You don't have to be a Rockets fan to be a fan of Hakeem. Just like I was a big Kevin Garnett fan, but was never a Wolves fan.
I didn't like him as a player, especially when he was with the Rockets he would run into the lane without any plays and run back out he do those jump passes without determining who he wants to the pass the ball to resulting into turnovers he would not pay attention to the play clock, which had horrible consequences he is not aware of game time situations, like end of game his shot is inconsistent he was horrible in the clutch, air ball vs miami etc he could not handle the pressure, going to twitter after bad games and complain he was injury prone, he got a bruised chest vs OKC in the playoffs the things he does well is driving to the basket, pick and roll, and fast breaks that's about it his defense was average
i'm implying you never talk in the Rockets discussion area because you don't care about the Rockets or Rockets history with the exception of Lin. If Clutchfans ever banned Lin talk, we would still come here.
Of course I care about the Rockets and Rockets history. 3 of my all-time favorite players played for the Rockets.
I don't believe you. Caring about the Rockets doesn't mean you like 3 players from random eras, it means you follow the team and care if they win or lose.
Lin played well in only 21 mins last night in their first back to back win of the season. 13pts 3rb and 5 asst. Looks like Brooklyn is a much better team when lin is playing but I still feel they would be at most a 30 win team this season if Lin was not injure so much.
Yeah, though to be fair, Phoenix is definitely in "development mode" and basically played their second unit for the whole game. But the Nets definitely need more quality players. It definitely hurt when the Nets weren't able to sign their other top targets in FA last summer. They have a lot of cap space for next season ($30M?), so hopefully that gives them the ability to improve the roster. That said, LeVert has been a pleasant rookie surprise, and Whitehead has improved dramatically since the start of the season (perhaps a silver lining from Lin's injury, giving Whitehead a lot of playing time to accelerate his development). Glad last night was a blowout, giving the starters lower minutes so they are more rested for the back-to-back tonight...
You might want to take a look at the lineup Phoenix trotted out before celebrating. It was so bad it managed to get mention on not only ESPN but numerous other shows (Mike and Mike and Dan Patrick and we aren't even at noon). It was called "embarrassing", "shameful", "worst probably of all time" and "the NBA needs to do something about this".