ClutchFans Game Thread: Pistons @ Rockets 11/10/2012

Did anyone ask him about why he limited Jeremy's minutes? It was so obvious in the game.

 

He's played basketball in High school, three years of college ball, and two years of pro ball. If he hasn't learned how to box out by now then I don't have much hope for him.

 

Anybody know what's actually going on with Royce? He's been inactive the last few games, right? And then, he just tweets this:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>For the record, I'm not injured... Not even a little bit. <a href="https://twitter.com/search/%23Truth">#Truth</a></p>&mdash; Royce White (@Highway_30) <a href="https://twitter.com/Highway_30/status/267471361256067073" data-datetime="2012-11-11T03:38:36+00:00">November 11, 2012</a></blockquote>
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What's up with that?

 

I mean, its even in their job description! PGs should pass, set up the offense, create, and your top scorer needs to get the ball near the basket or through open looks. I don't grasp what the rockets were doing letting Harden handle the ball...it was becoming 1 on 5 ball. Made no sense. Hopefully Lin has his handles and confidence back (if they were lacking...)

 

well he is obviously pissed that he didn't get to play tonight despite the blowout and despite other rookies finally getting their shot. But he needs to keep that **** inside.

 

I hope McHale learns, from these games, how to utilize the talents in this team, and the potential in the rooks. Otherwise, he has to go.

 

perhaps he heard there is a vacancy position in LA:grin:

 

Yeah, but he was listed as inactive before the game, so he couldn't play even if coach wanted to put him in....

 

Well, after harden played out of this world the first two games, the coaches thought that the ball has to go thru him.

I hope the coaching staff learned from this and let Lin handle the ball more and look to create more play for his teammates. This will cut down on TO's which have been killing us. Make Jeremy more comfortable in his role with this team and let him play his game. This will make Harden a better player.

This team needs to let Jeremy develop as a player. They have been hampering him thus far. Even today, sampson limiting his minutes while playing TD more was a boneheaded decision.

 

Doesn't he have mental issues? NOT good.

 

Getting to see the rookies play is the thing that I'm most happy with in this game considering it's the Pistons. Terrence Jones proved that he can play in the NBA, as everyone already predicted. I also like D-Mo immediately looking to score with his first touch of the ball. We need to ease them in, not to stop them from playing altogether.

 

For the record, I'm not injured... Not even a little bit. #Truth

— Royce White (@Highway_30) November 11, 2012

It's called the doghouse, Royce.

 

It's his way of complaining about being on the inactive list. I guess he's learning that being at training camp is kind of a big deal to the coaches.

 

it was great to see D-Mo play so aggressive, post up and look for his quick jump hook which led to free-throws. I felt like that was the first post play of the game, smh. He and Jones are looking to score and PPat just parks his but on the 3 point line and gets boxed out...no aggressive moves in the post. Maybe the rooks can get in more often and show ppat how its done.

 

Well, how many players can we suit up? I googled it and found two places that told me twelve is the max, but it looks like we played thirteen tonight. At any rate, I don't think we can play White without demoting somebody.

 

How refreshing to see some of the rookies get some playing time! Hope TJones and Greg Smith become regular rotation players.

And Tony Douglas makes me cringe with his poor decision making and brick-laying.

 

Yeah, that makes sense....thanks

 

That's disturbing. Can we get in trouble for playing 13 players?

 

He is the low man on the totem pole and so far, the I am guessing they still have him listed as a PF. We have plenty of those right now, not including rookies. Unless a trade happens, White is likely to be on the inactive list for most of this season.

For his sake, I hope they get him to the D-League during that stint so his skills can improve in areas of need.

New Rule changed it to allow 13 active players.

 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Our 4 factors look good so far. Notice I said SO FAR @<a href="https://twitter.com/rocketsjcf">rocketsjcf</a> <a href="http://t.co/4PhyBKK8" title="http://instagr.am/p/R35Dsaq2S8/">instagr.am/p/R35Dsaq2S8/</a></p>&mdash; Daryl Morey (@dmorey) <a href="https://twitter.com/dmorey/status/267461884389773312" data-datetime="2012-11-11T03:00:57+00:00">November 11, 2012</a></blockquote>
<script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>lol Morey getting nerd stats onto our giant scoreboard

Interesting they use the same "Four Factors" as basketball-reference. I wonder if Morey agrees that these are the four most important stats.

http://www.basketball-reference.com/about/factors.html