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#41 rocketrick

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    Posted 09 August 2014 - 12:02 PM

    We don't have Lebron....


    Neither does Miami or LAL
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      Posted 09 August 2014 - 01:11 PM

      Papanikolaou signed last night giving us 18 players on the roster. Non-G contracts of Scotty H, Josh P, and Gee get cut. Capela (212 lbs), Covington,Nick Johnson (good basketball IQ but can get some seasoning) and Troy Daniels (needs work on defense) will get stints in the D-league.
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        Posted 09 August 2014 - 01:41 PM

        Ish smith and Jeff Adrien get little to no playing time just like Ronnie Brewer got little to no playing time. Situational defense at end of quarters or game....Adrien (PER of 18.4) shoots 0% from 3P and Ish 4% from 3P land. Before last season Harden said he played good defense in OKC and he would play good defense during the season (we blinked and missed it). USA coaching staff report Harden playing good defense and I saw Harden playing "King of the Hill" vs Durant and Paul George......he can play one-on-one defense.

        Bold prediction is Harden will give us a 5-6 (scale of 1-10 w/10 being superior effort) defensive effort instead of the 1-2 last year. Rockets will be solid on defense with an improved Beverley/Ariza/Terrence (More comfortable with defense)/D12/ & Harden giving us a 5.5 defensive effort out of embarrassment of being called out as one of the worst defenders last year. Harden appears in better shape.
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        #44 Buckko

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          Posted 09 August 2014 - 02:46 PM

          I'm pretty sure Troy Daniels is getting big minutes with the rockets if not the backup SG position. After the playoffs, I doubt we'll see Troy in a vipers' uniform any time soon or at all for that matter.

           

          Getting big minutes in the playoffs tends to carry over in the regular season.


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          Posted 09 August 2014 - 02:51 PM

          Papanikolaou signed last night giving us 18 players on the roster. Non-G contracts of Scotty H, Josh P, and Gee get cut. Capela (212 lbs), Covington,Nick Johnson (good basketball IQ but can get some seasoning) and Troy Daniels (needs work on defense) will get stints in the D-league.

           

          I disagree about Daniels--if his shot is as good as we all think then he will be on the roster....and on the court.  You don't keep a weapon like that holstered.

           

           

          Ish smith and Jeff Adrien get little to no playing time just like Ronnie Brewer got little to no playing time. Situational defense at end of quarters or game....Adrien (PER of 18.4) shoots 0% from 3P and Ish 4% from 3P land. Before last season Harden said he played good defense in OKC and he would play good defense during the season (we blinked and missed it). USA coaching staff report Harden playing good defense and I saw Harden playing "King of the Hill" vs Durant and Paul George......he can play one-on-one defense.

          Bold prediction is Harden will give us a 5-6 (scale of 1-10 w/10 being superior effort) defensive effort instead of the 1-2 last year. Rockets will be solid on defense with an improved Beverley/Ariza/Terrence (More comfortable with defense)/D12/ & Harden giving us a 5.5 defensive effort out of embarrassment of being called out as one of the worst defenders last year. Harden appears in better shape.

           

          What is this???  Are you calling out Jeff Adrien for not shooting threes?  That's not what we signed him to do.  He is also a poor juggler, slow reader, and does not know how to properly fry an egg--but guess what?  He is a beast inside and can give us solid minutes in the paint--which is what we signed him to do.

           

          Ish is a question mark, but his faults were already well known by management before they signed him--clearly they factored that in and decided his skills could help us anyways.  There are more ways to score and contribute on the court than jacking threes all day.  That does not seem to matter to you...

           

          Until the question of Harden's defense comes up.  This reminds me of when we had to make a special thread for all the anti-McHale posts....it might be time to create a space where everyone can go and affirm each others need to talk about how bad James Harden's defense is.

           

          We all have known for a long, long time--well before the video that really launched this whole fiasco--that Harden's on-ball defense is pretty solid and it is his team defense that suffers due to getting out of position and ball-watching like a cat focused on a laser pointer.  His college coach at ASU said as much when interviewed years ago.

           

          The truth of the matter is halfway through this season someone is going to make a James Harden is good at defense video and all the nay-sayers will follow suit like a school of fish veering to avoid a predator.  They will pat themselves on the back for being the force that made him finally care about playing defense, take credit for his own hard work, and then move on to find another poor creature to nibble into pieces like a pack of piranhas.  That's my bold prediction.

           

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          #46 rockets best fan

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          Posted 09 August 2014 - 03:37 PM

          @JG

          somebody been watching NAT-GEO wild :lol:


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          you can only warn a man that the bridge is out.....if he keeps driving he's on his own B)


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            Posted 09 August 2014 - 05:11 PM

            A roster of 15 players....3 have to be on injured reserve or D-league. If Daniels scores 10 points a game for the Rockets but gives up 20. That's a liability. Defense of Harden is a liability; but he generally out scores whoever guards him. Anyway I didn't say Daniels would be in the D-league long stretches. If Canaan is Helter-skelter.....I would send him down once or twice. If nothing else just for minutes to stay sharp. Nick Foles had like two interceptions all last year......threw two in a half last night. People start getting a scouting report from one year to the next.

