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Rockets sign Fred VanVleet (3 years, $130M)

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by J.R., Jun 30, 2023.

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Do you like the signing of Fred VanVleet?

Poll closed Oct 9, 2023.
  1. YES

    62.9%
  2. NO

    37.1%
  1. DaDakota

    DaDakota Balance wins
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    This is incorrect thinking - KPJ did what the coaching staff asked of him, nothing more nothing less.

    Perhaps, but that was the argument, FVV is not a big difference maker on the floor, neither is KPJ and their production level are pretty close to the same.

    DD
     
  2. ApacheWarrior

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    White appeases Dark Mode
    Black appeases Non Vampire Mode

    I feel like I'm being punked. Lol

    What is neutral that appeases all?
     
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  3. SamCassell

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    Production levels on a terrible team are pretty meaningless. KPJ was given the rock and asked to cook. FVV was part of a greater whole. We know FVV can be a good player on a championship team, because we've seen it. We haven't seen what KPJ looks like on a good team, because he's only been on trash ones so far. His ability to contribute to winning basketball is still in doubt. (True also for the rest of his teammates these past few years, not calling just him out). We'll see what role Ime has for him and whether he can be contribute to actual winning, not just empty stats.
     
  4. peleincubus

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    Can you change it to dark mode to see how it looks?
     
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  5. Easy

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    Just use default. The engine will take care of it. If you set the text to be black, you are forcing it to be black on ALL backgrounds, including dark.
     
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  6. Easy

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    Love how you can bet on a counterfactual speculation. Better call Vegas to make sure it works. :D
     
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  7. ApacheWarrior

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    That explains what I did. Thank you.

    I used a dark blue and dark red but then went to black as normal text. That threw everything off.

    Ok, I'll try to do better in the future.
     
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  8. ApacheWarrior

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    No, I'm not a member.

    I think the way Easy explained it, I will be able to adjust. Thank you much.
     
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  9. peleincubus

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    It says “member” right under your name as I see it.
     
  10. SuperKev

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    I don't see how you can predict this right now. It is totally unknown what our mix of talents will cause and who's game it will impact. FVV could easily be a difference maker and in fact if you contrast our weaknesses last year vs. his strengths clearly he will likely have a fairly positive or better On/Off value.
     
  11. heypartner

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    Default font colors automatically get handled by Clutch’s settings for the two modes. It’s only when we override the font color defaults by manually choosing font colors do we potentially create issues.

    So, the two obvious problems are if we select a text/font color that matches one of the two background colors, ie white or black. Therefore, definitely never use white or black for manual font color selection, and really, avoid anything that doesn’t have enough contrast to white or black. That’s really your only task.

    I’ve had great success supporting both modes using the pastel colors.
     
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  12. Dredd

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    No team has ever won a championship with a 5'3 Point Guard. I don't like our chances here...
     
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  13. YOLO

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    if you thought this offseason and current roster ever had some championship window, then you already set yourself up for failure.
     
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  14. Dredd

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    I don't like our chances for the next 4 years.
     
  15. YOLO

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    that still doesn't change anything whatsoever
     
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  16. DaDakota

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    The difference maker will be IME and the system, we didn't have a system, or accountability last year, now we do, most of us were complaining that we really had no real data to go off of because of Silas - that is still true.

    This year, we will finally get some USABLE data.

    DD
     
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    [​IMG]

    Rocking high heels, he goes close to 6 ft.
     
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  18. TheJet

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    I haven't checked the stats but isn't FVV about the same height as Patty Mills? Pretty sure he has a ring ;)

    Of course we don't have Timmy or Manu walking through the door anytime soon...
     
  19. TheJet

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    And Parker wasn't a LOT taller than Mills if I recall. Tongue in cheek obviously. Spurs had some ballers on that team.
     
  20. DaDakota

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    FVV wasn't the PG on that team, it was Lowry.

    DD
     

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