Aging Rockets get three top 10 MIP votes

Post #1 » by **Mr. E** » Wed Apr 24, 2013 2:51 pm

Congratulations to Paul George on winning the Most Improved Player for 2013. It was well deserved.

I would like to point out that three of the aging Houston Rockets ended up in the top ten for voting:

Clearly this old, decrepit bunch is going nowhere. Time to trade them all for some youth.

Sincerely,

Chuckles

MaxRider · Post #2 » by **MaxRider** » Wed Apr 24, 2013 6:13 pm

i want to know who T F vote melo in the first place

Zubby · Post #3 » by **Zubby** » Wed Apr 24, 2013 6:15 pm

Who the hell voted for Melo? its a 1st place vote too! Ryan Anderson? Blatche? lol
wtf is this?

Everyone on that list is aging, Asik i'm pretty sure is the old man on that list.

MaxRider · Post #4 » by **MaxRider** » Wed Apr 24, 2013 7:38 pm

Zubby wrote:Who the hell voted for Melo? its a 1st place vote too! Ryan Anderson? Blatche? lol
wtf is this?

Everyone on that list is aging, Asik i'm pretty sure is the old man on that list.

if i'm voting
i would vote
1. george 2. harden 3. asik

Post #5 » by **TMACFORMVP** » Wed Apr 24, 2013 9:38 pm

I don't know if I'd have picked George, tbh. He was still a very good defensive player last year but he's just been more noticed this season because he's in a greater role (though I will concede I think his defense has improved even more). But offensively, he hasn't really taken much a leap at all, IMO. He's getting eight more minutes, and more shot attempts b/c of Granger's injury, and that's the only reason he's scoring more...otherwise his efficiency has declined to a point where he's just around league average (slightly below). And he's improved his assist #'s, but that's also come with a sizable increase in TO #''s.

Don't get me wrong, he's an all-star player. A solid passer, terrific rebounder, sensational defender, but he hasn't shown much more than being a decent scorer up to this point in his career. I mean 17 PPG in 38MPG on ~53 TS% doesn't scream tremendously improved compared to 12 PPG in 30 MPG on 55% TS.

IMO, someone like Sanders has shown more improvement. It's true his shot blocking rate hasn't really changed, but he's tremendously improved his offensive game, and his rebounding + defensive game this year. He was the Bucks best player...the only reason Bucks won games were because they were 12th in DRTG, and Sanders was the SOLE reason for that...

inquisitive · Post #6 » by **inquisitive** » Thu Apr 25, 2013 4:44 pm

MaxRider wrote:i want to know who T F vote melo in the first place

Stephen A Smith... :lol: