Your posts have been painful to read. Back to old DD, freaking out over nothing. Posting that this team is the favorite to now our chemistry is destroyed in the span of a few days. And insulting people who disagree with you. Just ridiculous. Our chemistry is not destroyed from adding one player who's the third or fourth option. That's insane. Cite an example from history.
I like him even more now. I think we just need to give these players a little more time before we can firmly say one thing or another. 3 games is such a small sample size and those that say look at his career as a whole well this is a different team with different players, coaches, and situation. Let's give it a little more than 3 games before we truly see if Smith fits here.
Honestly besides tonight josh smith isn't looking bad. How msny times have we seen dwight score like 5-8 points. Josh smith looked good debut and his second game was still alright. Regardless of his offense he still brings defense and rebounding. Tonight he didn't look swell but 2-5 and 1-6 c'mon you act like he's pulling a Kobe. He's just trying to fit in end if story. Bad game last night but I'm not to concerned.
You and I watch the game entirely differently - we clearly like different styles of play - I doubt we would agree much on anything other than wanting the team to win. It's cool though, I know you care about the Rockets - as do I. We just think completely differently. DD
Lowry- career backup Brooks- alpha dog Jordan Hill- THE MAN Budinger- White Mamba Langhi- future of the Rockets Von Wafer- elite athlete Morey- makes too moves (nevermind that this team is as good as ever since his tenure began) Les- cheap and won't spend money
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>"I hope they fail miserably at integrating Josh Smith into their team." - Mark Cuban to <a href="https://twitter.com/GottliebShow">@GottliebShow</a></p>— Adam Klug (@Adam_Klug) <a href="https://twitter.com/Adam_Klug/status/550037072183316480">December 30, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Nothing wrong with disagreeing. But you don't have to call my posts painful to read. Not necessary imo. We do sometimes agree. I agreed with you when you said we might be the favorites. I also agreed that trading Lowry was the right move, Ariza is bad on offense, and DMo is a good post player. And I like Papa too.
He had one good game, one mediocre game, and one terrible game. Hard to make any snap judgments about how he will look when he is fully integrated with such a small sample size.
Of course he does. But he has his hands full with Rondo. He gave up WAY more for Rondo than we gave up for Smith. Cuban gave up a very solid backup big and guard. We gave up $2 million. He can't bench Rondo. That would be a disaster. If we bench Josh, we just go back to what we had before. I'm really not sure how that team is gonna work. Monta was running the offense and Parsons was the third option. Now Rondo is running it and their max player is their 4th option! How can that work?
If you or anyone is worried about DMOs confidence then I don't want DMO when the cards are on the table in the playoffs, he can't be that mentally weak IMO.
So much missing context - and one side, let it go, man. I apologize. Good to know, it just seems that you and I are contrarians on most things - and I attribute that to you liking a certain style of ball to what I enjoy. I could be off, but it reads to me like you value defense more than offense and I am on the other side of that coin. DD
Not necessarily. I am on board with Morey's philosophy of getting star players and surrounding them with guys at good value. At first efficient players like KMart or Carl Landry were undervalued. Teams didn't look at true shooting or getting to the line too much. Inefficient chuckers were overpaid. I loved the Kmart move. And of course the Harden move, which was all about offense. Now things have gone the other way, and offensive playmakers like Parsons and Gordon Hayward are way overvalued while defensive guys like Ariza are undervalued. I'll agree with you again when the Rockets start winning. Then your thread about the Rockets being favorites will prove correct.
Just my general impression, not having actually having talked to or met with the guy. But he seems to really thrive off his own confidence, and you can visibly see the body language deteriorate when he can't get it going. He's still got a lot of upside and has capitalized on some of it this year, so we have to find a way to utilize that.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Josh Smith after Rockets practice today: "I think I am thinking a little too much and no letting my basketball instincts kick in."</p>— Jenny Dial Creech (@jennydialcreech) <a href="https://twitter.com/jennydialcreech/status/550047908767096833">December 30, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Rockets practiced today after a back to back (very rare to do so). It was a long practice and players said they simulated game speed.</p>— Jenny Dial Creech (@jennydialcreech) <a href="https://twitter.com/jennydialcreech/status/550048020981481473">December 30, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Agree with both you and Mr. Clutch. Adding players with players coming back from injuries takes time to work in, I'm glad where the Rockets are at though, it's a lot better than having no bench.
It's so obvious this is exactly what he's doing. He just has to settle in, I'll give it around 10 games before I judge the signing. He can be very good on this team.
