Everyone knew Maxey was getting a max the moment the Sixers use that capspace for someone this offseason. Just like Sengun will sign his max the moment the Rockets use up their capspace next offseason (assuming they don't trade for a star mid-season). However, it is clear that Jalen Green doesn't have this same wink-wink deal with the Rockets.
Proof of any of that, or is this more of the delusional CF members making statements of fact made up entirely of their own confirmation bias bullshit?
We beat Phoenix in Phoenix. We beat OKC in Oklahoma City. We beat the Knicks who were on a winning streak. What season did you watch? All of those games Jalen played well
I watched the season that started in October and went till april. What season did you watch? I would also say generally speaking the first 20-30 games is the best way to judge a player/team, that’s when basically everyone is trying and more players are healthy (there’s also statistical analysis about the team part)
Phoenix was a flawed team and not really contenders. They got swept out of the playoffs emphatically and we are betting on them to blow it up. Knicks were missing Isiah and OG. Thunder didn't have SGA. Hardly impressive wins.
If that Thunder game didn't make you feel something you aren't a Rocket fan. First meaningful feeling game in a while.
Ah, falls back on the feels, not the logic. Interesting. "Emotions and feelings, like feelings of warmth and safety, influence judgment. But the power of these influences is often underappreciated."
It’s really amazing that Jalen Green is the only player that got to play against bad teams last season, otherwise there would be tons of people leading their team to 11 wins right? What an amazing coincidence!
This is irrelevant. They were all favorites to beat us and we exceeded expectations in beating them. What you guys can’t seem to understand is WE were an easy team too. A below .500 team without its best player sucks balls. Tanking teams win up to half their games against sub .500 teams - they’re not losing 11 straight to sub 500 teams. We’re the game Phoenix is circling on the schedule for an easy W. Jalen had other plans though. There’s no reason our handicapped team should have won 11 games straight even if it was 11 consecutive games against the San Antonio Spurs. 11 games is harder than you’re making it out to be no matter who the competition. The only contender that won 11 straight was Boston - they had a top 5 regular season of all time. SGA, Luka, Giannis, Jokic and Embiid failed to reach the mark despite also having easy months on their schedule (easy relative to their roster of course). A sub 500 team spending a month against 20-40 win teams is parity. We don’t have an advantage there. Rockets fans are amazing. We win 11 straight no one is allowed to take credit. We finish top 10 on defense but FVV is short, Brooks sucks and Sengun is not a rim protector. So who’s doing the work guys? lol It always starts with winning the easiest games. That’s how contenders are born. Then they gradually win more difficult games. To dismiss us annihilating easy teams - with our depleted roster - as though it’s not a major accomplishment is just really short sighted and crass thinking. This is what it looks like if we’re heading upwards. We’re exactly where we’re supposed to be.
I feel something after every win, but that one was no different because the Thunder are a lottery team without SGA. Plus it's regular season. 82 games teams always have good and bad days. You don't get over excited about a regular season win.
A fluke 8 game hit shooting streak is fun to watch, but it doesn't make up for that player being terrible the rest of the season.
Ya man you really didn't suffer the last three years. That was the first game where there was like some meaning to it.
I dunno what this has to do with my post. I commented on a post about 3 games last season, 2 of which weren't even in the 11 game winning streak. Historically speaking, we were part of the flukiest winning streak in league history also. We won 22 straight games but no one thought we would actually win a championship that season. Things happen, I just don't get to excited about regular season wins.
I just have realistic expectations. I actually enjoyed watching the Rockets stress free for the last 3 years. Never expected them to win a game, no stress involved. Watching the young guys grow. Why did that game have meaning? Cuz as a realistic fan we were not making the playoffs last year, not a fan of the play in tournament. NBA needs to get rid of it as they have 82 games to decide the seeding. Probably less than 1% chance we woulda won those two games to make the playoffs.
The game has meaning because we were one game behind having a chance in the playoffs. That's all man. After three straight years of ~20 wins ya man having a game that has play in implications feels different. Did you not watch the game? It was a banger. Like trying to dismiss these games are pathetic.
This is such a weird statement. "no one expected us to win a championship"? What? Why is this relevant? The goal of this team was to show progress of a young core of guys.
It has to do with dismissing opponents as depleted or easy when we are a sub 500 team. Also, there are no 22 game flukes. That’s a really weird way to think about things. If you don’t get excited over regular season, then proportionately you should not get disappointed from things in regular season either. If you’re just dismissing the good stuff, your perspective is skewed.
Stone has spoken publicly about Alpi not being traded when rumors were going around a couple weeks ago. He has yet to mention Green in any interviews knowing he’s been on the trade market rumor mill for over a year.
Was Stone asked? Stone was asked the question specifically about Sengun. I think Green would be more likely to be traded of the two but I feel like Stone would say that so it Green if a media guy asked him because there is the whole locker room issue and team chemistry issue. In fact it would hurt his ability to maximize return if he signals openly he wants to trade Green.
