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[Yahoo Sports] Could Jimmy Butler be the missing piece for the Houston Rockets?

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by Deuce, Sep 28, 2018.

  1. Deuce

    Deuce Context & Nuance

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    "Here I've got them pretty beans......... they are magic beans in fact." - Daryl Morey
     
  4. gatsby

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    The first two sentences of this article are the longest ones I've ever read....

    Longest:
    When the Houston Rockets opened free agency by losing Trevor Ariza and Luc Mbah a Moute — two key cogs in the significant defensive improvement that helped the Rockets rise from 18th among 30 NBA teams in defensive efficiency in 2016-17 to sixth last season, which in turn helped Houston become the kind of balanced monster capable of competing for the NBA title — and signing Michael Carter-Williams, it looked like they’d taken a step back from pushing the Golden State Warriors to the brink in the Western Conference finals.

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    Even as the summer progressed, with athletic swingman James Ennis, former All-Star scorer Carmelo Anthony, point guard Brandon Knight and ex-lottery big man Marquese Chriss all arriving via free agency or trade, the Rockets still seemed a touch less potent on both ends of the floor than last year’s model, which came within a brutally timed hamstring injury and a staggering string of missed jumpers of reaching the championship round.
     
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    There must be some traction to the trade if conspiracy media outlets are finally starting to write about the possibility of it happening!
     
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    I went ahead and created the longest for you.

    When the Houston Rockets opened free agency by losing Trevor Ariza and Luc Mbah a Moute — two key cogs in the significant defensive improvement that helped the Rockets rise from 18th among 30 NBA teams in defensive efficiency in 2016-17 to sixth last season, which in turn helped Houston become the kind of balanced monster capable of competing for the NBA title — and signing Michael Carter-Williams, it looked like they’d taken a step back from pushing the Golden State Warriors to the brink in the Western Conference finals even as the summer progressed, with athletic swingman James Ennis, former All-Star scorer Carmelo Anthony, point guard Brandon Knight and ex-lottery big man Marquese Chriss all arriving via free agency or trade, the Rockets still seemed a touch less potent on both ends of the floor than last year’s model, which came within a brutally timed hamstring injury and a staggering string of missed jumpers of reaching the championship round.
     
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    I got the shortest one here:

    Are we there yet?
     
  9. RudyTBag

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    No more penis talk please...
     
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    Just a piece? Or a whole pie? That is the question.
     
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    It was like yesterday melo threads were the lastest trend
     
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    I've got an even shorter sentence...

    No. :p
     
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  14. bongman

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    Just like the beard, he will be a foundational piece. :)
     
  15. hou$tonScrew$tonTX

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    Whoaaaaa that’s some good run-on sentence structure. Your fifth grade teacher would be rolling in her grave if she could read that.
     
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    I think we get AD and move antony to small forward better
     
  17. Verbal Christ

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    Oh yea keep up the fantasy trade scenarios I'm almost there.
     
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