Do the Rockets really have a superstar on this team?

To me superstar is guys like:
Lebron
Wade
Durant
CP3
Kobe
Paul George(not there yet but with the way he is playing atm it's only a matter of time)

We have two all stars. Howard in his prime was easily a superstar. Harden has the potential to be a superstar depending on whether he wants to incorporate some D into his game.

 

at the end with time remaining, get a bucket when you're up by 1 or 2 or 3 shows if a player is clutch or not as well

 

nope its not..if its a two possesion game and you need a bucket to take the lead or seal the game at the end, this also defines clutch.

 

I think of clutch as getting big buckets, usually in the 2nd half of the 4th, that prevents other teams from going on runs or a bunch of buckets made during a run by a player. If he does this a good amount, he's clutch. It's not always the last bucket. Some will be made, a lot won't. MJ and Kobe missed a lot of late buckets but MJ made a lot in the playoff and Reggie Miller did also. RM was very clutch, a nasty 4th quarter player.

 

This is what those stats define as a clutch shot.

If you are talking about getting a lead and pulling away with 3 mins left...Harden is pretty damn good at that because he'll just get to the line and hit big threes. It would have been so in Dallas but they literally made every single clutch shot than the Rockets did. That is all that happened the last game. Harden made plenty clutch plays that game but Dallas made every single shot they put up

 

two all-stars.

maybe 3 if the fanboy vote gets Lin in.

maybe 4 if the fangirl vote gets Parsons in. Maybe Rockets should get ballots posted/printed in "teen" type of magazines.

 

If you mean late shot that give us the lead you might be right (I can only think of the SA game of the top of my head). But I was also talking about 2 minutes to play, we need a score and stuff like that. Harden is not very good with the last posession - he is however very good at scoring in crunch time, when we are still running our normale style. And he is a closer at that. The problem with the last posession are for a big part a product of our lackluster playdesign (Harden holds the ball until there are 5 seconds left, then either a high pick, a drive or a step up jumper).

 

missing the FT to tie, missing the mid range jumper to keep the lead, missing the last shot of the game..thats enough to see that he is not clutch at the moment.

 

Yes 2. Now enjoy the season.

 

So one game is enough? Okay then.

 

People forget last year.

People forget Kobe has missed free throws/ shots. **** Lebron never made them until 3 years ago.

Harden sucks. Time to tank!

 

so you actually think harden is clutch?

 

what about last year? harden is not in the same category as those two if were talking about being clutch

 

We have stars, but hell no super stars definitely.
Don't listen to those marketing too much, just all commercial and business.

 

Murray. Darrell Murray.

Spoiler

 

Some weeks ago, I recommended trading Dwight and Harden for Anthony Davis. None of Dwight and Harden is the complete player. Dwight can't post, can't shoot FTs while Harden has no defense.

Then I also said Rox needed a defensive wing, a defensive SF to complement Harden because of the reality of Harden on this team. PF is of secondary concern.

I believe I have been proven right for the past couple of weeks.

I bet Morey's next move is a defensive SF or he waits for Brewer. But can Brewer shoot the corner 3 as Bruce Bowen?

 

There is truly 4 superstars in the league.

Kobe
Lebron
Cp3
Durant

We have two players who are arguably the best at there position. Good enough to win with.

 

You forgot the brow.

 

Lol Kobe is no where near the other 3 even before injury. Paul George might creep in this year.