Rodney Hood is right on schedule. 22mpg, 4pts/game, .375TS% in his 4 games. His stats are so bad that he's got a 0.7PER. Yes, that decimal point is right. He is playing better defense than I expected, and hey, we're up 3-1 so I'm not complaining about the team's overall performance. But there was a reason he was available, and it's because he's playoff fools gold.
He is going to have one good game to fool us again. So far, Meyers has contributed more than Hood + ET combined? This sounds like a joke !!! but it ain't.
Let’s see what you think after the playoffs are done. Also, the Hood trade opened up a spot for Kanter. Hood isn’t worried about his PER. He’s committed to winning and doing whatever the coaching staff asks. Tonight is the wrong night to bash a player.
Like I pointed out in the other thread, I don't need the rest of the playoffs to make up my mind. Playoff stats from 600+ minutes and 32 games across 3 franchises are enough to tell me what we have have in him. Huh. I thought this was a discussion board, not a pep rally. I'm enjoying the win, but that doesn't mean I have to be blind to the things that clearly aren't working.
So if he has a 25 point quarter or a game winner for us in the coming months, you're going to stick to how he played in those "32 games across 3 franchises"?
One game will be nice but you want consistency... and in the Playoffs, unfortunately he had been consistently not very good. That is not bashing or hating on Hood, just the way things have been and the way they are now.
People will always find something to complain about. It's happened all season and will probably still happen when we win the championship. Crazy.
It's about trying to improve, not complaining. He had not played well now or before. As teams get better and play smarter than Westbrook, that won't be good enough.
Trying to improve?? How does someone criticizing Hood on a message board help him improve?? That's for Dame and the coaching staff to do. All that happens here is bitching and complaining. Or in my case, defending and cheering!
My opinion is that we have a great contending team right now and we're on the cusp of eliminating a highly touted team that was picked to defeat us in 5 or 6 games tops and we are doing this as a Team. Looking at personal stats of players that are trying to fill a role off the bench on a team they joined midseason is a waste of energy and completely meaningless and mean spirited. In my opinion.
Also, Hood already won a game for us. His huge quarter vs Charlotte gave us a win. That win could be the difference towards us having homecourt throughout the playoffs (OKC, Spurs, Rockets, Celtics/Sixers).
If we are going by single games, Jake had a lot more he helped Portland win. Heck, Simons is the reason we are playing OKC at all if we are looking at single games. Maybe we should start him.
Yes, Simons is the reason we are playing OKC. Great performance, great win. What does that have to do with Hood? When did I say we should start Hood? And Jake won us games for sure. When did I say he didn't?
Hood is a streak shooter but he still out there helping us to win games. Yes I wish he be more productive on offensive.
His offense has been bad, but I think he’s done ok on george which is good to have another long athletic guy who can at least make PG13 work for it.
