LOLz. How often do we not make trades during the offseason? The system is fine, we just need another playmaker and for Ariza to shoot better than he did the last time he wore a Rockets jersey.
Except we had the best offense heading into round 2. The Clippers simply negate the areas we are good at as the Mavs couldn't do it. It's called matchups and it's what the modern NBA is about. We have sucked against the Clippers for the past 4 seasons in their contender era while we have had the Spurs number in the Harden era.
Nice thread. Moreyball needs to be thrown in a fire and never heard from again. Its a gimmick. Some choose to ignore this, but its fact. The Clippers are getting shots a variety of ways. We have one play we run every time down court smh
The Mavs were an anomoly...an imploding team with dire chemistry issues led by a 38 year old fossil and an injured guy they paid a max contract to. So if your idea of a favorable matchup is a fragmenting 7-8th seed team for all 4 rounds...you may be correct!!! Funny you bring up matchups...what was our record vs the Blazers in the regular season and the playoffs last year...were they a bad matchup too? What about the clippers this season...I think it was 2-2...so yea we match up terribly with them...so bad that we don't even look like an NBA team in 3 out of the 4 games. And yes, the RS is different from the PS...which is why the gimmick offense works before mid April.... like every damn yr. You don't strike me as someone that is mentally impaired, which is why I question your posting. Any team that clogs the paint and slightly rushes us off the 3 pt line will shut down our offense. Know why Harden couldn't drive and looked so clueless? Its because of that. Know why all we could do was jack up 3s? Its because of that. It doesn't take a genius to figure out a team with no gameplan. Thats when the GM resorts to things like ...."the game was a coinflip" etc to ignore things like execution.
If the rockets are going to continue this strategy of chunking threes they need to go out and get a guy like Kyle Korver or JJ Redick.
2 words: Damage Control Moreyball sucks, period. This is the SAME offense we been running since Morey got rid of Adelman and handpicked Kevin McHale. Its a gimmick & poor rip off from Rick Adelman's previous system (which actually was successful). Look, Morey's the best regular season GM in the NBA. If you're looking for regular season success Daryl Morey's your guy. But you won't EVER be a contender under Moreyball. Its too predictable. Performances like this Clippers series will make it even harder to lure players here next year. Who would want to play for a system with absolutely no plays?
Moreyball is reducing the number of midrange jumpers since they're not as efficient. Clearly, it's benefited Houston. There's nothing about Moreyball that suggests coaches shouldn't call plays and shouldn't put their players in a position to succeed. It's like you're trying to suggest McHale only sucks as a coach because Morey asked him to suck.
Some of y'all don't get it... Moreyball isn't the problem. 3's, free throws, and layups as a strategy is sound, but McHale's plays and offensive system don't generate the 3's and layups easily, and we don't have the personnel with the skill sets needed to generate these at an efficient clip.
Moreyball is predictable in the same way that you know Peyton Manning is going to throw the ball 80% of the time but you can't do much about it because of the talent. Moreyball works through brute force if you have a guy like Harden surrounded by 3 38% 3pt shooters. The problem is our offensive game plan is too predictable, McHale does not adjust well on both ends of the court, and lots of our players seem to tighten up under the pressure, as evidenced by lots of bad shots and turnovers. The Rockets had this problem last season as well in the sense that their offensive scheme was way too predictable. I'm not too worried about the Rockets talent/Moreyball since they got the 2nd seed without being healthy and Morey should make some acquisitions over the summer/fall. I am worried about the coaching, as McHale looked completely clueless for much of this series.
The rockets are basically doing the equivalent of Earl Boykins trying to develop a post game and play down low. The rockets don't have good shooters. They don't have a good system to get nice looks. Yet still chuck the 3 ball like they've gone insane and are trying to convince themselves that there is no other way to play. This is painful to watch. There is no reason such a poor shooting team should be shooting more 3s than the best 3pt shooting duo in NBA history.
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It's time for chris finch to take out his copy of adelman's playbook. He ran it his first year as the Vipers coach when they won the dleague. His great Britain national team ran a lot of passing plays. Our guys are ice cold from 3. Time to coach something else.
I didn't even realize this post was a year old till I got to number 4. Not saying the concept of moreyball needs to go, but get more fitting talent and better coaching, this team's issues are like a broken record.
