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  1. tinman

    tinman Contributing Member
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    Never underestimate the heart of the champion
    Does apply to the champion

    Because we were the defending champions
     
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  2. tinman

    tinman Contributing Member
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    You can’t compare a non championship team with a championship team
     
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    That was a certain fella named Hakeem who hardly took any plays off, let alone games. Other than that, yeah I say fark it, let's do it as a low seed.
     
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  4. tinman

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    This message was said AFTER WINNING A SECOND CHAMPIONSHIP IN A ROW
     
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    Recall a JVG season where we started below .500 for awhile.

    Help is coming.

    East.

    or if a Westie jumps in.


    Patience. This team will be fine.
     
  6. ROXTXIA

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    I was a little worried about you, homebooooooy. Welcome back.

    Of course, when is that help coming, one can’t help but wonder. It needs to be pretty soon. The body only has so much blood.
     
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    Can you make Otto Porter magically appear pleaseeee
     
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    Porter's numbers have been improving. Maybe not to the tune of $26,000,000 but still.
     
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    Lots of names/ combos/ teams being thrown around....Shhhh though! (And I stand by all the targets I've mentioned. Depth is in play.) Even "Hey Wilson"

    No promises though...I'm just the third ear of Mav Carter :)

    1. Depth
    2. Chess

    Love ya buddy. Thanks for checking on me. The treatment bills have been hard on me, despite making good money. Healthcare in this country is awful. I spent 15 gs in the last month to stay alive (Alexa: Play Beegees or the Fugees remix "Stayin' Alive") Lol

    Life is hard, but it's all we have.

    XO to clutchfans.

    The season is 82 games.

    Don't worry.
     
  10. ROXTXIA

    ROXTXIA Contributing Member

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    I’ve never met you in person, although I’d like to think one day it could happen. I’m sorry for what you’re going through; it’s been a long haul for you, and yet the bull$h!t continues.

    Keep fighting the fight. My dad has some heart issues. Not that he’s about to cash in his chips. But it’s a reminder that life can’t be taken for granted.

    So, why don’t YOU keep bequeathing us your presence, bro, and keep on keepin’ on? Peace.
     
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    I haven’t seen us lose twice to Dallas with a rookie embarrassing us in the final minutes of a game
     
  12. ROXTXIA

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    “Embarrass” must be a euphemism for “undress”.
     
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    The biggest difference between 94-95 and now is the opponent known as the Golden State Warriors
     
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  14. tinman

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    Hakeem would kill draymond and make him cry to his mom
     
  15. tinman

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    The biggest difference is that this site is named after those 90s rockets
    For a reason
     
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  16. tinman

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    Let me remind people what Clutch City is



    Clutch City is pure

    @Os Trigonum

    PS , I know this the first time some of you have ever seen defensive highlights

    in your entire life
     
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    The better comparison is to the 1996-97 Rockets when they traded for Barkley. They traded away two key players in Horry and Cassell in order to assemble a superteam to beat the Sonics. And it worked. They started the season 21-2, finished 57-25(and would've easily won more had they been healthy), and finally overcame Seattle. The problem was trading away all that depth left them vulnerable against the Utah Jazz and they fell in 6 in the Western Conference Finals. The following season, injuries, age, and chemistry issues all caught up with them. They had an awful regular season where they went .500 and they fell in a hard fought first round series against Utah.

    Fast forward to the 2017-18 season. The Rockets trade away a ton of depth for CP3 in order to assemble a superteam to beat the Warriors. And it nearly worked. They started the season 27-4, finished 65-17(and could've won even more had they been healthy), coasted to the Western Conference Finals, and were up 3-2 on Golden State when Paul injured his hammy. All that depth they traded away(coupled with Luc's injury) left them vulnerable against the Warriors and they were forced to give Ryno and Joe Johnson key minutes in Game 7 where they fell to Golden State. This season, injuries, age, and (possibly) chemistry issues have all caught up with them. Currently they're 11-14 and look like a .500 team at best.

    Look, I hate to say it, but maybe this team's window really was one season. I thought they could at least compete this year for a title, but apparently even that was being too generous. Just like the Rockets in '97 that came up short, so did this group. The key now is to not drag this out for years before admitting to ourselves that the roster needs to be rebuilt. Rudy and CD denied reality and wound up with 6 years of 2 first round exits and 4 trips to the lottery. Morey and Tillman would be wise to not go down that same road. Especially with a far less patient fanbase and serious competition from the Astros and Texans(remember, there was no NFL during nearly all of that 1997-2003 stretch).
     
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  18. SF3isBack!!

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    lol some of you are still delusional lol good luck with that.
     
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    lol thank for your positive attitude my guy but this team is miserable.
    They'll be lucky to get an 8th seed. You can quote me say a change happens but as of now *shrug*
     
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    do you mean WIlson Chandler by "Hey Wilson"? he looks washed to me

    thanks for your insight by the way, that's the reason I've joined Clutchfans
     

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