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  1. alethios

    alethios Member

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    I agree with @Nivos - the optimum closer squad is the bench.
     
  2. ApacheWarrior

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    T Black/Troy Williams/Tucker/Gordon/Taylor

    Rockets will be winning by 18 points with 9 mins remaining most games
     
  3. PatBev

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    CP3/Gordon/Harden/Qi/capela
     
  4. Pat

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    I think Harden, Paul, Ariza, Tucker and Nene/Capella is a strong team both offensively and defensively.
     
  5. PatBev

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    Got to have Gordon in there
     
  6. Pat

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    If you replace Harden with Gorden, that is a bad ass defensive team, that can still score. This team has a lot of options. Great off season, in spite of Melo.
     
  7. Chuck Nevitt

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    Not Harden, he is not a leader, I should have listened when you told us that two years ago.
     
  8. StrawberryJamm

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    Agree with the 3 of Paul, Harden, Ariza being in then picking 2 out of Gordon, Tucker, Luc, Anderson, Capela, Nene is a good problem to have.

    It's going to depend alot on the matchups, score, and what's been working but If the offense is as good as we're hoping, putting Capela at the free throw line is going to be too tempting. I think MDA is going to have a tendency to go smaller and smaller throughout the game until he find something that overwhelms the opposing defense.

    I'd bet we're gonna see more of Anderson at the 5 than most are expecting and I'm higher on Luc than most seem to be, I have a feeling he's going to shoot 40% from 3 this year and its going to be hard for coach to take him out.
     
  9. Zergling

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    Ken Giles, but Joe Musgrove really has closer stuff.
     
  10. RockWest

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    Take out Paul or Harden?
     
  11. PatBev

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    Nah

    Move Harden to SF.

    I dropped 19pts with Qi on 2k today with CP3/Gordon/Harden/Qi/Capela as my line up so it's got to work
     
  12. YaoMing#1

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    Best offense and defense + vets
    Cp3
    Harden
    Ariza
    Tucker
    Nene

    If we need buckets

    Cp3
    Gordon
    Harden
    Ariza
    Ryno

    Defense

    Cp3
    Harden
    Ariza
    Tucker
    Capela
     
  13. rocketsballin

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    harden or cp3 as the decoy, brown for the wide open three

    brown as the decoy, clint for hte corner three
     
  14. RockWest

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    Harden may not be as good of a decoy since he's not a big name, but I really like downtown Bobby brown's shot at crucial moments, I have never seen him missing a shot in any Instagram videos!
     
  15. RedRedemption

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    Carmelo Anthony? Carmelo Anthony.
     
  16. Jontro

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    if we have to hold on to a slim lead:

    paul
    ariza
    thicc
    hilarious
    capela

    dare them to beat us from the distance. however if we manage to get the last possession, switch thicc with beard.

    but for gsw, we would need to go all out with perimeter defense. don't know what that would be.
     
  17. Tha_Dude

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    Idk what I accidentally did with the play calling on 2k17 but there’s been two times where Capela has been on the wing and he knocked down 2 threes haha
     
  19. RocketsFido

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    FACT: When Bobby Brown closes out the game, we always win.
     

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