Even before his recent right foot injury, new Rockets shooting guard Victor Oladipo has been wrestling with his productivity this season, according to Kelly Iko of The Athletic.
The sore right foot, meanwhile has hampered his mobility of late and may keep him unavailable during the Rockets’ upcoming road trip. At a high 31.8 usage rate, Oladipo is shooting just 38.6% from the floor and 29.9% from long range through his first 11 games in Houston.
“Victor’s gonna get there,” Rockets head coach Stephen Silas said, going on to highlight Oladipo’s contributions on the other side of the ball. “Hopefully, his injury isn’t too bad. He is a big part of what we do, and one of the of the reasons we’re top five defensively is because of Victor Oladipo.”
There’s more out of the Southwest:
- Whilst on the NBAGL Orlando “bubble” campus, two-way Mavericks rookie shooting guard Nate Hinton has been recalled from the Long Island Nets and transferred to the Santa Cruz Warriors, according to a team tweet. Dallas’ own affiliate, the Texas Legends, isn’t active this season.
- The Pelicans‘ offense has benefited from second-year forward Zion Williamson being utilized at the point, according to Christian Clark of NOLA.com. Williamson has frequently been starting the team’s offensive actions during the last five games. “That’s how I grew up playing the game,” Williamson said. “When I’m bringing it up, I take a quick snapshot of the court. I know where all my teammates are and I know where all my teammates are going to be.”
- Defensive-oriented 35-year-old Rockets iron man forward P.J. Tucker has yet to miss a game since joining Houston in 2017. writes Jonathan Feigen of the Houston Chronicle. This season, Tucker and rookie forward Jae’Sean Tate are the only Rockets to have not missed any of Houston’s 26 games this season.
Impressive for both Tucker, & Tate. Rooks always get banged up. Tate is awkward & slippery. Not sure what to make of him yet. He’s half impressive, half chaos!
Tate does have a gift for timing his layups since he’s only 6-4. The thing he needs to work on most is improving his 3-point shooting. If they had an All-Defensive team for rookies he should be on it. It’d be nice if he and Tucker weren’t the only ones who didn’t miss so many games. They’ve only had 3 games so far this season when all 10 of their regular players were available.
Trade market
Hot product
Collins
Warm product
Bjelica
Cold product
Oladipo and Lonzo
What about Beal, Lavine, Beasley, Aldridge, Mcgee, Drummond (maybe)
Let’s this is the house For sale
Alonzo is worth $1 million
Pelicans want to sell him for $3 million
Nobody comes to make a bid
Think about this
He asks for insane amount of money and nobody wants to overpay him
Depend on the asking price
Hot product
Beal and LaVine
Cold product
Beasley
Aldridge
Drummond
I would love if the mavs could get collins and lonzo.
Lonzo could bring up the ball and help luka out some and rebound. I hate him but i like the player and what he brings.
Collins gives luka that lob threat
I must agree, I have been loving seen Zion bring it up & start the plays for NOP… maybe is time to trade Zo & Bled for a couple SG’s to add the shooting meanwhile Zion plays the point forward!
Exciting days… Zion is an absolute beast!!!
That’s a good idea. Too bad Jrue Holiday seems like he’d be the perfect fit now lol shooting and D. There must be someone out there who fits the bill…I just dk if lonzo and or Bledsoe would net the desired return
“The team offense of the Pelicans offense”…I’m not a journalist by any means…but my grandfather was an English teacher for 27 years. Please, don’t ruin a good thing by being lazy…just proof read and do not rely on an editor. :)
My mom was a contestant on an unaired episode of Chopped. Doesnt mean i know how to cook (I do though so there)
It’s going to be interesting to see what happens with Oladipo at TD. Still think his health is a big concern around the NBA. A healthy Oladipo can fit nicely with a few teams. We’ll see I guess.