Another 14th pick, ugly shiny space suit... both for the foreseeable future. at least we know it couldn't get any worse than this. Because any worse and we'd be under the top 10 lottery.
It will get worse. It needs to get worse. DM will not lure a star here...the only option is to draft one. Tanking this season would have hurt a lot less than in the coming seasons. Upping my beer consumption next season to cope.
Hillboy nailed it. No stability nor consistency for anyone to appreciate. Injuries suck. Unrequited loyalty plus disappointment sucks more.
being a fan of team is more about being a fan. It's all cyclical and there is a lot of luck involved. Your team to go through randy white, doug smith, jimmy jackson, mashburn, jason, toni braxton, cherokee parks and samaki walker before finally trading for dirk, a low lottery pick. You don't think that 2009 rockets were built for a title? they were but Injuries happen, luck again..bad luck.
He was finished when he went down in the playoffs. Everything after that was nothing more than a marketing gimmick.
Phoenix just lost; maybe they are trying to tank to get the 13th pick again. If only Cody Zeller would declare for the draft, then Phoenix could pick the better Zeller brother, and we can follow up with the lesser Zeller.
completely a naive post. Do you not understand that with Yao and TMac we were real. Your way saying the Rockets should have tanked for the last 15 yrs...it's just stupid. stop being so stupid. Go to another thread. In this thread, I will reveal you as being stupid. move along.
Rockets drought should be 3 seasons btw. We're mad because three years in a row we've ended up with the 14th pick because Le$ doesn't understand that tanking is the way to go. Especially in a shortened season with a stacked draft..
Agreed. The Rockets could be drafting at the 13th pick for several more years at this rate. Same stuff, different year.
With such ****ty parity numbers as this, it's a wonder anybody even tunes into the NBA anymore. It's almost like, "HEY 50% OF THE LEAGUE. YOU NEVER HAVE AND NEVER WILL WIN A CHAMPIONSHIP." and then "HEY 80% OF THE LEAGUE, YOUR TEAM HAS NO CHANCE TO WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP IN THE NEXT 3 YEARS." Who wants to give patronage to a crappy product like that? Screw David Stern.
It's been like that forever. Even before David Stern. It's a testimony to the value of stars to a team. Once you have one of those guys...if you can retain him...you're in the discussion every season. If you don't, you're not.
I like how you people think you're right, lmao. As if some new evidence has been introduced that validates your claim. Oh one of the youngest teams in the NBA only finished 2 games over .500 without their starting backcourt? You must really know how to build a team now.
Really? Because it was impossible to predict that we would have an injury or two and that this team simply isn't good enough to make the playoffs if any of our key players get injured?
I don't see the relevance of your statement, what does making or not making the playoffs this year prove about tanking lol? Thanks for proving my point.
