ClutchFans Game Thread: Rockets @ Spurs 10/26/2024

These lineups aint working. Baffling Udoka didn’t put fresh bodies in after back to back. Green Holliday Tate all could have gotten some burn.

 

Jabari for a 3rd round pick would improve this team. Addition by subtraction.

 

Cam needs more minutes. That's pretty much it.

We were doing a Green and Cam pnr and it worked and for whatever dumbass reason we started running the same thing with FVV and Brooks.

 

Nah they purposely didn't replay it lol

 

Hope we trade Sengun soon. We play much better without him. Hell yeah. Benching him for full quarter was great especially handing him the contract.

 

3 games now it has been clear that Ime's rotations aren't working yet other than benching Sengun for ******** the bed today, he's made no changes

 

He tries to spin in traffic in the paint sometimes which causes turnovers instead of just driving or dishing it out.

 

With the defense as well this season? I'ma flat out state it, Jalen right now is closer to Kobe (including being a chucker) than Sengun is to Jokic, and it aint close. All those fancy passes in the Silas years have been AWOL since before last season, Sengun's a solid player, he is NOT remotely a Jokic.

 

I was expecting a 6’11” Klay Thompson. If he can’t get his 3pt shooting to 39 or 40 percent, that would really suck. His D and rebounding are solid.

 

Jabari and Sengun lost this game for us.

At least Green looks like he’s turning the corner

 

They don't know how to run a pick and roll, pick and pop, proper post action to create a mismatch or any other basic offensive set either. Wonder why?

 

I bet Ryan Bowen & Dan Langhi could start for this team.

 

The only thing I've ever hated about him was that he was terrible at basketball and on the Rockets while being terrible at basketball.

The last two games he's been pretty good, so I've got no problem with him whatsoever.

The rest of the team however....we've got problems.

 

Jalen was a big part of that comeback minus that errant pass. I like the chemistry with Green Amen and Cam and the Rockets should explore this more with point Amen. The lineups just aren’t right.

 

I love you man but Sengun went 2/8 and the Spurs did nothing special, they just put Sochan on him. That was pretty much it.

Jabari is like the 4th or 5th option whenever he's out there, they never run anything for him. He's never going to be a scorer here because he's the last option on the team. He also shoots a good % for his career, he makes his shots, he's even hit big shots. He missed two tonight, FVV missed some tonight, Brooks missed a wide open 3 to tie it.

People miss clutch shots. I bet not a single player on the Rockets are blaming Jabari for that but I bet Sengun is sick with himself with the game he had tonight and knows if he played better we win. That's it.

The difference is Sengun is supposed to be the franchise guy, he's getting paid like it, he fairly has higher expectations on him while we'd be cool with Jabari averaging 12-15ppg.

 

People really drop hope in players so quick huh. Alpi out of the entire roster deserves the most benefit of the doubt for a stinker. He's been the most consistent Rocket for the past three seasons.

I think Ime should have Alpi run more high screen dho plays where he can make the decision between handing off or driving to the rim. The pnr game isn't working with Sengun.

 

Throw in D-Mo and Aaron Brooks and you got DD’s favorite players.

I’m just messin’ DD

 

I agree that Sabonis gets into his actions quicker and is faster than Sengun, but I still think many of the actions Sacramento features with Fox and Sabonis are a good place to start trying to make the Sengun and Green pairing successful on offense. You could also throw Jokic and Jamal Murray actions in the mix, but I think Fox has a more similar offensive game to Green than Murray does.

 

Everyone take a screenshot of this monumental post.... Bobbythegreat said Jalen Green was a bright spot in a loss.