I am content where we are, but I am cautiously optimistic about our roster and coach going forward. I do not trust Ime enough yet with our offense to get to a level where we can be champions and we might get there despite his ineptitude. And our roster, well let’s just say, I fear the patience our owner has had will soon be over and we will throw away our youth for a “star” who does not put us over the hump and or go through another 2-3 years with FVV as our starter.
I won't be tier 5 happy until Jalen Green is traded, not a day sooner. Then and only then we can add 3-pt shooters at every position. And I can stop pretending that 3-point shooting only comes from the Shooting Guards!!
I was tremendously joyful a month and a half ago. FVV, Amen, and Sengun looked great together. The interior passing between Sengun and Amen was tearing apart defenses even when they packed the paint. Amen was learning how to attack players that play off him. They were having defensive issues with the starting lineup, but I was optimistic they would do what needs to be done to fix it. Now, FVV and Amen are both hurt. FVV should be back soon, but there likely won't be enough time for the Rockets to figure out how to fix the defensive issue they had with the starting lineup once Amen is back.
Sounds right, I would probably rank the Nuggets and maybe Warriors ahead of us or at least on the same tier, but that's about it.
Yes - I am so happy! But I also think that graphic needs help. I would MUCH prefer to be a Mavs fan than a Suns fan right now. As crap as it is to lose Doncic, they at least have a team that could have (a) made the playoffs (bar injury) and (b) has the potential to improve each year.
Semantically, I feel like there's a big difference between "somewhat happy" and "tremendously joyful", and a much smaller difference between "optimistic" and "somewhat happy". So I'm not totally sure what to make of these tiers... But given the young age of this team, its organic build, solid coaching, and our trajectory over the last two years, yes, Rockets fans should absolutely be happy with where we are right now. Exactly HOW happy is up for debate, but I think we're somewhere solidly in the top two tiers for sure, regardless of how painful the last few weeks have been. ... But more importantly, why are three teams missing?
Trust me - Dallas has it way worse. At least Phoenix has players you could trade for picks to immediately give you a head start on a rebuild(even if they don't control their own fate) - Booker and Durant could fetch some things. Dallas' most valuable assets are guys other teams don't want for max money - no one wants AD's undependable ass anymore and they probably have to overpay 31+yr old Kyrie to get him to stay because it's not like any other FA is coming to Dallas except an over the hill Irving coming off a torn ACL.
Considering we were projected to be play in contenders at best this season? I’m pretty happy with this team and still willing to be patient with their development. I hope Stone or Tillman don’t try to rush anything this offseason and make smart/logical moves to move this team forward
This is where I'm at. We don't have any super stars, but we have a good team. Maybe I'm a wishful thinker, but I love team basketball and detest the multi-superstar focus that has become the modern NBA. I'm hopeful are young cast can continue to develop their shooting, ball handling, passing and defense. Maybe I'm just a dreamer.
I'm optimistic and somewhat happy -- to me it's easy to be both. Optimistic because our FO, players and coaches have shown flashes; somewhat happy because we're on track to win more games than I predicted. But it all feels very tentative to me, middle-of-the-packish, because I don't trust the Rockets organization to execute -- from ownership down to the end of the bench. Still too much inconsistency. And everyone is relatively young in their job, so we don't really know what we have.
If you're not happy with what this team is accomplishing this season your expectations are unreasonable.
I am not tremendously joyful. If I had to pick one of these tiers it would be "somewhat depressed" but I don't think that's a great way to describe where I'm at. But my outlook overall is slightly negative, it's fun that we're winning games but I unfortunately don't see much of a path forward for the franchise.
Very very happy. I was really worried Tilman would be one of those clueless owners after he forced that Westbrooke trade. But since then, he remained steady and non-dramatic, first through the tanking phase, then lately to the development phase. The next phase is around the corner. We all feel it.
