ClutchFans Game Thread: Knicks @ Rockets 11/21/2015

Harden doesn't even really try on defense.

 

I'd trade Dwight for Kristaps

 

Harden doesn't give any effort defensively. It is so bad.

He just let Afflalo drive all the way to the hoop on that little 5 foot fadeaway. Just gross.

 

Is it talent?? If it effort?? Why are we so bad??! Almost the same roster from last year.

 

How was that not a moving screen on Afflalo's last shot? WTF was that?

 

Really awful, whoever he's guarding lit up

 

Effort, execution, and coaching.

 

He's guarding a 7'3 player.

 

harden is softer than dwight

 

Ugh how is Harden so LAZY.

 

Everyone is improving, but Harden is just walking around. Very Tracy McGrady like this season.

 

And the Knicks will LOL at you and hang up.

 

not playing lawson more this quarter is a mistake. can't rely on harden to create every single play, and terry has been MIA on both ends

 

I've defended Harden throughout the season but he deserves to get bashed after his first half today. Seems like the fake hustle only lasted two games. He's back to ballwatching and jogging back on D. J.B needs to discipline him.

And Jones is the worst power forward in the League. Thanks Morey.

 

harden has bubble butt. maybe its affecting his defense.

 

I swear to God, Harden has to change if he's going to keep on being the cornerstone of the franchise.

 

It'll get better once Dmo gets back....but Rockets have to win games like these. Bad Knicks team?...you have to dominate!

 

Is that an excuse? TJ gets lit up all the time by jump shooters.

 

Not at all. Bev, D-Mo, and Howard were 3 of our starters. And we had people like Canaan kicking ass (well, at least in the Sacramento game I saw last year). The bench is worse w/o Canaan and Josh Smith. Our bench is very bad. Lawson is completely under-performing. All we got from last year, consistently, is Harden, Jones, and Ariza. And that team aint' a playoff team. A starting 5 of Harden, Beverley, D-Mo, Howard and Jones- with a bench of a normal Lawson and Capela and a halfway-decent Brewer and Terry? That's a playoff team that can contend.

We fans are dealing with the same **** we've had to deal with in the Yao-T-Mac era. Injuries. ****ing injuries. I don't mind one here and there, but ****, does Beverley have to get injured every other ****ing game? And D-Mo? And Howard can't play back-to-back?

IS IT TOO MUCH TO ASK FOR A ****ING REASONABLY INJURY-FREE SEASON?????????????????

 

So many players fall for pump fakes in the NBA, always looking for the block