ClutchFans Game Thread: Rockets @ Raptors 10/29/2025

it is only 4 games in the season...............I swear, people are never happy here. They have to nitpick. at least wait until February. Getting as bad as the Rockets commentators in the old days, where they would call James Harden the season MVP after 2 weeks.

 

So don't talk about the Rockets until February on a website where we're supposed to talk about the Rockets? Nah, you do fandom your way, I'll do it mine, if it's all the same to you.

 

Great screen setter, too.

 

Capela hate has more do with Stone signing him as a third center instead of improving point guard depth. He’s doing fine in his limited minutes.

 

Talk about them but that is different than just attacking players after the season just started. There is a difference.

 

We don't really need guard depth, since we have players who can play combo. Amen is doing just fine. Gone are the days where it is just the point guard setting everything up.

 

Reed didn't go to college?

 

The Rockets could definitely use another ball handler. That doesn’t mean it has to be a traditional point guard.

 

So listing somebody's shooting percentages is "attacking them?" Nah, I'll carry on as I am. Thanks though.

 

you conviently left off how he shot 58% in college…

 

The only time in his entire career he's been anything but an average shooter. We call that the "anomaly." Go look at JJ Redick, Kyle Korver, Steph Curry, Ray Allen. The real great shooters are ALWAYS in the very high 30's/low 40's all the way through college. Reed's done it literally one time and then been nothing special the rest. You've bought into the red herring we all chased, but you're still chasing it. Truth is he's shown nothing to suggest he's an elite shooter at all at the pro level, and didn't even really show it at the amateur level either.

 

I just don’t understand how you can judge him on anything in the NBA. Especially last year he barely even played. And everytime he actually got to play he showed he was an above average shooter. U can pick summer league, or g league or anytime he started in the nba. You just choose to hate. If he’s not an above 40% shooter from 3 by year 3 I’ll be shocked.

your basically saying stone and all the other GMs clueless. Literally he was projected to go to multiple teams and picked high because of his shooting.

 

I'm judging him based on all of his basketball career. Like it or not he was a mediocre rookie who barely saw the court for a reason. You realise you're trying to say a "generational shooter" couldn't get playing time over Jalen "I lay so many breaks, I've built neighbourhoods" Green, right?

 

He plays for a defensive minded coach and we can all see his defense is bad. It’s no surprise he doesn’t get to play. He’s not being benched cuz of offense.

 

They were totally okay when their boy was shooting 35% from behind the arc already on his 4th year chucking 8 3point attempts per game. That's after a total over 300 games played and started 10K minutes 2200 attempts.

But now they're all crying and whining that Reed is shooting 36% from behind the arc 4 gtames in his second year at 5 attempts per game. That's after a total over 56 games 3 started 750 minutes 164 attempts. Reed basically shooting better 3FG% after only getting at the most 10% of the chances and opportunities.

 

He played in 52 games last year but that shouldn’t count? What are you even say

 

when was Jalen judged?

 

I cut Jalen slack his first two years and part of year 3. Last season was level up or get lost. We all know what happened.

 

Jalen is painting his nails in Phoenix now because he wasn’t showing enough progress. Top 5 picks aren’t above judgement. Bronny gets judged nightly as a 55th pick.

 

yeah but Reed is now in his second year coming off the bench for limited minutes, barely 10% of Jalens minutes is shooting 36% from behind the arc.

Jalen took 4 years getting to 35%

Funny you are using Bronny, He was drafter because of his dad.

Totally different with Reed.