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    Amen Thompson is the Rockets' REAL franchise player

    The only players I have seen with this kind of athleticism and size are LeBron and young McGrady. It is incredible that his mental makeup is also...
    Post by: intergalactic, Jan 28, 2025 in forum: Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves
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    Greatest Overall Peak Seasons since 1996

    On the defending 3pters, tksense said it well. The logic for 3pters being worth is that they are further away and in principle more difficult. But...
    Post by: intergalactic, Jan 3, 2025 in forum: NBA Dish
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    Isiah Thomas says the NBA is a bad product now

    This is spot on. In any competitive video game, when the game is "solved" it gets patched. A common goal is to make multiple strategies viable, to...
    Post by: intergalactic, Jan 3, 2025 in forum: NBA Dish
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    Greatest Overall Peak Seasons since 1996

    Nice post. The biggest other difference from the Jordan era is the no-hand check rule. Without that rule, Curry would top out at a Reggie Miller...
    Post by: intergalactic, Jan 3, 2025 in forum: NBA Dish
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    Jabari Smith Jr. is the Rockets' franchise player

    From a team construction perspective, it is uncommon to build around 3-4 core players. Teams typically build around 2 top players with star...
    Post by: intergalactic, Nov 27, 2024 in forum: Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves
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    Jabari Smith Jr.

    Chet is obviously way better than Bari, but that is another unusual injury. I have never heard of another NBA player fracturing their hip. His...
    Post by: intergalactic, Nov 11, 2024 in forum: Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves
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    Amen Thompson - Point [Forward or Guard?]

    Ball just had nasty form in college. So people were skeptical he could maintain it without changing his form, and that turned out to be correct. I...
    Post by: intergalactic, Aug 28, 2024 in forum: Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves
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    Rockets acquire Suns picks, return Nets picks to Brooklyn

    Some random speculation on why we didn't get more. -Although the knicks/ nets and nets/rox trades appeared to be contingent, it was not announced...
    Post by: intergalactic, Jun 26, 2024 in forum: Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves
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    Rockets acquire Suns picks, return Nets picks to Brooklyn

    True, those are good points.
    Post by: intergalactic, Jun 26, 2024 in forum: Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves
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    Rockets acquire Suns picks, return Nets picks to Brooklyn

    It's not a zero-sum game. I do agree the Rockets could have probably extracted more, but our goal should be to maximize our return, not to "win"...
    Post by: intergalactic, Jun 26, 2024 in forum: Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves
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    Rockets acquire Suns picks, return Nets picks to Brooklyn

    You and I both know that "High chance at a generational talent" is wishful thinking. Unless the Nets intentionally threw every game (which ticket...
    Post by: intergalactic, Jun 26, 2024 in forum: Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves
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    Rockets acquire Suns picks, return Nets picks to Brooklyn

    While I get the critique of not extracting more from Brooklyn, he did get additional hidden value, namely an identical leverage play on Phx in a...
    Post by: intergalactic, Jun 26, 2024 in forum: Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves
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    Rockets acquire Suns picks, return Nets picks to Brooklyn

    Yea, I think this is the essential question -- did the Rockets squeeze Brooklyn hard enough? The trade is a net positive for all 3 teams, but we...
    Post by: intergalactic, Jun 26, 2024 in forum: Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves
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    Rockets acquire Suns picks, return Nets picks to Brooklyn

    There are lotto teams and there are lotto teams. If Brooklyn doesn't choose to tank, there is absolutely no way they will be worse than Detroit,...
    Post by: intergalactic, Jun 26, 2024 in forum: Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves
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    Can Green become Edwards?

    Strength helps you get easy shots. Compare with Luka, who is a good, though not unusual pure shooter. Yet Luka always gets a good look because he...
    Post by: intergalactic, May 29, 2024 in forum: Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves