I agree but you still draft the best player on the board and could have used him a deal to acquire a vet player we need.
It baffles me especially when they already wanted to trade Green in Jan 2024 but had no backup plan for a 2 guard.
I think his value is higher than you think. What if he gets worse going forward. There's always a risk.
In all fairness, Reed shot way better than Matt in their 2nd years. But I also remember Maloney holding his own in the playoffs as a rook.
Well I wish they would have tried to keep cam whitmore no matter his request. Sucks that ime got rid of two of our funniest guards in jg and whitmore.
I just don’t like his decision making throughout the season. Throwing a ball one side to the other in the half court when there’s players in the passing lane. Not having the angle but forcing it to Sengun on the wing. He puts players in bad positions when he’s pressured overthrowing to players near baseline where they’re trapped by the defender or passing out to Amen in corner 3 (low efficiency shot) with couple seconds left after he’s pressured in the paint. And now this end of game critical situation not passing to sengun on the left but deciding to go one on 2 and getting ripped
just awful. But yet fans yell racism. Unfairness. Discrimination. Hating Udoka. Clamoring for more minutes and touches and shots
It’s crazy how people talk like they’re in the locker room or running practices. They don’t see what’s actually going on behind the scenes. To me, it felt like Ime was just protecting him. You’d think after sitting out most of last season, he’d have a much better feel/understanding for the game. His IQ doesn't seem very high it's all about taking a risk and going for the home run play with him each time rather than just playing straight up defense.
It was actually because stone is a big kevin durant fan. He thought he had leverage on phx early on that's why he gave the nets pick back.
Nah, it's because JG was the same after four years, as he was on day one of his rookie year. ie, not very good.
The thing is would he look good here at all? Some players just get the bad roll of being drafted to the wrong spot. Kuminga is a good example of this recently where he just doesn't fit what the Warriors do and now he's in Atlanta and looks a lot better, looks useful at least. I think the Rockets problem is they were in asset collection mode until just last year. Up until last year we were just drafting BPA, Reed I'd argue was a draft for need and in a weak draft...but now they have to actually build this team and find players that naturally work together. That's the challenge moving forward.
Reed is too ethical of a player. Needs to flop more and push off with his off hand. And he can’t be the only white boy in the history of the NBA to not take a charge.
Bruh do you know ball???? He has too many deficiencies... he's not a playable player for starting level mins.... You don't build around rotational players .. you build around stars... Reed's potential isn't that level... his handle and playmaking is mediocre.... he doesn't have elite potential there... His new ceiling is a baby Luke Kennard.
