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Martin is playing bad because trade deadline is near

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by daywalker02, Feb 14, 2012.

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  1. daywalker02

    daywalker02 Member

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    When everyone has been jumping off the Tmac bandwagon in the past, a few mentioned other players that were emotionally as weak as Tmac has been.
    Especially when trade deadline is looming

    Aaron Brooks sulked it
    Martin has been playing especially bad these days.


    You can't win with your best players being emotionally weak
     
    #1 daywalker02, Feb 14, 2012
  2. Ricksmith

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    Why would Kevin intentionally hurt his trade value? If anything, he should be playing his ass off to get out of here.
     
    #2 Ricksmith, Feb 14, 2012
  3. daywalker02

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    Because he can't
    This thread is about dodging a bullet
    As far as I know he wants to stay a Rocket.
     
    #3 daywalker02, Feb 14, 2012
  4. ThatBoyNick

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    The longer martin plays bad, the more morey longs to trade his ass lol.
     
    #4 ThatBoyNick, Feb 14, 2012
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    Morey was going to trade him either way.
     
    #5 TEXNIFICENT, Feb 14, 2012
  6. daywalker02

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    I don't think something is totally wrong
    Adelman was handling his players with soft hands whereas McHale is more of a tough guy that does not shy way from confrontations, benching guys who do not play well.
     
    #6 daywalker02, Feb 14, 2012
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    Maybe he's decreasing his trade value so whatever the Rockets get for him will be much worse... and he can laugh it off when he looks back at our "worsen" situation.
     
    #7 Jontro, Feb 14, 2012
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    Maybe he's just in a slump. ;)
     
    #8 groovemachine, Feb 14, 2012
  9. daywalker02

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    Three slumps in a shortened doesn't make him look good.
     
    #9 daywalker02, Feb 14, 2012
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    #10 J.R., Feb 14, 2012
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    Well I think that is the argument in a sense. Once he gets frustrated or faces adversity he kinda self implodes.
     
    #11 ross84, Feb 14, 2012
  12. daywalker02

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    You know how integral back court scoring is?
    Lowry is not a pure scorer, Chandler is not scoring, Martin has had more bad games than good ones.
    Our bench saved our asses in those last 5 games.
     
    #12 daywalker02, Feb 14, 2012
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    Pump fake. Jump Shot 3 feet in front to make contact. No call miss shot! This is why he's slumping. His game has been taken away from him.
     
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    I've been thinking about this as well. I watch a lot of hoops, but I only follow the inner workings of the Rockets. I agree that the deadline is weighing on Martin. However, it has affected other players in the past. What I'm curious about is whether this is a result of a lack of confidence that better players (read superstars) would have, or a result of Morey treating players like assets and publicly stressing that everyone is available year in and year out.

    I get the feeling that really good teams don't deal with this chronic slumping before the deadline every season.
     
    #14 acsorelle4, Feb 14, 2012
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    I agree. Another turd like Tmac who is doing this intentionally or sulking like a little kid.
     
    #15 thetatomatis, Feb 14, 2012
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    if he's doing it on purpose, why is Thabeet doing it?
     
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  17. daywalker02

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    Kevin Martin was never a Top two pick
    He had to prove himself.
     
    #17 daywalker02, Feb 14, 2012
  18. tinman

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    I thought you wrote he was never a Top tooth pick:)
     
    #18 tinman, Feb 14, 2012
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    Well like Tmac i hope he knows a bad reputation when you mess over the Rockets franchise can follow you where you end up. Ask Tmac.
     
    #19 thetatomatis, Feb 14, 2012
  20. RedRedemption

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    That's his own fault.
    If he can't play basketball without having to constantly run into people just to score points then he is very pathetic indeed.
     
    #20 RedRedemption, Feb 15, 2012
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