ClutchFans Game Thread: Lakers @ Rockets 1/12/2021

If you dont think Harden is throwing games so he can push that narrative I got a bridge to sell you.

 

Harden is part OF THAT.

 

Oh, I know that, but given that he's chosen to be a pathetic diva about it, not much anyone can do about it. It is what it is. Things won't magically fix themselves.

 

Wait, you think teams get those kinds of opportunities in spades?

 

It's funny when you see something you predicted would happen and people were calling you a hater and now even though you see it right there people will still dont want to see it. We all knew Harden was not going to give this team his best shot anyone who says otherwise is delusional. He wants to leave this was the plan from the start.

 

Wood makes this team terrible defensively. He doesn't really rebound. He doesn't have the IQ to defend well, and a lot of the time, he doesn't put in the effort to defend. What's the point of empty points?

 

I did as well. Got home with my son and he asked if I was going to put the game back on (we were watching somewhere else) and said nope put Cobra Kai on.

 

I need a Report to ask Silas . .. WHY ARE YOU STARTING Nwaba
along with PJ

On Offense is is near 3 on 5
If Wood is launching 3s . . .it is now 2 on 5

Rocket River

 

No I don’t think he’s throwing games. And there really is no way to know for sure because this team is so trash that you can’t really tell what the problem is. Tell me how did this team look when Harden was off the floor? Was he still bringing them down from the bench? His “energy” caused the team to look complely trash when he’s off the floor? It’s possible that he is not trying. But then I really wish this team could actually show out and make him look foolish otherwise. The stats show that Harden only lineups are out best and Wall lineups are our worst. If the rest of the team and the coach looked good while Harden is bad it’s one thing but this.....this is man idk. Y’all wanted the player ball moving. It’s not like Luka is out here making those Dallas guys look like respectable NBA players they ARE respectable nba players.

 

Replace new head coach, Buyout some unuseful players, Upgrade small forward and power forward for starters in the market. Sign back Gerald Green and some previous strong players like Michael Beasley and Kenneth Faried.

 

Start Tate instead of Nwaba............we need that energizer at the start of the games

 

Wood is a better 3 point shooter than his season percentage says. Hit 2 of 5 today. I expect that his percentages will wise

 

wow

 

I like that positivity!

Spoiler

ps i stopped watching after the 1 qtr

 

He's going to get even more used to it here in H-Town.

It's actually amazing when you sit back and think, just how quickly Tilman Fertitta has absolutely ruined this franchise. I mean it's unheard of how efficient he has been at dismantling this organisation.

 

I actually came back in the 3rd and 4th.

 

sucks the most is that Harden has no balls. No pride.

He let Lebron mock and ridicule his team without an answer. He allowed the Lakers to play "I bet you dont hit it" with Lebron taking trick shots and making them only to have his team mob him as he goes down the court.

That sht is foul. Glad Boogie almost took out his eye.

 

Guys, I think this was the last game of Harden's career in a Rockets uniform.

 

If there were fans at the game, would the lakers have done that after lebrons shot? Up that much? Fans would have lost it.

I think that hurts hardens game. He plays as much for the love of the game as for the attention and praise of the moment. A lot of players need that extra motivation. We needed those fans last night and the game before. Because we don’t have the talent to match the lakers, we need anything we can get.