Who deserves blame, and what is the issue? Instead of judging people who vent frustration here, take some responsibility for your accusations and put your position out here for critique.
I have plenty of times but here: The defense is the issue and its people who cant switch properly who are the issue as well as the rebouning. Faried alot, sometimes Gordon, Green alot, Ennis alot, Harden sometimes. Its a team defensive issue so its hard to pin point one thing. But the main two problems are perimeter defense and rebounding. And its not CP's fault. He always knows where to be on defense. The only people who are good defenders on this squard are Tucker, Paul and Nene, Gordon sometimes. The offense has never been the problem most of the time. This post explains way better than me though.
The rockets really struggle in low post with capaela out. The rockets struggle defending the high post too There were times jokic padded his assist stats last night passing to the wing and then shielding defenders with body shield which is something Draymond Greene does with curry. Then a couple of times jokic drove out of the high post for a bucket with like 5 or 6 dribbles against far"weed". Jokic was looking embiid and D cousins out there ! Give cp3 credit for a steal he got where cp3 stole the ball and got out on a fast break to land a "and 1" opportunity for three point play old fashion way!
Right?! Capela’s defense and offense inside is critical to our success. He takes so much pressure of Harden... our matchups suck inside without him. CP3 will figure it out. He needs to get that assist up to 10/gm.
Harden was also scoring 50 a game, and he’s only put up 30 in the last two so.... couldn’t sustain that type of play regardless.
Whilst Paul is not the main problem, he is a big problem right now. The second half as I mentioned earlier is encouraging but to pertend he is not a big problem is burying your head in the sand. He was supposed to be Hardens help but in all likely hood he will continue to decline and as a result it puts more pressure on Harden. Given all the factors of him slowing down, injuries and the wear and tear he just can’t be a reliable second option anymore.
Can you explain in more detail why you think he is a big problem? He's shooting efficiently, he's making plays, he's not turning the ball over, he's getting steals. Is it just the volume that you have an issue with, just not enough of all that stuff? He's been playing low minutes, so when those increase, all his other numbers will increase as well. Or do you have issues with his defense? I'm just not really sure what everyone on here has a problem with.
He has slowd down Dude is a walking injury He can’t be relied to play heavy minutes anymore He can’t be relied on to be the second option He is still a great player ( top 15 player)and I certainly don’t agree he is some backup scrub like Jeremy Lin, but due to some of the reasons I mentioned I believe he can’t be relied on anymore to be the co franchise player like James. He should be relegated to the third option but because of the lack of a good second option we are stuck . My issue is not his salary but more so those other factors
The coach has said, give him good defensive players and he'll give you a good defensive team. We definitely lost some in FA and in injuries. But even with everyone healthy this season, we weren't good defensively. So, I have to believe the former. We lost key FAs and we need to pick up versatile defenders who can hit 3s to replace who we lost, but the kind of players we have and the kind of cap space we have (none) there is almost 0 chance of this happening.
CP3 had big play after big play. First, he scored our first second half bucket after harden missed two threes and Tucker had missed that corner 3 he always takes. CP3 got to his little free throw line jumper for the first bucket of second half. Then he drove in on a big after the rockets reversed ball to the weak side for a quick duece. He went coast to coast for a three point play after a steal. CP3 nailed a three out of that double high post set that he has ran that same set since he was a clipper in LA with Blake Griffin and Jordan!
He looked ok for a short period of time which is good but it still doesn’t negate the fact the guy is not what he used to be.He has slowed down, is injury prone and can’t be relied on anymore. Example out tonight.
His play making doesn't hurt you. Now granted cp3 has never been great after a team is playing from behind, I won't deny that. At the end of the day, cp3 had more rebounds than Ennis. He is smart not to force it and just allow Austin rivers to play himself out of the rotation. Rivers air balled a three pointer last night!
That contract with his age and health is and will continue to cripple this team. Cant even use the excuse that we can save him for playoffs because that's when he is pretty much guaranteed to pick an injury anyways, as history has shown. At some point Morey will have to ask himself if he is willing sacrifice Harden's prime over this.
Harden can't do the scoring by himself especially against teams like nuggets or warriors. Granted harden hit 6 three's last night but that was a blow out game! A two man game with cp3 and far"weed" might be steps in right direction!
Curry Irvin Kemba Simmons Westbrook Then there is Conley, Lowry and Holiday in New Orleans I would take over him
