us straight. NO GLAZING WHEN THEY WIN AGAINST LESSSER TEAMS.
I agree man , I hate being surrounded by yes man it’s great to be optimistic about the team but I need to hear it how it is. No point in kicking the can down the road
I agree, we need more from Jalen! He needs to start playing down hill but is there enough space?
Completely agree as usual. Alpi needs to develop a short term memory. He gets emotional over every missed shot and missed call and drops focus. It bleeds into his defense and his finishing. I need Aaron Holiday's mentality to brush off on him a little, because for whatever reason when Aaron Holiday steps on the court he throws up shots like he's the best player on the court. Outside of Alpi, we know the perimeter shooting is lacking. It bothers me when Udoka says the offense is generating good shots because those shots are wide open, when we all know those shooters are open for a reason. Teams want us shooting those shots. Our offense should be generating GOOD shots, not just open shots. The offense should be built to get our players to spots where they are consistent. Say what you want about Jae'Sean Tate (dude can be all over the place), but when he gets in the game, EVERY SINGLE TIME he's getting to that left hand hook shot off the glass. Know your spots and counters and how to dictate your offense.
Yeah and since he's missing so many shots it's compounding things. He's giving up 2-4 points a game and the rest of the team of course feeds of his energy so it's setting a bad example for the other young players.
It's a really bad habit that every leader of the team needs to break, so that toughness filters down.
Alpi must Go to Dallas Maverick
Appreciate your take Frank. First of all, we are actually ahead of schedule. No one expected for us to win a chip. All we wanted is to make the playoffs. But since we winnin, we expected too much. But that's fine. 2nd how many potential assist Jalen could have if Alpi just made all those damned tear drops. Jalen is not fit in this system. He needs a coach that can utilize him better. Not saying he's gonna be a superstar (that shipped already sailed) but atleast setting him for success. Even Fred can't set him up better. We need to ship him out and get 3 and D or look out for Booker or Lavine. Now Jabari, he still doesn't have a dribble package. He can't even get shots. Amen is great but he's still tentative sometimes. Tari needs to knockdown shots as he gets it. I mean, still hoping to get to the playoffs outright but we need a pure scorer/knockdown shooter. Still, Go Rockets! 🚀
Hope someone from the staff is watching this Frank. The lack of structure and intentionality is just horrible and mostly on the coaching staff.
This pod is the best when that guy called Roosh is not around.
Very objective and pure critism. No nonsense hate and slander.
I don't agree with you when you said it was "not a great representation of houston rockets basketball". I think that is exactly how we played this season. Our defense was impeccable, our offense was absent, grit and grind, that's rockets identity. Great video.
OKC was 45% from the field lol
Game wasn't even out of reach. If Sengun just hits 3 missed shots and 2 threes from shooters it was rockets game. Not even mentioning terrible free throws.
Rockets literally generated 16 more shot attempts. This shows fighting, spirit. I dont think they played bad. Cant win them all. Dont be frustrated, guys need more experience. Shooters gonna shot decent in average.
The problem is Fred is taking more shots than anyone else most nights and he's arguably the worst starter. Fred shoots us out of games because he takes bad shots 8-9 times a game.
everyone who tells you to chill just because we won are casuals. yes our team is winning but we have major holes in our offense that will get us expose come playoff time. And I am for one rather have these problems corrected before we get there. love your analyze of the team because everything your saying is so true. we cant live on our defense which yes is incredible. Our backcourt is horrible and I hope Ime makes a change before the trade deadline because we are just going to talking about the same thing when playoffs come
As most of us said prior to the game, we lost. We're still somewhere far beyond expectations right now, nothing is changed.
OKC is undoubtedly one of the best teams in the league. They not only have blocked the feeding tubes of our best players, but managed to paralyze them by not giving them any easy shoot as well. Simple as that.
The worst taste I have from yesterday was that even in the garbage time of such a game, all Jalen thought about was padding his stats. Its a shame and against most well-known unwritten rule. This is disrespectful to both the opposing team and his own teammates. He needs to stop having such a mentality.
KPJ used to do that back in the day. He had this right in the Silas era.
Today Jalen is given this right by whom? There is no other player on the team who acts like this.
It was as annoying as seeing a symptom of a disease, -that was supposed to have passed, after years.
We could have won if only we had a shooting young talent with high IQ like Reed Sheppard on the team. Unfortunately, we didn't draft him and have to rely on bad shooters.
Trololololol if he played instead of Fred I guarantee you we win that game. Fred is ass and needs to go.
