Ty Lawson traded to the Rockets!

Posted by instagram sensation, Johnny Stephene's aka dribble2much. Not sure if this has been posted, but meh.

A little Cameo by Ty...Good to see that Ty's in good spirits and hopefully he's been getting work done with Stephene.


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I remember when Harden first arrived he use to consistently post about the Rockets.

 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Lawson (150) &amp; Harden (96) ranked 1st &amp; 2nd in assists on drives, via <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SportVU?src=hash">#SportVU</a>. Harden 1st w/ 636 points on drives: <a href="http://t.co/1w956Mj5WE">http://t.co/1w956Mj5WE</a></p>&mdash; John Schuhmann (@johnschuhmann) <a href="https://twitter.com/johnschuhmann/status/629351009584852992">August 6, 2015</a></blockquote>
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I'm so ****ing excited

We are a solid team. Ty makes us a nasty team

 

Need to find some good 3 point shooters IMO. There will be a ton of kickouts that the team needs to do a better job of knocking down.

 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Rockets GM Daryl Morey: Ty Lawson 'getting the help he needs'

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#1 & #2 on team PPG on drives

if Trevor has cement on his ankles in the corners, we'll be just fine

 

Ty Lawson sucks in NBA2k. I prefer Pat Bev in the game

 

I always beast with Ty. Defense is pretty bad though since he's so tiny.

 

I think he meant drunk life

 

Just wait til he pulls an Aldon Smith.

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"One of my favorite high school basketball stories involves Ty Lawson. He was in high school at Oak Hill Academy with Michael Beasley, and the two of them had a bet to see who could sign their name on the most school property. But Lawson knew there was a line. “Ty was smarter than I was,” Beasley remembered in 2008. “He’d sign on bedposts and places that wouldn’t get him in trouble. I signed staplers, ceilings, doors, water fountains, bathroom stalls. Everywhere.”

It culminated when Beasley had a meeting with school officials to discuss his commitment to staying out of trouble. The next day, they noticed Beasley’s signature on the principal’s car.

Beasley won the bet. He also got kicked out of school."

Andrew Sharp - Grantland

 

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Finally got around to watching his highlight video posted on the front page and wow, I can't wait to see him play.

This is such an exciting time to be a Rockets fan!

 

your boy Curry is gonna have to play defense when playing the rockets this year, we'll see how good he really is

 

Curry / Livingston > Lawson / Beverley
Harden > Thompson
Ariza / Brewer = Barnes / Iggy
Green / Speights > TJones / DMo
Dwight / Capela > Bogut / Ezeli

We should have the advantage playing big, and GSW probably has the advantage playing small. Neither team has huge holes that the other can consistently exploit, though I would say that PF is somewhat of a concern for Houston.

From a high level view, GSW lacks tradable assets to improve their team while Houston has several young players on cheap contracts.

 

you think Speights is better than DMO?

 

That's the problem, we can't match up Dmo on Green when they go small. Dmo will give him buckets in the post but Green will give him fits at the 3pt line. So our small ball lineup of

Ty vs Curry
James vs Thompson
Ariza vs. Barnes
Brewer vs Iggy

Dmo vs. Green (We are in trouble unless Dmo really torches them in the post, because Dmo's D on the perimeter sucks)