ClutchFans Game Thread: Rockets @ Mavericks 2/8/2025

They’re gonna lose to the raptors.

 

I will never forget him getting locked up by Grant Williams on opening night.

 

Im suprised when I saw Tari had 5 steals and 3 blocks vs the T wolves. Idk why it didn't seem all that impactful to me

 

With fans like these, Stone won’t ever have to do his job.

 

Lakers about to get the 4th seed without LeBron and Luka…fun times.

 

If Green drive to basket….AD will foul him….then you can dump the ball to AMEN

 

Hey Huston

im so saddy

 

okay, let's get this second half started already

 

Please don't bring those memories back. The pain can't get any worse from this team

 

I mean Green has a higher PPP and higher volume on pnr primary ball handler possessions than Fred.

I think the gravity Green generates doesn't require anything advanced besides slipping the passes while being blitzed. The idea is to generate a 4 on 3 mismatch with Sengun short rolling with space going to the rim.

 

Here we need a motivational speech. I hope Ime is doing something

 

We really wasted Tari on this game. Now we're going to have one less weapon tomorrow against the Raptors and he will be sorely needed.

 

This would be true if the rockets had the 17 point lead. That would evaporate 2 mins into the 4th.

We won’t pull within 8 the rest of the game. Going out with a whimper right now.

 

vs his replacement. Brandon Ingram’s first game.

 

Man…I miss VanVleet….

 

Who the hell builds around a center? Who’s playing through the post in the year 2025?

Nuggets and Sixers? Jokic and Embiid? (Which he is neither)

Who’s playing through a non-shooting big? Giannis and Zion (when he’s healthy)? (Again, which he is neither. Doesn’t have the strength or brute force of those guys.)

$37M for that? What if we get like a $10M-$15M center?

They are gonna have to have that conversation.

I’m not building around Sabonis (and he’s not even Sabonis)

Spoiler

Anything outside the paint, he’s cooked. Sucks around the rim. (Discussed ad nauseam all the “bunnies” he misses)

Look at all that red.



Sabonis

 

I'm all for trading for a franchise player...but there are none available right now.

Our guys are still young enough to develop more and get better so I don't mind rolling with what we have. If a better option is out there, cool, but I don't see it.

Most big trades are kept very under wraps any ways, as we just saw with the Luka trade.

 

Im just watching the game. We almost never see Udoka call for high Green/Sengun screen and rolls. Thats why we have Dillon Brooks and Reed shooting isolation jump shots. Is this a Udoka offensive limitation?

 

Brandon is playing…I thought he was still hurt…sucks

 

Didn't watch the first half, but I will say when this trade went down I believed Dallas became one of the best teams in the west. Luka had that James Harden effect hold the ball, no fast breaks, players not touching the ball.