ClutchFans Game Thread: Rockets @ Lakers 10/31/2021

I like EG here. He was honest and obviously frustrated. He is right, they are NBA players and must play that way, we cant just use the "young team" as a crutch. They should play better

BTW EG was also a oneanddone and in the NBA as a teenager averaging 16ppg and dropped 41pts against KD and Russ his rookie year.

 

And here we go…

 

Missed the blowout. Did we win? @Jontro @hakeem94

 

someone pls confirm. missed the game.

 

dont know i missed the game

 

Building his house of bricks right next door to Russ.

 

How did we make make it a respectable loss? I got discouraged in first half and went to sleep.

 

What do the kids say these days? I'm dead?

Just. Flat. Out. Lol.

Superstar is James Harden. Steph Curry. LeBron James.

You have superstar tier.

Then a tier below.

Then another.

And another.

And another.

And then you might have Jalen Green.

What crack are you smoking to say Jalen Green is a superstar.

 

The Lakers are not a good team. Sad really.

 

Imagine being so dense that you get your rocks off ridiculing your very own high draft pick early in his career and then have the gall to compare them to the veteran stars of the league today in a deprecating manner?. LOL. After that you start looking at box scores and start running around with your hair on fire because "SEE I TOLDS YALL SO" that so and so should have been the pick. LOL. Then you'll shift your focus - if your attention of ire actually performs well - and start denigrating another member of the team. SMH.

Why even watch? If you really thought this team was some kind of contender you obviously dont know enough about basketball to comment. Everything that is going on was expected from those stable minded fans who knew it would be a process. Amazon has alot of you all fked up needing your gratification in 3 days or less. This isnt prime - its going to take some time. After the fair weathered fans finish taking a dump on the players why dont they pull Silas' head out of the sand and tell him to do some coaching and earn his check too? The inability to reach and teach the youngsters is just as bad as the play on the court itself to me.

 

I mean if you count the points on the score board, no. But if you consider the valuable experience for our young core, also no.

 

Small sample size had him hitting 71 percent going into last night, including an 8/10 outlier game against Boston. That’s after all last season, where he only shot 63 percent from the line after being at 74 percent the season before that. I can live with 74 percent. Right now he’s at 57 percent, which is 6 percent worse than last year, which wasn’t good enough either. So it’s not “one game” that changes my thoughts, it’s all of last year too. Also, counting last night, he has shot 50 percent or less from the line in half the games they have played so far this season, so it’s not the “only game” he has shot bad from the line. The dude is going the wrong way in that area and has been for over a year now, and there’s no good excuse for it. He needs to get better.

 

I think it can work but I really don't understand why Silas doesn't stagger their minutes. The bench operates with Gordon and Augstine... I'd much rather have 1 of KPJ and Green on the floor at all times. They should only overlap for like 12-15 total minutes max. At least for right now.

 

He just needs to drive more. Nothing but good things happen. Also, lots of contact when he drives and they don't call it.

 

Can you elaborate on how those drives that result in turnovers are good things.

Thanks

 

I watch because I love Tate's all out hustle. Reminds me of my favourite Rockets team. He'd fit anywhere. He's a beauty.

I also watch because we have an immensely talented rookie at just 19 years of age, who already is bamboozling some of the best defenders in the league. Plus at 6'10 he has better instincts than our point guards. Sengun is a real one. Thank god the team drafted him because if they didn't... sheesh.

 

out of those 7 drives he scored, assisted somebody, and1, got blocked, got hacked at the rim no call. This is progress compared to just bricking 3's.
What are your expectations?

 

Huh? What's any of that got to do with my question. You said only good things happen, so was just curious to hear your take on how turnovers are good.

You didn't answer that in your response.