Do the Rockets even have a true 1A player?

Sengun and Durant are ranked top 30 players. So 2 1A players.
Do these players have deficiencies?

Very much so, One old, and other cant play interior defense. So this can be a serious problem

 

They were named after "Egyptian deities?" lmao, which Egyptian deity exactly was called Ameiz XLNC? Nah, they were named tacky ass names by r****ded parents, let's not try and project intelligence into that. If the parents were smart they'd have had them work on a jumpshot some time before their 21st birthday...

 

Lol, obviously no we do not

 

Not right now obviously

KD is not a bus driver

None of the young guys is there, and they may never be. (Odds are they won't, but we can't rule it out completely when they're mostly age 21-24.)

 

There are only two places where Cam Whitmire could ever possibly be THE DUDE: in his head and in yours.

 

V. J. Edgecombeb 20 years old. Rookie coming up huge in his first playoff series including game 7. Your point is 100% facts. Some players either have it or they don't.

 

No

 

Ausar is an Egyptian deity's name. Amen's real name is Amen. The Egyptian god Amun was also called Amen, but only the family can tell if that was meant to be the Egyptian god or the Hebrew word said as an ending to prayer.

 

Never agree with anything you say about Green, but do agree on Cam. Wish we had given him a shot, under the right coach there would have been something in him. Bro was able to break down defences easily

 

His real name is Ameiz XLNC, why you lying for? Just because his parents realised how r****ded it was and tried to flip it doesn't actually change reality.

 

You should probably research this further.

 

This board forgets that 2 years before Jaylen Brown won a Finals MVP, they were collectively like: "lol no, who would want Jaylen Brown at the max??"

Under Udoka, there were memes about Brown's ball handling and Tatum's ability to finish at the rim. Guess what Mazzulla and Stevens did? Got them 5 incredible role players that mesh perfectly with their skills. Opened up the paint and made it EASIER for them to get drives than it was for their counterparts. Imagine that, actually helping your key players overcome their weaknesses.

We went and put 25 rebounders between Amen/Sengun and the rim. Then we told them not to attack a crowded paint and to take middies instead. This is the dumbest offensive coach in all of basketball. He was only able to plan an offense in Boston because his bench included Will Hardy, Charles Lee, Joe Mazzulla and Sam Cassell. With all due respect to our assistants, only Royal Ivey even gets mentioned for HC openings. Stevens treated Udoka like he needs all the help in the world. Stone treats Udoka like he's a genius.

So it's time to stop telling us "well Amen can't do this and Sengun can't do that" with your stupid a$$ circular logic. Everyone else's key players are playing in offenses that help optimize them. You don't know what they're capable of when you've only seen them in an offense where their primary offensive skill - attacking the basket - is being guarded by their own HC. You cannot use this sample of games to determine that they can't do X and Y. Every vet we've ever acquired has lost their lifeline (drives to the rim) and looked worse than expected on drives. That's the central domino. That's the shot that affects all shots. That's the one that collapses defenses and it's the one that opens up counter moves. It affects everything else. The paint has been packed for 5 years now, since before Udoka got here.

Amen and Sengun are playing in an offense built for offensive rebounders and long range 3PT shooters. That one of them is a 2-time All Star and the other is even being considered to earn the max is all happening despite the DRAG Udoka is putting on their offense. I don't care if their peak is not high enough for your liking, we have to optimize these guys regardless of whether we're going to trade them or build around them.