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Should we send a message to the NBA Saturday night?

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by Jake Stewart, Jan 17, 2018.

  1. Jake Stewart

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    Lou gets called for a foul even thou he is no where near the play, clear as day goaltend not called, Griffin purposely running into MDA with nothing being done by the NBA at all.

    Why not send a big FU to the NBA This Saturday VS GS by calling up 5 scrubs from the G league and starting them. This game will be on ABC so if we did this it would definitely get the attention from the NBA.

    It might be better for us to sit our stars so GS won’t see them until playoffs.

    Pop and the Spurs do this all the time.
     
  2. RocketsFido

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    Mike D'antoni doesn't believe in playing scrubs... unless he's forced to by injuries.
     
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    Even then it’s a stretch.
     
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  4. Roc Paint

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    I would love for the Rockets to do this
     
  5. Os Trigonum

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    what do you think this is gonna do? hurt their feelings?? :rolleyes:
     
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  6. DonKnock

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    I want to see RJ Hunter and Joe Chee playing 40+ minutes!

    Morey was on his troll steez with that tweet. Keep it going and sit them for the Warriors game.
     
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    i love this idea. and every 5min when the media asks a rockets representative what's going on, only talk about blake's elbow to pringles' chest.
     
  8. snowconeman22

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    We absolutely should .

    At the very least sit harden and Paul . Harden's can be explained as 100 percent legitimate . And Paul is a 32 year old who has had injury problems this year already .

    Instead of thinking "it's a big game " we should know the alternative to be true which is "this game counts equally "

    I would love for this to happen . Unfortunately Dantoni is not Pop and doesn't have the foresight and or balls to do this .

    The funny this , when the Spurs do this ... They still play pretty well . And we should too . A bunch of young guys that are hungry can scrape and fight and make a regular season game hard for GS ... Especially if they aren't hot from the perimeter
     
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    All the nba teams should send a message to the league this year by not playing their starters against GS... that would be a deep message there.
     
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  10. SirIvyLeague

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    Yes, absolutely.

    I'd take D'Antoni out of the game and cite him with an ailing chest. If they ask us to elaborate, says he got some elbow and contact earlier this week during a game.

    SIL
     
  11. Reeko

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    sorry, but I bought tickets to the game and they were expensive

    I did not pay to see scrubs get blown out against GS
     
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    That's ****ing perfect !!
     
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  13. JayGoogle

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    If we win against the T'wolves. Yes.

    May as well, we need all hands on deck to even compete against the warriors. We have no shot Saturday now.
     
  14. Astrodome

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    Can our guys appeal and get the suspension reduced to one game?
     
  15. Daddy Long Legs

    Daddy Long Legs H- Town Harden

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    As someone who paid money to see the game in the toyota center..... no

    Don’t disrespect rockets fans that spend their hard earned money to see talented nba players by pulling that ish.
     
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  16. SirIvyLeague

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    Better make it on the jumbotron, I hope you fit on the screen.

    SIL
     
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  17. Daddy Long Legs

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    Exactly.
     
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  18. Daddy Long Legs

    Daddy Long Legs H- Town Harden

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    Ima be drinking beers wit ma boy @BigMaloe

    Look for the dude wit the beer belly and body paint and you’ll cash me
     
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    To avoid a fine, just play CP3 and Harden a few minutes of the 1st quarter and then let them have the night off.
     
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    Their feelings were hurt last year when teams did it. "You can't rest your [star] players anymore!"

    So yeah, their feelings will be hurt!

    Saturday night is their first prime time Saturday of the season.

    Also Thursday, the Board of Governors voted to allow Commissioner Adam Silver to fine teams who violate the league's new guidelines about resting players. Teams can't sit healthy players for high-profile, nationally televised games, and fines for violating that can be for at least $100,000.

    The rules also say that unless there are unusual circumstances, teams should not rest multiple healthy players for the same game or rest healthy players when playing on the road.
    http://www.nba.com/article/2017/09/28/changes-lottery-resting-players#/

    Fine us, suspend us, don't give a ****!
     

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