Rockets are talking with the Grizzlies about a deal that includes Knight and a pick

Temple has missed the lats four games; Anderson missed last game, played the previous 2, missed the previous 8.

Kyle Anderson (right shoulder soreness) will see a specialist about his nagging shoulder when the team returns to Memphis after Sunday's game in New York.
Anderson hurt his shoulder on Wednesday and sat out Friday's game against the Hornets. He'll miss his second straight game Sunday against the Knicks before seeing the specialist in a few days. This doesn't sound good.

Garrett Temple (left shoulder sprain) will not play Sunday against the Knicks.
Temple continues to miss time to this shoulder ailment, which leaves more minutes for Shelvin Mack, Jevon Carter, Justin Holiday and Bruno Caboclo. Temple may be moved prior to the trade deadline, so it's possible he's already played his last game with the Grizzlies.

 

You can see the frustration. Ne mentioned that he's becoming a bit more "angry" passionate) in the Locker room....he wants help. Not every other game. Nightly.

One guy he never says anything badly about Is GGreen because he knows Gerald is a hustler who knows his role. James doghouse is small, but guys like Ennis with missed assignments and, of course, the former Clipper that will wet his pants when he sees my guy Trev.

 

Harden deserves to be frustrated moreso with our front office. He's shown commitment to the franchise year in and year out by playing through injuries, carrying a heavy load, signing extensions, never creating drama through the media, etc. It's ridiculous that we do not treat him better here and pay a premium to ensure that he gets the pieces he needs to actually compete for a championship.

 

Agreed. But, we'll be okay when Clint comes back. That Faried depth is AWESOME!!!

 

So we're getting Ariza back. Nice.

 

Knight + a 1st round pick has been the package offered to numerous teams

Nothing close

 

What if we throw in Ennis and House?

 

Harden doesn’t like Rivers? Or we talking about Paul?

 

Rivers.

 

Weird, Rivers has been playing decent for the minimum and Harden seems to defer to him a lot on the court. Can’t even tell.

 

Lol. I love it.

 

Defensively Rivers misses a ton of assignments. But Harden also isn't the type to air out his dirty laundry for the world to see.

 

This is PRIME @Codman content right here (really, is there any other kind though?).

Inside the locker room. Thank you, sir!

 

Need to be more creative than a simple 1 for 1 trade. Don't let us down Morey!!

 

Very true it’s def a gamble.

But I’m just not seeing any other option to potentially acquire another star.

 

I think Harden is annoyed at Rivers for not being consistently aggressive. Rivers has the talent to be a really damn good NBA player, but his brain holds him back. If he was aggressive and attacked the rim with ferocity every night, he would be amazing here.

I’ve noticed James sort of yelling at Rivers to attack mismatches. All Jim wants is aggression and confidence. Don’t hang your head and check out after you miss a shot.

 

Rivers is def not playing the same as he did when he first got here.

The last two games 2 games though I will admit he’s been more aggressive attacking the rim and just letting the three ball go.

Maybe Harden had a talk with him.

One thing we know about James is he loves to hoop. I hear ex players talk about this all the time about him. How he’s always playing ball in the offseason. He also works really hard on his body and plays through everything.

So I understand Harden being frustrated which I would expect. We have an injury to a key player every other week. He’s gone 10+ games this season without his 3 best players on the court and 2 out of the 3 out for a lot of those games.

But I do think Harden is smart. I think he just wants in the playoffs with the whole team healthy. I’m pretty sure the whole team feels this way also.

Seeding is not as important at this point it is what it is. Best case scenario is the 3rd seed but it might be to late at this point. Getting healthy and being the 4-6 seed might be the way to go.

I’d honestly rather have the 6th seed at this point assuming GS gets the gets the 1 seed.

We knock out the thunder in the 1st round (which would be hilarious by the way) then its a pretty safe bet we’re back in the WCF against GS.

 

If we want 3 & D, Wes Matthews should be the target. He's a younger Ariza (still he's a little old though). This dude led the league in 3pt % many years ago. The second he left the Blazers, everything went down hill. I think he's be a great system player and be back to his former 3 point eliteness in the rockets system. And he's a good defender. I remember he used to be some what of a Harden stopper in those Portland series'.

 

I'm with you on this. I don't think we will be able to get 3rd seed. I'd rather take 6th or 7th seed and go up against Denver or OKC. We'd avoid GSW until WCF .