@austinwoods9941 Fred is the only guard who can make plays. Reed should replace Green
Would be perfect if we can combine Reed and Cam into one player.
Rockets do not have spacing in their offenses. That's the sole issue
We're also spamming the same set over and over and over again. Ime isn't running any kind of offense. He just spams pnr all game.
Good analysis Frank as always.
IMO i think Fred's issues is Jalen not playing better offensively and Fred trying to compensate.
Another issue is on Ime, he too defensive focused. Cam could be an offensive juggernaut if they develop him more but looks like Ime refuse to prioritize this offensive talent on his bench. I feel the same way about Jabari.Need to utilize him more offensively.
I dont think the offensive issues are a roster issue as much as its a roster usage issue. Ime just gotta get better, the talent is there...
Bro I my humble opinion as an okc fan your problem in scoring is that you guys don’t run the offense through one player roles in offense are not set ya’ll figure it out good game fellas
Sengun underperforming and playing like a role player in this particular game is a head-scratcher. He usually shows up for big games, just look at the game against Golden State, it's night and day. Could it because of Las Vegas distractions? In any case, I wouldn't worry much, he has a long track record of waking up when it matters (in fact, there was a little bit of that in the 4th against OKC).
When Fred was on Raptors he was a really good backup PG. But when he tried to lead our team as our starting PG it was a disaster. When we won the Championship Fred spent most of the games on the bench. He tends to crack under pressure. Fred would also go very long stretches of missing nearly every shot. We joked when he had a his baby he finally started to make shots again. Turning point seemed to be when his ego grew massive. He started using the saying bet on himself and forget the rest of team. When he has a bad night shooting he still takes the shots if you don't bench him. To be fair to Fred he has really improved his durability with the Rockets. On Raptors he was always injured. I honestly thought no team would sign him. Let alone offer him big bucks to lead a team. Rockets have a really good team to compensate for this and still be near the top of league.
Not a rockets fan but a lot of what you said was spot on from the outside looking in… the big money guys don’t play like it.. and they miss a true #1 give me the ball, ima get a bucket… defense is phenomenal
Appreciate it!
When will Ime start telling the 3 chuckers to chuck less 3s? Also what happened to Sengun's flamingo mid range?? 11:32 so well said!
when kj martin was in the squad, alpi to kj lob was something we saw very often. it was effective. i don't understand why ime does not try to implement the samething with amen and alpi. as you said the same goes for wood and alpi games. rockets have some old tricks that are rusted and forgotten. need to remembered.
You are so right about Jalen, just as Jalen pounding Josh Christopher is an innate ability, so is playing at the highest level...
Bro you preaching. We need a true go-to scorer but while we find one of those, there needs to be a hierarchy in terms of scoring regarding the starters and the bench. Right now it starts with Jalen and Al-P. Fred needs to be a facilitator first and scorer second. The rest need to fall in line. Cam should get minutes and I believe he has the alpha dog mentality but Ime wants him to be more team oriented. That's a big worry of mine. The hierarchy isn't being taught, it's team ball which is what he learned under Pop, but even the Spurs had a structure where Tim Duncan was the top guy, Tony Parker was the next man up and Manu led the bench unit.
Ime could have gave cam and Sheppard a shot but instead made them ride the bench sometimes Ime rotations are questionable Sheppards shooting could have open up the game for Alpi
Not sure why Ime can't give Cam 10 mins when our offense sucks that much.
THANK YOU. that sometimes you sometimes me talk is so stupid.
I know last year we were implementing the offense slowly , so you think we have more offense to implement within this system? Or we need to have a whole new one
To say Amen didn’t play well when he was clearing our best player is crazy. We def didn’t watch the same game
A passing game would do that.
If I'm the Rockets, I'm looking to get Donte DiVincenzo from the Wolves. His contract is only about $12M a year. We can easily send Minnesota some expiring contracts and throw in a few second round picks. He struggling a little this year, but I think it's just cuz he wants a change of scenery.
Udoka's offense would look a lot better if we had players that could shoot. There were open shots that were just missed. Stone's going to have to do something to add some more reliable shooters to the roster.
Jalen needs to play off-ball. Preach!
I expected the adjustments to come quicker by coach, after the first quarter. Got to put your chess game at work!
Hear me out everybody. We need to we need to give the ball to Alpi and Jalen every position. Give one of them the ball and have them be aggressive from beginning to end of the game. Everyone else get the hell out the way and be ready to cut to the basket, catch and shoot, or grab that rebound.
