ClutchFans Game Thread: Rockets @ Spurs 10/23/2015 (PRESEASON)

Bring on the regular season.

DD

 

im glad we got our team fully healthy!

 

Aldridge vs Capela! Interesting…

 

Remember when we lost back to back to San Antonio last season at that should have cost us the 2nd seed, but Spurs went to lose to someone else after that? Good times... I just hope one of LMA or Jones doesn't play tonight, can't let last bits of Jones trade value evaporate.

 

if tristain is worth 16 a season jones might be worth 17/18

 

TT is a much better player than Terrrence.

 

Not Dwight. Was on the news he's still having lingering back problems. And of course the knee is still a concern.

 

+1, the only thing Jones might have on him is the face-up game/jumper, and that's not even that good.

 

Is this our final preseason game?

 

Terrence: Felt great. Physical game down there down low. Preseason we've been treating almost like regular season. Excited about the season. Got banged up in the head. Had to take precautious measures to make sure nothing's wrong up there. Need that brain. Had to take a couple days to make sure I got right.

(SA/preseason finale) It's gonna happen. Coach is gonna put me in there or else we're gonna have to talk. I didn't come out to SA to watch.

McHale: Good. (Laughing) I still think Terrence needs to rebound better too so I guess we'll talk about what we think tomorrow. He's gonna play. We'll give him time. We'll try to give our main guys extended minutes.

Ahh, the always candid Kevin McHale. :grin:

 

Yes. The first game is a week from tomorrow. Gettin' antsy.

 

first game is on wednesday

 

Just realized rockets got

GSW
MIAMI
OKC

In a row to start the season. What A time to be alive

 

When is Howard going to play?

 

2nd game of the season (suspended for the opener).

I noticed some teams are only playing 7 preseason games - is that right?

 

Some teams are only playing six. Most teams play seven IIRC. This is the first time recently that we've played eight.

 

Couldn't agree more. The teams, including rooks and 2nd year players, need practice and conditioning far more than than they "need" these "exhibitions." Heck, I'd reduce the number to 3 (your moniker inspired me!). It would lessen the chances of a problem with the "i" word and better familiarize everyone with a team's systems of offense and defense. In my humble opinion, naturally.

Having said that, I look forward to the SA preseason game. It's basketball!

 

Grantland Zach Lowe Picking Rockets as Biggest Threat to the Warriors:

It’s time for an annual tradition: a bunch of random predictions about the upcoming NBA season. For this to be fun, we have to find the sweet spot between bat-crap crazy and probable. Let’s all be wrong together!

1. Houston Emerges As the Biggest Threat to Golden State in the West

There are six things to worry about with the Rockets:

1. They don’t have much good outside shooting, though Ty Lawson should generate some clean spot-up looks for James Harden.

2. It’s impossible to hide both Lawson and Harden on defense.

3. Harden spent time dating a Kardashian, Lawson is dealing with an alcohol problem, and Dwight Howard is Dwight Howard. Do you trust the personalities on this team in gut-check moments?

4. Howard’s farts could incapacitate the entire locker room before a big playoff game.

5. Several key players, including Howard and Donatas Motiejunas, are dealing with injury. If Motiejunas or Terrence Jones is ever out long term, Houston will either have to play more small ball or slot a rookie in at backup power forward.

6. Their defense, ranked sixth in points allowed per possession last season, may regress a hair — even if Howard plays more games. Opponents shot just 32 percent from deep against Houston last season, the lowest such mark in the league. The Rockets had a lot to do with all of those bricks, but that number will creep up.

2015-16 NBA Preview

Everything you need to know about the coming season.But you know what? I love this team. They are freaking loaded with relentless athletes who will never stop running, flying to the rim, launching 3s, and whipping the ball up the court in transition. They are exhausting to play against. They got Lawson for free! K.J. McDaniels may be ready for more time on the wing, Clint Capela is a player, and Harden is going to make a run at MVP again.
And for all the anxiety about the shaky makeup, these guys held together during the same tense moments in which the Clippers quaked. Howard was great in the playoffs, and he has already led a team to the Finals. Why do we act as if he has accomplished nothing on the big stage?

This team should scare everyone, especially because Daryl Morey has one more trade to make. Count that as an extra prediction: Houston will make one win-now move.

http://grantland.com/the-triangle/35...16-nba-season/

 

Leggo!