Rodney Hood: Won't be missed

[inliner311]

I understand that "pressing" may hurt you on the offensive end. I don't buy for a second an argument that taking the pressure off him and telling him to relax is going to make him put forth more effort defensively.

A huge part of defense is busting your ass and putting forth effort. That's where he has fallen short, and he fell short even when under his full rookie contract in Utah when he presumably was relaxed.

Time for him to sack up, or go play in Europe.

Hopefully the new guys brought in, will create some peer pressure to play hard on defense. If Sexton, Nwaba, Cedi, etc are bust their ass on defense and a guy like Hood or Clarkson are the reason teams get some easy buckets, I bet the team will give them shit for it.

 

[The Human Q-Tip]

Hopefully the new guys brought in, will create some peer pressure to play hard on defense. If Sexton, Nwaba, Cedi, etc are bust their ass on defense and a guy like Hood or Clarkson are the reason teams get some easy buckets, I bet the team will give them shit for it.

I agree, but if you're counting on "peer pressure", that's kind of my point. We're not telling him to relax - we want him to feel pressure.

 

[Cavatt]

I understand that "pressing" may hurt you on the offensive end. I don't buy for a second an argument that taking the pressure off him and telling him to relax is going to make him put forth more effort defensively.

A huge part of defense is busting your ass and putting forth effort. That's where he has fallen short, and he fell short even when under his full rookie contract in Utah when he presumably was relaxed.

Time for him to sack up, or go play in Europe. He may just have a passive type of personality that doesn't respond well to intense competitive pressure, and never will.

I thought in the finals he competed on D pretty hard, but other than that? Yeah I agree with that. There are many more talented scorers than Hood, he needs to become multidimensional.

I don't think there is any "taking the pressure off" in the NBA. His future is up in the air now. He could have had 21M+ and he didn't go for it, so financially his situation is his own doing. I just don't think having a puke bucket is a good way to deal with the stress. I am sure he could get some help or medication that will allow him to function better if that is what is going on. I agree he needs to deal with it, but his agent seems to think a guy had a hard time competing on a team that was only asking him to score a little, is going to somehow do better on a team that needs his scoring more. Could be a bad recipe.

 

[Omar The Horse]

https://www.cleveland.com/cavs/index.ssf/2018/09/rodney_hood_wants_to_earn_big.html

He wants to stay with the team after this season.

Also in this article it says Hood is slotted to start at the 2 guard and Osman at the 3.

 

[bryankdavis]

https://www.cleveland.com/cavs/index.ssf/2018/09/rodney_hood_wants_to_earn_big.html

He wants to stay with the team after this season.

Also in this article it says Hood is slotted to start at the 2 guard and Osman at the 3.

Hood is saying all of the right things to maximize his value. He also mentioned that he wants to play for a contending team.

Hood is a major piece to whether we are playoff eligible or not. If we do not contend, that will be one excuse for him to walk back his comments

 

[pinoycavsfan]

https://www.cleveland.com/cavs/index.ssf/2018/09/rodney_hood_wants_to_earn_big.html

He wants to stay with the team after this season.

Also in this article it says Hood is slotted to start at the 2 guard and Osman at the 3.

If the cavs want to win and be competitive the starting lineup of Hill/Hood/Osman/Love/Nance can run and switch on defense. The spacing would also be great. But I would like to see Sexton start and have his baptism of fire. The losses will pile up but better now than later. This team desperately needs to tank and develop the young guys, I doubt DG would be up to that.

 

[CleveRocks]

I dont think Hood is part of a winning team, but here's hoping he will prove me wrong

 

[daddywags]

If the cavs want to win and be competitive the starting lineup of Hill/Hood/Osman/Love/Nance can run and switch on defense. The spacing would also be great. But I would like to see Sexton start and have his baptism of fire. The losses will pile up but better now than later. This team desperately needs to tank and develop the young guys, I doubt DG would be up to that.

Yep. My guess is starting lineup at first will be Hill, Hood, Osman, Love and TT. Clarkson first guard off the bench, Nance first big off the bench, and Korver 8th man. Lue's not going to force feed Sexton into a major role until he has his NBA feet under him. Nor should he, IMO.

 

[MirORich]

Yep. My guess is starting lineup at first will be Hill, Hood, Osman, Love and TT. Clarkson first guard off the bench, Nance first big off the bench, and Korver 8th man. Lue's not going to force feed Sexton into a major role until he has his NBA feet under him. Nor should he, IMO.

Don’t be surprised if Hill is the starting “SG”, at least for the first few months of the year.

During a summer league broadcast Lue talked about having three ball handling guards in the starting lineup as a way to generate a lot of ball movement and playmaking in a post LeBron offense.
Hill fits that description and would help Sexton and Cedi more slowly ease into their roles as the primary ballhandlers and offense initiators.

 

[Mavaliersfan]

Wouldn't be surprised if we saw Sexton, Hill, Hood, Cedi, Love lineup.

 

[TitleTown]

Wouldn't be surprised if we saw Sexton, Hill, Hood, Cedi, Love lineup.

TT will start with Lue. No question.

I do think it should be an open questioned as to whether or not TT is a starter in the NBA, but I highly doubt that Lue benches TT.

 

[Sir'Dom Pointer]

TT will start with Lue. No question.

I do think it should be an open questioned as to whether or not TT is a starter in the NBA, but I highly doubt that Lue benches TT.

Disgusting.

 

[Derek]

TT will start with Lue. No question.

I do think it should be an open questioned as to whether or not TT is a starter in the NBA, but I highly doubt that Lue benches TT.

How are we still pretending that Lue is going to show favoritism to Tristan when he benched his ass for a large portion of last year, where he racked up some DNP-CD's, and only started him 22 times in the regular season?

 

[TitleTown]

How are we still pretending that Lue is going to show favoritism to Tristan when he benched his ass for a large portion of last year, where he racked up some DNP-CD's, and only started him 22 times in the regular season?

Because that's not true. He was never "benched." He was hurt, and as soon as he was healthy he was given big minutes again. He should have never taken Frye's spot on the bench rotation, but as soon as he was playable he was given minutes again. Frye was removed from the rotation altogether and it was absolutely moronic.

As deep as we were pre-deadline last year, TT should have never sniffed at ANY rotation minutes.

 

[Derek]

Because that's not true. He was never "benched." He was hurt, and as soon as he was healthy he was given big minutes again. He should have never taken Frye's spot on the bench rotation, but as soon as he was playable he was given minutes again. Frye was removed from the rotation altogether and it was absolutely moronic.

As deep as we were pre-deadline last year, TT should have never sniffed at ANY rotation minutes.

He was, in fact, benched. He received numerous DNP-CD's that were not related to injuries at all.

He fell completely out of the rotation multiple times last year.