When have we seen those two playing their best? It's when Ime says, "Ok, your the guy we're running with right now and that's it". Even though they have the highest usage on the team. They're not get the ball in iso plays enough. We've been using them too sporadically.
If we want them to perform like superstars, we need to play like they are.
If Jalen or Alpi pass because they're covered, throw that shit back to them and tell them "go get that shit!"
Everyone else is supposed to be a role player, and they'll have to get it when they can, but cannot be having Dillon and Fred especially wasting positions; positions that could get Alpi and Jalen in rhythm.
Cut the shit with all the damn screens. They're not working.
Odd you added Jalen to that list of those who should have the ball.
The numbers are clear.
1. He winds down the clock and passes it away.
2. Get gets stripped
3. He throws up a brick. He had three years of hero ball. We’re trying to win now, you can’t play through a guy like that
@williamdavis9562 no disrespect, but you completely missed the point I was making, Jalen has played better in the playstyle I laid out.
And also there are several things misleading of the 3 points you made
@@Nick-ok4eq He just another Jalen Hater. Common in the comment section
@ no disrespect taken, I’m no expert so what I’m saying could easily be 100 percent wrong, I concede that. I like hearing different points of view.
Personally I’m just not sure any system will make Jalen the type of player we want at this point. Even if it makes him a bit better, if the juice worth the squeeze.
Honestly when has Jalen ever been efficient consistently? Even when the entire system was catered to him and he was handed the keys to the car.
I’ve been watching this kid from day one and waiting and waiting for him to blossom into a star. It has been 4 years and to me (maybe I’m wrong) it doesn’t seem like it will come.
He just isn’t that guy, in the second half of his career he will probably end up as a streaky flame thrower 6 man somewhere. When hot you ride him, when cold you sit him
@williamdavis9562 I see him as a Westbrook type. Remember when Russ first got to Houston he was bad... like really bad, but once we traded Capela, he had more space, and that opened up everything for him. And for me personally, that was the best version of Russle Westbrook ever. That stretch he had was better than any stretch of his MVP season.
When Alpi went down, Jalen was forced to be that guy, and in the following month and some change, Jalen was the best player in the NBA, even if it was for a short time.
Comfortability in a certain playstyle is definitely a thing for Jalen and Alpi both. I think if you force them to put the team on their back, they will. I feel like they're still getting their hands held. But that's just me.
We played good defensively. We are a up and coming team. This team isnt a completed team get. Remember at the beginning of the year Stone said this is phase 2 of the rebuild. Oklahoma City is a completed team. I love your videos and reviews but Remember we are still building. The offense needs work but the defensive is awesome.
But Frank, your hurting my poor wittle feelings by saying bad things about my wockets team 🥺
Just playing 😂
Keep speaking facts 🚀🤘🏾
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Well spoken bro. If our starting shooting guard can’t hit a shot we’re basically screwed. JG has shown us what he is, mgmt just needs to adjust to it. Cam is the other one on the roster like him… they both lack fundamental IQ.
takımda alperen hariç beni kimse şaşırtmadı.. ama okc ödevini çalışmış alpinin eline top gelir gelmez ikili üçlü rim yoluna önlem aldılar ve asisist yollarını kestiler ve top kayıpları oldu, zorlasa ayrı saçmalık asisist çıksa şutörler berbat ve canı çok sıkıldı suratından her şeyi anlıyordunuz ve okc şutları girmeye başladığında işlerini bitirdi. ime açısından iki seçenek vardı ya alpiye oyun sende zorla dyecekti yada kenarda daha fazla oturtacaktı ve oturttu da, ama o da işe yaramadı yokken top dönmedi, adams + şengün denenebilirdide tam rim kontrolü, ime fredi yönlendiremiyor bence, bir gün sen bir gün ben mantığıda çalışmadı, jabari eli sıcakken şut çekmedi, fred jaylen tuğlaları yağdı, çok can sıkıcı tamamen oyun planları çöktü ve ime müdahale edemedi. bu takımda iq eksiği çokdu bu oyunda... tüm takım işlemezken yine alpi den kahraman olması beklenemez... keske maç başına 10 3lük atsa jaylenden daha iyi yüzdesi olur kesin.
