Even if the Rockets stopped in the first round of the playoffs, beaten by the Warriors, the future seems brilliant for the Texan troupe, which has recovered Kevin Durant, Dorian Finney-Smith et Clint Capela To help its hard core, while extending Jabari Smith Jr. For $ 122 million over five years.
Will the strong winger also spend a CAP next season? In any case, even if he still has to find his ideal role in the Ime Udoka system, he can only rent the frame fixed by the coach.
“Everyone who knows Ime (Udoka) know that he is missing some lives” He likes it in the Dawg Talk Podcast. “Do you see what I mean?” I don’t know how to say it differently, but he coaches hard. And he makes everyone play hard. Everyone plays hard because he’s like that. And we can talk to him. Obviously, he played in the league, so he can understand the players, and he helped me a lot. He also helped the team a lot, the franchise. And we can see that things are going in the right direction. »»
The day and night with the first season of Jabari Smith Jr. in Texas, where the Rockets had won only 22 games, for the third and last campaign of Stephen Silas as “Head Coach”.
“Yes, Silas was my first coach. And he was a good coach. But as I said, it was impossible to control this team. It’s just the brothel. Everyone knows that Coach Silas is the nicest guy in the world. He knows basketball, he knows what he is talking about. But to control all of this, it was hard for him. With the arrival of IME but also Fred (Vanvleet) and Dillon (Brooks), a frame was installed. »» And the Rockets were able to take off.
| Jabari Smith, Jr. | Percentage | Rebound | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saison | Team | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | LF | Off | Def | To | Pd | Fte | Int | Bp | Ct | Pts |
| 2022-23 | Modern | 79 | 31 | 40.8 | 30.7 | 78.6 | 1.5 | 5.7 | 7.2 | 1.3 | 2.9 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 12.8 |
| 2023-24 | Modern | 76 | 32 | 45.4 | 36.3 | 81.1 | 1.8 | 6.3 | 8.1 | 1.6 | 2.6 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 13.7 |
| 2024-25 | Modern | 57 | 30 | 43.8 | 35.4 | 82.5 | 1.8 | 5.2 | 7.0 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 12.2 |
How to read the stats? MJ = matches played; Min = minutes; Shots = successful shots / tempted shots; 3pts = 3-point / 3-point attempted; LF = Successful free throws / tempted free throws; Off = offensive rebound; Def = defensive rebound; Tot = Total rebounds; PD = assists; FTE: Personal faults; Int = interceptions; BP = lost bullets; CT: against; Pts = points.
