Truer words never spoken. Damn. Julius Randle is the man. Not just there, but he's gonna be a perennial All Star. And, Knox is eventually more of a four....Those guys should be for the most part...untouchable...at the moment.. So, looking at Portis, Morris, and, Gibson....
Imagine if Rockets lose to Clippers in G7 of western conference finals next season, just because we do not have any good forward...
I bought 2k20 and played for about 5 hours today. Do not having any true PF might be the most biggest problem of this team. As MDA said, defensive rebound is the key for next season, and we still give PF minutes to SF guys? This might hurt us man.
I don't understand why Morey and Tilman didn’t sign any good SF/PF. All of those championship teams have elite forward!! Look at Raptors last season.
Analytics doesnt take into account mental issues like mental midgetism, anxiety, lack of self-confidence, yips and whatever the hell Anderson is going through. When Morey's analytics valued him Anderson was 18 ppg Ryno not his current alter ego Mr. 0-fer Scrubberson.
I agree, he's not worth close to 20 million now. Factor in the mental midgetism, anxiety, lack of self-confidence and yips and he's probably lost 80% of his perceived value. The solution....pay him 90% less and waive him if he doesn't produce. I'm not comparing Melo's game to Ryno, but they are in the same situation right now with the Rockets. Sign with the Rockets and hope it's a good fit, or your career is over. Either way it's at no risk to the Rockets. I'm not expecting Anderson to save our season, and chances are he may mentally never recover. He is worth a relatively free look though. We're taking the same low risk approach with Bennett and I even hear whispers of Raymond Felton. Anderson is a worthwhile gamble at this point. Anderson is like that 500 to 1 bet you take that you think you're going to lose, but you're okay with it because of the risk/reward ratio.
While everyone wishes for Iggy. I'm over here hoping that both sides remain stubborn and we get another shot at a player we should have never let go. Honestly I'd offer a second rounder for him now and hope it gets it done. He's on a very team friendly contract. Spoiler: Bruno
You don't get it. There are people who have value at vet min and there are those who aren't. Gerald Green for example is a good Vet Min player. He doesnt complain about not getting PT, he always plays hard and give 100%. So he puts MDA in a great position cuz MDA can play him and if he is on, then he plays like a star and if he is off, at least he tried hard out there so the team didnt lose much. Like on the times he was off you look at his +/- it'll be -2 or something because he was trying out there. OTH Scrubberson's only value as an NBA player is his shooting, he is extremely unathletic, a defensive sieve and can't rebound if his life depended on it. So if he is on he is worth 20M, but if his shot isnt falling he is like one of the worst players in the league. That doesnt make him a good vet min because he can win (sometimes) or lose (often) you the game the time he is in the floor. For example MDA puts him on the floor for 15 mins, but the Scrub is sensitive AF due to low PT and moping on the floor. He misses the 2 shots he takes, gets crossed over by Steph Curry multiple times and allows Draymond to go on a career high 20 pt 15 reb night. By the time MDA yanks him he is like -10 +/- and the Rox are already in a hole. If you don't believe me look at G7 Rox vs GSW 2018. Both Gerald Green and Scrubberson were off GG was 1/7 and Scrub was 0/0. Guess what GG was +12 and Scrub was -12 in 8 mins. That's why Scrubberson isnt a good vet min cuz if he isnt scoring you are gonna be put in a hole in just a few mins.
I agree. I honestly don't understand Morey's model he finds good players but keeps dumping them for no discernible reason. Bruno was beasting for us in SL he got dumped but we kept Vincent Edwards and Chris Choizza lmao. Same thing happened with Robert Covington we coulda had him on the cheap let him go and we needed scrubs like MCW later on to fill the 3nD spot.