Alpi needs to get a consistent 3 point shot or atleast mid range they will give it to him if he hits them we could build a lead
In the NBA cup final, Giannis just did what AL-p couldn't vs. the thunder
Defense AND dominate the paint
Yea frank we let the team down i fell asleep after i got comfortable with our effort but they just let up when i woke up i was like ....Jalen hoed us 😮 ... i also feel like this one dem games where kenny shooting with his left and loosing to SA Shaq dressing like Calvin Murphy ...all that just the vibe wasnt vibing and noby fought nobody ... thats the flip side of you just spitting the facts
They need to train Cam he will be the next go to guy if Jalen not hitting shots. Rockets don’t have deadly scoring punch especially if Jalen and Fred don’t have good shooting night. They need to run play for Jabari.
Jackson Gatlin mentioned in passing that he thought we could possibly get Levine for 40 million in expiring contracts. Do you think that’s something that is feasible?
We HAVE to get someone who can shoot. I’m sure Zach Levine isn’t the defender that he should be but he wouldn’t be that much of a downgrade from Jalen.
Plus we wouldn’t have to give up any of the core 7. Your thoughts on this?
ATIRADORES 🙏🙏🙏🙏🚀🇧🇷
Sengun deixe de ser mão de manteiga
JGreen pare com suas loucuras, tenha paciência e procure sempre a melhor jogada .
E Fred VanVleet SUMA dos foguetes !!!
I agree with Jalen now! You have to empty the clip in a game like that bruh!! I know Ime see these problems
💯 this is why Jalens lacking this year ... sometimes me sometimes you always us has stopped him being the number 1
There is no 2 man game with Sengun and I feel first 3 years Alpi wanted to play that , but now he's task driven and that's not him he's a very free flowing player. And the team need to cut more.
C'MOM MAN! ON A TEAM THAT CANT SHOOT THEY CHUNKED UP ALMOST 50 THREES. This is a coaching fault why oh why do 5hey have the green light to throw up three after three when you know on average they are miss 70% of them. That would have been a improvement over last night. This team plays like thier Golden State but thier nowhere near a shooting team like them. This team needs to play to thier strength and that's inside the 3 point line. I'm so sick of FVV and JG CHUNKING up THREES RATHER THAN DRIVING ,ITS LAZY AND STUPID. You say they gamble but we where stupid enough to take that bet. Teams are gonna give you what you suck at and you fall for it ,idiots! This team needs a offensive coach that is not so basic and this team needs to smarten up.
Man you don't need to explain why you analyze games without bias. Those "one-way-only fans" are not even fans. They don't even care for the Rockets to get better, they just wanna be right. And that's their problem, not yours or anybody else's.
Go Rockets! from Italy
Honestly, this team probably doesn't practice shooting enough. I just don't understand JG jumper. Every time he shoots, I'm often surprised if he makes it. I wonder if he works on his jumper at all. Same goes with Sengun. I know Tari and Amen worked on their jumpers as they showed progress at least this year
I watched it a topgolf work party so I'll take 50% of the blame off you.
Maybe a different (better ) point guard would help JG improve
Rockets need backup center that shot blocker type and lob dunker and can defend in the rim alpe is good but is not agile in defense and not rim protector
With 5:06 minutes to go in the Game, Jalen Green only had 7 points (ending w/ 12 points, 1-8 on 3 pointers), which is Unacceptable .. I Been Done with Jalen so my 👀's have been on Amen Thompson .. I know Amen has been working (Hard) on his Jumper, and right now the development of Amen's Jumper is the clearest path to improve the Team's Offensive Efficiency .. We won't have a potential Top 3 (and probably #1) Pick until 2027, so the development & emergence of Amen Thompson at SG or PG will define this team .. FRANK, Your Thoughts ??? 🤔🤔
Tari eventually needs to learn how to shoot. I'm worried about his jumpshot.
I'm also at the point where I feel like i need to see what cam looks like at this team as an offensive weapon but I think he's fallen out of favour with coach. But we need someone who can score
We dont have an efficient scorer on this team..Amen can be that guy, i think he needs to tighten up his handles first... I have been pointing out all Year about Sengun inefficiency, dude is a Center but has a fg% of a S.G....Also if Sengun average north of 20 attempts, we will loose to any team who can get up 35 threes...
Why did Adams not get another go. He played well.
Cam, Tari and Amen together will be nightmare to the opposing teams. They need lob threat center.
Sometimes you have to take three steps back in defense to go five steps ahead in offense. Playing Cam and Reed might hurt your defense but your offense increases.
Reed won't shoot! Why do yall keep calling for him. There is no room for a short dude with a rudimentary handle that's afraid to shoot. Let that non-sense go. I would rather have Cam. At least he isn't scared.
