Defense, Bench Issues, Houston Rockets Go-To Guy: Jalen Green, Alperen Sengun, Or Jabari Smith Jr?
Host Jackson Gatlin (@JTGatlin) is joined by weekly cohost Rockets Wire Editor Ben DuBose (@BenDuBose) to discuss three major lessons through the first three games of the Houston Rockets season, including a new defensive identity forming despite what the results look like so far, questions surrounding who the “go-to” guy is for this team offensively and in late-game situations, and the clear need for upgrades to the second unit and ways the Rockets can improve that group.
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20 Comments
the bench will be fine when they start pick and rolling with jock
Jalen’s actually been very good on defense for the most part
Btw jalen is the go to guy, hands down the best difficult shot maker and best bucket getter on the team. Not a question
looks to much like the prior seasons
Yer the best man! Love the show.
I would have liked to see Aaron Holiday guarding Steph Curry and Dillon Brooks on somebody else. We could use Brooks for boxing out. That is a weakness for us this year. Holiday is going to put up more production than Reggie. There might not be many situations where Holiday can be used because of his height we could have used him on the court last night.
Seriously!!! What else Alpi needs to do being considered HiM? Noone complains about his defence anymore, his numbers are up; he acts like a leader; he is hardworking, consistent, persistent and humble!!! What else do you want? Houston media has to support him like everyone else in the leage!!! Only thing he is missing is a draft spot next to his name!!! Jalen is clearly not him!!! I’ve been telling the same thing since Jalen was drafted. Jalen’s ceiling is Ja Morant ( with potentially the same on the court issues ). He is a Jordan Clarkson realistically! I hope Ime and his coaching staff are open minded enough to see, being drafted up high doesn’t come with excuses to underperform for 2-3 consecutive years! I haven’t seen any improvements in Jalen’s game yet! Especially defensively. And he still cracks under pressure when the team needs a proper leader!!! Jabari is way to raw but will still be a great 2-way role player. We MUST build around Sengun like nuggets and kings!!! They are successful for a reason!!!
Tari will uplift our bench the moment he comes back. I hope Tari plays both with starters and bench dividing his minutes. Sengun usually seemed overwhelmed(especially against Magic's 3 bigs) being the jack of all trades, he needs help under the rim fighting for rebounds. Tari and Sengun helping each other on each end, Bari and Jalen doing their job with efficiency I don't think we will ever go down so easily against anyone.
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The rockets were #9 in defensive rebounding, #1 in offensive rebounding and #1 in overall rebounding last year. What is Ben talking about? This 3 game sample?
On the number 1 option discussion I really think It would be beneficial to see Alpi and Jalen work in coordination better is all, Using Jalens athleticism which is up there in the league alongside Senguns passing ability we can see great usage of DHOS and the all kinds of slashing plays aswell as pick and pop plays Jalens athleticism definitely draws attention so Alpi would be able to use his post game really effectively using Jalen as a decoy
Ben is thinking about the “him” question all wrong. You don’t go and anoint a “him” based on theoretical archetypes, you give it to whoever earns it. Also a “him” needs to have high bbiq so that he can make plays for his teammates, not only score. It’s obvious that we will go to Fred and Sengun down the stretch, any confusion about that is merely from the lingering propaganda of the last coaching regime. Stop having preconceived notions of Jalen and jabari because of draft position or “potential”, playing the right way means running the team through your best players period.
Al P has to take more 3's to be that guy otherwise the entire league will sag off of him everytime. no more pump fakes!
Give jaylen some time he's w/o KPJ which is a major undertaking. hes doing good so far for not having KPJ.
jabari does literally nothing to help his frontcourt bud sengun atm
Ben's ideas about Sengun are completely irrational. I wish Jackson was around more knowledgeable and unbiased people.
Alpi is a very good defensive rebounder if Jabari and Jalen don't try to stat pad for rebounds. When the question is Sengun, Ben is so quick to judge him for one game? How about last season Ben?
You can talk how much you want. Sengun is the toughest high iq bballer out of the young core. And he can create for himself.
Alpy deserves a better team!
Man, if you have someone in your team having 30-10-10 and the team is not winning, you might questioning choices of your front office. If Alpi keeps doing this numbers (which is hard since his not number one or 2 or 3 option) and JG not having a descent shooting percentage, Bari not at the expected level, the second unit doing what they did till now.. you can bring the Joker or Doncic, it will not change anything.
Doncic is bringing this numbers every single night, almost since his debut in the league. Mavericks never won nothing and even not being in playoffs. So Mavericks should think about trading Doncic ? Is it what you meant ?