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Nice work. Looks odd that so many of the guys look like they don’t know what they’re expected to do. Watching this game I didn’t know whether to sit or stand.
Nice work. Looks odd that so many of the guys look like they don’t know what they’re expected to do. Watching this game I didn’t know whether to sit or stand.
Wemby shouldnt be hanging out at the 3 point line so much. I know he wants to model his game like Durant, but we’re not using him the way we should. He needs to be on the low block and not shooting 3’s from almost half court. Vassel will be a better closer than keldon when he’s back and in shape
Didn't Sochan say they are rebuilding his 3pt shot. His middies looks fine though he was already hitting that toward the end of last season. Not a lot of players can really develop an in between game, KJ and White never did, Sochan and Castle has that potential like DJ even though they are awful shooters.
IMO, no coach can remove wemby’s “desires” to play like KD. He’ll eventually see it’s not the most efficient way to win. Nobody wants him to strictly be in the paint is what he needs to realize. He can mix it up from outside here and there, but don’t do it all game, and especially not when you don’t have the lead. His ego is making it look like he has poor bball iq, he’s better than this. But… it’s better to get it out of the way now than later.
sochan is a menace out there. Could have easily had 30 pts if some of those went in.
castle had a blunder of a game where he was faced with good d. Dont come at me atl spur. off, i dont need to hear your defense of him in every post.
Keldon is a liability for his tunnel vision offense. Seriously could have made a better play if he knew his teammates were around him on a lot of those shots.
We'll need more of those CP3 runs this season, he needs to take over and steady the ship whenever we start losing momentum. Especially while Devin is out.
I feel like people will start expecting too much from Champagnie. He's a solid bench shooter, but that's it. It's easy for the opposition to shut him down when he's the only shooter on the floor.
Barnes was completely MIA. We needed him to get a bucket or two during those dry spells, he didn't even try.
As I wrote after the game, Jeremy's inside game looks greatly improved, he's actually bullying players and his footwork looks great.
Jumpshot will take a long time to develop, if it ever does, but we need him to punish every mismatch inside.
I'm actually happy when Wemby's dumb shots don't go in. The only way for him to realize he really shouldn't be chucking some of those.
Castle had a bad game offensively, but a lot of it was on Pop's rotations. What's a rookie point guard with no shot supposed to do while sharing the floor with Wesley and Jeremy? That lineup cost us the most.
Wesley has his moments and I think he's more useful than Branham, but he just can't play when we already have so many non-shooters in the rotation.
Branham looks great when every shot is falling, other than that, not so much.
Keldon and Collins are the difference makers...for the other team. Can't have them be such non-factors, especially Keldon.
Mamu not getting any minutes after a great pre-season is just puzzling, especially with our lack of spacing.
Overall, a decent show of character after a borderline blowout, if they keep playing with this effort level, will surely be a way better season than the last.
And yeah, I think we're better than the Rockets when everyone's healthy.
That section in the first when Castle and Wesley on the floor was bad. Wemby was doubled before the entry catch. Adams was making Wesley by just ignoring him. This is not going to work. The way the NBA is, 2 pit bull players doesn't translate into easy buckets when the offense has no spacing.
In addition to Sochan, big shout out to Zach. He’s had a great few games all around. Something seems to be clicking for him finally.
Kind of a weird game where everyone had some good qualities to their game. Nobody got or deserved a flat out F, yet nobody was guiltless either. Because of that, I walked away from the game really conflicted.
The sequence where our guys kept getting those offensive rebounds, yet kept missing gimmes at the rim pretty well sum up the entire game. Excellent hustle, poor shooting execution. Well done and shame on you are in order here
Thanks Timvp. They needed Devin’s scoring last night. With Devin, I think they could’ve won. Champ can shoot, play defense, rebound and even had an awesome block. But he cannot manufacture his own shots and not for others. Here’s hoping Devin gets back soon.
Wemby needs to establish himself closer to the rim. He needs to fight more for position. He cannot have somebody like Dillon Brooks bully him off position. Sometimes it’s not just about getting strong, but will to be more aggressive. Wemby is a big target that CP3 can find if he’s there.
Talking about aggressiveness, Sochan displayed his with gusto. This is the Sochan that the fans are waiting for. He’s all over, getting rebounds, playing defense and cutting to the rim with purpose. If he can play like this every night, it would be great.
