FTF Nick & Jenna: Rockets don't have a plan B

Plan B is also Plan A and a half.

Use Westbrook to go mayhem at the rim and kick out to the second squad.

All hope goes with Westbrook until Harden and 3pt shooters can find himself/themselves.

 

Yep. Isn't that what many (most?) of us say on this board?

I remember getting----well, not flayed, not scourged, but pimp-slapped, I guess---over criticizing D'Antoni recently.
I tried to amend my tone but the truth remains: he might implement a new wrinkle here and there between games (and such change often arrives glacially), but in-game, it's pretty much the same. There are no re-writes on the fly. The script is great or bombs.

I want him to succeed, of course. But "Keep Jacking Threes" gets old when those shots don't fall.

And when Harden shows up slow and unmotivated, or whatever, so goes the team.

 

It's a little too hard to move away from Plan A within a game, though.

For example, you go 2/22 in the first half or something. At halftime, you're probably thinking "oh, going ice cold won't last. I'm sure we'll get it right in the third." And then you do poorly in the third. So then do you change it up to anything other than shooting 3s, with 12 minutes left to go?

When it's your biggest (and sometimes only) strength, it's hard to veer away from that, given that a basketball game is only 48 minutes long.

 

Nick Wright is late to the party.

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Spam threes. Make or miss, just keep shooting.
No adjustments.
We don't adjust to them, they adjust to us. We're just gonna play our game. @kjayp

 

Their plan B is the law of averages.

 

Been obvious for a long time.

 

Plan B is to wait till next year

 

I blame the players not the coach.

You shouldn’t need permission to play smart basketball.
It’s just stupidity to miss shot after shot after shot and not attack the basket.

Like after House missed that ridiculous step back three. What did he do after?
He took it strong to the basket for a dunk.

Why wait until you’re down 20-30 pts and have missed 100 threes before you try something else?

Yes three is better than two but....a Win is better than a Loss

 

Absolutely not true..
I’ve seen Rivers, House, Gordon, Mclemore, Green, Covington, even Tucker at times all take their man or beat their man off the dribble.

You don’t get to the NBA being a one trick pony.

The problem is...Rockets players are programmed to keep shooting no matter what which is just stupid.

It’s almost like if you don’t shoot the three you’ll be traded or cut from the team.
As player you should always play smart and the right way.
You make that adjustment without permission because it’s winning that matters most.
Not some gimmicky analytic BS system that has won you nothing thus far

 

I thought Plan B and C was the annual 'Champion of the Hearts' title.

 

Could've been PLAN B for last night

 

Shieee...... Harden got all the Plan Bs at his house. He done bought them all.

Also..... People want the anphony extended. lulz.

 

Dude, I may not be that sober, but this feels like a deja vu every morning after a loss since we are going small ball.

We can only hope it's a wake up call for everybody on our side. We are talented, but we seem awfully prepared on many fronts when compared with other contenders.

 

Plan A is Westbrook and Harden playing like All-stars at the same time.

That's the only way to win a championship. There is no plan B

 

Players at this level should make a read by themselfs. You see your man not interested in you and playing radar in the corner? do a ****ing backcut *******

 

Most times the 3pt shots are wide open and so are lanes to the basket.

You don’t need Kyrie Irving handles to get to the basket.
When the defender is closing out, do Just a simple blow by move.
When you’re wide open, just a hard dribble to the basket

When a defender is in your face, then guys tend to struggle without the ball handling skills.
For the most part the Rockets get wide open looks with wide open lanes.

 

Ah yea the infamous plan B one if the most famous talking points of the brightest minds on CFs.