Is it not painfully obvious yet that the team is better without Patterson

Even in the face of overwhelming evidence, people will always stick to the conventional wisdom.

 

We're playing better since the trade, but that doesn't mean getting rid of Patterson is the reason why we're playing better.

I was in favor of the trade, for the record.

 

I think a lot of it has to do with Patterson not having a short leash when he was here. He was a decent rotation player but his play didn't warrant such consistent playing time, even when he was having an off night. You'll see other players on our team (outside of the main 4 guys) get more sporadic PT and McHale will pretty much ride who's having a good night. So, those other guys' stats aren't hurt by off nights because they don't play much when they have one.

 

I agree 100% with this! Robinson can help us now and it is ashame that he isn't getting hardly any minutes! when he does get minutes he makes one mistake and gets pulled, its ridiculous. I think we toss him to the D-league since Mchale won't play him and let him work through his struggles at least until the D-League ends

 

Nah Patterson was garbage as well as Morris. I've been saying since preseason PPat was soft and lacked that young drive to succeed. Like I saw more hustle from Jones and DMo in the preseason than Pat. I was surprised he was the starter and even did decent at times. Even Pats best had less rebounds than Smith so Smith is just soo much better.

 

Before the trade the rockets had a bunch of tough games, the schedule was brutal. Since then, they have had a much easier schedule, with much more days of rest in between.

The rockets were bound to play better, it is my judgment that with Patterson we would already be in 6th spot.

 

In the short term I don't think this team is better without patterson. But in the long term I d. I would take Robinson. Dmo, Greg & Jones upside over Pattersons average play any day. I could really care less about short term. I am more interested in long term.

 

in b4 mi amigo.

 

I was never a Patterson fan, didn't think he would be great long term and had the ceiling of being a poor man's Reshard Lewis giving all the shots he took and his softness under the basket. But I can't say he didn't have his moments and compared to all of our current PF options, while he certainly wasn't as raw.

I think all of them have more potential (although I am not sure about Jones due to the small sample size) and talent so I am glad the trade was made.

 

Another point to consider is after the trade deadline a lot of teams are already playing for lottery position and next season so there starts to become this more distinguished divide between teams who are playing for playoff positioning and teams that are playing for lottery position. Like last night. Portland never challenged us. They jacked around and got the lead down to I think 5 but that was because our bench guys, mostly those young rooks we've just been talking about, were rolling around and mucking up the game. Once the starters got back in there, game over. You might want to take this into consideration when comparing our record before and after the trade deadline.

 

PPat claimed he would be the MIP. Morrey doesn't like liars.

 

Hell yeah. A real power forward. I like Patterson and his smarts but some folks here said he's a small forward in a power forward's body.

 

I'm glad i'm not the only one that sees this. It seems like there's very few Robinson supporters on this board. I didn't know much about him when he arrived in Houston, other than wanting him to do well for himself and his sister.

Then I saw him on the court and saw that speed and agility, his ability to hedge and recover, ability to trap effectively especially with Beverley. He can easily guard 2-4, and probably smaller 5's and big 1's.

He looks alot more lost than the other 4's....because they've been in the system for a whole season. Even Jones & D-Mo were in the system while at RGV.

Not Missing U Patterson, not missing u whatsoever...

 

Yes, you are right my friend. I haven't rage quit since he left. I'm starting to follow the rockets again.

Dat sof player.

 

2Pat Suckur is garbage, but at least he's better than D-Mo. At least Patterson could knock down his three pointers. Watching D-mo play like crap makes me wish that Royce White was not crazy.

 

I don't know OP. Can't really say this team was together at the beginning of the season. Harden, Lin, Asik were all new players to a new system. Lin was coming off an injury and played horribly at the beginning of the season. I don't think you can make the point that we are better without Patterson after 3/4th of the season.