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Sorry Rockets Fans, Your Team Is Not Going To Do Much--richard jefferson

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by macan, Oct 31, 2019.

  1. macan

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    media conspiracy
     
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    I really don't like anything about this b!+ch dude

    Rocket River
     
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    Eh, I was expecting something completely dumb....but he's got a point. This defense is not gonna cut it. We cant just hope to outscore people every night in the playoffs.
     
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    At least he apologized
     
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    I didn't really get the 5 year vacuum comment at the end.. He can't referring to our defense. Is he referring to our players or MDA?
     
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    That may be the plan;).
     
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    reminds me of 'jumpshooting teams will never win'
     
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    I dont know, i feel like we should be very optimistic. Rockets have a history of starting slow in the last years. Remember last year when our defense looked like ****? Also remember how we clamped down on the Warriors again?

    This team is old as fuark and needs motivation to play defense. Wizards ain't no motivation. That's how i feel about that.
     
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    He'd sound smarter - to smart fans - if instead of saying not going to do much, he said not going to win a championship.

    I can only conclude he only thinks doing much is at a minimum making the Finals, if not winning it as he then gave stats on defensive teams that won rings.

    Definitionally, that doesn't make sense. If they make the conference finals, they will of course be part of a group of 4 out of 30 teams that do that. If they make the second round, they will have gone farther than 73% of the teams in the league.

    We all agree... this isn't a championship team... because of the defense.

    I appreciate the fact that he's pointed that out, whereas much of the analysis by the media of the Rockets has been about the Harden-Westbrook fit, which doesn't really matter like the defense does.

    Just not everything has to be "your awesome" or "you suck".

    And that's coming form a guy (me) that is championship or bust. But I at least recognize there are levels in between.
     
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    I can’t stand RJ.... but how can you argue with what he said lol?

    The only way to prove the rj’s, Channing fryes, etc of the world who act like we go home in the first round every year and haven’t been successful wrong is to make it to the finals
     
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    Witch hunt the likes of which nobody’s ever seen.
     
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    I think he's trying to claim we've had a terrible defense for 5 years now

    2017-18 Rockets were ranked 7th in defensive rating tho

    These dudes like RJ only see what they want to see.

    He's probably still bitter we traded him for Eddie Griffin
     
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    As soon as he said the Rockets weren't proven playoff performers, you knew he was talking out of his ass.

    Two conference finals appearances in 4 years isn't any sort of success apparently

    Go back to your loveboat with Luke Walton RJ, your opinions are trash

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    I mean if it is championship or bust than what does the levels in between matter. If we dont win a championship than we havetn done much.
     
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    If the year is based on these 1st 3 games then probably not but since its an 82 game season i’d
    say Jefferson don’t know s**+!!!!!!!
     
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    The Clippers are currently ranked #22 in Defensive Rating

    Where's the concern about them not having a "top 10 defense"?1?

    (LOL I realise it is the first frikking week of the season and any statistical ranking means F ALL at this point)
     
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    What does it take to qualify to be a guest on The Jump? Seems like either you gotta be a fat f*ck or just a low bball IQ moron
     
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    You do know that we a) got rid of Melo and b) re-hired Bzdelik.

    Not sure if those 2 things had any effect. It could just be coincidence.
     
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