@ we have to play our 3rd pick eventually. Even if we trade him, not playing him at all makes him lose even more stock. Should drafted Dalton.
@@CornellG I agree. If scoring was what the Rockets wanted, why pick one of the smallest guys in the draft. If they watched the Kentucky games, they would see that he played the same way. He wanted to be open to shoot. Kenecht was a primary option on his team. Reed was not. I guess they are hoping he would be Devin Booker. He will be a very good player, but not top 3 good. At that size, you better have confidence and wiggle in your game. He needs to go play in the g-league and get his confidence up
Zach Lavine, Jalen Smith, Torrey Craig
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Steven Adams, Jock Landale, Ja'Sean Tate, Jeff Green
Thats 19m dollars more salary coming in than going out. Zach alone makes 8m dollars more than all those guys combined. I'm not aware of the Rockets cap space situation though so who knows!? Idk? Maybe a multi team trade? Bulls seem to like Smith, 'tho. Adams to Bulls? It would help them move off Vuc, I suppose? But where is Vuc going? Bulls just a mess, 'bro😅
@jdh9676 thought they had their MLE left for not using it in off-season and could apply to a trade, maybe (probably) I am wrong
What did Adams do wrong
@@stevelogan9166 Expiring Salary
I get OKC is a good defending team but this was not about it. All theese free shoots? Where is the easy buckets? The starting 5 were just so bad and after some time Udoka should accept it and had to make some changes. Cam came back from G-league and he wants to show himself right? Reed could also send a couple of 3s and probably score more than Fred or Jalen. I don't know Jeff could be a player who gets some easy shots.
I have been saying jabari has a solid mid range but never gets anything consistent for him
Houston just need to add star PG player. Not old star…like D.Fox, D.Booker…Back up big like Clingan…And one shooter SG….
Team is good this year. Young core developing…We see… Just upgrade veterans players…or add young star players at the end of the season… I prefer D. Fox, D. Booker or Edwards…
Van Vleet and Jalen are barely shooting above 30% from deep. We got three monsters sitting on the bench in Eason, Thompson and Whitmore. Why do we have to be so loyal to van vleet and Jalen?
Jalen makes the right reads, made lotta good passes, but we have no shooting to finish. I agree jalen is suspect with the ball but this is not a problem we can just, "hide," by sticking him in the corner. He is too valuable for the offense. Jalen has to be given a real opportunity before we give up on him
Teams are hacking Al-P and although he has "physicality" ability, he too often shies from attacking over physical defenders. Its now Obvious that Jalen Green is a 3rd option on a good team. We(the Rockets) Need a "go to" wing player.
I think that’s still too optimistic. If this as good as he’s gonna be, he’s a bench player.
The Rockets are not play-off ready.What went wrong? They couldn't hit wide open shots.
No shot at anyone but playing hard and scrappy is not enough period. I enjoy this team, want to see them grow and they are WAY ahead of schedule.
But they can shoot, and more importantly don’t have a wing playmaker right now. This gonna be the same outcome come playoffs.
It’s time to bring back Cam right now, IDGAF if the defense slips some. You need to know what you have there cause you have to send out something to get something.
Cam gotta hit his shots, I feel like people are ignoring the fact that he was one of worst shooters
@ , absolutely, I’m just trying to find offense. If he don’t have it got to package him is my thought. He is young some team will think they can save him
The Warriors packed the paint and dared the Rockets to shoot threes. That's why they took so many, that was all there was to do. Jalen was hardly engaged in the game. He was mostly watching. When a player dribbles past the area you're guarding, you should at least make a swipe for the ball. Sengun was so confused he never did get focused. If SGA had not been so cold the first half, this game could have been a runaway. It was close until the fourth quarter. Ime and Stone need to quit playing hard ball with Cam and let him play some and when he is playing well, give him more minutes. It's an injustice to Rocket fans. Rockets are catering to Reed like they do Jalen. Giving him minutes he has not earned. Reed needs to go to the G League and keep him there until he at least scores a 20 point game. I never heard of a good shooter that passes up shots like Reed. Probably if he were to try and become a volume shooter,we would find out he is not that good. There are so many players I wanted us to draft beside Reed Sheppard.
if Fred and Dillon managed to do half of the percentage of 3 point shots,we could of win the game. This sort of finals completely depending and reliying on your vets.
Your making a big mistake letting FVV TAKE More than 10 shots a game. I'd trade him and dillion in a heartbeat.
