Houston Rockets Top-5 Net Rating Sustainable? + Cam Whitmore To G League & Jabari Smith Jr Struggles

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1. GO ROCKETS!

2. Brooks needs to go after this year! For cams sake. Btw I like Brooks but…

3. i’m sorry I disagree with this totally Jackson. Eason has the same tunnel vision, and sometimes looks out of control on the court. The real person who should be down in the G league is Jabari Smith Junior.

4. Cam needs more minutes

5. Tari and Jabari need to swap places

6. Thanks JG

7. I think it’s sustainable we haven’t even used cam, Jeff or the dude from Australia

8. It's amazing to consider the team stats on offense and their rating, we're terrible at corner threes, and rim eff. I expect both of those things to get better at least near the avg.
   Cam needs polishing and struggles w/o time, you could see it effecting his confidence.
   I've always had a Tari before Jabari take but, I've seen signs of improvement even though he's not really trusting his shot sometimes. A 21 point swing is hard to argue with, Jackson.

9. Jabari has played better the past few games and also you can see he has improved he can easily get to the rim and became much stronger and fluid in that area and same with rebounding.

   But man Tari has been a monster he leaves such a huge impact everyone even Jabari feeds off his energy.

   Tari despite his tunnel vision he really does deserve to start if Brooks wasn’t paid so much money and Jabari wasn’t the third pick. Tari would start.

   I think if you want Tari to play with the starters the only way would be to sub him in early and have Jabari play with the second unit. Reed can definitely give him some looks with the second unit.

   As for Cam listen he been horrible shooting the ball and with Tari back and Ime trusting Reed Cam wasn’t going to get any minutes. The best thing for him is to get his shot back in the g league and come back once he return to form.

   Great video Jackson

10. Go Rockets 🎉🎉🎉

11. Cam needs playing time to polish his game. Sending him down is the right move.

12. Why is Fred not replaceable? I feel good about Jalen, Amen, and Reed with the ball in their hands. We need that 40 million to pay Bari and Tari

13. I think Sheppard should be the one going down to the G league to find his shot.

14. If you got anything negative to say about Tari you’re an idiot . Period! We’re gonna lose Cam if we keep doing this . Tari is the backbone. Amen is great. Alpie still sloppy . Jalen is becoming clutch. We’re gonna lose Cam . Reed is great but he needs to some work . I think Cam needs minutes and we need to gel. Jabari playing better but I’m not sold on him . He should be much further than he is . He needs to put on 20 lbs of muscle he’s not strong enough. I love this team but I see us doing something stupid . Losing Cam is gonna probably gonna be first . Jackson I agree with you half the time but not lately .Idk what you guys see. Not even sure you guys understand basketball. The shooting the 3’s is what needs to stop. Across the board. The whole league shoots too many 3’s. No off rebounding. Very sloppy play. Very weak play . We need everyone to play like Tari,Amen and Dillon constantly trying to hustle and get loose balls and get 2nd chance shots. Not sure what some of you guys see or it’s because I’m an old school fan not this new age of 3 and D. I remember Houston Rockets basketball was defense and getting the best shots, rebounding and hustling. That’s what got us those championships. Not sure Jackson or most of the guys on here even saw those old rockets teams . We always have played tough, the chucky browns , maxwell, Herrera, Horry, Cassel, even Maloney and Scottie. We were tough and played hard and hustled . Cam fits into that . I think this team is gonna do something stupid soon and blow up a great team. This new age basketball is not Houston basketball.

15. 3:20 cam is missing alot of 3’s

16. Go Rockets!

17. Go Rockets x2!

18. About cam , as far as i see his brain always works for solo playing. if you wanna play alone everytime you got the ball dont bother. Because rockets have better called 'Jalen Green'. And he scores more effectively. Cam need to become someone Rockets needs. He needs to be smarter than that. Playing in G league better than not playing at all. Maybe he gets some time to think the way he plays. And next year dominates everone.

19. Whitmore is a ball hog, doesnt understand fundamental basketball, tries to dribble between 2 defenders and loses the ball, watch Jalen ball handling is all skill and finesses

20. I trust our coaches, unfortunately not everyone can get minutes and Fred and Dillon are the reasons why we went from 20 wins to 40 last year now keeping as much pieces together as we can is so important but we will have to let guys go if they want to become stars, once we’ve figured out who ours are and who wants to fit around them we can and we’re not gonna be able to keep everyone

21. Cam has the same problem as houston rockets has. Too many talented kids. Alpi jalen bari tari amen reed cam. Which one would you keep and give fair playing time. 15mins each ?

22. I love Cam but it’s a good idea to send him down so he can get more playing time

23. I think the issue with sending Jabari to the bench is the same thing as what's going on with Kuminga right now. Once you're a player off the bench, it's really hard to break out of that role and change that perception for the rest of your career. Jabari's camp is definitely still going to want him to be seen as a starting level player, especially as it regards upcoming contract negotiations, etc. The Rockets may even want that in the event that they want to use him in a trade package because it ups his perceived value. I'm not saying it's incredibly rational, but I think it's a real concern.

24. Rockets did Cam dirty… Jalen has had nights where his shooting has been bad, & don't get me started on FVV all around. Even with Cam's bad shooting, he's still an effective scorer. That was evident in the 1st Spurs game when he led the comeback. I feel like it's bad coaching to not help with Cam's versatility but to coach and preach keep being aggressive, even if the shots aren't falling, only to be punished for it..