Former Bearcats

[Patrick Bateman]

all the games i've seen him play they let him get up and down the court. seems to suit his game better. he can use his size and strength to his advantage when the court is more spread out.

Are there any players that are suited for the walk the ball up the court over getting up and down?

 

[cincrulz11]

Are there any players that are suited for the walk the ball up the court over getting up and down?

not sure, but people on here always said caupain was incapable of playing at anything above a walk the ball up the court pace.

 

[ZCat]

Are there any players that are suited for the walk the ball up the court over getting up and down?

Thumbs up

 

[Alum2013]

Not sure if anyone saw, but Gary Clark got 2 minutes of play in the Rockets first game. I assume it was mostly because they were getting blown out but exciting for him either way getting his first taste of NBA action in their first game!

 

[cincrulz11]

Not sure if anyone saw, but Gary Clark got 2 minutes of play in the Rockets first game. I assume it was mostly because they were getting blown out but exciting for him either way getting his first taste of NBA action in their first game!

gary had an excellent preseason going 10-18 from 3.

 

[Mcginnjw]

Has anyone been following Evans? He is struggling big time. Does anyone have any insight on what has happened with his shooting form? Seems like since he injured his hand last year he can no longer shoot....bizarre.

 

[Alum2013]

Gary scored his first points in the Rockets last game and now has more points on the season the Evan's who scored his first points 4 days prior.

 

[Alum2013]

Has anyone been following Evans? He is struggling big time. Does anyone have any insight on what has happened with his shooting form? Seems like since he injured his hand last year he can no longer shoot....bizarre.

Maybe he went to the Markelle Fultz training camp this summer.

 

[mdchick]

Has anyone been following Evans? He is struggling big time. Does anyone have any insight on what has happened with his shooting form? Seems like since he injured his hand last year he can no longer shoot....bizarre.

He plays against the best players in the world, that may have something to do with it.

 

[sirthought]

He's been playing slow ball with Cronin for a couple years now. I'm guessing the speed of the NBA will take a year to kick in for him. I've been watching and when he gets floor time he's moving well. Just needs to feel that confidence again. I'm sure he'll be fine.

 

[WAITE HOYT 2]

He's been playing slow ball with Cronin for a couple years now. I'm guessing the speed of the NBA will take a year to kick in for him. I've been watching and when he gets floor time he's moving well. Just needs to feel that confidence again. I'm sure he'll be fine.

Yea that darn Cronin. LMAO!!!!

 

[justinhub2003]

He's been playing slow ball with Cronin for a couple years now. I'm guessing the speed of the NBA will take a year to kick in for him. I've been watching and when he gets floor time he's moving well. Just needs to feel that confidence again. I'm sure he'll be fine.

Slow ball has nothing to do with it. The rockets love Gary Clark and played 4 years with Cronin.


Evans shot is broken. So much so that he isn’t even taking 3’s in games

 

[cincrulz11]

They changed his shot and told him he needs more arc. The results have been really bad.



Not even attempting a 3 in 36 minutes of playing time on the season can't be what they're looking for.



Gary on the other hand has only attempted 3s. Gary was fantastic preseason shooting the ball and earned himself a couple minutes a game of PT.

 

[GarradJ21]

Slow ball has nothing to do with it. The rockets love Gary Clark and played 4 years with Cronin.


Evans shot is broken. So much so that he isn’t even taking 3’s in games

Its so frustrating. Maybe he needs to go to the G League and master that then get called up because right now its embarrassing.

 

[Alum2013]

Clark doing work in their game today.

 

[cincrulz11]

Gary really is the man. Could have easily been a 20 ppg scorer here if we had decided to not make him 4th on the team in fg attempts. He's really the guy we should have hitched the wagon to.

 

[david aka the TYZ]

Gary really is the man. Could have easily been a 20 ppg scorer here if we had decided to not make him 4th on the team in fg attempts. He's really the guy we should have hitched the wagon to.

Most of that is on Gary. We ran the ball through him plenty. He touched it every possession. He took too much time with the ball and often waited on the double team to pass it to an open player. Whereas I'm not knocking Gary here, Cronin made it an emphasis that he touched it early in every possession. He kept Jenifer at point or Evans to intentionally slow the offense down to pass it into Gary much to the chagrin of many fans. Cane was kept off the floor intentionally I think to run this offense. Gary's numbers being lower were completely on him imo. Cronin begged Gary (and only Gary) to do more all season.

 

[cincrulz11]

yeah yeah its the players fault, just like it was caupains fault he walked the ball up every possession.


then they move on and look like completely different players.



and we look the same.

 

[david aka the TYZ]

yeah yeah its the players fault, just like it was caupains fault he walked the ball up every possession.


then they move on and look like completely different players.



and we look the same.

I never said it was Caupains fault he walked the ball up the court. Dude loved to put his shoulder down and drive so I never thought he was a player looking to slow a game down. That is clearly Mick's system. But everything I did say about Clark was spot on. You suggest Mick kept him from scoring 20 a night and I'll ask you how that is if he was the focal point of the offense and every possession the team was supposed to pass it in to him. How he actually briefly got benched one game for not shooting, when he would continually and continually urge Clark to be quicker with the ball and not wait for the double team to pass the ball out. If you want to suggest Mick shouldve used him more as a three and kept him on the perimeter (like Bulldog did two years ago to everyone's disliking) so he could shoot more then that's an argument I could listen to. I wouldnt agree but I'd hear it out and understand. But he was 100 percent the focal point for our offense last year for the most part. There were times when mismatches could be exploited with Washington and then he was more the preferred big man option, but Mick runs a slow, deliberate offense that focuses on getting his big men the ball down low for them to either score or kick out. And Gary he trusted more so than any player but maybe SK, so tell me how Mick was the one that kept Gary from scoring 20 a game?

 

[cincrulz11]

I wouldn't say use him as a 3, hes a perfect fit for how the 4 is played in basketball today. but we still play the old style of basketball.