[Chron]Daniels Makes Case for Spot in Rockets' PO Rotation

[ChokeFasncists]

http://www.houstonchronicle.com/sports/ ... 408855.php

After a slow start in which he made one of his first five shots, Daniels was 7-of-10 the rest of the way, giving Rockets coach Kevin McHale plenty to consider at a time when teams usually shorten, rather than expand, their rotation.
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McHale has seemed to be searching through the final weeks of the season, dropping Jordan Hamilton from the rotation and giving sporadic playing time to Omri Casspi, who did not play at all in Monday's victory over the Spurs, which the Rockets treated as a must win.
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"His shooting has been great," Howard said. "I think he's one of the best pure shooters in this league. We just want to build his confidence so he can go out there and shoot lights out. I like what he's given us."

Should he be taking Canaan's pt? He is himself also a very good three point shooter. Casspi or Jordan's?

Lin
Daniels
Garcia
DMo
Asik

That's not bad. This guy is lights out. DMo's shooting is the weak link here, he's shooting in the twenties from deep, probably won't get a lot of pt because of that. Of course, we won't be seeing much 10 men rotation in the PO anyways.

Speaking of the bench: Three men rotation for the guards, Garcia as three and D guy at the three spot, Asiks play with Dwight a little? If the three guards small ball lineup (Bev, Lin, Harden, Parsons, D12) is used very often, to match up with the lineup with their 6th man Mo Will(Lillard, Mo, Matthews, Batum, LMA), there might be a little bit of minutes at the guard left, very little albeit. Secret weapon?

Us having Asik is a big advantage. They have to worry about Lopez getting into foul trouble and we don't have to worry about the same about Dwight.

[BaYBaller]

Canaan has been sent back to the D-League. I have no idea why you would even think Canaan would be in the playoff rotation.

[MaxRider]

i think the rule now is 13 active players for playoff and you can change it whenever you like
Canaan will probably wont in the active roster if both Beverley and Lin are healthy
Daniels can play spot minute when Garcia shot aint falling

TJones totally suck against Portland
i can see the main rotation for first round series are: Howard, Haren, Parsons, Beverley, Garcia
then you have Asik, DMo, and Lin
Casspi or Powell may get min if DMo pick up quick foul again
DMo been terrible in April

[inquisitive]

he should get 3-4 minutes each game....at minimum

[cw3k]

I don't think he will get any time in the playoff.

McHale will most likely play both Harden/Bev for 40+ mpg.

[ChokeFasncists]

Canaan has been sent back to the D-League. I have no idea why you would even think Canaan would be in the playoff rotation.

Actually, I don't think that Canaan would be in the playoff rotation, I wrote:

Lin
Daniels
Garcia
DMo
Asik

Excluding him from the bench, and:

Three men rotation for the guards

meaning Harden, Bev and Lin, no Canaan.

I do think tho, that maybe he'll get a little bit of PT, but it might go to Daniels now.

[BaYBaller]

McHale isn't going to use a 10-man rotation in the playoffs. Daniels is just insurance. We got Garcia, Casspi, and Hamilton in front of him, and honestly I don't know which one McHale is going to go with. I'm guessing Garcia for that veteran experience. I think Garcia will actually make the most of his time in the playoffs. The dude is up there in age and he's never been on a team this good.

[ChokeFasncists]

McHale isn't going to use a 10-man rotation in the playoffs. Daniels is just insurance.

he should get 3-4 minutes each game....at minimum

~lol~ Well, we'll see, he is shooting 50% from deep in April, I'd say we can try his hand a little bit, see if it's hot and then decide to keep him on the floor or not, kinda like gambling.

We got Garcia, Casspi, and Hamilton in front of him, and honestly I don't know which one McHale is going to go with. I'm guessing Garcia for that veteran experience. I think Garcia will actually make the most of his time in the playoffs. The dude is up there in age and he's never been on a team this good.

Agreed, I see Garcia as the main back up swing man. Casspi and Hamilton are too erratic. Garcia is tough and clutch.

[ChokeFasncists]

Trojan Freaking Horse Daniels!!!!!!!!!!!

[ChokeFasncists]

Old article:

Troy Daniels Signs with Houston Rockets: Call-Up Breakdown
http://www.nba.com/dleague/news/troy_da ... 02_21.html

Morey ain't bad.

[MaxRider]

give mchale credit for playing daniels ahead of garcia and hamilton

[baki]

What the hell? Daniels makes a 3 pointer and he's our go-to guy now?

Guys, we've got the talent but we haven't got a leader to run this team effectively.

[moofs]

What the hell? Daniels makes a 3 pointer and he's our go-to guy now?

Guys, we've got the talent but we haven't got a leader to run this team effectively.

