Takeaways from the Houston Rockets Winning Streak, Ime Udoka's Genius and Jalen Green's BRILLIANCE!
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- Опубліковано 27 жов 2024
- In this episode of Rockets Talk Roosh and Frank discuss takeaways from the Houston Rockets winning streak, Ime Udoka's genius and Jalen Green's BRILLIANCE! #houstonrockets #nba #podcast #alperensengun #jalengreen #amenthompson
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How quickly people forget that the 2-3 weeks before the all star break the entire team couldn't shoot a fish in a barrel. Like Roosh says, the whole issue is shooting. Right now the reason they are shooting great isn't because Sengun is out, it's because they are shooting great. Everything they are doing great on offense right now they could still be doing if Sengun was in, it's literally just FVV, Amen, and JG running the court after rebounds and steals, and hitting 3's, something they were not doing consistently before the all star break. Remember we used to criticize Jalen and Fred for not running plays together or with the Amen. The things that have changed with the team aren't about Sengun. It's about FVV and Jalen not fucking the game up in one way or the other. I say that just to point out that the getting rid of Sengun thing is absolutely crazy to me and it seems to be coming from the people upset at other fans for criticisms against Jalen when he was playing poorly for most of the season
I do think the break helped. You get your legs back. That and the back to backs are basically over at this point so these young players generally recover pretty well with 1 day of rest.
I told you guys to be patient! I agree; Jalen was thinking too much. He had 2 years of no consequences, no defense, no rebounding, & very little playmaking. He was an ISO chucker. Ime is molding him into a COMPLETE player that shoots, rebounds, defends, & is beginning to playmake. It took D Booker 4-5 years; give him another year.
Yessir. -Roosh
Man, you two are my favorite podcast. Two ball knowing, intelligent bros. Good stuff!
Thanks for tuning in and showing love! --Roosh
Excellent discussion as always. Thanks!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I think getting a girl pregnant also affected his focus and mental state back in October. He was 21 at the time and perhaps couldn’t believe that he was going to be a dad. Fast forward to the present, with his girlfriend’s pregnancy at seven months, his initial state of denial is finally over, and it has now become his biggest inspiration.
Great podcast, enjoyed the analysis greatly
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you!
You guy's show is getting better by each episode, keep the great work guys
We love to hear this. Thank you and thanks for listening. -Roosh
Thanks!
Another great vlog as well as great collab, literally I was all ears from the beginning to your wrapping it up, and nearly missed a single word from your talk, the only reason I’ve been following your vlogs for so long is bc:
Firstly, You guys staying objectively and staying loyal to what you see;
Secondly, You guys never expressing your concerns before collecting enough stat;
And lastly but most important of all, You guys keeping focus on THE Rockets other than shifting your passion between certain players which is a premise of serious bball talk❤
Great discussion! Thank you.
Thanks for listening! -Roosh
I know we haven't played great teams, but we're missing 3 major components. Also, good teams, like we wanna be.... This is what you do to bad teams. You destroy them
Very good assessment. I wish most people could see that
I agree with this. -Roosh
A winning streak like that and still not in the play- in. Not PLAYOFFS, PLAY-IN. Hit the brakes please. Lottery teams. We'll see what they made of.
@justmythoughts101 bubby, you gotta build somewhere.
i would pay money to watch yall talk rockets ball great insight as always!
Love to hear this, man. Thanks for tuning in for real. -Roosh
Honesty i haven't paid much attention since before the allstar break but I'm happy to see my hometown improve in all areas.
Great talk. Truly building takes time, and you can not rush it. One brick at a time. Sometimes we have to step back, see the big picture and enjoy the ride.
Yes. I’m trying to embrace doing just that. -Roosh
Well said!
The rhythm comment is so true. Basketball is like poetry in motion at its peak. That’s exactly what we have been looking like lately. Every action flows so well. This is essential what a playoff team is supposed to look like or at least a serious one lol.
Hell yes! It’s a fusion of art and science happening in real time all connected by the ball and the basket. A beautiful thing when it’s flowing and working. -Roosh
Considering where they started, this is legit one of the most impressive rebuilds in NBA history. Complete franchise overhaul to this 3 years later, crazy.
JG used to give up the ball too early when they run the p&r. now he's taking more time ang attacking or stepping back for more high percentage shot. he's physically capable now taking more contact thats why he's more confident near the rim.
Alot of things have changed with JG and FVV since the all star break.
For one of the double step back by JG, he was actually penetrate, then stopped because he saw Thompson in the corner, then he decided to take the step back to avoid being doubled in the penetration. He started to figure out how to use spacing for his advantage.
