“James Harden is my big brother, we talk a lot”: Kevin Porter Jr

Silas also wanted Porter to come off the bench.

I'm not sure how good Silas' talent evaluation ability is going to be for us.

Wall, Dipo being injured forced Silas to start Porter. Not his great eye for talent or his developmental ability.

 

bitter exes won’t like that quote from KPJr

 

It was his first game with the team. He wanted to ease him into the flow.

 

Porter is the better PG over Wall, right now.

Coach needs to play his best players.

Deferring to vets during a rebuild is a failure on so many levels.

 

Harden will make an excellent mentor. Porter learning the details of the game along with his athleticism will make him deadly. He's gotta improve his shot too. At current status, he can even shoot FTs. One good thing though is he hasn't appeared out of control which shows in his AST/TO ratio.

 

there is nothing wrong with this IMO. KPJ does not need to be thrust into franchise player status right after what he went through in Cleveland and his off court history.

Silas was smart to leave him in the g league (to hone his PG skills) and he is smart to ease him into his position on the team and new PG position.

 

KPJ has a better right hand than Harden too. Harden's left hand is just imbued with infinity stones.

 

No.

15+ games.

If you've seen a great X's and O's coach, great with adjustments or has a keen sense of rotations then you havent been following the Rockets at all this season.

 

I think that's what happened to Walls leg. It didn't want to come off the bench.

 

It's about to get real awkward with Wall.

Wall has his minions out here talking about how much he's suffering while going to the line 5 times a game. James Harden this season went to the line 7.5 times for the Rockets. Trae Young is half Wall's size and goes to the line 10 times a game. I'm not impressed that a 30 year old 6'3 quick guard who is not a good shooter gets to the line 5 times a game.

Wall can get to the line 7-8 times if he wants, and that would dramatically transform his impact on winning and his offensive efficiency. Will open up passes to the corner more often too. But he won't.

KPJ is going to eclipse Wall very quickly if he stays on this path to finish the season. Silas tells the PG how he wants to play, then lets them do it. Wall has failed at pushing the tempo often enough, and in his career in general has been bad at managing tempo. Looks like KPJ will be willing and capable of doing that.

 

This is apart of Silas job to make situations like this work. Might as well slide Wall to the 2guard position because that’s basically how he has played for us. Let KPJ. Be the go and walk the agreesive 2 guard and Dipo at the 3 we already play small so it wouldn’t matter that that Dipo plays the 3. It might help since he’s a better 3 or shooter than Tate:

 

I get that but CF has not been consistent about this at all.

2020 - Russ, Clint, EGo and others missed a large portion of the season - CF gives no pass to Harden-MDA-Morey

2019 - CP3 out most of season/not 100% even when he played, House holdout, EGo also in and out, role players consisted of Gary Clark, Brandon Knight, James Ennis, Marquese Chriss even Melo - CF vilified Harden/MDA/Morey.

So when CF preaches patience for Silas and Stone, the hypocrisy makes me apoplectic.

 

Harden is recruiting him to force a move to the Nets.

 

Did we give D'Antoni the same support when when team was held together by paperclips, Harden, PJ and bubble gum?

 

Out with the old and in with the new

 

not fooled. if i had a dime for anytime someone says "..but I love him like a brother"