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Reed & J.O. starting, Jabari off the bench is the answer

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by kennysmith, Mar 8, 2026 at 9:51 PM.

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  1. kennysmith

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    https://www.pbpstats.com/wowy-combos/nba?TeamId=1610612745&Season=2025-26&SeasonType=Regular+Season&PlayerIds=1629006,1641708,1642263,201142&Leverage=Medium,High,VeryHigh

    J.O & Reed: +10.7 NetRtg, 400 minutes
    J.O. & Reed & Amen: 24 NetRtg, 130 minutes
    J.O. & Reed & Amen & KD: 55+ NetRtg, 49 minutes
    Medium, high, very high leverage possessions only

    Hopefully they're saving this for the playoffs so that they can get J.O. back on a better deal. Without J.O. on the perimeter we're too easily exploited. Then save the thread on KD's tires by subbing in KD1a aka Jabari.

    Most importantly, this lets everyone play their natural positions again (Amen, Sengun)
     
    #1 kennysmith, Mar 8, 2026 at 9:51 PM
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    Who tf is jo
     
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    jabari has played well including tonight

    He's also not a guy that does well when you kill his confidence

    it should be tari, he's gone this off season anyways
     
    #4 LosPollosHermanos, Mar 8, 2026 at 10:01 PM
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    It's funny, I've been saying this in numerous threads over the last few weeks because that's what my eyes said. Thanks for backing it up with data @kennysmith !
     
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  6. Dr of Dunk

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    Let's just solve this entire problem by bringing everyone off the bench.
     
    #6 Dr of Dunk, Mar 8, 2026 at 10:05 PM
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    Jabari was unironically one of our best players tonight. He almost helped us turn in a good fake comeback, until ****ing Aaron Holiday torpedoed our chances at even that.

    Besides a brutal stretch, he's been pretty solid this season, in my opinion.
     
    #7 Roomba, Mar 8, 2026 at 10:05 PM
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    Okogie was part of the problem when Rockets went on that historic stretch of terrible 3 point shooting. He slumped bad. He might have gotten a little unfairly faulted

    Or, it was Okogie poor shooting was justification to play Finney Smith more for money reasons
     
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    Hmmm, I mean that must have been a tough game, Okogie and DFS are your 9th or 11th player at best.

     
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    I modified my approach, I guess he is more than serviceable......he is good on any Playoff team.

    But I would not want him on a real contender, his January stats.

     
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    Codman said he's our X-Factor 2 days ago. After seeing his on-off (2nd highest on team) and defensive rating (top perimeter defender) I agree
     
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    He was drafted to be at least the Number 2 Option, he has fallen off.....

    X factors are describing players that are not consistent.

     
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    Checks final score ....145. :D
     
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    It's not a slight to Jabari but San Antonio's guards lit us up tonight and Okogie is our best perimeter defender. Jabari backing up KD makes a lot of sense too
     
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    His defense is consistent though, thats what we need the most. Our guys who are world-class-good at something need to be on the floor

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    Everyone said the same thing about JG..........
     
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    It can be done. Don't put anyone on the floor when the game starts. Once the opponent scores the easy first basket, call a timeout and put in all the guys CF want off the bench.

    Everybody is happy!
     
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    Nah. He plays with more urgency off the bench. He knows Ime loves him
     
    #19 cheke64, Mar 8, 2026 at 11:47 PM
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    First you would need to simultaneously fire everybody, start everybody, bench everybody, and trade everybody!
     
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