So most of fans (mostly green's stans) are walking on th space now but we already knew that this is the easy schedule, real fight is coming in April. They are already ready to trade Sengun now (mostly green stan's again) they forgot that sengun was on the floor until Sacramento's game (inclued this one) after that easy schedule started. There were 2 serious teams which were the first Cavs and they missed mobley and Donovan was actually injured when he was playing and when the game finished he admitted that I shouldn't play Houston game second serious team was Chicago and they have so many problems especially bemch..all i am saying that wins are good but lets wait April for feal fight. And then lets talk about ttading Sengun end of the season..
Excellent Rockets Talk
Impressed by the intelligent discussions here. Glad I laid off from March Madness for a while and listened to this. GSW losing today set me up in that frame.
Really awesome show nice to see they’re playing good basketball again. Does remind me of the 22 game winning streak.
Thanks for listening, Bill! -Roosh
I think it's unfair to dismiss Cam as not max money when he's proven he is a great scorer from Day 1. Everything I've seen from him is great and prior to March, it was Cam that Rockets are banking on as SG next season if Jalen continued to play bad.
Great show guys!❤
Thanks for the love and the feedback! -Roosh
Amen is the guard version of Scottie Pippen.
I’ve heard that comp and I like it!
Well that’s why Ime gets paid the big bucks he going to have to figure out how to have Jalen Amen and Sengun play play together in their peaks as a trio. I think he can do it because those three have good chemistry with each other.
You guys have brought up a good point about Dillion. Despite Dillion being good for us for most of the year with how Amen is playing especially the 3. Dillion Brooks has kind of became expendable.
But I doubt the rockets are going to trade him anytime soon or he going to come off the bench because the front office was super high on him and they wanted to get him in free agency.
Wouldn’t be shock if Dillion here for the next year or two.Even though we have Amen Tari and Cam.
But with that said this off season they need to get more shooting and get another big.
It all comes down what will Stone do with the Nets pick.
If that pick is like in the 7-10 range or below just use it to get Ware or that center from Baylor. Great thing about this draft is it’s a deep big man draft. So the rockets can draft a center.
If the Nets pick land in the top 5 or 6. If they don’t trade down or out of the pick they need to get another shooter I know he didn’t have a good game at the tournament but Reed is the shooter we need coming off the bench and he could be that backup point guard off the bench.
All in all this is a good problem to have let see what happens in these final 12 games
Udoka don't care shit about what the front office thinks. He's benched Brooks this season. So I know he'll make all the right decisions with who starts and who gets playing time.
Jabrai needs to bulk up in the off season and put some muscle on, he gets stripped and blocked real easy... He need to do whatever Giannis did to get stronger
Agreed, he has the frame to put on some muscle.
If he bulked up, these guards would stop trying him and getting him suspended.
Dunn wouldn’t have dared tried that with Isiah Stewart
I’d love to see the Rockets go after someone like Tyus Jones in Free Agency. He would be a great stabilizing backup PG who could keep Fred fresh and bring maturity and basketball IQ to this young roster. He also has chemistry with Steven Adams and Dillon Brooks from his days in Memphis with them forming a strong bench unit with Eason and Whitmore.
You guys are casting like Jalen has been shooting - great content. Personally, I don't know what to do with the roster - just not enough info yet. Just gotta focus on making the play-in.
No matter jalen's impact on this 9 winning streak is abnormal or a new norm, one thing for sure next season when alpi back Ime'd better stagger jalen and alpi after first rotation in first qrt, that means Ime either let our backcourt tandem to lead fast paced game, or let alpi to cook, and lead a half court meat grinder games, in the former scheme, keeping tari and amen around our guards would secure rebounds on both ends of floor, while in the latter, landing legitimate spot shooters or movement shooters will help a lot.
Either way, i feel happy at least We've seen this team can play both tempo games and half court offense games, that could make many teams in this league pretty difficult to adjust…all in all in this summer stone'd better stop kicking the can and land some reliable shooters.
I like that thought of weight being lifted of Jalen once the baby is out public that you can see he is light as a feather. That's a deep input worthy of taken seriously. Now, as a joke, if that one baby news came out and made Jalen this, can you imagine today's news that says 2 other babies he sired, both out of his chest and mind stress now? He'll be MJ + LBJ greatness combined I think starting this game in Portland.
Make that 10’in a row now!!
I think Roosh is talking about synchronization
Alpi will fit on any system it’s up to the coaching staff how to put them together as a strength
Me and my boy Jalen been watching a lot of film. I'm proud of bro.
A lot of the talk on the Rockets future is based on Jalen’s current form, but there’s a lot of recency bias, since this form is very much aligned with the calendar and the the low level of opposition. It’s probably not just coincidence that the whole team is playing their best as well. We need to see how Jalen can sustain it against the best teams and in tough environments on the road. As Roosh pointed out, the quality of shots he take is about the same, the difference is that he makes them. He’s still a walking heat check. History tells he won’t sustain his current shooting efficiency, but if he can keep at least the consistent finishing at the rim without getting blocked or stripped, that would be true improvement indeed.
