Jabari Smith Jr. aka a young Chris Bosh. Was 3-for-5 shooting threes in Game 3. Shot 60% from downtown.
12 points, 5 rebounds, 2 monster blocks. Only problem is Coach Ime Udoka isn't playing him heavy minutes.
I'd play Jabari Smith Jr. 40+ minutes tonight. Not the 25 he's been averaging in this series. He's too lengthy and athletic not to play.
We also had an athletic freak of nature, Cam Whitmore, play 0 minutes. Reed Sheppard, the rookie, also didn't play. I don't know why?
Coach Ime Udoka is trusting Fred VanVleet too much. I get it. VanVleet is an NBA champion and a blue-collar veteran. But we can outrun the Warriors. Trust our youth!
I also do not understand why Smith isn't out there but FVV led the team in minutes while being the worst on the floor.
With the Celtics, he insisted with top tier defensive line-ups and would not change it for offense even when required.
This series clearly calls for FVV to sit the fuck down....Udoka will continue to play him 40+ because the man refuses to adapt.
All the Rockets have to do is trust their athleticism and youth. Run the aging and boring Warriors out of the arena.
They were doing that last game. Built a 12-point lead. But Sengun, Amen and Jalen were just bricking everything.
And Stephen Curry got hot. I expect the Rockets to keep their hot hand (Jabari last game) on the floor tonight.
This is why the Rockets must trade for Kevin Durant this summer. We need that easy bucket (elite shooter) badly.
Also I'm hearing that Giannis may be available. He'd be fun to watch on the Rockets. Both Giannis and Durant would help us score more points.
You don't want to run and gun with Steph man. Any bad offense will just result in volume for Currygoat.
Rockets defense has been excellent this series. You live with the shots that Steph Curry is hitting. The Warriors don't have much going on either.....
We know they can defend at this level, so it just takes a slight leap from Green, Jabari and Sengun to really give the Rockets a chance.
I'm not feeling it, sorry. I don't believe they'll rush into any crazy moves either considering how well of a position they are going forward, but next year is when we can really start calling Houston a contender.