ClutchFans Game Thread: Rockets @ Pelicans 12/26/2015

The dumb rotations and system is what is doing the team in IMO. If you are calling out players, sit them and don't pay them. I don't think the dude (Bicker) would be risking or is ballsy enough to possibly lose games if his problems were with Thornton or Dmo. Problems have to be with

Harden
Tjones
Dwight

 

Depends.... top teams actually.

NOLA was actually a playoff contender last season.

 

I mean...WTF?

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They expect the ball to come to them. :grin: Not funny. Actually sad.

MOVE!

Beverley standing in the corner. MOVE!
Harden & Thornton(?) playing patty-cake & hug with New Orleans
Howard, waiting on Harden to do something/not knowing what Harden is gonna do, is left arm wrestling

 

what was the play jbb had drawn up? can anyone tell? smh...

 

..... Harden doesn't even look like he wants the ball.

 

Agreed...more importantly it seems like he had no problem after the game by just walking off the court like it's all okay.Shouldn't he be pissed for not getting the ball or put up an effort to run and get the ball during those closing seconds?

 

LOL at trying to pass it in to Howard at the 3 point line with 1.7 seconds left.

Rockets are a classic underachieving team, poorly coached and no one is being held accountable for this nonsense.

Our offense in the last 5 min was unbelievably pathetic.

 

It looks to me like James went after the ball but Dwight not knowing what to do impeded his progress toward the ball.

 

Well Mchale was held accountable. One would think Morey should be the one feeling the heat now. Expect a trade.

 

I just really miss last year when we cared about every game and cared about defense. It was fun. Good times...

 

Everyone...looking at that game ending play...IT SHOULD HAVE NEVER gotten to that play. PERIOD. We had the lead and it evaporated once we went rogue.

 

These Rockets don't deserve fans. They don't deserve people who care to even talk about them. My knee jerk reaction is to trade everyone and I don't care if we win another game this season it would just feel good to do that, lol.

 

I agree but I think that final play need to be under some serious questioning.

I mean Howard clearly doesn't know what to do, Harden doesn't know where Howard is going to screen, Bev is standing there as it Thornton and Ariza is confused on where to pass the ball. He's a very he should know he can call a TO. The screams coaching failure to me. What the hell do these guys do at practice?

 

Yup, beat legit teams and lose to scrubs..

 

Bad coaching mixed with some of us refusing to admit that Dwight Howard has regressed way earlier than Dirk, Duncan, and all the other good bigs in their late thirties. Dwight hit 30 and is now average at best. Harden is discouraged by just being on this team and we still have one of the worst coaching staff's in the NBA. Everyone but Harden, Dmo, and Capela needs to be traded and we need to sit Harden in a room with a drill sergeant to make him truly understand what defense is.

 

this was to be expected. i knew this from his rookie yr. - by watching his style of play.

but, d12 not "average at best", not even now. that is false.

btw, harden isnt discouraged by nothing but the fact that khloe hasnt divorced yet. ok?

 

Dwight is regressing horribly I 100% agree. Harden has more issues than just his defense. His offense isn't very efficient or frankly good. He looks extremely old and slow like he is hurt or something. He is having major difficulties taking people off the dribble. Hell I've barley seen him roast someone off the dribble like he did game after game last year.

 

I think I remember Les saying something like he couldn't fire all the players. So, McHale got the boot. But, this is clearly a player problem. Sorry Les, you may have to get some blood on your hands. A lot of blood.

 

This was inevitable.

Dwight used sheer size and athleticism I'm going to guess all throughout his basketball life to get where he is. He never needed to use fundamentals or perfect certain skills.

What separates him from the better players.

Dirk is roughly the same height yet put in the hours to perfect his craft.

Duncan is roughly the same height yet put in the hours to perfect the fundamentals of basketball.

Neither of those two rested on their laurels when they realised they were better than their competition.