Do you believe we can win a title with small ball 3 guard rotations?

I think the development of the youngsters
Is our best shot. Which is why I worry

House BMac Clark Hartenstein and Clemons

I think house and BMac can get better and be more consistent

Need Clark or Harty or both to make the next step

If Clemons can come in an give some solid shooting.

I am mainly looking at Clark and Harty though. They got to step up, be taught, get experience or something.

Rocket River

 

If they give a solid defensive effort yes they can.

I just dont think they will.

 

Honestly. This is the truth.
Most of this board are constantly looking at other teams players with lustful zeal

We cry about letting the Covingtons go.....but neither we nor the team appreciated them here.

It seems the rockets and rockets fans want instant pro ready players or none

Harry's g league performance says he ready for more weight.
If we put him on the block tomorrow...I say there would be suitors.

Rocket River

 

I think we need 1 more rotation player that has some size

but i also think we need to see Gordon back. If he comes back in good form it will take us to another level. WB and harden will both give him the ball.

If we can find a 6'8"+ athlete that can play into our team defense and shoot then we will be golden.

Right now our need for that guy is exacerbated by PJ playing 40mpg. Look , im a huge rest PJ guy .... but even if i can admit that it might not hurt us in the short run ... we do eventually have to get PJ some rest. The days of playing 36 mpg for a 34-35 year old for 82 games are over. Everyone gets banged up , but you are putting yourself at a huge disadvantage ( both from risk of injury and from gradual wearing down) vs the other teams that have strategically rested their best players.

I know clark isn't great, he might not even have a high ceiling, but he should be playing more now just because we need to do a better job of not making PJ play these 40 minute games.

I say this because as we've seen , PJ can play 40 and we win and PJ can play 40 and we lose ... by double digits. It seems to me that MDA should try to change his strategy every now and then and maybe in games when we are hurting for lack of hustle and effort and a spark or a made shot .. that you could try one of the young guys and see if they can bring it ?

 

No

 

Short but right to the point. MIC dropped!

 

Bad boy Pistons use to use 3 guards and a 6 foot 10 center who could shoot in Bill Laimbeer. It can be done but the guards Russ , James and EG have to be lights-out

 

Ridiculous question when teams like the Warriors have been doing it sense forever.....

 

Do people here realize the playoffs are a different animal? You're not seeing %100 full blast defensive effort thru 4 quarters during the regular season. It's never been like that, you'd have teams with dead legs or injured by game 40 of the regular season.
We've show we can play with the Clippers, lets see how we look against the Lakers before we write off the season.

 

The NBA has begun to make clear dunks irrelevant.

 

Hard to accomplish, the Worriers could play 4 quarters of decent bball on both ends, the Rox have not been able to do that consistently over all 4 quarters incl. Playoffs.

 

I thought of them as well . . . .

Rocket River

 

Going out all night every night is why Stockton and Malone are ringless
They never had another gear in the playoffs

Rocket River

 

It would be easier if we had some more length in the front court, but I think having two legit stars gives us a CHANCE against anyone. As long as you can compete anything can happen but you have put yourself in position to be successful. We need to get as high of a seed as we can. We saw health play a huge part in someone other can GS winning a title last year. But they put themselves in position by not packing it in when they went to down 2-0 to the favorite Milwaukee bucks. There is no guarantee any of these teams you might think are better are going to be healthy or stay healthy throughout a series.

I believe James in the greatest offensive force in the game. The amount of focus teams have to give him alone gives us a chance against anyone. They HAVE to leave guys open to try and keep him in check. All these double teams are just giving our guys more and more reps against it to better prepare us for the post season. We are going to have a full season of this come April/May. I think our confidence can only grow.

I like what we do on defense. We are NOT a bad defensive team. There is room for improvement but the scheme is sound. It seems most of the problems defensively come when Clint heads to the bench. We need a legit back up big but they are probably saving Tyson for this role. I think if we can get to top 10/11 like we were a couple of years ago that will be enough if our offense reaches its full potential.

We don’t have the same balance as other teams, but there is still a chance. What we lack in size we can makeup for in speed in our back court.

 

Sure. Even if undersized, if we actually gave effort on defense we'd be fine.

 

I was thinking about this the other day, and how we, by choice, decide to stick with multiple HOF guards instead of nabbing someone with almost the same skills but in a different position....

The track record shows that we can win a lot of regular season and playoff games. But the elite defensive teams can and will figure out a way to stop the offense if the dynamic offensively is 3s and layups...

My guess is that we just end up replacing MDA next season. Then maybe we'll see some changes.

 

It's not really a size disparity it's a talent disparity. Lebron is the MJ of this generation and he has probably the MJ of the new generation on his team as his sidekick.

No big guy Morey can get will be able to handle AD in the first place. Thats why you stick with Tucker cuz everyone is a mismatch to begin with.