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Rockets 2017 + Durant

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by Rocket River, Jun 5, 2017.

  1. Caesar

    Caesar Member

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    So you're saying were going to win the championship if we sign Rudy Gay?
     
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  2. Daddy Long Legs

    Daddy Long Legs H- Town Harden

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    i think we are golden states biggest threat over the next 3 years (barring crazy trades or free agent decisions)

    lebron will be a year older
    clippers will be older, worse
    spurs have manu retiring and tony injured. lma is on a downward trajectory

    I honestly believe that we are the biggest threat to golden state over the next 3 years.
     
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  3. Rocket River

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    This off season is about 2 things
    1. Consistency
    2. builting in more leeway

    1, We need EGO/ANDERSON/HARDEN/LOU to be consistent. We need to be able to simply pencil in numbers for them
    Say .. Anderson should give us no less than 10 pts - 7 rebounds a game . . EVERY GAME
    Ego - 13 3 and 3 Lou 13 3 and 3
    The disappearing acts or going stretches of the game without any one being hot has to stop

    2. We need to find more defense and offense - so if someone has an off night . .. plug someone in

    Special #3 - Dantoni has to use the extra help and not cut his bench in the play offs

    Rocket River
     
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  4. daywalker02

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    Ariza hasn't even sniffed much time at PF, maybe small ball.
     
  5. YOLO

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    I don't know man. Houston can't even beat SA without Kawhi leonard. Can't say I see us as being the biggest threat
     
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  6. Daddy Long Legs

    Daddy Long Legs H- Town Harden

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    Thats 1 game. Crazy stuff like that happens. We should be over it by now. We had the 3rd best record in the league last year.
     
  7. YOLO

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    it was also game 5
     
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    I wonder if the Cavs never came back to win the Finals last year, would Durant still have gone to GS?
     
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    because Westbrook didn't play like complete trash in the deciding game.
     
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    Two more things for Harden

    Practice to finish, he is so strong, I feel he can finish much better. Let's face the reality, referee called much less for those fouls in playoff.
    No ball watching defense, if he can only fight for 30 minutes, let it be 30.

    We all know he has been great, I feel he can still do much better.

     
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    Yeah Rox missed a chance to be swept by the Warriors.
     
  12. Liberon

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    Horry in reality is more of a 6'8 and a fraction listed at 6'10 since he was a bit shorter than 6'10 Hakeem. I'm willing to bet Ariza is better than 6'8 and probably taller than Horry as we speak.
     
  13. YOLO

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    and? that doesn't have anything to do with what happened in game 5 and game 6
     
  14. Caesar

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    Heights are all messed up throughout NBA history....there's no way you look at Giannis or Ben Simmons on a basketball court and think Hakeem is shorter or smaller than them....just no way. Way too many heights are exaggerated today with in shoes measurements. Even read an article about players wearing the biggest soles and also stuffing with socks to get taller measurements for their draft stock.

    NBA needs to go back to official barefoot heights like the 50 and 60s players but even then heights and weights were rarely updated. You've got massive players who will forever have their official height and weight at rookie size and now players have proper weight updates and that's where you get myths that LeBron is Karl Malone's size...bc people see Karl's rookie weight, but Karl Malone probably outweighed LeBron by 30lbs by his prime. More by his mid 30s.

    Even back in the day, you've got Jerry West officially listed at 6'1 when he himself says he's closer to 6'4 and photo evidence shows he's taller than 6'4 listed DWade and a bit shorter than 6'6 Kobe Bryant. Bill Russell is rounded down to 6'9, when he's just a hair short of 6'10 BAREFOOT and people say he was a midget, but that would place him at 7 ft in shoes by todays standards. Bill Walton was listed at 6'11 but he's as tall as 7'2 barefoot Kareem. Durant listed at 6'9, but clearly a legit 6'11 in shoes standing next 6'10.75 in shoes DeMarcus Cousins who gets his height rounded up to 6'11 and then people see Durant is slightly taller and call Durant a 7 footer.

    NBA measurements are a huge mess.
     

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