I can be upset at reed when I see things like this

Sheppard gets a lot of great looks and can’t connect. Lakers game 6 below. Late snd soft closeouts but he still missed

https://www.nba.com/stats/events?CF...eamID=1610612745&flag=3&sct=plot&section=game

 

The Spurs deserve their props for not screwing it up, but listening to Kevin Harlan & SVG polish their knobs was cringe. The Spurs tanked to get Wemby the same way they tanked to get Duncan. But tanking involves luck and they've just had more of it - that's not due to any culture, philosophy, or brilliance.

 

Yes, as I said, I was hard on him for the Lakers series. He was bad.

Generally though, most teams strategy isn’t to leave him open on purpose, teams do leave Castle though. Maybe they won’t next season because he’s making teams pay for that.

As far as who’s better, you won’t get an argument from me, Castle is killing it right now….

 

Spurs have DeAaron Fox, Stephon Castle, Dillon Harper - All Skilled, Can Shoot and Dribble create their own Shot.

Rockets have Amen Thompson(No Left Hand Dribbling, No creation off dribble, Terrible Shooting Form, Looks Robotic), Reed Sheppard (Dribbling and Shooting issues) Why did Reed play spot SG the whole season and in the Playoffs play PG. Lack of IQ from Coach Ime Udoka is also a issue.

Rockets are better off in trading away everyone and start over in getting Draft Picks. This is a Athletic Flawed Roster.

This ain't a Track and Field Olympic Sport.
This is a shooting, dribbling and lateral defense league.

 

The draft was rigged for the Spurs. Tony Parker and Diaw connection. Huge Spurs fan base in France. Numerous licensing deals and tv deals in france pre Wemby. There was already an established relationship. NBA is a business.

In terms of draft They also had a slew of busts like Sochan and Primo. Lonnie Walker didn’t work out as well.

 

making wise draft picks and wise trades as well as developing young talent well is not luck. Yes they had lotto luck, but they also did everything else right too. They are a thousand times better of an organization than we are.

 

Easy to do when you draft a superstar.

Where was Detroit for years before drafting Cade? Easy to build around when you got the major piece. Where were the Bucks years prior to Giannis etc. Cut it out.

 

We would be set if he had luck n got Cade instead of Jalen. Superstars would wanna play with him n actually come to Houston, from Tmac with Yao, Dwight with Harden, CP3 etc. Way easier to get 'em here than to San Antonio or Detroit, once we have the guy. It didn't happen (tanking didn't land us a superstar). It is what it is

 

So its cherry picking to just state the facts but we are supposed to believe a rookie narrative about a second year player who played his rookie year and was so ahh that after 20 games he couldn't get on the court anymore?

 

How do they get around Castle in year 2 being better than Amen in year 4? The Reed fake-rookie narrative doesn't extend that far lol.

 

Amen has been a Rocket for 3 years not 4. Thanks to our dumbass coach he has only started for 1 and 1/2 seasons.

 

Listen, that is what broke me, realizing Amen couldn't do what Castle did last night, so Castle, Harper, AND mf 22 year old create a player Wemby??!! They have 3 players better than our best hope, and I saw Terrence Shannon Jr. looking like March Jalen and Jaden Mcdaniels look like everything we wish Jabari would turn into, we are cooked

 

Again…they are better at developing players, making trades and building their team. Apparently they are also better at drafting talent. See Stephen Castle for details.

 

Yeah, I eventually just turned it off. It was too much

 

Nope. Wemby is the reason for all that. Without him they're Charlotte Hornets Lol.

If we had Wemby we wouldn't be paying a borderline allstar 50 mil to play with him, we would be eyeing Anthony Edwards n that of a caliber player. Cut it out.

 

if Castle isn’t hitting jumpers, he can still drive to the rim and finish or get to the free throw line at a high rate, be a playmaker, and always plays good defense

if Reed Sheppard isn’t hitting jumpers, he legit doesn’t even look like a NBA player

thank you, Stone…thank you

 

it’s very easy to point to Wemby and just say the spurs got lucky. But look at the depth of that team. Look how well they’ve developed their talent. They are a better organization than Houston, with or without Wemby.

 

I think we have to accept it's not just talent evaluation either, The Rockets are the team where talent goes to die. "Generational shooters" turn into bricklaying scrubs. "Top scorer in the league one day" turn into inconsistent chuckers. We destroy careers, we don't make stars.

 

You're absolutely correct, that's my mistake. It just feels like absolutely forever they've been hyping up the chief bricklayer as a "superstar" potential talent.

 

Based on drafting Wemby, yes very fortunate to tank one year and get the #1 pick right away and Wemby being in that draft. Where is Joshua Primo that they've drafted a year before Wemby with the 12th pick? Oh, he's not even in the league.