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Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by Imanimal, Feb 6, 2020.

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ApacheWarrior said: ↑

Yes, it’s the Warriors model of the “Hampton-5”

Last year the Warriors made it to the finals while playing Bogut 12 minutes (Cousins addition was an anomaly because he was a unique center-3 pt shooter/scorer)

The year before (winning a championship) MeGee played about 19 minutes a game and Pachulia 14 minutes. Playing
whoever was being effective.

You have 6’9” Looney in the mix (Caboclo is 6’9”) and Jordan Bell (6’8”). We will use Caboclo in this same capacity.
Capela was ineffective vs the Warriors last year in the PO’s and it opened the Rockets (brass) eyes to the matter.....problem
was Capela gets paid too much to just sit down. Caboclo does not get paid so much if ineffective and we can easily just sit him. Bruno has a blk% of 5.4% this year while Capela is 4.8% (3.9% last year).

Now they have Draymond Green.....we have Tucker.

They had 5-all-stars......we do not.

Tonight’s game vs the number 1 Lakers was a good example of big usage. MeGee only got 15 minutes. D-12 only 4 minutes. In theory the Rockets will give up many 2’s near the rim for 3’s. So AD can go off on 2’s as long as the
Rockets hot 3’s. In the 15-20 minutes of big center play the Warriors would try to get a defensive presence and
then let the road runners run off with the game. Rockets will try to emulate the same recipe.

Only, D’Antoni would rather have more guards.....I would rather have one less guard and one or two more SF’s.

Again in theory, “you can run the Bigs off the court in today’s game.....just need SF’s to help defend better
in the post than SG/PG’s in my opinion.” I’m not a fan of guards giving up such easy points near the rim.
SF’s do it better (interior defense).

Just one mans humble opinion
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Great post

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coyotetex said: ↑

The best part was Barkley trying to explain how the Rockets can't win unless one of their superstars plays good every single night.

Davis put up 32 / 13 and Lebron put up 18 / 15 / 9 -- and the Lakers lost by 10 to a Rockets team where Harden shot 3 for 10. So apparently, if the Rockets have one superstar play well, they can beat the Lakers when both of their stars play well.

Kenny thinks that telling the two defenders in the corners to never leave their man is a winning strategy. Like Harden and WB won't carve up any team where they are playing 3 on 3 with nobody in the lane.

Just stupid.
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I love how right after Charles tried saying that, Ernie immediately stated how Harden shot 3 for 10 this game. Charles immediately tried to change the subject.

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League better be careful laughing with it's mouth all open, Rockets might just decide to shove a c*ck in their mouth like they did tonight.

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ApacheWarrior said: ↑

Yes, it’s the Warriors model of the “Hampton-5”

Last year the Warriors made it to the finals while playing Bogut 12 minutes (Cousins addition was an anomaly because he was a unique center-3 pt shooter/scorer)

The year before (winning a championship) MeGee played about 19 minutes a game and Pachulia 14 minutes. Playing
whoever was being effective.

You have 6’9” Looney in the mix (Caboclo is 6’9”) and Jordan Bell (6’8”). We will use Caboclo in this same capacity.
Capela was ineffective vs the Warriors last year in the PO’s and it opened the Rockets (brass) eyes to the matter.....problem
was Capela gets paid too much to just sit down. Caboclo does not get paid so much if ineffective and we can easily just sit him. Bruno has a blk% of 5.4% this year while Capela is 4.8% (3.9% last year).

Now they have Draymond Green.....we have Tucker.

They had 5-all-stars......we do not.

Tonight’s game vs the number 1 Lakers was a good example of big usage. MeGee only got 15 minutes. D-12 only 4 minutes. In theory the Rockets will give up many 2’s near the rim for 3’s. So AD can go off on 2’s as long as the
Rockets hot 3’s. In the 15-20 minutes of big center play the Warriors would try to get a defensive presence and
then let the road runners run off with the game. Rockets will try to emulate the same recipe.

Only, D’Antoni would rather have more guards.....I would rather have one less guard and one or two more SF’s.

Again in theory, “you can run the Bigs off the court in today’s game.....just need SF’s to help defend better
in the post than SG/PG’s in my opinion.” I’m not a fan of guards giving up such easy points near the rim.
SF’s do it better (interior defense).

Just one mans humble opinion
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As I said earlier, we are one more Convington away from being as good as any team out there if we are sticking with this system till the end.

I do not have confidence in House and Sefolosha.

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fallenphoenix said: ↑

we'll see who gets the last laugh
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Looks like we did although after the win the TNT crew hardly gave the Rockets any credit... real shocker.

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Lol, oh... TNT, I didn't watch the post game show because it'll be what the Lakers did wrong. With that said, I was happy Houston made a move. I liked Capela but this is going to allow the Rockets to go full speed, and I think with Capela he'd have a hard time in the playoffs again. With the small ball it should open the paint more.

They just need to run the bigs off the court and keep the defense guessing on who to double. I'd also rather have a team warming up or getting hot towards the end of the season (which I'm hoping we'll see).

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I'm having a lot of fun reading nba reddit. A lakers fan actually drank his own piss after the Rox won lol.

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Can the doubters on the first page of this thread please come back and provide a statement? Crickets everywhere. Own up to your **** takes.

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diehardrockets said: ↑

Now I'm laughing at the TNT crew trying to come up with explanations for how they were so wrong about this game. "But what about when they face Gobert? Or Jokic? How are they going to face those big guys?" What about this game against Anthony Davis and the rest of their bigger lineup that they were saying is the best in the league and there was no way we would beat them in even one game? I love proving these guys wrong
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Can't wait to see Gobert get his easy dunk 50% of the time while getting stripped the other 50% by hands quicker than Capela's.

Then watching him try to defend these guys on the perimeter will be a hoot.

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I loved the ROCO trade from the get go. Let them laugh, let all the "rocket fans" that threatened to leave go... I'll just enjoy my team.

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We saw an improvement in ball movement and defensive intensity. The rockets were a joy to watch.
Now that small ball is in place, it is straight-up defense by committee. EVERYONE is responsible.

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topfive said: ↑

Can't wait to see Gobert get his easy dunk 50% of the time while getting stripped the other 50% by hands quicker than Capela's.

Then watching him try to defend these guys on the perimeter will be a hoot.
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We also literally played them 3 games ago with a small lineup and Eric Gordon dabbed all over them without WB and Harden.

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As the saying goes: those who laughs last, laughs best.

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Was really impressed with the over all team D, they all hustle and bodied up more, Harden and Russ gave up a few 3s to Danny G in the first half but were solid in the second half big time. Lots of active hands and RoCo was a smiler at the end of the game sealing it for them, was super impressed we pretty much lead most of the game after LA form that early lead in the first few mins, they never lead by more than 5 after that I believe which is awesome !!! This may work better than I thought, MDA and Morey are geniuses after all ... maybe

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Imagine how many drafts Bleacher Report, Yahoo NBA, etc had to delete tonight.

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