For those of you that wanted this team to tank/rebuild stop complaining.

No complaints other than tanking when not trying to is pretty disappointing. What I don't get is that this core played together at the end of last year's season and did pretty well. I forgot who said this but I will give it until the all star break before criticizing the coaching staff.

Also, KMart isn't playing as well as he used to. Do you think it's because of the rules change? If so, do you think he will overcome this?

 

Eight teams have two victories, including us. Only one team (the 0-7 wizards) has a worse record. For the Rockets to have a real shot at landing a top five pick, they need to avoid win streaks and consistently lose 2 out of 3, maybe 3 out of 4, but even drafting in the top ten is better than drafting at 14 or 15. As we know all too painfully, it's very easy to miss out on the guy you want by one or two positions on the board.

 

Why don't you stop complaining about people complaining?

 

Gosh, don't you just hate it when we win? I mean, seriously, they're not even trying (to tank)!

 

That depends upon how the ping pong balls fall.

Make no mistake this Rockets team is not very good, they can do what they have always done and play harder than most and eek out a few more wins, but that would be bad for the future of the team.

It is a weird year for me, I can not bring myself to cheer for them to lose, but I feel strangely ok with each loss.

DD

 

That's how I feel as well.

 

I'm not complaining that we're tanking. Just upset that we're playing vets and leaving our rookies on the pine or in texico.

 

With the way the schedule is, I doubt it'll be a great year for alot of teams. If things keep up we might have to fight alotta other teams for a great pick. In a dream situation we'd get a high draft pick (top 5), Knicks miss the playoffs (just barely snagging a pick out of the top 5), and we flip Martin or Scola to a lottery team for a high lotto pick (least probable with the draft being the deepest in recent history).

Would be terrible to sit through but at least if we keep developing players and the new coaching system we'll have a great shot at being relevant sooner.

 

I'm totally fine with it. This is what I asked for. I like how they are staying competitive, for the most part, until the end of the game. If they can keep it up, this might be the most entertaining tank job ever.

 

The Lowry situation has become a blessing. Now we have that much better a chance to tank. The upside? Lowry stays healthy! (hopefully mentally as well and not just physically)

Lighten up guys. Remember that:

-This a shortened season
-The draft is deep
-Sooner or later we need to rebuild and start completely from scratch. This is the most ideal time to do so.

 

Eveyone that is Pro tanking is pretty happy bruh bruh.

 

I was one of those people that didn't want to tank but after Stern vetoed the trade and after seeing the Lakers, Clippers, and Thunder beat our ass all week, I wouldn't have a problem if we do keep losing.

 

Our biggest accomplishent left is to make playoffs or trade Martin,bud,... for a first round pick.

 

Pay attention to the environment that you're in. Do we really have enough talent to beat OKC, MIA or LAL? No. If I told you over the next 2 drafts you could potentially bring in Andre Drummond, Perry Jones (2012) and Shabazz Muhammed (2013), that wouldn't sway you to consider tanking? I'd give it some consideration. It helped the Spurs.

 

The Rockets haven't lost a game they should have won. They'll win enough games to piss off tankers, which is great.

 

We'll get another 10-16 pick and double down on the players we can't trade, which is great.

5th year and counting, which is great.

 

Watching the Thunder should be all the convincing More needs for Les to see the power of good draft positioning (especially in such a good draft)