When McHale put Daniels in, I sent a text message:
"MCHALE. ****. SUCKS. ASS."

We won. It was awesome. I almost woke everyone up screaming.
It was still a REALLY questionable call. It worked out for us, but WTF Mchale?

Maybe he'd done some time calculations on how many times we'd have to play defense?
I still don't get it.

[Hank7]

Daniels forces Portland to spread the floor. They gotta account for him which opens the lanes for Harden, Parsens and Lin. His stroke is pure, and he knows it ... he is unafraid. Only five games played for the Rocks, but he is shooting over 48% from the three.

Daniels also gets his shot off faster than Garcia. Caspi, Demo, and Hamilton have not been able to contribute.

[ChokeFasncists]

give mchale credit for playing daniels ahead of garcia and hamilton

Well, I did:

Gotta give him credit!

Kevin McHale really isn't all that bad.
viewtopic.php?f=16&t=1318032

But maybe we should also give him credit for recognizing his incompetence by having a player unpolluted by him save the day; this Viper guy has no spoiledness, no divaness, no laziness, no ballhogging, no hesitation, no looking over the shoulder, no doubt about himself, no doubt about the team strategy, no tightness, no anxiety, no selfishness, no confusion, no over-confidence; this guy might not be perfect, but has been well-coached. (credit to Nevada Smith!?)

And it was a bit of luck, didn't Parsons miss some clutch threes? He had a wide open one in crunch time game 1, we would have won the game if he made it. (and save McDumb-as-Hell a lot of anxiety) If it were not for him fouling out, Daniels wouldn't have the chance to do what he did! Big stage! He's making front page of news-websites and stuff, this is no kidding!

[BaYBaller]

You know there are so many things that come into play here. For all intents and purposes Daniels is going to be a huge liability on defense, but you could put him out on the floor because POR went small with LMA at center. I think it works to our favor when POR plays small, but game 3 POR kind of had to go small since they were playing from behind and needed the offense.

And Daniels is pretty lucky because:
1) He wouldn't have even been out there if Parsons didn't foul out and
2) Lin shouldn't have even passed it to Daniels in the first place. He had Dwight underneath the basket with Lillard in front of him. The correct/safer play would've been to just lob it to Howard.

Also I was skeptical about Daniels 3-point shooting at first, even though I know he shot like close to 40% in the D-League, but when I saw him hit that step back 3 I was convinced he's a legit shooter. But going forward I still see Daniels as just getting spot minutes if POR is going small and we can matchup and hide him on defense. It's just too much to expect any semblance of defense from a rookie being called up to play in the playoffs.

[baki]

Daniels forces Portland to spread the floor. They gotta account for him which opens the lanes for Harden, Parsens and Lin. His stroke is pure, and he knows it ... he is unafraid. Only five games played for the Rocks, but he is shooting over 48% from the three.

Daniels also gets his shot off faster than Garcia. Caspi, Demo, and Hamilton have not been able to contribute.

Wow.

It probably never occurred to anyone that maybe Daniels have been working on the 3 since playing the game of basketball, which is why he is the 3 point leader in the D league. In other words, he's the Novak for Houston, but is he a replacement for Beverley? Canaan? Hamilton? He is unproven as a complete basketball player as of now, let's see if he can add anything else to the team (like defense which is what we desperately need).

We were lucky that Daniels was open and made the shot, but if we have to rely on luck just to get a win in the last minute of the game then we are not doing a very good job of playing during the game.

Over to you coach.

[ChokeFasncists]

2) Lin shouldn't have even passed it to Daniels in the first place. He had Dwight underneath the basket with Lillard in front of him. The correct/safer play would've been to just lob it to Howard.

I wouldn't call that pass incorrect or overly risky. There was a little more than two seconds on the shot clock; Lillard (quite an athlete) was in front of Dwight, so a quick pass that's not very high might be intercepted. That means it would have to be a slow and/or very high pass. That'd be risky because if it's slightly too high or too fast, Dwight might not be able to catch it(Lillard might be blocking his vision). If it's too slow, there were Wright and LMA racing towards the basket at full speed. Daniels was pretty open on the other hand.

[000001]

DANIELS WAS THE HERO WITH THE GAME WINNING 3 AND THE OTHER 2 3S HE HAD HELP US ALOT


BUT

DEFENSIVELY HE WAS REALLY BAD I SHAKE MY HEAD AT LEAST 6 TIMES ,,ESPECIALLY WHEN HE GRABBED MO WILLIAMS BEFORE THE BALL WAS INPLAY

LOOK FOR PORTLAND TO GO AFTER HIM

[inquisitive]

i said it earlier in season to at least give him some spot minutes....we should do the same for covington too once cp goes out for a rest.