ClutchFans Game Thread: Warriors @ Rockets 1/31/2022

Houston is Steph’s biotch apparently

 

how dumb are you really?
score is 108-104 when JGreen comes in
It’s 14-4 rest of the way.
What do you think posting a bunch of videos of GSW baskets proves?

Point is JGreen is the worst +/- player on the team. Anytime he plays bad things happen.
Same last GSW game. We’re +6 when we he comes in and end up losing by 2.
One game Silas actually kept him out in the 4th qtr we ended up winning (UTA).

How many times has this been explained to you?
are you really that thick or you’re just pretending, to start sht?

 

After all those heartbreaking series with Golden State, here we are, still writhing in the muck of despair, still losing to the smirking Warriors. All the Rockets from those days have moved on to other playoff teams. Only Gordon understands and soon he’ll be shipped off to a contender. It’s just us, the fans, left with nothing but pain.

 

You probably think Christian Wood is good too.

 

I think Christian Wood is good at shooting and little else

 

I think it's clear JG and Sengun are in slumps! JG relied on his outside shot and now has tired legs and his confidence has taken a hit.

Teams have the book on Sengun, they've learned to be still and don't go for the fakes. He needs to work on his outside shot. But more importantly, they've learned to put him in ISOs, his individual defense is horrible and I don't know how that can be fixed because he's naturally slow.

 

What is it called when a player has been in a slump for his entire NBA career again?

Some people on this board seem to have an unclear understanding of what that means.

 

When you prioritize the development of journey men over rookies with tremendous upside, that's what happens. This year has been a disaster.

Just trade Jalen Green and Sengun for some Garrison Mathews and KPJ types so we can just watch this clown show and at least not worry about whether or not these ****ing rookies will get enough touches.

 

You brought up a good point! Do we trade them now or wait for them to develop? Also, what do you think their upside will be?

I would keep JG. I saw enough at the beginning of the season, I think he has tired legs. He's 19, he played pro ball last yr and playing against NBA players this yr, he's worn down! I think the All-Star break will do him good.

Sengun to me is the bigger question mark. Because he's naturally slow and not very tall, what is his upside? Right now, I see him as a very good role player. A 6th - 8th player off the bench

 

Truth be told, I don’t care that we are losing. This is not the season to win. Team tank to hopefully strike gold in the draft.

My issue last night is I wanted to see Christopher close out the game because he earned it.

 

I would trade both Jalen Green and Alperen Sengun right now while they still have trade value and max Kevin Porter Jr. Need to redesign the new practice facility based on his exact specifications to make him happy. I'd refocus the team strategy to run entirely on Garrison Mathews off balance 3s and letting him get isolated on the perimeter on defense. That'd be a good start. Bring Daniel Theis back so we can go back to the Christian Wood/Daniel Theis twin tower lineup and have Kevin Porter run the whole show. With Garry Bird at the 3 and Tate basically being PJ Tucker at the corner we'd probably get close to the Warriors 73 win season. If not break it entirely. We might not lose a game.

 

If Jalen Green is giving this team 14/3/3 and he's "the worst player in the NBA" I can only imagine what he'll do when he's "average".

 

Yeah, that makes sense, I figured you might be the type of person who only looks at raw numbers like that. I'm sure you are also going on about how amazing Russell Westbrook is since he's giving the Lakers basically 19/8/8 on better efficiency and shooting than your hero Jalen Green.

The on/off splits are more telling.....but you simply have to ignore them.

Westbrook for example, is a net -5 to his team, not raw box score +-, he's a -5 when it comes to his team's offensive rating and defensive ratings.....he drags down the entire team.

Your hero Jalen Green? He's a net -17.6.....it's absolutely impressive how detrimental he is to the team when he's on the court. He single handedly is putting the Rockets in a position for a top draft pick. I'm not sure any player in the league is that detrimental to their team......but sure, point to raw stats and try to suggest he's a solid player.

It just shows a lack of understanding when it comes to the game.

 

I actually don’t think so. I think it’s a deliberate machiavellian attempt to obfuscate and manipulate.

 

Yeah well that would be much worse IMO.

I'd rather think he's simply a moron who is trying to do the best he can than him be a dishonest spinster trying to sell a garbage player that he knows is a garbage player.....but yeah, you're probably right.

 

u lost me at max kevin porter

 

hes good at catching lobs

 

its not his fault its the vaccine(and the boosters)