ClutchFans Game Thread: Blazers @ Rockets 1/15/2020

Now it's the excuse about different eras when facts come into it. Huh.... Kobe has had double the amount of FG attempts as Harden has and he only has 13k more points. If Harden had the same amount of attempts, he would get around 40k points.

I can't take you seriously.

 

don't think it was a players-only meeting

 

When you give a lost of all the really bad shooting nights harden had in the playoffs, the difference between those two would be at least I can make a reasonable assumption that Kobe was playing well above average defense.

 

People rave on about Kobe about he's clutch and how efficient he is.... but he's got a worse efficiency and true shooting % than Harden does in the regular season and the playoffs..... and with having a much better supporting cast than Harden ever has had. He definitely didn't have to play against a team like the Warriors in his time.

 

Kobe played in an era where coaches only wanted players to take wide open threes only. You can't compare scoring efficiency across eras because the style of offense has changed quite drastically. Kobe also couldn't take advantage of Ned rules such as landing space fouls that generate 3 fta per foul.


Given a single possession, where refs sallow the whistle and the team is down by 1 pt, o trust Kobe to make a bucket more than Harden because Love is a more talented shot maker. Harden is more talented at drawing fouls and shooting threes.

 

Also had a hall of fame coach or a top 10 player off all time next to him for his entire career.

 

Morey ball only works when we have consistent 'makers' from 3. If we slump from 3 it all falls apart.
Now the guys surrounding harden are just not good enough 'makers' and too streaky.
We're not particularly good around the rim
We seem to miss a lot of free throws as a team
We don't take enough midrange shots - we need to take good shots regardless of where on the court
We need a center that can hit three pointers
We are too predictable and easy to defend especially in the playoffs
We're not great defensively
Ownership has been underwhelming
MDA is a nice person, but so long as Morey is here, any new coach will be a morey-ball-puppet

When we are rested, healthy, motivated and making threes we are Godly. However, I'm not sure that will happen enough to obtain favorable seeding. Morey-ball is good for making a bit of noise in the playoffs but as of yet unproven to yield rings. Sprinkle a bit of league bias for their darling matchups which always work against us......makes for a bad recipe for ring hunting

 

So what Hartenstein had 17 and 15 his last game got less than a minute of play. It doesnt matter what Clark gets he wont play.

 

these are some dark dark days of Rockets basketball..

 

I hate when people say, "oh, but if he shot more 3pt attempts he'd probably score points."

Kobe taking more 3pt shots would have hurt him and his team. He wasn't a great 3pt shooter, so that rule doesn't mean crap. Besides, he couldn't dribble or get the amount space of Harden does, so that rule doesn't mean crap. There's a reason why Harden gets the amount of fouls he does because he's too hard to guard. Besides, Kobe never got double teamed from the half court as much as Harden does.

 

There is no greater sign that a coach has lost his team.

Fire him

 

Yikes.

 

Why did we waive him again

 

What I'm stating is true. He shot way less 3pt shots than Harden and has a way less efficiency rate from there than Harden. Him shooting more 3pt shots wouldn't have suddenly raised his efficiency and made him a much better 3pt shooter. No. It would have hurt his team.

 

I wish Tillman and Morey would nut up and fire MDA already. We all know you aren't renewing the dude. He clearly is 70 heading to retirement. Just get rid of him and get a head start on next year. Or maybe the roster really is actually good enough to win a ring if we didnt have Dumbtoni as coach. Lets find out man JB Bickerstaff wont do any worse than what MDA is doing this year.

 

Cuz MDA wasnt playing him so it was an unnecessary cost.

 

If Harden can get 25 pts, this is a win.

What a waste for Russ 30+ triple double.

 

Everyone needs to calm down.

Harden thinks this is a championship caliber team that could win it all this year.

Give it some time.

 

Fear not. Once we **** on the lakers on Saturday everything will be fine.

 

It's on the coach to get them motivated. From what I've seen in the last 10 games, I feel they're losing confidence in him.