Your the best Frank!!!!!
Thanks Nick
I love what we're doing but once it's this lineup we're gonna be a problem every single game.
Sengun
Bari
Cam
JG
Amen
I’m not the biggest fan of Jalen’s stepbacks but to say they’re contested is a stretch. The separation he creates on some of them are almost two arm lengths
100%
As we're gradually figuring out that jalen's a ultra rhythm shooter is a good thing and a bad thing:
Good thing, we know how to make use of his strength, bad thing, alpi need the ball, jalen need the ball either, we gotta stagger this two, let'em lead different strings.
"Pau is a comp for Sengun. He's a little shorter and not as long." If that ain't a pause, I don't know what is 😂😂
We coming!
Another Hit , great job fellas!
Thanks, Kenneth! -Roosh
It seems FVV hardly misses his 3's off Jock screens.
why can't touch Holiday?? I am crying
Lol that’s my guy! -Roosh
On the missing Sengun topic; of course we are not better without him. But, we are obviously different. Coaching staff has been forced to tap into different dimensions offensively that we weren't doing before.
Thunder game will be the acid test for this group.
if we win against the thunder and timberwolves or mavs with luka and kyrie are you 100% sold?
@FTank58 Here is my shortlist of unrestricted FA's this offseason I'd like the Rockets to take a shot at if they don't resign with their current teams.
In no particular order: Gary Trent Jr, Nick Claxton, Cedi Osman, Isaiah Hartenstein, Markelle Fultz, Malik Monk
I think most of them will be out of the price range for the FO, but just 1 of them would improve our depth rotations immensely.
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1:04:25 My thought on this is Jalen most likely shows a lot of what they want during practices that we do not see in games and that is why the coaches continue to keep him as starter, knowing when he plays bad, they can and did yank him out of 4Q.
What to do about the lineup when Sengun is back and eventually Tari is healthy? Maybe bench Dillon and start Amen there...
This is the big question and why Ime gets paid the big bucks! --Roosh
Remember telling Frank in a space to be patient but he said he doesn't care about that at that moment. I even gave him multiple examples of Zach lavine, Wendel Carter jr, Lauri Markannen, Sabonis, Oladipo, SGA... etc.
Like i get wanting 5to ge better but at what cost? 5 more wins?
Jalen was showing signs even early on but they were too far in between but we're rebuilding and getting better.
Yiung guys developp at a different pace. People saw Alp getting it and thought Jalen should have been that early on. Which is wrong. It takes yrs for some.
Cap!
8:00 Maybe played substandard teams which were missing players
BUT Rockets also missing
2021 Alpi, 2022 Tari, 2023 Cam
41:00 @Roosh - Pokemon + Matrix ... Gold
If out court continues to hit threes like this when Sengun comes back, Houston will be a problem
Just found your channel for the first time, and stayed for the whole thing. Love you guys’ vibe, very chill. You gained a new subscriber.
Awesome! Thank you!
I always compared, flow of our offense vs flow of other average/better team's offense. our guys were always late on decision making, even 1 second delay on obvious play, will result your offense struggle. because the opponents simply mostly don't have that delay, they will have upper hand. this is the case mostly on Jabari and Jalen and when you have staggering players, whole roster will be affected, even vets like FVV or quick decision makers like Sengun will have hard time to fire up a flow or make a correct play. That's why, we were using FVV Sengun pnr as a safe bet most of the time.
Now it seems flow looks better, and Amen brings easy transition offense, which unlocks for better flow because players are forced to do simple reads and simple attack, non complicated offense.
I only hope that this streak of wins brings permanent confidence boost. that way we can continue to build up for more complicated offense on top of this.
I need amen to be Draymond green on the half court and Westbrook on a full court. Work on his midrange like Wade. This is his ceiling
Who will get the max contract? Sengun or Jalen?
Jalen is playing great, but I'm not convinced in his jump shot and overall efficiency. He is still taking some very difficult shots (i.e., step back 3's, etc.) that are going in....but I am not convinced these shots are part of a winning strategy...and Roosh made this point...Jalen is still taking some very difficult shots but they are just going in. Thinking long term...unless we can find a way to keep the supporting cast...Amen, Jabari, Cam, and Tari...I don't think that maxing out Jalen and Alpi...without keeping the other players (i.e., Amen, Jabari, Cam, Tari, etc.) will win us a championship. Maybe I'm wrong...but we will see.
This team really trying to convince people that Alpy was the problem. Shooting percentage went sky high since Alpy's injury. At some point this backcourt literally had the worst shooting percentage in the league.
Alpy, maybe it is time to leave.
I love bari and his elbow j as good as his turnaround j, however when those jumpers simply ain't fall, his lack of athleticism at 4 or 5 immediately being indefinitely magnified, that could make Ime beginning to consider replace him with amen or tari next to alpi next season.
