Morris to Rocket Fans, apology accepted (Appreciation Thread

[Aaron Brooks]

Prior to Wednesday’s game he had limited shooters to an anemic 20 percent connection rate on spot-ups and a paltry 27.3 percent on isolations according to Synergy Sports. His work in those areas places him in the league’s 94th and 78th percentile respectively, and he also ranks in the 94th percentile when acting as the big defender against pick-and-roll ball-handlers.

“This is a defense-first team,” he says. “I watched what Chandler (Parsons) did last year; he started defending and that got him on the court. So I watched film and I watch film every day, before and after games, just to see where I can pick my spots on defense.”

This guy proved us all wrong after an underwhelming rookie season

[rocketsballin]

i dont give up on rookies after one year. but i did think it'd take him till his 3rd year to be productive. good that im wrong

[TMACFORMVP]

He's been very good as of late. I'll admit I hated on him too much the first game of the season.

Edit - I hope he keeps it up, because I've enjoyed watching him play recently.

[kam_soluusar]

And credit where credit is due also.

Douglas shot well today.

[texasholdem]

He's still not as good as Kenneth Faried (POTW) or Kawhi Leonard

[Zubby]

Lil Melo, with Defense!

[MaxRider]

i dont give up on rookies after one year. but i did think it'd take him till his 3rd year to be productive. good that im wrong

i'm giving up white though

[90sAllDecade]

I thought his attitude would be his undoing like Terrance Williams did in his stay here. But he has really changed and focused on working hard on defense and the little details that win games.

Respect and props to Morris.

[BaYBaller]

I don't know how you could give up on a rookie with limited playing time. You guys gotta learn to be more patient. News flash people we aren't winning a chip this year.

[Aaron Brooks]

I don't know how you could give up on a rookie with limited playing time. You guys gotta learn to be more patient. News flash people we aren't winning a chip this year.

probably cause of his performance in summer league and then we drafted 2 more tweener forwards in white and jones that we were high on

[MaxRider]

he's playing better than the #2 pick derrick williams
still need to work on his free throw

[ALPHAandOMEGA]

i dont give up on rookies after one year. but i did think it'd take him till his 3rd year to be productive. good that im wrong

i'm giving up white though

Ditto...he has been nothing but problems

[Aaron Brooks]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryaP5HPZFFw[/youtube]

[aznkillabeezZz]

he proved me wrong, but talk is cheap. He needs to turn into star level to help this team be a contender. We'll see how much he can improve. We keep losing close games.

[LarsV8]

he proved me wrong, but talk is cheap. He needs to turn into star level to help this team be a contender. We'll see how much he can improve. We keep losing close games.

Please.

Expecting for mid first rounders to turn into stars in order to help the team is absurd.

Our fans expectations are way too high.

[rocketsballin]

he proved me wrong, but talk is cheap. He needs to turn into star level to help this team be a contender. We'll see how much he can improve. We keep losing close games.

[/quote]

all morris needs to do is be a solid backup/spot starter. he's on his way to being just that. expecthing him to be an all star are high expectations

[aznkillabeezZz]

he proved me wrong, but talk is cheap. He needs to turn into star level to help this team be a contender. We'll see how much he can improve. We keep losing close games.

all morris needs to do is be a solid backup/spot starter. he's on his way to being just that. expecthing him to be an all star are high expectations[/quote]
yeah hes doing very well as a backup. But it wont be enough if we are expecting this team to make the playoffs. Need something better.