D-mo

rockmanslim · Post #61 » by **rockmanslim** » Sat Mar 2, 2013 9:58 am

The good...

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxioPnBwT2g[/youtube]

rockmanslim · Post #62 » by **rockmanslim** » Sun Mar 3, 2013 6:45 am

...and the bad

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y024uWyeMBU[/youtube]

Post #63 » by **Mr. E** » Mon Mar 4, 2013 3:39 am

Solid game tonight by Motie. Looks like he did bring some defense when it was needed.

Guy986 · Post #64 » by **Guy986** » Mon Mar 4, 2013 3:41 am

Mr. E wrote:Solid game tonight by Motie. Looks like he did bring some defense when it was needed.

He did a good job defending Marion. But they (mchale) were so scared of his defense they put Chandler Parsons on Dirk.

Post #65 » by **TMACFORMVP** » Mon Mar 4, 2013 3:51 am

His D was actually good today. He stayed in front of Marion, and contested his shots..and the certain times he was matched up w/ Dirk, even moreso on the third, he got a hand up, and even forced a turnover or two. He was gobbling boards to start the game, and I like that he didn't really force anything on offense, either.

Dmes · Post #66 » by **Dmes** » Mon Mar 4, 2013 2:02 pm

I think he has found a working chemistry with asik. In the first qt asik was taking it easy while Dmo was very active, that's why asik could play the entire quarter. in the third quarter, it was Dmo to ake it easy and didn't force anything.

fizzgig · Post #67 » by **fizzgig** » Mon Mar 4, 2013 10:51 pm

Dmes wrote:I think he has found a working chemistry with asik. In the first qt asik was taking it easy while Dmo was very active, that's why asik could play the entire quarter. in the third quarter, it was Dmo to ake it easy and didn't force anything.

Turkey and Lithuania have great chemistry on and off the court.. in fact Dmo did an interview for the lithuanian press where he said that at the start of the season him and asik were the first two guys to arrive and worked together on a daily basis, and just by the way he was talking about him you could tell they're very fond of eachother and have a great deal of respect for one another..

moofs · Post #68 » by **moofs** » Tue Mar 5, 2013 2:41 pm

rockmanslim wrote:...and the bad

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y024uWyeMBU[/youtube]

The chair gave Yi a tougher time than that. I'd vote "Turnstile" as his nickname, but he's not there yet.

inquisitive · Post #69 » by **inquisitive** » Tue Mar 5, 2013 5:33 pm

Guy986 wrote:
Mr. E wrote:Solid game tonight by Motie. Looks like he did bring some defense when it was needed.

He did a good job defending Marion. But they (mchale) were so scared of his defense they put Chandler Parsons on Dirk.

I can see this matchup again tomorrow...Motie seems to be improving, but for tomorrow's game, i would rather have Chandler on Dirk.

Post #70 » by **jwise44** » Tue Mar 5, 2013 5:44 pm

moofs wrote:
rockmanslim wrote:...and the bad

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y024uWyeMBU[/youtube]

The chair gave Yi a tougher time than that. I'd vote "Turnstile" as his nickname, but he's not there yet.

I can't say anything about yi, but d-mo gives a ton of effort

I think 85% of it is him not knowing what the eff to do

moofs · Post #71 » by **moofs** » Tue Mar 5, 2013 5:54 pm

jwise44 wrote:
moofs wrote:The chair gave Yi a tougher time than that. I'd vote "Turnstile" as his nickname, but he's not there yet.

I can't say anything about yi, but d-mo gives a ton of effort

I think 85% of it is him not knowing what the eff to do

I can agree, and I still prefer him to Patterson, but yeesh! I can't wait for his D to improve a few hundred smidges.

madbucky · Post #72 » by **madbucky** » Tue Mar 5, 2013 10:28 pm

jwise44 wrote:I can't say anything about yi, but d-mo gives a ton of effort. I think 85% of it is him not knowing what the eff to do

lol! Well, the good thing is that defense is #1 about effort, #2 about skill. Since Domo has #1, and has the physical tools (i.e. length) for #2, I'm confident he should be able to improve his defense.

pr0wler · Post #73 » by **pr0wler** » Thu Mar 7, 2013 1:36 pm

Hope he's our PF and backup center of the future. Really gives a lot of effort on both ends of the floor, and as long as he can become a respectable defender his offense will do the rest.

