Lawson is playing like a worst Lin from 2 years ago. He needs to come off the bench and run the 2nd unit.
The Rockets play their best when Harden goes beast mode and hits crazy miraculous shots. Like I said before the game Harden will go cold sometimes. We need to be organized better in order to win without him, that's not going to happen with Mchale. The Warriors can win without Curry, The Spurs can win without Lamarcus Aldridge, the Cavs likely could still win without Lebron if Irving wasn't hurt. We cannot win without Harden scoring 30 and its becoming embarrassing.
If the Nets are 1-15 in a couple of weeks. Then we have serious problems. Beating a 0-7 team isn't Rocket Science. We were up more than 10 points and we couldn't close out. Brooklyn didn't win this game we gave it to them. I wanted to know what Harden was getting at Capela for in the second quarter.
They were up double digits twice. Rockets always do this, even last year. They would get up a bunch of points and give up the lead like 2mins later I think they believe that the first to a 10 point lead wins or something.
I have faith we'll eventually turn things around but it's frustrating too watch this regression from last year.
It's pretty clear to me having watched all of our games so far, the biggest difference is not having DMo has a post option. With him down there, we've got a post game and opens up a lot for our perimeter guys. Can't blame James for this. Dwight's been playing well. Ty... he's honestly been a disappointment. He's playing tentatively and not shooting well.
all i recall is the bench coming in on the 3Q and blowing a ten point lead in the matter of 2 min. game over after that.
Thornton is our 2nd best creator, not Ty which shouldn't be the case. This offensive freedom is something getting used to for Ty I guess because he was getting great numbers on a horrible Nuggets team last year. If McHale cannot get the best out of Harden and Ty soon, he needs to go!! I don't think McHale will take us anywhere great, but I'd like to see how we do once roles are set and Ty starts to blossom. Not sure that will happen with Harden & McHale though.
Lawson isn't the problem. Harden handles the ball more than him. That shouldn't be the case. I hate seeing the offense wait until there's less than ten seconds left to finally do something.
Greatly disappointing, no urgency or plan. The players need to dig themselves out of this dark hole as soon as possible.
you would have to say this about every pg that plays with harden. i think the worst thing the rockets are doing is lying to themselves. as soon as we accept that harden is our pg can only be our pg, the better off we will be.
That was embarrassing to watch. The way the Nets were dominating the boards...especially in the first half when it seemed like we couldn't get a rebound. My opinion is we don't have enough height on our team beyond Dwight and Clint. We are only really suited for small ball imo and will always struggle against big lineups. And, our defense sucks donkey balls.
Thats the kind of immature garbage that will cost a team home court. Home court matters. Of the four major sports home advantage means more in the NBA than the other three. You just can't piss away games like this. You are going to lose to chumps. Every team does. Only the very special don't such as the 70 win bulls or last year GSW. But we are not those teams. I did think we would threaten 60 wins. We still may. If we can get DMO back like he was when he went down and chemistry can be built with Lawson we could get on a roll that allows for only 22 losses. But that means only losing 18 more. Tall order. Maybe the rockets need some poster board material. Something to piss them off because they are in a coma right now.
I got home late from work & was going to watch the replay...I accidentally saw the score & thought 'heck no! This must be a joke...' How embarrassing...it's these losses to bottom feeders that may cost us Home Court & a possible Championship. That's 2 already...loses to teams that are built to tank!!!
The other four guys trend to just stand around and watch Dwight/Capela try to get the rebound. Even TJ when he's playing. Smoove had a ton of faults, but his effort was always there. I miss that.
home court is an advantage but its not as important as you make it seem. If you're trying to win it all, you have to be able to win on the road period
Bring Lawson off the bench, and let him run the 2nd unit. Is that change really all that revolutionary? I mean, it's worth a shot, isn't it?
