Sitting at .563 and at 8th seed! After Warriors loss tonight, Rockets will be tied in the loss column with Warriors.
Every game against a competitive WC team, you better treat that game like a playoff game. The West is brutal as hell and 1st through 8th are going to be super close.
Rockets will be fine. Still think they get a Top 3 seed. Gordon must be upgraded, though. Our wings have been brutal this year.
******* the West is so competitive it's ridiculous. Even the ****ing Kings have a solid core now. The only "bad" teams are the Suns and TWolves and both still have some talent around them. Meanwhile the media circle jerks about how hard the East is; after the Raptors, Celtics, Bucks, Pacers, and 76ers it's literally all even. Time to make two leagues.
It will hurt the east in the end It will hurt the east in the end though. You already know the Western Conference finals is really the championship.
I agree with this. The key though is to adding depth and talent to the team to make it easier before the stars burn out. I imagine Morey is hard at work looking right, but the sooner we make a deal, the better. I can’t help but think that Gordon is playing so bad lately because he knows how much they’re shopping him.
Sure, and I guess folks here are too hard on him. Yes, they need a scape goat but why is Chris Paul allowed to have off nights? It is natural for older players to decline.
Rockets team since: November 2nd 8-3 3rd Ortg - 112.8 15th Drtg - 107.6 6th NetRtg - +5.1 30th Pace - 94.3 5th TS% - 58.1% 4th eFG% - 54.1% November 11th 5-1 1st Ortg - 121.3 22nd Drtg - 110.9 4th NetRtg - +10.4 30th Pace - 94.5 1st TS% - 63.0% 1st eFG% - 58.6% Eric Gordon during the 5-1 stretch: 11.0 ppg, 30.4 FG%, 26.1 3PT%, 43.7 TS% So if Gordon wasn't terrible, that's quite the impressive slowest pace in the league offense. Impressive that the Rockets are playing slower than even Memphis through all of November.
Jesus H. Christ. Remember when Eric Gordon was NBA 6th Man of the year? Remember when Eric Gordon was the NBA 3pt Champion? We are about a QUARTER of the way through the season. We had slumps for Harden and Paul. They bounced out of that. Eric Gordon needs to come around.....like NOW.