GoSu · Post #74 » by **GoSu** » Thu Mar 14, 2013 8:56 am

From yesterdays game:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uu6GQvItD_k[/youtube]

Juscius · Post #75 » by **Juscius** » Thu Mar 14, 2013 6:55 pm

What I like most about this game that he improved defensively quite a lot since he got starting position.
Not defensive first team all nba yet but getting there

maybe it is a bit too long shot but imho he is similar to all other rockets players defensively already (and Rockets defensively aren't good obviously but we can see sparks when they start defending decently

)

JV4MVP · Post #76 » by **JV4MVP** » Thu Mar 14, 2013 11:38 pm

^ That pass @ 28 seconds is unbelievable for a rookie 7-footer

Post #77 » by **Vator** » Thu Mar 14, 2013 11:51 pm

Honestly I was skeptical when the Rockets drafted him, but this kid is only really lacking 2 things in my opinion...strength and experience. He seems to have a fiery attitude and the desire to get better which shouldn't be ignored. If he can build up his body similar to what guys like Yao Ming or say KG did, the sky is the limit. He can post and he can shoot. If he was stronger, he'd pretty much be able to do whatever he wants.

thinair11 · Post #78 » by **thinair11** » Fri Mar 15, 2013 2:54 am

Juscius wrote:What I like most about this game that he improved defensively quite a lot since he got starting position.
Not defensive first team all nba yet but getting there maybe it is a bit too long shot but imho he is similar to all other rockets players defensively already (and Rockets defensively aren't good obviously but we can see sparks when they start defending decently )

guys stfu about his defense from 1st 3 games that he started. have you guys played basketball on higher level? its called being out of playing shape. his whole body was sore, so he experienced slowness. he is at least decent defensive player. stop **** AMNESTY GUY after few bad games, and then after 2 good games stop suckin his dong. what a bunch of hypocrites. i said it since day one, he is high iq and skills, tall european who does it all, and he will a pretty good nba player once he gets his playing time. and here you go its happening. it was dumb for rockets not playing him from the beginning. clearly best pf of houston since start of the season.

Post #79 » by **TMU** » Fri Mar 15, 2013 4:14 am

thinair11 wrote:
Juscius wrote:What I like most about this game that he improved defensively quite a lot since he got starting position.
Not defensive first team all nba yet but getting there maybe it is a bit too long shot but imho he is similar to all other rockets players defensively already (and Rockets defensively aren't good obviously but we can see sparks when they start defending decently )

guys stfu about his defense from 1st 3 games that he started. have you guys played basketball on higher level? its called being out of playing shape. his whole body was sore, so he experienced slowness. he is at least decent defensive player. stop **** AMNESTY GUY after few bad games, and then after 2 good games stop suckin his dong. what a bunch of hypocrites. i said it since day one, he is high iq and skills, tall european who does it all, and he will a pretty good nba player once he gets his playing time. and here you go its happening. it was dumb for rockets not playing him from the beginning. clearly best pf of houston since start of the season.

His defense sucks. What're you gonna do about it?

Post #80 » by **jwise44** » Fri Mar 15, 2013 5:19 am

thinair11 wrote:
Juscius wrote:What I like most about this game that he improved defensively quite a lot since he got starting position.
Not defensive first team all nba yet but getting there maybe it is a bit too long shot but imho he is similar to all other rockets players defensively already (and Rockets defensively aren't good obviously but we can see sparks when they start defending decently )

guys stfu about his defense from 1st 3 games that he started. have you guys played basketball on higher level? its called being out of playing shape. his whole body was sore, so he experienced slowness. he is at least decent defensive player. stop **** AMNESTY GUY after few bad games, and then after 2 good games stop suckin his dong. what a bunch of hypocrites. i said it since day one, he is high iq and skills, tall european who does it all, and he will a pretty good nba player once he gets his playing time. and here you go its happening. it was dumb for rockets not playing him from the beginning. clearly best pf of houston since start of the season.

Who said to amnesty him? We all have loved d-mo all year, but we knew why he wasn't playing...he is weak and is really bad on defense. Those will improve over time because it is obvious he gives a ton of effort

All our rookies get very little pt until the Allstar break...so that wasn't unusual? Why are u so upset? We all love motie and if you read our game threads you would know that. We had been calling for him to get pt since early in the season.

Your post is misinformed and I don't know where u got most of what u said....