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Taking your temperature

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by basketballholic, Jan 3, 2016.

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Who is most responsible for this teams poor season?

  1. Howard by a mile

    2.0%
  2. Howard but it's close

    2.0%
  3. James by a mile

    60.5%
  4. James but it's close

    15.6%
  5. Both of them have been bad equally

    20.0%
  1. Rudyc281

    Rudyc281 Member

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    And I'm shocked how lopsided it is.
     
  2. rocketsballin

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    he's not even boxing out kawhi. he miserably fails his assignment and despite beign a 6'9 250lb pf, he cant even box a mother ****er out to redeem himself. god daam hurry the **** up jan 14. rockets fans are dying over here! :mad:
     
  3. underrated015

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    Mad at the whole coaching staff. Had a whole offseason and it seem like they all went to the Bahamas. No discipline and structure. Players are put in positions to fail with bad game management . Morey didn't expect this meltdown over one year.
     
  4. basketballholic

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    Me too. I figured it would be closer split on the 2 extremes with all the Howard bashing I've been reading the last month.
     
  5. KillScarz

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    Sure, while we do that let's also add
    player C
    29pts 5rebs 6ast
    Harden has 1 less point, but 1 more rebs 1 more assist than this player. Yet this player is the main reason for his team only losing 2 games.

    Player D
    15pts 9rebs 7ast
    Harden has 13 MORE points, 3 less rebs, same assist. Yet this guy is also a huge reason for his team only losing 2 games.

    Also player E
    21pts 7rebs 3ast
    Harden has 7 more points, 1 less rebs, 4 more assist. Yet this guy's teamy has only lost 6 games.

    Common folk get confused when they read the internet, check stats and believe that's where it all lies. Get confused. Forget about the intangibles.
     
  6. studogg

    studogg Member

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    Will you take my temperature rectally with your tongue? Cause I'm thinking that would be appropriate for someone with your level of intelligence.
     
  7. cheke64

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    Paging pen5clubber...
     
  8. Aleron

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    Feeling that Dwight is done and blaming him for this cluster**** are two different things.
     
  9. Pen15clubber

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    I honestly have no idea what the **** is going on
     
  10. Pen15clubber

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    Lemme pull up to that bumper and smack that monkey
     
  11. Pen15clubber

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    Lmao dude who would join a pen5club
     
  12. kjayp

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    harden isn't even in shape....
    dude is panting constantly...
    has to slow bringing the ball up just to catch his breathe..
    I don't remember the last time I saw him get up over the rim...
    What were +1 situations last year are now praying for the whistle so we get any points out of the Harden possession...
    I'm sure teammates love the non existent defense and 2 seconds on the shot clock passes..
    turnovers, turnovers, turnovers...

    too many cigarettes and late night clubbing....

    oh, but let's not forget - he's "the best player in the league..." - just ask him...lol

    Creators don't follow - the coaches directions, the team gameplan, the defensive assignments...

    This guy has gone from one of the best players in the league to an out and out joke in the span of 6 months... just disgusting...

    He could have built on a phenomenal year last year and continued to improve the weaknesses in his game - instead he's used his past success as justification to not listen to anyone and regress backwards into his weaknesses... very disappointing.... :(
     
  13. Dentyne

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    Can't pick one over the other -- so many things have contributed to what's going on; coaching, injuries...
     
  14. kjayp

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    You need to learn to look beyond the box score... but if you want stats...

    per 36 this year Harden 19.5 shots (.419 fg% - worst since rookie year)/ Dwight 9.2 (.618 fg% - best of his career))

    harden career per 36
    .441 fg% / 4.8 reb / 5.1 asst / 1.6 steals / 3.1 turn / 22.3 pts
    montae ellis career per 36
    .453 fg % / 3.5 reb / 4.8 asst / 1.8 steals / 2.8 turn / 19.2 pts

    so great, James is 1.3 reb and 3.1 points per 36 mins better than Montae Ellis.. . oh, and since you mention fts... 3.5 for montae vs 6.9 for Harden - so there's a 3.4 differential in points - which is more than the point differential between the two...

    stats are a helluva a thing... :)
     
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  15. swyyyguy

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    it was a yes or no question and you still failed to answer it so i'll ask it again.

    do you wish james harden played with the heart and work ethic of jj watt?
     
  16. FTW Rockets FTW

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    No. JJ Fatt has zero work ethic or heart and that is why he plays a non athletic fake tough guy sport like eggball for the fatsos. It takes some work ethic to be in shape.
     
  17. ROXTXIA

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    If you're not trolling, then it might be time for you to go outside and get some fresh air. My goodness gracious.

    It's on par with jopat bombarding us with anti-Terrence Jones rhetoric. At least he's partially right (Tjones being nothing special, if not the hot garbage that jopat makes him out to be).

    If you said, "I'm so sick of this guy, he's on every commercial," I'd kinda go with that.

    Come on, seriously: just trolling, right? One of these days you'll pull a Lloyd Christmas: "HA HA! Ten years and you bought it!"
     
  18. Mr. Clutch

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    Yeah pretty much.

    He's 26 but he looks more like 36
     
  19. basketballholic

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    At least one thing worse than FTW is ROXTIA constantly wasting bandwidth posting about me, FTW, and other posters instead of talking about the team and the NBA. #boring.
     
  20. thirdengine

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    It's Harden for taking all 8 seconds to walk the ball up and letting the defense get set.

    It's Howard for touching the ball more at the top of the key than in the post because he also takes 8 seconds to walk up the floor.
     

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