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ClutchFans Game Thread: Rockets @ Pelicans 10/12/2023 (Preseason)

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by Clutch, Oct 12, 2023.

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  1. Dr of Dunk

    Dr of Dunk Clutch Crew

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    OMG... How did Hinton even get up from that fall. He landed on his ass and BOUNCED.
     
    #681 Dr of Dunk, Oct 12, 2023
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    This team is DEEP!
     
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    Dankstronaut Way, way out here.

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    Wow that's pretty witty.

    Maybe you should go directly to Udoka and tell him that you don't appreciate the veteran culture of defense, accountability and making the right plays that just crushed a division rival and that you enjoyed watching teenagers win 20 games a year. I bet he'll listen and start Cam immediately.
     
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    We look like a legit team. Other players are going to groan knowing the pains in the ass they're about to face when they play us. We play hard, we make taking a victory off of us look daunting, we play smart. I think this is a playoff team.
     
    #685 don grahamleone, Oct 12, 2023
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    Our third line is the best in the NBA
     
    #686 SamsonCorletwo, Oct 12, 2023
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    but but but, I heard smith was a bust!
     
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  8. Dr of Dunk

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    NBA CHAMPIONSHIP, HERE WE COOOOOOOOME!!!!!
     
    #688 Dr of Dunk, Oct 12, 2023
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    #689 clos4life, Oct 12, 2023
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    excited to see this team's defense. our 3 point shooting will get better by opening game.
     
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  11. Joe Rocket

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    We got Fred and Dillion because if we didnt we would lose the money. I swear I have to say this a lot because people dont get it. UNDER THE NEW CBA YOU LOSE 90% OF THE MONEY YOU DONT USE. So the Rockets got the best available vets and threw them the bag. So you get vet leadership and you keep the money everyone is happy. In a couple of years when our young guys contracts are getting ready to end we will have the money to extend them. The reason Ime didnt want Harden imo is because it would be harder to put him on the bench as the young guys grow.
     
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    He is a good coach for what Stone wanted to do which is tank.

    The reason the team looks so good now is cuz we tanked the last 3 yrs.
     
    #692 roslolian, Oct 12, 2023
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  13. Joe Rocket

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    Stone wasnt trying to tank when he got Silas.
     
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    These guys don't have a clue man. You got long time posters not understanding salary matching and others still not realizing we were tanking the last 3 yrs.
     
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    He was keeping his options open. You don't exactly hire a newbie for a contender.
     
    #697 roslolian, Oct 12, 2023
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    New Orleans gave a preseason effort in that one. Nice to see our intensity, and when they made mistakes, we buried them. There were so many games in the last 2-4 years in which the Rockets would get a 10 to 15-point lead and squander it.

    It looks like that's in the past. What a strong, cohesive group.
     
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    But he did though and Ime was a newbie on Boston.
     
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    They were tanking.

    But I expected to see growth from guys like KPJ/Green. There was no growth and an obvious lack of discipline under Silas.
     
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