Jalen Green, Jabari Smith & Amen Thompson Struggle In Houston Rockets Blowout Loss To Orlando Magic
Host Jackson Gatlin (@JTGatlin) reacts to and discusses the Houston Rockets opening night 116-86 blowout loss against the Orlando Magic, why fans shouldn’t overreact to just one game, the two reasons the Rockets lost this game, Alperen Sengun keeping the team alive in the first half, Fred VanVleet and Dillon Brooks showing up during Houston’s third quarter run, struggling with Orlando’s size, needing A LOT more from Jalen Green and Jabari Smith Jr., game one rookie struggles for Amen Thompson and more.
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13 Comments
Trade Jalen to the Miami Heat for Tyler Herro if possible. They'll develop him better there.
This really live at 2am
If kpj didn’t mess things up the rockets definitely would have been a playoff team
Good episode! Being on every platform and viewing everyone’s thoughts on the first game is definitely irrational. This team needs time now, we got all the right pieces, they just need time to glue and grow!
rockets in shambles LMAO, knew OKC then huge gap Indy & Orlando are gonna be the best young teams this year
KPJ is sorely missed for sure.And giving away KMJ was a huge mistake.
Brooks, Jeff Green and FVV looked good.
But why in the hell would Amen Thompson be getting so many minutes if we are wanting to win now?? I would rather see Whitmore out there sooner, he is the one with the nba body.
No need to once again sacrifice wins for player development of Thompson.
Unleash Jalen and Sengun, they obviously look restrained in their play.
Alpe defence ??!!! how about jabari and jalens defence ??? just bcz of they are top pick does not meaan that they are untouchable… Jalen has to put smthg or Else !!!
In Ime we still trust.
When the Rockets cut it to 1 in the third the refs stepped in and changed the flow of the game. I know some calls were legit but damn, let the guys play before you take the game from them. Cole Anthony dominated Fred most of the game and the Magic shut down Alpi in the second half. Maybe Ime needs to barrow a few pages out of Silas's play book. Something they are familiar with. I think mixing in some iso for Jalen and Jabari would keep the defense off balance. I don't think it was just all the players playing bad or lack of experience. I think Ime got out coached too.
Jalen and Jabari are two spoiled players who think they are superior to the rest of the team because of their high school performance allowed them to be drafted earlier than most.
They don't show effort and take no responsibility for their actions.
They don't shoot efficiently and they don't defend properly. These two are offensive and defensive vulnerabilities.
Bench them or trade them!
Stop blaming Sengun for rim protection when others allow everyone in the paint. He's a good defender.
It's reasonable to hold out hope for Jabari and Amen. Jalen Green has this season to show hes not a mistake, because rn in a redraft he wouldnt be in my top 7/8.
Rockets need to sign George Hill to play backup point guard.