            D12: 20 p /12.5 Rebs / 60%FT....Harden: 25.5 p / 4.9 Rebs / 6.6 Ast ...Ariza 16.1 p / 6.5 Rebs / 3 Ast ....T Jones: 16 p / 8 Rebs / 1.8 Ast / 74% FT (78% rookie year).... Beverley: 13 p / 4 Rebs / 3ast / 79% FT.....DMo: 8 p / 5 Rebs / 1 Ast / 68%FT.

            Rockets (2013-14) league rank: Pts: 2nd / Rebs 4th / Ast 18th/ Oppg 23rd. / ORtg 108.6 4th / DRtg 103.1 12th / FT% 71.2% 28th / 3P% 35.8 16th................
            Bold prediction"""""""""""""""""""": 75 FT% (would have put us around 20th in the league last year)....37.8 3P% (would have put us 6th in NBA last year)
            Greater FT% and 3P% will keep Rockets at top of "points per game". DRtg will be better (6th or better) with improvement in defense of TJ/Beverley/Harden/& addition of Ariza + defenders off bench.

            Edited by Jatman20, 09 August 2014 - 05:16 PM.

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              Posted 09 August 2014 - 06:00 PM

              Before I get blasted by many here.....Terrence had a PER of 19.1 last year; I expect it to go up to 20.0. With both TJ and Beverley, I expect their defense to improve on the mere fact they went through the league pretty much starting for the first time last year. This year it's about seeing opposing players for the 3rd to 8th time. Learning a players favorite spots to shoot from or favorite moves and counter-moves.....knocking or denying players from their favorite spots goes a long way to improving defense. Health is the greatest factor this year.
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                Posted 09 August 2014 - 06:25 PM

                Daniels will get regular minutes unless he really tanks this year there really isn't another option at back up 2, he won't be guarding anyone too talented so while he's a little small his d won't be a problem if he's hitting a couple 3s a game. Canaan is another guy that will have to play. 

                I actually think Adrien ends up as our fourth big getting 12-15min as a homeless mans Kenneth Faried. 


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                #50 Buckko

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                  Posted 09 August 2014 - 07:10 PM

                  Daniels is not a terrible defender, he actually had decent defensive awareness and positioning. He just needs to bulk up to avoid being bullied. I don't know where you got this concept Daniels gives up 20pts a game Jatman20.


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                  Posted 09 August 2014 - 07:47 PM

                  I agree that Daniels looks to be, at worst, serviceable on defense.  Besides the occasional Jamal Crawford-type assignment (he lights up everybody) he should be fine.  I also think he will come in for end of game/quarter offensive possessions the same way Bonner does in SA.  He can sub in for Beverley.

                   

                  Here is a link to our salary page: LINK

                   

                  With the addition of Papanikoloau, we are at 16 players--the league max is 15 so I don't see any reason we can't have guys on the team.  All we need to do is move one of Gee, Hopson, or Covington and everyone else can stay.  Surely, if a young guy is not seeing the floor at all he may get moved for D-League experience.

                   

                  I'm just not sure what the fuss is about our roster space.

                   

                  Bev, Canaan, Smith

                   

                  Harden, Daniels, Johnson, (Gee?)

                   

                  Ariza, Papanikoloau, Covington

                   

                  Jones, Adrien, Motie, Capela

                   

                  Howard, Motie, Dorsey

                   

                  That's 3 deep at every position with 15 players.  We're good.  Yes, Capela probably spends time in RGV--he's way too raw.  Everyone else can realistically contribute in my opinion.

                   

                  What I like is this means we have some leeway if we go for a trade--we can bundle some players and not cripple our bench strength.  


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                    Posted 09 August 2014 - 09:09 PM

                    What does Hopson do well? He has basically no stat records due to the fact he is very new. Anybody know anything about him. Draftexpress just says he's basically an enigma.


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                    Posted 09 August 2014 - 09:33 PM

                    @Buckko

                    never heard of him until we got him. chances are him and Gee are just trade bait


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                    you can only warn a man that the bridge is out.....if he keeps driving he's on his own B)


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                      Posted 09 August 2014 - 09:37 PM

                      He was a good scorer in college not sure it translates to the nba though.


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                      #55 Jatman20

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                        Posted 09 August 2014 - 10:46 PM

                        No Bukko.....Daniels doesn't give up 20 points a game. But D-league is different fron NBA quality players. Daniels was inserted out of desperation into the playoff roster to create space due to Portland collapsing on the paint. Now time for the regular season and opposing players will stay closer to him and learn where Troy prefers to shoot on the court.


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                        Timeframe With/Without Games DRtg Rank
                        11/05/2014-12-21/2014 With 24 101 9
                        12/23/2014-01/29/2014 Without 14 104.1 14
                        01/20/2014-03/27/2014 With 28 102.3 6
                        03/09/2014-04/11/2014 Without 17 105.9 18
                        Credit: NBA.com/STATS

                        Beverley is important to our defense. With/without Beverley.

                        Edited by Jatman20, 09 August 2014 - 10:47 PM.

