Omer Asik to miss a week with thigh contusion

BrieflySpeaking · Dec 4, 2013

Ain't buying the whole he's hurt drama, dude just flat out doesn't want to play for the Rockets anymore

sweetlou08 · Dec 4, 2013

cj macullon n the lopez from jail blazers for asik ?

coffeelover665 · Dec 4, 2013

Don't worry I've read your post and it is a good read.

Rox23 · Dec 4, 2013

dragician said: ↑

excited to see DMO.
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Ooh, you need to change your username, at least for one night

Dubious · Dec 4, 2013

If you are going to trade Asik, you need to find out if Dmo can back up the Center. If he can't you try Greg Smith again as soon as he can play. We need to know before the 15th.

I love having Asik on the team, I wouldn't make a trade; but you gotta know the how if you have an insurance C. 82 games can take a toll.

Or he might just have a bruise.

Jake Tower · Dec 4, 2013

PuzzledFan said: ↑

You guys who keep putting Asik down either haven't been Rocket fans for very long or you have a damn short memory. I, for one, am tired of it. He was working his butt off while Harden was taking the first quarter off (either because we were on the road or because he wasn't interested because the plan was to get Dwight his touches early) and all the media fools who think they're analysts without watching a game were saying our slow starts were because of the twin towers and all the shallow-minded fake fans who have to spend all their time castigating somebody were just parroting the media fools who were repeating what they'd heard. We tried the twin towers and that didn't work out, but it worked out while everybody was buying into it. Later, when Harden would bring the ball up and toss a weak pass to Howard 12 feet from the basket and Howard would try to take four or five or six or seven dribbles and shove his way in against a stacked defense while our wings spotted up and Asik stayed out of the way as ordered and Harden watched in total apathy awaiting the part of the game in which he could play offense - well, golly, it didn't work. And who did people blame for that? Asik! Not Harden, standing there too bored to grow a beard. Not Howard, who was succeeding less than 30% of the time (it wasn't his fault) on his possessions, not Beverley and Lin and Parsons who were allowed to be part of the offense but never screened, cut, or even moved - just watching while showing a range of emotions ranging from disinterest to dread as Howard was forced into a turnover. We were ONLY getting Howard his touches early and nobody else was playing offense and nobody except Howard and Asik were playing defense and nobody except Asik was boxing out. And, uh, we fell behind. And every fool who thought his opinion was something that had to be shared was blaming Asik, who, along with Howard, seemed to be the only player committed to trying to make things work. Then Asik gets sick while every idiot child in the world is putting him down at the games, in the media, on the internet, and he gets depressed and for like, five days, gives in to his depression. He always works so hard, but everybody that should be pulling for him is treating him like crap, and he's sick, and, for a very short time, he stops putting out the effort. Now you could still find about 11 Rockets on the team that have spent ten times as much time not putting forth the effort, but all the fake fans that have been treating him like crap because he's a great defensive player but not a great offensive player (on a team that's desperately looking for adequate defensive players) are now treating him like crap for getting depressed by the fact that everybody's treating him like crap. So our guards finally get a little embarrassed by giving up an average of 2.7 points per possession to whoever the Reddick of the night happens to be, and having it mentioned more than a few times, and start playing like they have something to prove at the same time that the twin towers are scrapped, and then that's supposed to be proof that Asik was holding them down! I mean, because somebody is willing to stand around while people like Steve Blake and JJ Redick take just as many uncontested shots as will fit in a quarter of basketball, and then not even try to play offense either, apparently out of jealousy that Howard is the go-to guy at the start of the game, that's Asik's fault. Now, Utah just rolled us in the dirt, mostly because of our lack of effort in the first quarter. That's the same reason we were getting rolled in the dirt in the first quarter earlier in the year - not because of the twin towers per se, but because of lack of effort. Lack of effort by Parsons, lack of effort by Lin, lack of effort by Harden, lack of effort by Harden, lack of effort by Harden, and lack of effort by Harden. But the only person people want to b**** at about lack of effort was the guy who never gave up all last year and all through the tough times early this year. Until he got tired of everybody in the world b****ing about him and wanting him gone because they want to get some glory boy like Carmelo Anthony to come and wow us with his pretty moves while we lose games through lack of team play. Yeah, Asik showed some lack of resolve for about a week there.

Well, enough ranting. To put it more succintly, I detest the type of "fan" who is always looking to put some player down. And I'm annoyed as hell at the type of fan who is too dim to watch a basketball game and see who's boxing out and who's making defensive rotations and who's trying to play a team game, and who isn't - yet bleat some asinine opinion to the world as though it meant something - just because they get off on saying hateful things.
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A New Age · Dec 4, 2013

Hilarious said: ↑

Apart from the missing paragraphs and massive text structure one of the best posts in the last days/weeks I've seen about this.

I wanted to make a thread about this matter combined with an analysis why TT didn't work but it would be complete useless with all these wannabe fans and that's why I can only say, don't confuse those fools with facts, ignore them and enjoy the season.
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okay, because Hilarious thought there was some merit here, I took the liberty . . . lo and behold:

PuzzledFan said: ↑

You guys who keep putting Asik down either haven't been Rocket fans for very long or you have a damn short memory. I, for one, am tired of it. He was working his butt off while Harden was taking the first quarter off (either because we were on the road or because he wasn't interested because the plan was to get Dwight his touches early) and all the media fools who think they're analysts without watching a game were saying our slow starts were because of the twin towers and all the shallow-minded fake fans who have to spend all their time castigating somebody were just parroting the media fools who were repeating what they'd heard. We tried the twin towers and that didn't work out, but it worked out while everybody was buying into it.

