[Chron Blog] Rockets 'progress' needs a closer look

Hehe that's a new one I haven't heard before. Must remember that one.

 

Great. Now there's another dumb play on Van Gundy's name to be posted ad nauseum in every thread.

 

i believe in in jvg come playoff time he turns up his intensity. i will say this that every team coached by jvg has more than held their own against superior teams and gave them everything. The two rocket teams, the first one lost to the 4 hof lineup lakers in 4 games, one being by a single point, another game in OT where yao was jobbed with bad calls. Everyone and their mother did not think the series would go past four and that the lakers would be able to sweep walk (pardon the pun) into the second round.

the next year they take a extremely talented mavs team to 7 games, a series where the rockets were heavily outmatched, heck they had bowen and padgett as the starting pf. while a few bad calls and missed free throws and lack of talent finally caught up to the rockets even i thought if they were able to take the mavs to 6 games it would have been a huge success.

even his knicks teams were quite successful despite marginal talent in the east.

i will say this, this is the first team where jvg has the talent to succeed and that if he doesnt make it out of the first round then maybe les should look for another coach, BUT only if a better one is available.

 

Wow, this guy seriously symbolizes the pessimism that exudes from most Houston sports fans.

The team has had a great season. So what if a 52-win season is only one better than 2 freaking years ago. The West is much better now than it was then with having 3 LEGIT divisional winners (instead of Denver winning by default with every other team being crap) and 3 teams that are elite contenders (from 1 team then - San Antonio).

The Rockets have 12 games left and this guy is already writing them off in the first round? Give me a break!

 

this guy is r****ded....

but then again, you need something to write about..

I can sum up what he said in 4 words and a contraction

It's All Depends on Mcgrady.

 

hahah.. i sound r****ded... ignore the depends.

 

Seems somebody's still sour about the Gay-Battier trade.

 

My comments on the blog:

One game improvement from 04-05? Who cares (BTW yao seem to forget Yao missed 32 games and has had to regain his MVP form, lets see what happens to your precious spurs sans duncan for 32, and the same with 32 Nashless Sun's games). I don't care about the record with him and the record without him. Fact is, everyone knows it does not matter whether yao win 45 games or 72 games......it's who is hot right now.....Ever hear of the Heat *rolls eyes*
Yao sound like a cousin to Charles Barkley...a well known rocket hater....I bet yao thought Yao Ming was a glorified S. Bradley too **rolling eyes repeatedly**

See Yao-later.

 

Home slice does make some good points though.


Think about it. If you were told 4 years ago that Gundy would:


1. Still not of won even one playoff series
2. Get Yao peaking and Pick up Tracy McGrady and still not even win a playoff series.
3. Trade the future of this team (Yes Gay was a future pick as opposed to the here and now in Battier to be possibly the 5th seed.
4. Have issues with all our FA signings in Derek Anderson, Stromile Swift, and Bonzi Wells.


Would you want him on board? Seriously what has this guy done besides not win a playoff series to earn as much respect as he has from the Rockets faithful. I mean, I dont hate Gundy by any stretch. I like his D, I like his edge, but really what has Gundy done? Yes he has had injuries, but he has also had two of the biggest stars at their positions, and some pretty flexible bosses willing to pick up some big FA's. I dont care what you have to say about Stro, DA, or Bonzi. They were all, at the time, huge pick ups. To me its up to the coach to get them motivated and involved.

 

I defend JVG alot, but u bring some good points. My only counter is, that although he has had 2 of the biggest stars at their position, he has rarely had them healthy enough to develop the chemistry between the two. But nevertheless, you do make a good argument for him for me to alteast question wheter he should be back.

Think about this, this is Phil Jacksons third year. If LA has another 1st round exit, what has he done in his new stint with the lakers? i am talking about this laker squad only, post-shaq.

 

he took a $100,000 fine 2 years ago. this earned him a free pass, and rightly so.

 

haha! yeah, that was a brilliant line in his article. all that article did was make fans angry. eh, maybe that was his intention. whatver the case, i still think solomon's a tool.

 

Good article !!!

DD

 

I listen to Jerome most afternoons, and the guy doesn't know basketball. He acts like winning a 1st round series in the West is equal to making the playoffs in the National League. He's got the shortest leash on coaches ever. If a coach has two bad years in a row, he wants to get rid of them. His show is generally entertaining, but in an effort to be a "non-biased" journalist, he always runs down the Rockets.

 

jvg inherited alot bad contracts, it limited what you could do. I think finally rox can say we do not have alot bad contracts.

 

A 1 game improvement... assuming they play every game the rest of the way, T-Mac plays 5 less games than he did in '04-'05, and Yao plays 30 less games in the season than he did in '04-'05, and we improve our record by one year. Thirty-five less games of T-Mac and Yao playing better ball (combined) than they were in '04-'05, and we improve our record.

Terrible. Some people are just too pessimistic.

 

Agreed. I've mostly tuned that show out until the NBA season is over. You can tell he is weak on basketball. With CP on AM790, ESPN97.5 in the late afternoon is a waste of time for this Rockets fan. I agree the show is entertaining, like the interview with Mack Brown, but it's the exception.

Those guys have potential but they ain't there yet.

 

Can't edit, but that should say "we improve our record by one game"