Ben DuBose

He's averaged consistently like 12 to 15 points per game, which is okay, but nothing that jumps off the page.

But I think what happens, what they would argue, and I think they're right, is that offensively,

because he's respected as a shooter because he doesn't make bad decisions.

He doesn't turn the ball over.

He's generally a decent passer.

At least he's not going to, you know, have the live ball turnovers that cripple you because he's tall enough to finish the

at any spot on the floor and has the shooting range to conceivably do that because he doesn't need the ball to be effective.

It's not that Jabari is dominating these games offensively by any means, but he allows the other guys to win their minutes and to make plays.

And so that's why on the balance, he's really effective offensively.

Now there's some games where, you know, like the Portland game where he was 0 of 8 in the

Yeah, like that's an exception to the rule.

It was so off the rails that the Blazers just stopped guarding him.

And so, yeah, like in that quarter, he's certainly not a productive offensive player.

I'll admit that.

But on the balance, he provides a lot of value offensively to the point where on off differential, he still leads this team for the season.

And even in January, when he struggled to shoot, he's still third best trailing only KD and Shingun.

But defensively, for the season overall, he's middle of the pack amongst the Rockets rotation players.

In January, he is dead last.

Going into tonight, the Rockets' defensive rating when Jabari sits is 98.

That would be by far the best in the entire NBA.