Later, when Harden would bring the ball up and toss a weak pass to Howard 12 feet from the basket and Howard would try to take four or five or six or seven dribbles and shove his way in against a stacked defense while our wings spotted up and Asik stayed out of the way as ordered and Harden watched in total apathy awaiting the part of the game in which he could play offense - well, golly, it didn't work.

And who did people blame for that? Asik! Not Harden, standing there too bored to grow a beard. Not Howard, who was succeeding less than 30% of the time (it wasn't his fault) on his possessions, not Beverley and Lin and Parsons who were allowed to be part of the offense but never screened, cut, or even moved - just watching while showing a range of emotions ranging from disinterest to dread as Howard was forced into a turnover.

We were ONLY getting Howard his touches early and nobody else was playing offense and nobody except Howard and Asik were playing defense and nobody except Asik was boxing out. And, uh, we fell behind. And every fool who thought his opinion was something that had to be shared was blaming Asik, who, along with Howard, seemed to be the only player committed to trying to make things work.

Then Asik gets sick while every idiot child in the world is putting him down at the games, in the media, on the internet, and he gets depressed and for like, five days, gives in to his depression. He always works so hard, but everybody that should be pulling for him is treating him like crap, and he's sick, and, for a very short time, he stops putting out the effort.

Now you could still find about 11 Rockets on the team that have spent ten times as much time not putting forth the effort, but all the fake fans that have been treating him like crap because he's a great defensive player but not a great offensive player (on a team that's desperately looking for adequate defensive players) are now treating him like crap for getting depressed by the fact that everybody's treating him like crap.

So our guards finally get a little embarrassed by giving up an average of 2.7 points per possession to whoever the Reddick of the night happens to be, and having it mentioned more than a few times, and start playing like they have something to prove at the same time that the twin towers are scrapped, and then that's supposed to be proof that Asik was holding them down! I mean, because somebody is willing to stand around while people like Steve Blake and JJ Redick take just as many uncontested shots as will fit in a quarter of basketball, and then not even try to play offense either, apparently out of jealousy that Howard is the go-to guy at the start of the game, that's Asik's fault.

Now, Utah just rolled us in the dirt, mostly because of our lack of effort in the first quarter. That's the same reason we were getting rolled in the dirt in the first quarter earlier in the year - not because of the twin towers per se, but because of lack of effort. Lack of effort by Parsons, lack of effort by Lin, lack of effort by Harden, lack of effort by Harden, lack of effort by Harden, and lack of effort by Harden.

But the only person people want to b**** at about lack of effort was the guy who never gave up all last year and all through the tough times early this year. Until he got tired of everybody in the world b****ing about him and wanting him gone because they want to get some glory boy like Carmelo Anthony to come and wow us with his pretty moves while we lose games through lack of team play. Yeah, Asik showed some lack of resolve for about a week there.

Well, enough ranting. To put it more succintly, I detest the type of "fan" who is always looking to put some player down. And I'm annoyed as hell at the type of fan who is too dim to watch a basketball game and see who's boxing out and who's making defensive rotations and who's trying to play a team game, and who isn't - yet bleat some asinine opinion to the world as though it meant something - just because they get off on saying hateful things.
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BigMaloe · Dec 4, 2013

A New Age said: ↑

okay, because Hilarious thought there was some merit here, I took the liberty . . . lo and behold:
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Its weird, i still can't bring myself to read it. Maybe next time...

Akkuron · Dec 4, 2013

That's an excellent post. Thanks for splitting it into paragraphs, A New Age and thanks for taking the time to type it out, PuzzledFan.

I've also noticed that many people tend to do what you're describing a lot, not just in Asik's case. They'll just go for the most obvious thing they can point out, make a meme out of it and run it into the ground. Most people just seem to regurgitate what some sensationalist said or they'll read some actual decent analysis, then oversimplify it to the point of misinterpretation. Sometimes it really does seem that people are commenting without watching the games, or at least they have no idea what they're looking at. Oh well, I'm ranting without a point. I'll show myself out.

dznutz · Dec 4, 2013

rockets are evaluating the trade situation by not having lin and asik play for extended time and seeing if they team can adapt

SuperKev · Dec 4, 2013

hltiki said: ↑

ALright guys, DMO time!!!

He can play back up C and PF
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... yes, for the Rio Grande Vipers.

sweetcat · Dec 5, 2013

I don't think he's injured . There's something else going on...

conquistador#11 · Dec 5, 2013

they're dropping like flies. =( we need a medic!

vvade · Dec 5, 2013

Akkuron said: ↑

That's an excellent post. Thanks for splitting it into paragraphs, A New Age and thanks for taking the time to type it out, PuzzledFan.

I've also noticed that many people tend to do what you're describing a lot, not just in Asik's case. They'll just go for the most obvious thing they can point out, make a meme out of it and run it into the ground. Most people just seem to regurgitate what some sensationalist said or they'll read some actual decent analysis, then oversimplify it to the point of misinterpretation. Sometimes it really does seem that people are commenting without watching the games, or at least they have no idea what they're looking at. Oh well, I'm ranting without a point. I'll show myself out.
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Same here. It's the same people that say Dwight sucks because he is not an offensive juggernaut. Did these people watch the NBA before this season? This is the same Dwight Howard with a little better post game and little worse tip-in rebounds. We signed him for his defense, rebounds and blocks. If you didn't think he was overrated until we signed him because he isn't a reliable post scorer then that is your fault for having crazy expectations.

Asik and Howard is something that should be used. It's not something you start games with, because it gives teams days to plan for your biggest weapons. They snagged 40 rebounds on opening night. They can work, especially late in games when every rebound is extremely important and everyone is tired of hustling.

Z-Ro&Trae · Dec 5, 2013

Pretty sure Asik is gonna enjoy this week off away from the team.

ItalianRocket · Dec 5, 2013

Didn't watched the game,wasn't he sitting on the Bench?

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