ClutchFans Game Thread: Rockets @ Timberwolves 3/27/2021

Even the worst team in NBA looking down their noses at the Rockets.

This is not the rep Rockets want to take into off season with.

 

Sad.

 

When you lose and have so many injuries, that's the impression you will have. We need a top notch player out of the upcoming draft for starters.

 

His jumper is looking smoother with some arc on it. If he can build on that and learn how to play defense, it will be huge for us.

 

This is rich coming from a guy who’s team has a worse record than us. Malik Beasley is delusional

 

This is my favorite rockets player and hopefully for a long time to come. rooting for you to figure it all out !

 

missed the game. did tank win?

 

Unfortunately not. KO and KPJ don't believe in tanking.

 

So our veterans basically are too good for us to lose, how much of a problem is this? I'm seriously wondering. Only losing is also not the best for young guys' confidence, but we do want the highest chance at a pick. I think it's funny we got Augustin now, when I've always considered him solid enough to be a veteran who can help out a contender with some minutes here and there.

 

fuuuuu... stone need to get them on injured list

 

He's nice. It's too bad Stone is not a pompous narcissist where he's self proclaiming to be the smartest GM in order for casuals to give him credit. On the contrary, casuals are bashing him for not getting enough for Oladipo who is a massive addition by subtraction

 

It would be a bigger problem if we played Minnesota every night. Fortunately, we have a hard schedule coming up, with games against real teams that are trying to win. I don’t think Kelly O and DJ Augustin are going to be carrying us to very many wins against playoff teams.

 

i'll say it again. KPJ IS THE REAL ****ING DEAL

 

We got a believer in Beasley though!

 

They are run-of-the-mill role players, and the Rockets remaining schedule will make it easy for them to tank. The Rockets have three games remaining against the Clippers; two each remaining against the Jazz, Bucks, Suns and Nuggets; they have one game remaining against the Nets, 76ers, Blazers, Mavericks, Lakers (in late May when LeBron and Davis should be healthy), Celtics and Heat. The Rockets will be heavy underdogs in all 18 of those games even at full strength.

The other eight games are against the Knicks, Grizzlies, Hawks, Pacers, Wolves, Magic and the Warriors (twice). So, the Rockets have two reasonable opportunities to win games (Wolves and Magic), and they might stumble into a couple of wins against the Knicks, Hawks, Grizzlies, Warriors, Pacers and Heat if they play really well.

They are likely going to win 4 or 5 more games the rest of the season, based on the difficulty of their schedule.

 

The last jumper was a very nice one. The kid is making progress!

 

hey who saw it coming way back when huh? huh?
- you did big guy! So did a few others.

this kid is drizzled honey butter! Mmm mmm.

 

Olynyk was born to play on the Rockets. He is going to help the system, believe it or not. Hopefully we don't play him at stretch 5, or maybe that's the tank blueprint.

Nice to see Martin Jr giving us one young highlight per game. Still not sold on Porter Jr, I would like to see a couple of games in a row before singing his praises.