List everything wrong with every single Rockets player so far

i bet barely anyone knows the main reason ariza has struggled with his shot in houston is cuz HE PLAYS TOO MANY MINUTES! im not an advanced stat guy but i never see this mentioned. he's not a 35-40mpg player. and with all this depth he should be playing less minutes eventually. hopefully brewer can hurry the hell up already so he can give ariza more rest. he wont have the same sharp shooting he did with the wizards, but he can be a lot better than 40 fg% and 35 3pt%

 

Harden, Dwight, Lawson and our supporting cast are so freaking talented.


But our chemistry and discipline and offensive schemes and habits are just terrible.


Harden handles the ball entirely too much, and he is naturally a sloppy player. They have every reason to let a PG run the show, but the coaches don't have the cajones to pull the trigger.

 

This team needs rick adelman

 

Lawson - This guy is depressed due to lack of alcohol. Moping around the court, not paying attention, our worst defender.

Harden - He seems disinterested. He was the key to our top 10 defense last year, but this year he's back to Harden of old. Doesn't really get players involved on a consistent basis despite getting his fair share of assists. Seems he's more interested in numbers than winning.

Howard - Defensively, has regressed. Gets frustrated too easily. Still bad in the post. His athleticism has probably waned, see a lot less second/third efforts on the rebound like in the past. Seems more interested in numbers than winning. Doesn't play 25% of the games.

Ariza - Defense has also regressed, but still one of our best guys. His shot has kind of been missing as well.

Jones - Was really hoping he would play like he did last year when Howard was out. Hasn't really shown that same tenacity. Looks tentative like most of our team. His rebounding has regressed from bad to very bad. Still one of our better players at the moment, offensively and defensively.

Brewer - by far our worst defensive player at the moment. Can't hit a shot, but could never hit a shot before. Plays out of control.

Harrell - Good effort player but poor defender and rebounder. Pretty good at finishing. PF that can't shoot or play Center = bad.

Capela - Been one of our best players so far, 24 PER in limited minutes. Needs to improve passing, help defense, not being stuck out of position.

Thornton - low efficiency player, streaky, doesn't contribute much on defense despite being one of our better defenders this year. He plays hard.

 

I thought Brewer will be that guy, but man he is been bad and that after a great pre-season, what the heck happen.

 

Lawson - massive drop off in his game, looks like he will be out of the league in 1-2 years. Definitely not doing what we brought him here to do, and it doesn't matter if he is playing alongside Harden or not. He just sucks.

Harden - has had a few great offensive games, but is just not engaged at all. Clearly didn't work on his game last summer, was too satisfied with last season's success. Defensively he's worse than ever, offensively he just goes with the flow.

Ariza - he's on the wrong side of 30 and is gradually declining, but has played well the last few games seems to be one of the few guys who gives a damn

Jones - has had a few nice games but overall worse than most of last year. Injuries may play a part, but doesn't look in rhythm offensively. Defensive he's been okay. Weirdly successful at the 3 ball but still scared to shoot 'em.

Howard - looks about 5-10 years older than he actually is. No explosion whatsoever and is super slow and lumbers around like Shaq did at the tail end of his career. Along with Trevor at least he seems to play hard and try though. Still a solid presence on the boards and can finish around the hoop. Probably should be involved more on pick and rolls.

Terry - too old, drop off from last season, can't handle the rock, bad defensively. The fact that he's starting is a testament to how bad Lawson is.

Thornton - if he's not on fire he's useless

Brewer - significantly worse than last year in every facet of the game.

Beverley - an ok stroke from deep, but slow defensively and can't stay on the court as usual.

Harrell - nice energy but is a really terrible basketball player at this point, shouldn't sniff the floor at all.

Capela - the one guy I'm optimistic about, getting really good at finishing at the rim and blocking shots. Needs to be stronger with the ball on rebounds and needs to learn how to power up and through people at the rim.

 

I'd like to see the Rockets shoot the ball more capably than a middle school team.

 

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Lawson - literally everything , there is not phase of the game he has impressed me with yet

Brewer - almost everything , is completely out of control . Not going to judge him for shooting since he has never done that

TJ - nonexistent team d , jekyl and Hyde offensively .

James - awful shooting , subpar defensive effort

Ariza - shooting

Thorton - shooting woes

Capela - bad team d

Terry - shooting , really lazy passing , slow on defense

Harrell -typical rookie mistakes

KJ - apparently not good enough in practice to get off bench , poor decision making when has played

Beverley - gets into **** with opponents when there is no need , bad focus defensively .

Dwight and Dmo are absolved . Dwight because he has played hard and well and Dmo because he is hurt . Second least to blame is James , just because he shoulders such an immense role isn't a reason to heap blame on him . The games we have won have all been because he put up superstar efforts . He's got to have some help for games where his shot isn't on and he isn't getting calls ; he is basically all of our offense and did so much lifting for us last year . It's not fair to ask him to carry such a burden again and then be healthy and play 100% in the post season .

 

James Harden is playing like an MVP caliber player.

Dwight Howard is back to his superman orland Magic days.

Ty Lawson looks like Chris Paul out their, just amazing.

Trevor Ariza is shooting lights out, and locking up on the defensive end.

Terrence jones is playing like a man, just beasting!

Clint Capella is a superstar in the making.

Marcus Thornton is shooting like he is Ray Allen.

Corey Brewer is playing the best basketball in his career.

Kj mcdaniels is looking like Andre Iguodala.

Jason Terry is the JET. Future Hall of famer

Patrick Beverly is playing like a bulldog, just locking up everyone.

Montrezll Harrell is top five rookie of the year candidate.

Donates montiejunas is going to be the X factor when he returns... And an all star caliber player.

And Sam dekker ... Tbd.

 

This post was annoying until I read the Corey Brewer line...then I LOL'd. Well done.

 

Morey:
*Horrible drafter
*Does not do whatever it takes to win
*Analytic geek
*Studies to be a gynecologist rather than fix his team
*Hates plays
*Hates ball movement
*Hates mid range shots
*Loves contested threes
*Loves stagnant offense
*Loves puppet coaches
*Loves to talk
*Loves to be arrogant
*Loves to never admit he's wrong
*Always looking to trade his team for a star player
*Loves to make fans depressed

 

Harden is total **** and others are just not used to play this r****ded "style" we have in Houston. I bet every single player we have would be better on real teams with real coaches.

 

Everything

 

Might be better off listing what ISN'T wrong with the team/players.

 

We just can't shoot! We were 37% from the floor tonight. A woeful 20.7% from 3 and only 59.5% from the line. Thats horrible but I didn't even mention the 23 turnovers.

How can a pro team shoot that bad and fumble the ball so much? They've been struggling since opening night. Hire a shooting coach because this is utterly pathetic. 15 missed layups tonight! Seriously!.

 

Harden - Plays no D, turns the ball over like he's passing out Christmas gifts in November.
Dwight - out of shape, too much BS fouls and needs to be more mature out there.
The rest suck ass.

Bottom line is we are running a gimmick offense which is not how basketball is suppose to be played. It's a joke and embarrassing to watch.

 

Hmmm lets see...