Castle needed to be more aggressive shooting and scoring at times. And last night against the Rockets’ firepower would’ve helped. Branham, Wesley and Collins were great. I think Keldon could’ve helped with the scoring for the 2nd unit.
The Rockets had so much firepower last night. They have plenty of weapon in that team. And they are just going to get better with Ime. I look forward to the long rivalry!
The Rockets suck ass, they spent all their money in the offseason to go win now and they are still the same mediocre to bad team they have always been. This current Spurs team at full strength might be better than them. If this is how the Spurs look when they decide to go all in, I will be depressed, tbh.
On one hand I’m happy Vic made it through the 2 rockets games in one piece. Brooks’ history of trying to take out stars is disturbing. He won’t pick on rotation players. Too bad the Spurs don’t have anyone big enough to cover Wemby’s back. I could see Stephen Jackson taking Brooks out.
Worried about castle 3 point shot.I know its only 3 games,But it looks like hes losing confidence and is trying to
avoid taking them.Was hoping he would make sum here and there,But dont think hes made one yet.
Nah that’s just hate man. Jalen Green, Sengun, Jabari all can score 20+ points every given night. Brook is a punk but he’s given them at ude and JVV is a calming presence at PG with Reed as a very good understudy. Amen is a sure shot from outside. That team is loaded.The Rockets suck ass, they spent all their money in the offseason to go win now and they are still the same mediocre to bad team they have always been. This current Spurs team at full strength might be better than them. If this is how the Spurs look when they decide to go all in, I will be depressed, tbh.
-Sengun is an undersized center that can't defend nor shoot.
-Green is a low IQ chucker that brings nothing to the table when his shot isn't falling.
-and Smith is close to becoming a bust, Rockets fans were asking for him to get benched after the first 3 games of the season.
All of these are extremely flawed players that won't amount to much as a core.
In the words of Charles Barkley, them midgets need to be punished.
if a small is on Vic, he needs to get as close to the basket as possible, period.
it’s a huge mismatch with a small on Vic and yet he catches the ball against brooks at the top of the key and then shoots a turnaround fadeaway.
That’s low bball iq. Gotta punish the D for putting someone small on you, and that’s only going to happen by establishing position close to the basket
They won’t. Might have 55 losses this year with Paul’s corpse lolThe Rockets suck ass, they spent all their money in the offseason to go win now and they are still the same mediocre to bad team they have always been. This current Spurs team at full strength might be better than them. If this is how the Spurs look when they decide to go all in, I will be depressed, tbh.
Lolwut? He shot 14% from 3 in 62 games last year.
Imo, the problem is that he's not standing at the line, every time he catches it in a position to take an open shot, he's a couple of feet behind the line and not many players have the range to hit those, let alone bad shooters.
I'm more worried about Pop, we don't want Castle to have a short leash. He made too many mistakes last night, hopefully his role isn't reduced for the upcoming games.
It seems Wesley as the lift on these drives to dunk the ball but chooses to lay it up. That alone would make a huge difference in his game.
He made forced mistakes cause he cant shoot.He just dribbles and if cant find nobody he will just force it and it just dont end well.Gotta work
on that jumper and work on his handles.
It's not like others looked better in that lineup with three non-shooters. Way better players wouldn't have been able to drive inside.
Castle/Wesley/Jeremy/Keldon/Zach, like what the is that? If I was the opposing coach I'd tell my players to stay below the FT line.
The first thing he needs to develop is a mid-range jumper. We saw him hit one last night.
In a year he'll be able to bully almost every guard in the league, he'll draw FTs, he just needs a reliable FT line jumper and maybe floater. Similar to how Dejounte developed his scoring game.
A lot of it is on Wemby but the lack of action (screens/rubs) to get him free'd up heading towards the hoop is nuts. Year 2 of not having a sufficient counter when a much smaller guy is guarding him is a little ridiculous... I know him getting the ball 20ft out with Brooks guarding him isn't the solve tbh.
Castle eventually replacing Keldon in the closing lineup should lead to significantly more wins tbh. I'm sure it'll take the old man 20+ games after it's pretty clear to figure it out but it'll happen eventually.
yup i agree
I'll take 55 losses heading into this loaded draft as opposed to another treadmill season the Rockets will have tbh.
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