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                          Posted 09 August 2014 - 11:03 PM

                          C) D12/ Dorsey...........( Bothare6'9 "defenders)..................................................................................................................
                          PF)TJ/DMo/Adrien/Capela................................................................................................................................................................................................
                          SF)Ariza/Papanikolaou/Covington......................................................................................................................................................................................
                          SG) Harden/Nick Johnson/ Troy Daniels.....(Lin was 6'3" guard we used to spell Harden last year; Nick is a 6'3" guard we use the same way this year).
                          PG) Beverley/Canaan/Ish/Nick Johnson..............................................................................................................................................................................

                          I see the second team as C) Dorsey PF) D-Mo (spread the floor) SF) Papanikolaou (I like Covington a lot) SG) Bev/Nick PG) Canaan.

                          Edited by Jatman20, 09 August 2014 - 11:06 PM.

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                          #57 Buckko

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                            Posted 09 August 2014 - 11:10 PM

                            However If Troy stays that deadly from the 3 defenders wouldn't dare help off him like Korver. Creating more space for H&H to work and less defenders to double team.
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                              Posted 09 August 2014 - 11:32 PM

                              True Bukko.....Korver stats actually show him to be a good defender. Daniels has a 114 DRtg in 5 games last year and 4 playoff games 117 DRtg according to Basketball-reference.com. The ORtg is off the charts.....but will either stay the same??? Small sample size to show one way or the other. Just hope you're not over-hyping him to other readers. I know....I know this is about Bold Predictions. I don't want to shoot down yours......please respect mine.

                              Edited by Jatman20, 09 August 2014 - 11:37 PM.

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                              #59 thejohnnygold

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                              Posted 10 August 2014 - 01:21 AM

                              Jatman, I see you've asked for respect for your belief that Daniels is a terrible defender.  So understand that everything that I am about to say is with the utmost respect....

                               

                              Your cherry-picked stats that, as you acknowledged, are a teeny-tiny sample size prove absolutely nothing and are as supportive of your opinion as an A-cup is for Dolly Parton.  

                               

                              First--Drtg is a team statistic.  It is not a very useful individual metric and if that is all you have to support your case it is not very good.

                               

                              Second--Yes, Daniels played in 5 games for a Drtg of 114.  Let's dig deeper shall we?

                               

                              Game 1 - vs. ORL - he played 1:32 and recorded zero stats.  His +/- during that stretch was -2.  We won this game.

                               

                              Game 2 - vs. IND - he played 5:32 and went 2-4 (1-3 from deep).  His +/- during that stretch was -2.  We won this game.

                               

                              Game 3 - vs. DEN - he played 11:05 and went 4-6 (all from deep).  His +/- during that stretch was +15.  We lost this game.

                               

                              Game 4 - vs. NOP - he played 12:45 and went 1-5 (all from deep).  His +/- during that stretch was +19.We won this game.

                               

                              Game 5 - vs. NOP - he played 43:55 and went 8-16 (6-11 from deep).  His +/- during that stretch was -2.  We lost this game.

                               

                              To recap: that is 75 minutes played, 48.6%fg, 48.0 3fg%, and a 3-2 record.

                               

                              I don't care if he takes a nap on defense if he is going to shoot like that.  As long as he is standing upright the guy is contributing.  By the way, that cumulative +/- is +28 over 75 minutes of court time.

                               

                              Let's consider his playoff performance.

                               

                              4 games.  68 total minutes.  8-15 from deep.  9-17 overall.  He also chipped in 2 steals.

                               

                              That Ortg of 158 makes his 117 Drtg completely inconsequential.  Obviously, these numbers are ridiculously skewed by the small sample.

                               

                              Still, let's check out the game logs starting with game 3.

                               

                              Game 3 - 20 minutes - 3-6 (all from deep) - his +/- was 0

                               

                              Game 4 - 21 minutes - 5-7 (4-5 from deep) - his +/- was +9

                               

                              Game 5 - 17 minutes - 1-2 (all from deep) - his +/- was +11

                               

                              Game 6 - 9 minutes - 0-2 (all from deep) - his +/- was -13

                               

                              So, again, in 3 of the 4 games his time on the court was even or better.  Of particular note is the 1-2 in 17 minutes which points out that the team does not rely on his three point shooting to overcome his "poor defense".  Also, his net +/- is +7 over those 68 minutes.

                               

                              Jatman, you're entitled to your opinion.  I disagree whole-heartedly.  Even without these numbers I liked what little I saw from him on the defensive end.  Is he Tony Allen?  Of course not!  He can make a shot!   :lol:  I think you are way under-selling his ability on that end and way, way, way, way over-looking his ability to make this offense hum.

                               

                              The bottom line is we should really wait and let him play more than 143 minutes before declaring him a bad defender or an offensive savant.

                               

                              As to your concern about defenders learning his spots...if defenders were able to eliminate the three point shot they would have done that a long time ago.  He will get open looks and, from the evidence we have, he is going to knock a whole lot of them down.


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                                Posted 10 August 2014 - 01:37 AM

                                Defense is overrated. Besides defensive rebounding.
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