ClutchFans Game Thread: Warriors @ Rockets 5/1/2021

Yeah, that's fair. Also, it's easy to stick with a loser when you already have won some titles with them.

But Houston stood by Harden as well, they traded for him when he was a sixth man and recognized that he was a generational talent, molded their playing style and their culture to best fit him, went after pretty much every top free agent, and managed to get some of them to play with him. I'm not sure what else they could have done to support him, other than draft better, and maybe a little bit more luck.

 

Aw, nuts!

 

I really don't think the difference is as great as you think in terms of "blowout quarters". We get blown out in all the quarters in various games. I'm fairly sure we get blown out by 10+ in the 2nd quarter as much as we do in the 3rd quarter, if not more. We pretty much suck in most quarters.

 

Our weaknesses have been badly exposed.

 

Hmm no.

Warriors offered Bucks pick for their choice of Curry or Ellis for Bogut, and they chose Ellis.

 

if you’re still watching this sorry team play on a Friday or Saturday night then



I checked the final score, let out a Kawhi laugh, and then went on about my night

 

And came in here to post about it ...

 

Curry carried against Porter Junior.

 

Listened to the radio broadcast and had a blast every single time "Mulder" did something there was an X-files reference.
Thanks for making the second half blow out more enjoyable. You the realz MVPs.

 

@Little Bit

I went back and looked to see how many times we lost a quarter by 10 or more points during the season and it looks like it happened 10 times in the 1st qtr, 15 times in the 2nd, 12 times in the 3rd, and 9 in the 4th thru the Warriors game yesterday. Feel free to correct if I'm wrong.

 

Semantics.

Golden State is the only franchise Curry played for. Houston lucked into Harden (who didn’t really want to come here ,at first, by his own admission).

Two VERY different scenarios.

 

You’re arguing a point I didn’t make. All I said was the relationship between Curry and Golden State is different than the one between Harden and Houston.

 

I would argue that this it is due to a larger extent to the differences between Harden and Curry as individuals than it is due to the differences between the way the Rockets (under the old ownership) and the Warriors did business. No doubt both teams suck now because they went for broke to maximize the years of their generational talents, (James and Curry), and now both are paying the price. Once things got bad, one of these two generational talents chose to bail, the other one chose (at least up to now) to stick it out with his team through the bad times.

 

That may be true, but deeper connection, stood by him, no, none of that is true.

 

The Rockets change in ownership and GMs is a huge variable to ignore. Would Curry stay under similar circumstances? Who knows. But it's all academic. What's done is done and can't be undone. Tilman destroyed this franchise in just a few seasons and the Rockets will be bottom dwellers for the foreseeable future.

 

Reality shows us something different. Harden, Morey, Tad Brown are all gone and this franchise is going nowhere fast.