ClutchFans Game Thread: Rockets @ Blazers 1/5/2019

LMAO those Warriors announcers sound salty AF

Curry took 4 steps there, Harden's stepbacks are 3 steps.

 

Well. A young struggling team does not trade their top young player for crappy picks and no one with potential for the future. I don’t know what league you’ve been following.

 

The main reason our defense is struggling (and the main reason we lost tonight) is due to poor defensive rebounding. Tucker being a really below average rebounder is a big problem. He's just too undersized to get the tough rebounds.

Tucker: 16.7 DREB% this year and career 16.5%
Love: 37.2 DREB% this year and career 29.2%

 

Until the team figures out how to ingrain it into Capela's head that he has to stay fixed in the paint (and not fall for the other team's predictable tricks of taking him out), this team is going to struggle, especially against good rebounding teams like the Blazers.

 

There are cheaper PFs out there that can rebound well and play much better defense...

 

Curry is such a punk showing number 13 on his jersey after the obvious travel. They can’t get harden out their head.

 

fair enough

 

Im gonna tell you again that he is the heart and soul of our defense, without him our defense really will tank.

 

Love is a time bomb only a matter of time till his next season ending injury

 

Love is a time bomb only a matter of time till his next season ending injury. Tucker only makes 7M a year on the nights he is 0 like tonight it doesn't hurt the team as much. We are missing Cp3 and EG they are at full strength lol

 

This place always needs a scapegoat I swear, WE DO NOT EVEN HAVE OUR FULL ROSTER.

 

Expected loss obv Harden partied too hard after winning against GSW. With both EG and Cp3 still out we need another super saiyan Harden to win this game and he was off.

But you know what it doesn't matter Portland are a bunch of nobodies we are gonna walk all over them in the playoffs.

 

I'm not talking about trading Tucker, dude. We need another reliable PF (that rebounds better than him) that can considerably limit his minutes...because he does not play well if his minutes go beyond 30.

 

Beginning to think our big move will be for a real 4, rather than another 3. The idea would be to shift Tucker back to more of a 3/4 role. He's getting absolutely abused on the boards right now and, by the eye test (don't have stats), doesn't seem to be doing great against post-ups either.

 

Beginning to think our big move will be for a real 4, rather than another 3. The idea would be to shift Tucker back to more of a 3/4 role. He's getting absolutely abused on the boards right now and, by the eye test (don't have stats), doesn't seem to be doing great against post-ups either.

 

Morey doesn't seem like the type to be scared of injury risk based on his recent acquisitions (Anderson, Gordon, Paul). We're in win now mode for the duration of CP3's contract so a core of Harden, Paul, Love, and Capela all under contract under that duration may be an attractive idea.

Morey has always been interested in Love and like Paul, I wouldn't be surprised if he goes after him even after his prime.

 

house and GG are producing well at the 3 spot right now, although ennis looks to be a non-rotation player thus far. i continue to believe markieff would fit this team so well. able to switch out on most players, can spread the floor with the 3, defend bigs and clear boards, hit FT's, run on the break, and a capable passer for a big to keep our offense running. plus he's on a cheap expiring contract, which is music to the owner's and morey's ears.

 

I'm curious who you see out there that we could reasonably trade for that would be an upgrade over Tucker

 

Would be a really good pickup. Attach a 1st to Chriss and NeNe and see if they bite.