(also, like Frank once said, dunno why, even those nights when bari opened fire beyond the arc at will, collected 20pt hands down, his impact to the games simply ain't there, THAT'S really something beyond our comprehension)
Yea Jeff vangundy wouldn't start the offense until 14 sec that's why he kept the scores under 90
So all in all I'm thinking the best thing is just keep this whole team the way it is Dillion Is like Mario Elie Amen is great and either one can come off the bench Think Elie horry ...
We just need a legit second big WALKER KESSLER LIKE think Otis Thorpe... off bench or whatever I think the 3 and 4 should be a competitive position and rotation match up based job fill because Amen off the bench has advantages ...
So would dillion or Bari.
Now as for the flack I took for saying Jalen pg version aint a bad future option and being able to spot how valuable he was as a primary ball handler ...it's cool I know ball and roosh is right just like I said before a rip Hamilton Jalen would really be better and easier to reach than just keep tryng to be ant man or kobe... Jalen is more ja than kobe or ant man even more CLYDE than MJ
IF he can't make it he gotta get to rip and that's still elite . And Fred is good I love Fred I was the first person on the chop shop to bring up the rockets getting Fred it was last year before the season was even over ...that being said if I can get better in my front court I keep dillion Bari alpi Jalen can Amen and upgrade...I'm saying for a triple j I'd rather move Fred than anyone else ... I'd love to keep the whole team and just find a Derrick lively or walker kessler mark Williams and .... KEEP THIS TEAM AND BUILD CHEMISTRY. let em all grow until you have to move someone or loose em
There's something about him locking in. It's very much like Curry.
Sengun stans.
hater
Rockets fans***
-Roosh
They were playing through Alpi because they were not playing well just standing around looking at each other .
Now alpi is gone they starting to play basketbal not just standing around looking at each other
Markkanen will be good for this team
Off season dream: trade Stephen adams for Jonathan Issac. Let him be the back up 4 and small ball 5. He’d be like the ultimate version of Jeff green. We would have the clear best defense in the league and be a 50+ win team barring injuries
Couldn’t disagree more. There is nothing Jonathan Isaac can do that Tari Eason can’t do better with the same minutes, and he is someone who needs more minutes in general. Rockets don’t need to add anyone. They just need to stick with this core. That’s it.
I appreciate that idea Tati and Jabari should have a big leap next year. I just see Jonathan Issac as the best option for a 5 man, between Injure Adam’s and landale. It’s a risky move with injury history but regardless
Give Rafael Stone his credit. You were so bad in your assessment of this organization
I very explicitly gave Rafael Stone credit in this episode. -Roosh
He will get his flowers when we have an actual playoff team.
Exactly! If the team has a rough stretch, like EVERY young team does, it's Stone's "incompetent", "low IQ" or implemented a "losing culture"..Now that the team is over achieving its "I'll wait until the playoffs". GTFOH🤣 We've already over achieved this season & Stone's rebuild has been great in year 4.
One more is more likely Jalen can take over at pg
Or
You find a player like Dillion Brooks shooting 40pct from 3
Dillion like Elie or a crazy battier
Y dat important
Because amen at 3 makes up for the rest of Fred vv
And that money could really bolster the roster
And bringing in a Seth curry or Steve Kerr type pg and a secondary big that can swing from 4 to 5 better than Jabari means you only need Jabar alpi and a (?) I think we really can get a real guy in the draft just get the best 7'2 shooter with size and strength and none this matters but
If not ... stone might have to gamble
Fred or Dillon off the bench Amen to the 1 and keep Alpi.
Oh this remember Jalen brown and Jason tutum every year the world wanna break em up but they kept em and now they every year top team curry clay Murry joker ...
These guys are staples in the leauge okc has one Flaw that blemish and haunts they life ... they had harden ibake Durant Westbrook and could've kept em and didn't over years being cautious...
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ROOSHWILLIAMS THIS GEEK OWES JALEN AN APOLGY
I won’t rest until he apologizes. -Roosh
@@StateOfTheRockets 😂😂😂😂
apology for playing dog most of season? only to start playing since ASB and missing playoffs cause of it? if jalen played like this since start we would be 4th seed rn. Hes been doing this 3 years now btw, imagine if he does the same next year.
Another Warriors L. Les go!!!
Only 1 game back. Will be half a game by tomorrow night. -Roosh
Rockets gotta win out to have a chance. Can maybe afford one L
Stopped listening as soon as I saw roosh
I also stop listening when I hear Roosh. -Roosh
Thanks for commenting then!
The team without Sengun has just been a better brand of basketball. The team just looks more comfortable with Jalen running the show.
wait till we play april games
The rockets will be better off with JG as our number one guy going forward period not Sangun