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[2018-2019] The Media Narratives Thread

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by Sajan, Jul 23, 2018.

  1. Voltik

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    Harden and Westbrook only pictures with whinning faces. That alone tells you the bias without looking at the rankings. Although I think these days standards, the rankings are as fairest you can get.
     
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    Ziggy QUEEN ANON

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    Man... to be honest, those faces are the faces I envision when I think of those players. Lol.
     
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    http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/...ncy-trade-winners-losers-5-5-offseason-debate

    Jackie MacMullan: Does inertia count as an actual move? You have to wonder how both Trevor Ariza and Luc Mbah a Moute walked away from a team that was one strained hamstring away from advancing to the NBA Finals. No one can convince me that the Houston Rockets are better now than they were one short month ago.

    Ariza's decision to choose the cash ($15 million is a healthy haul at this point of his career, though not the funny money JJ Redick coaxed out of Philly last summer) was a bit surprising, and Houston die-hards will happily point out that the team was 15-1 in games Ariza didn't play last season. Fair enough. But the Rockets oozed great chemistry and will be tested to preserve that without two team-first guys. Adding Carmelo Anthony will be a low-risk, high-reward scenario, and he fares better on a team that values spacing, but has he finally realized that you can still make sweet music as a second (or third or fourth) fiddle?
     
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    ib4 MELOOFs get pissed off about this slight to the greatest back-to-the-basket player who ever lived
     
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    Who the hell do they think they're talking to?
     
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    right on time
     
  7. H-Town Melo

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    Lol. Man who cares what fiddle he is just make shots and play hard.

    Media doing a whole lot of nothing, just repeating the same story over and over again.
     
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    media conspiracy
     
  9. Deuce

    Deuce Context & Nuance

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    This is going to be the story until the season starts and progresses forward. In fact, I wonder if getting a Bazemore for Anderson even moves the needle on that narrative of losing defense. I would think the media would have to see a Porter Jr or Butler addition before they would re-considered their opinion.
     
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    This time last year no one thought you guys would as good as you were. And that was with Ariza and LMM on the team.

    Now all of a sudden they're these integral parts you can't live without. I don't buy it man, the media has no clue what they're talking about just like MDA said.
     
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    ^ skip to time index 41:07 for the Rockets discussion.
     
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  12. nemac

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    Need a simple public spreadsheet with all their takes in it and then we can quickly look up how accurate their predictions are and how reliable their sources are as a percentage and if they are flip flopping or biased.
     
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    Let me guess before I listen

    -Bench player
    -3rd option
    -Catch and shoot
    -Floor spacer
    -D'Antoni and New York

    I miss anything?
     
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    So if Melo starts as 4th fiddle, what fiddle is he when James and CP aren’t on the floor? 2nd fiddle if Clint is there? Or is he 1st fiddle?

    Uh with so many different quality fiddles on this team, it must be so confusing knowing which fiddle you are at times.

    #itwontwork2.0
    #fiddlesfordays
     
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    The 76ers are so overrated!!!
     
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    I disagree. Great two way players up and down the roster.
     
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    You can NEVER have enough fiddles! ;)
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    viv-as-scarlett-gif-250.gif
     
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    Esche- lon. Skip Bayless.
     

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