@JamesPiercey11 Not just shoot and defend but dribble and pass as well. Rockets don’t have that. It’s why I’m against giving Amen the max and I might just let Tari walk and use the money elsewhere. Would also think about trading Sengun either during the draft or next season.
@ichriswayne Hakeem got exposed for making it to the Finals his 2nd year as a player and losing. Damn what a loser he was despite being the team best player 😂
@ichriswayne If that’s the case every player outside of Magic was getting exposed around that age for losing in the playoffs and they didn’t even make the Finals.
@ichriswayne You go down the list of players who were taken after him and you will find about 6-7 players who are better thus far. SMH. Oh well it happens. 2021 draft was just bad. They only hit on one pick and he’s not that good either
Hate I’m even defending the Spurs. But I think it’s mostly due to age and inexperience. It was their first year back in the playoffs in almost a decade.
Spurs will prob be back cause of Wemby but that stage and moment was entirely too big for them. They all turned into choke artists when it mattered. Nobody could shoot, hit free throws, do anything. Wemby disappeared. Total collapse every game. No accident. Exactly what I predicted. The veteran team held composure. Young team choked.
@ichriswayne Stone is great at contract management but his team building is bad. Him and Udoka are a horrible fit. Also never getting the 1st overall pick hurts too. Taking JG 2nd overall is what really set them back.
@ichriswayne Amen played well from Games 5-7. Sengun did enough against Draymond to get a win. The starting SG couldn’t get pass Steph or Buddy Heild. I’m also done talking about the guy. He was just as bad in this years playoffs. Rockets had bad draft luck. Team lacks good basketball players
@ichriswayne Last year team was healthy. Series went 7 games. Their starting SG had a combined 93 pts in 6 of those games. This year they were injured and even still if the Rockets actually had players as good as Wemby, Harper or Castle they beat the Lakers without Luka, and Reeves.
@ichriswayne They lost because their SG was horrific just like he was this year in the playoffs which goes to my point of talent and actually being good at basketball being the biggest problem.
@ichriswayne Dude I would like to be as delusional as you about the Rockets. Lmao those two things aren’t the same. Spurs got to the Finals because of their young players. Rockets can’t win a series because ours aren’t stars or superstars. It’s more lack of talent than it is experience.
@ichriswayne Rockets didn’t lose because of inexperience they lost because they have no players who is as good as Wemby or Harper. We’ve seen those guys in back to back postseasons.
If you think the Spurs would struggle to find a team to trade a PG under 30 that just played in the All-Star game this year, I don’t know what to tell you. That said, I don’t think the Spurs want to trade him. We’ll see 🤷🏽♂️
If the Nuggets, Spurs, or Timberwolves are heathy in e playoffs I doubt San Antonio even gets to the Finals. A lot of things went their way this year. That might not be the case moving forward. They had insane injury luck.