_holic is active on twitter and wants the Rockets to sign Anthony Randolph out of Europe. Or Jared Uthoff. And wished the Rockets would have picked up Bruno (instead of the Grizzlies signing him for the regular season).
If only the Rockets would sign Anthony Randolph...from what I understand, he is the one available player who could replace Clint and then the Rockets would win the championship.
Third start or no third star, to win a championship today you have to have multiple guys that can switch the 3/4/5 effectively, hold the opponent bigs down, while also switching effectively on to guards and also spread the floor on the other end. Bottom line: In crunch time, and for major minutes during the games in the playoffs, when they have to, the Warriors go to a 4/5 lineup of Durant/Draymond. Any team that expects to win a championship has to match up that chess move. How do you do it? 1. You have to force Draymond to defend a shooter, preferably in the corner. You have to make him stationary defensively. He can't be roaming around down in the paint. You can't play pick-and-roll against him at the 5 and expect to win. He may be the best PnR defending big ever in history. So you gotta have a spot up shooter making him stationary defensively so that he gets burned if he abandons his defensive assignment to help off. 2. You have to be able to defend Durant/Draymond post-up action....for 7 games, consistently. Not just a possession here and there. Harden CAN do that But neither he nor PJ can do it consistently over 7 games That's why it takes at least 3 guys with that skill set plus with the ability to spread the floor on the other end. 3. Your 4/5 has to be able to switch effectively on the perimeter against smalls. He has to be quick enough to force Curry (and Klay) to drive. He's got to be either quick enough to stay with them or combined quick and long enough to trail them but still alter their attempted finishes with his length. 4. You play 5 out with shooters everywhere so that Durant can't help off either. Nobody can help off without getting burned. 5. Then you get Curry switched into iso. 6. And they die. None of this happens with Capela on court. He can't shoot So he makes us fall right into their defensive trap. And he can't switch effectively on to smalls. (And he can't defend DeMarcus effectively either.) Everything what is a bunch of gimmicks. Dropping Capela to gobble boards????? Great. That works in the regular season against Minny, New York, Charlotte, and Atlanta, etc. But that ain't gonna work against the Warriors in the playoffs. You're going give up 120 to Curry, Durant, Klay on a TS of about 69%. And get blown away in a sweep or 5 games. Without substantial upgrade to the 4/5 spots we are also rans.... Even if we acquire another superstar small.
I think you have a point about the Capela/Warriors matchup, but Cousins changes things, and in your detailed post you only had one throwaway line that Capela cant guard him effectively. In the 9 games the Rockets have played against Boogie he has shoot .437 from the field, lower than his fg% average over that time (going back to 14-15) of .457. The NBA stats website only has matchup tracking for last season, but in the two games they played each other Capela guarded Boogie to 2-10 on 2PA and 1-2 of 3PA. Clint FEASTED on Towns and Gobert in the playoffs last year, and he has a long history of playing his best when playing the top centers in this league. He brings it in those matchups. The more Cousins is on the floor and we can use Clint in a more traditional matchup the better, imo. But till we play them in this new lineup, it's guesswork.
Don't be stupid. The Warriors aren't going to destroy their lineup of death by inserting DeMarcus so we can bore beat them with Capela. But DeMarcus is a major upgrade for them. And zero of Capela, Faried, and Nene can handle him. We are also-rans unless and until we get the right players at the 4/5 slots. Morey has a very tiny tiny seam to a possible championship this season.. by somehow fenagling the roster with free agents here at the end of the season that could possibly make a difference. I see no path short of signing a guy like AR and having a miracle happen. Maybe one of the dubs guys down ....? If not....I'd rather go to the lottery than watch us get our brains beat out by the Warriors again.
If it's not working of course they won't use him, but does that mean he only plays 10 minutes a game, or 0? Is Demarcus cousins really gonna be benched an entire playoff series? Even a few minutes where we can win a matchup is good for me. You've again just stated Capela cant handle him but conveniently ignored the stats I posted showing how he keeps him to lower than his shooting %. The first couple of seasons I posted are from when he was backing up Dwight. But the trend holds since 16/17, and look at the 2 games they played against each other last year...2-10 on 2PA!
I’m sorry but this thread is terrible just sit back and quit going all conspiracy theory on everyone . You must honestly give up easy when the going gets tough with ordinary life task
Rockets would've beaten with warriors last season with Clint as starting center and won the chip if Chris hadn't gone down. Also, Capela didn't have anything to do with 27 missed threes in a row or a favorable whistle from the refs in game 7. I like Clint. I think he's valuable to the Rockets.
Capela CANNOT handle DeMarcus playing with the Warriors. With the Pels where they didn't have a point guard....You can gawk at some stats that will mislead you to believe Capela can defend him. But he can't. And the problem of Durant/Draymond is not solved anyways. We should not kid ourselves here. This current roster will get blown out by a healthy Warriors squad. We have regressed SIGNIFICANTLY with the loss of Ariza/Luc. And they're going to be better than they were last year if they are healthy in the playoffs. We probably won't even make it to the conference finals to face them with this roster. Our only hope is that Morey pulls a very significant rabbit out of the hat with out remaining free agent MLE. Just adding House ain't gonna do it.
And we gave away two games. No difference with him or without him. He is NOT a difference maker. He's the same as Looney. Just a player that can eat up minutes against inferior teams and help keep the other guys fresh. We will never win a championship as long as the Warriors exist in their current form and we're running Capela out there in crunch time as part of our top 6 guys. We.are.currently.wasting.Hardens.prime. And Harden himself is part of the problem. He's the biggest reason Capela is still here. Harden is as bad a GM as Lebron is. He keeps shooting himself in the foot with his stupid roster demands. It's a wonder Morey keeps getting us this far. Constantly having to work around James and ownership. I wouldn't blame him one bit if he wanted to move on. Being also-rans sucks, guys.
I agree with much of this; I gotta admit I watch a different CC. No one can handle a motivated, focused Boogie but CC can certainly impact his effectiveness exponentially. KD? No answer. SC? No answer. Rox only realistic chance is to catch Dubs early. And that's all anyone's chance.
The Rockets defended the GSW very well in the playoffs last year.... all things being equal. Their problem was offense. If it could work last year, not sure why it can't work in general. Especially now with Cousins. Is there a better defensive center that has the size to guard a "real" big and the quickness to switch on the perimeter? Maybe Steven Adams? Maybe Embiid? Gobert isn't quick enough on the perimeter. The Rockets problem isn't center. It's forwards. Forwards, forwards, forwards, forwards, forwards. There's basically not a SF on the roster, and the PF gives his best and is solid impact on a GREAT team, but is the same size as your shooting guard and averages under 9 boards per 100 possessions.
...and this is why you aren't a true fan and simply a troll. If the lottery gets you more excited than the playoffs, you need to find a new hobby.
