@BiasedHouston But what happens is they get defended less aggressively bc defenders become scared to touch them. It's almost like you have to let them shoot or risk getting called for a foul every possession
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HorryForThree
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What always kills me about the “FT merchant” stuff is those guys always would still lead the league in scoring even if you took away their FT’s.
Kalshi Hoops@KalshiHoops
Most PPG excluding Free Throws this Regular Season: 25.6 — Luka Doncic 23.2 — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 23.1 — Anthony Edwards 23.0 — Tyrese Maxey 22.7 — Jaylen Brown
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For all of the time and effort that went into draft adjustments, the NBA has to figure out how to competitively balance its postseason. For decades now the West has been demonstrably better than the East. It's time the league figure out how to account for such a wide disparity
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@AbelGe87 He doesn't wanna come West. Lebron wants to go East. A lot of guys are watching OKC/SAS and choosing the easier path.
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@AbelGe87 Anecdotally, when you look at big games for us, when we lose it's rare that these others played even competently, let alone well. And when we win, usually it's not in spite of them - Amen, Bari, Alpi, Reed - most or all contribute meaningfully.
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@AbelGe87 I see what he's saying, like you can't organize your entire D around non-elite players, but our problem is the collective, not one or two guys. Like a lot of fans want to organize our entire O to mitigate Amen's non shooting or play thru Jabari more etc.
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Teams completely ignore Amen
Jabari is still very much average on both ends at best
Tari has dangerously low BB IQ
But yeah lets make it about Sengun and Reeds defense
Andrew Soukup@asoukuptx
The idea that the Rockets should re-orient their defense so that guys like Amen, Jabari, and Tari will prioritize covering for Reed Sheppard and Alperen Sengun is insanity. Those guys are not Nikola Jokic and Steph Curry.
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I'm also still hopeful that their draft potential comes to fruition, or something closer to it than what we've gotten to date.
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There are players I see as almost in untouchable in trade talks simply because I don't see them possessing much value in a return and trading them would be selling low. Reed and Jabari are both in that boat for me. I just don't see a strong market for either.
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With all due respect to Alpi, I'm surprised he got any votes. Don't think his play or the stats backed up All-NBA honors.
The Rockets Wire@TheRocketsWire
Houston Rockets center Alperen Sengun earned his second All-Star selection during the 2025-26 season but fell just short of his first All-NBA team. 📸 Troy Taormina, Troy Taormina-Imagn Images rocketswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/n…
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@fyrebear Wing defenders at the top are growing and guys aren't getting grandfathered in based on reputation or past performance. Amen had the worst defensive rating of his career, had less than half his block rate on five more mins a game. He was a borderline case, it's not a big snub.
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@fyrebear I just can't help but feel there's homerism here. Which is fine, I mean I get it. But you're talking about what he's capable of doing vs what he actually did. He was better defensively last season (24-25) and just didn't have the same impact this regular season on a nightly basis
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Amen Thompson DID NOT make Defensive 2nd team. Really disappointing. He deserved it. #Rockets
NBA Communications@NBAPR
The 2025-26 Kia NBA All-Defensive Second Team: ▪️ Bam Adebayo, @MiamiHEAT ▪️ OG Anunoby, @nyknicks ▪️ Scottie Barnes, @Raptors ▪️ Dyson Daniels, @ATLHawks ▪️ Cason Wallace, @okcthunder
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@fyrebear But the Rockets didn't drop off much defensively when he was off the court. Like Daniels advanced stats, on off, etc are objectively better than Amen during the regular season. Don't get me wrong, I think Amen is an elite defender, but he just didn't have Daniels defensive impact
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2025-26 All-NBA teams:
First: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Nikola Jokic, Victor Wembanyama, Luka Doncic, Cade Cunningham
Second: Jaylen Brown, Kawhi Leonard, Kevin Durant, Jalen Brunson, Donovan Mitchell
Third: Tyrese Maxey, Jamal Murray, Jalen Johnson, Jalen Duren, Chet Holmgren
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@BimaThug It's insane. Not sure I've ever seen a team with depth quite like OKC. And that's not hyperbole.
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@SaintPablo_____ He definitely is worth it. Not saying we should do it, but Kyrie is elite.
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LMAO Kyrie not worth all that
𝓝𝓮𝓻𝓭𝓻𝓸𝓾𝓼 🚩@Nerdrous
-FVV on an expiring $25M deal -Reed Sheppard, young + shooting -Nets 2027 first pick -We get our 2029 1st pick back The Rockets would get a real option in their backcourt. It hurts to move on from Kyrie, but this is the only type of trade I’d accept. #MFFL
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You hear the term “gravity” thrown around by NBA coaches a lot now days.
This is gravity.
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@briansjelks @midrangejumpr2 Don't have advanced analytics is the issue. If you look at any advanced analytic for D, his absence would be expected
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@midrangejumpr2 @HorryForThree Man I would again disagree.
From the eye test, he looked like the best perimeter defender every night on the floor
Don’t have any advanced analytics to back that up
I don’t think a defensive team should have 3 centers personally
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I know this is unpopular among Rockets fans, but I don't think he deserved all defense this season. Ausar was 2nd in the league in stocks, Amen wasn't in the top 20. His D in general took a step back this season, probably bc of the greater offensive role.
Bradeaux@BradeauxNBA
Wow…. Amen Thompson didn’t make an all defensive team this year. While he’s in this current state there will never be 10 defenders in the league that are better than him. He should’ve made the second team.
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Dare I say it's not very ethical to flop like you got hit in the face when you got “weight roomed” by 6’3 190-pound Jared McCain?
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@JTGatlin I recall CP3 and KD not getting along in Phoenix. That probably played a role.
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My understanding was that the Rockets didn't want CP3 -- and also couldn't sign him (immediately) due to being hard capped until the pro-rated vet minimum became available.
Nathaniel M.@KiddNateDogg
This off season when Fred went down the Rockets should have at least contacted CP. I know he may have been a fraction of himself but with KD and Sengun shouldering the load idk man. Also Amen and Reed learning from CP would’ve paid dividends.
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This is the type of stat all defense voters look at: craftednba.com/player-traits/…
If your favorite defender isn't even on the list, he's probably not going to get a lot of votes.
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