Need an Alpha Scorer. The same reason you take Cam Whitmore off the court, will be the same reason why you need him on the court. When the game gets messy and you just need somebody to score.
The bottom line is, we can't score. Jalen green needs to know how to play, the same with Sengun. Probably they're young, that's why they don't have the go to move. A move in which a great player can score no matter what the defense will give them. If these two can develop a go to move then we are contenders. Our defense is a championship level but our offense is just low.lols I don't think our coach is out coach. A coach can't do a lot if his 2 franchise players can't score. I don't expect Brooks, amen, vanvleet or season to take over the scoring in the fourth quarter. These players rely on Green and Sengun to take over so that they can help them. When we won 2 championships way back 93=95 era. You don't expect Maxwell, Elie,thorpe, Kenny to take over games. Hakeem Olajuwon dominated, take over so that those guys could be free to help him. The defense will open if our 2 franchise players will take over and dominate.
Rockets are last (or near bottom) in basketed assisted
They don't get the easy open shots
Sengun seems to be the one player that finds people for open shots.
There isn't a real constant 3pt threat
There are too many bad shots taken
The Rockets are in dire need of a pass 1st PG. These shoot 1st PGs like FVV and KPJ don’t cut it, when trying to win at a high level. FVV was most successful his 1st couple years when he was playing in an off-ball/6th man role. He’s never passed enough or made his teammates better in Toronto, since becoming a starter. Jalen does have to get better in some areas like taking care of the ball, reading the game, and staying aggressive. I think the organization missed the ball by not giving him those reps during the tanking years. Instead they wasted them all on KPJ. I would like the see Stone to get a real PG like Lonzo Ball. Or just move off FVV for KD/Butler type player. That’ll allow a combination of JG/Amen/Reed/Sengun to run the offense.
Sengun is good but that baby Jokic talk needs to cool off until he can either consistently hit 3 pointers or average 3 to1 assist ratio
Jokic doesn't average 3-1 assist turnover ratio
Ok, 2.5 aasist to turnover ratio while averaging a 30 point triple double. Happy?
Hahahaha, Frank.....Roosh is NEVER objective. Come on Bruh. Just yesterday he posted that Jalen was the reason for the loss. EVERY starter played poorly
Why are we not including Fred in trade talks? He's an undersized undrafted 30yr old pg on a giant contract. His best days are behind him. Dearon fox?
Fred van flea is not a playmaker!!! We need pure point guard for this group of guys we have… like pass first and 2nd then shoot!! So many times Fred brings the ball up jacks up 3 not even making one pass. The dude is slow and old… would be a great trading piece if we could move that huge contract!! All the young guys are ahead of the curve these are all learning experiences!!
12:05 All Lives Matter offense 😂 facts
Sengun needs to be more aggressive and look to score first…that’s why he has so many turnovers…over passing…when he gets the ball in the post, he’s looking over his shoulder expecting a double team…just make quick move..
Give Cam more reps at the NBA level. Trade Jalen for Trey Murphy
I think we need to trade FVV an bring Harden home
the narrative is Van Vleet isnt shooting like he did in Toronto-..Van Vleet never had a natural consistent stroke,Also,Udoka should put Shepherd in and tell him "shoot every time you touch the ball"---it cant be any worse than it is now
we shouldnt even be talking about next year. were a playoff contending team this year with 2 6th men guards starting. I know its nvr going to happen but we need FVV & Jalen coming of the bench lol. Their chemistry is non existence & only one of them can be on the floor at a time. Cam & Amen can do better. Both of our starting guards have digressed from last year tbh.
Every body stunk in this game, give OKC credit they know what they wanna do this year and they not messing around.
But, how long do the Rockets wait for Jalen Green to be that guy? He’s still young and got time to figure it out but when you watch him play he looks so unaware and unbothered by his play, and it’s not just the poor shooting, but his lack of play making, lack of free throws, sub par rebounding for his size and athleticism, and poor assist to turnover ratio, it’s all horrible. I feel like he gets a pass, know one talks about how bad he really is. He’ll come out and score 30 pts and everyone forgets about bad he’s played the previous 5 games. He’s supposed to be that dude right now and he’s not even close on any level especially as a leader. There’s def 8 arguably 10 players drafted after him that are more impactful to their team. Imagine this team with Scottie Barnes, Jalen Johnson or Franz Wagner. It’s time the rockets admit they missed on Jalen Green, move him and look to bring in a veteran like a Butler, Lavine or Ingram and make a real run.
Thank you not able to watch games here .