Will the Rockets intentionally lose games for playoff positioning?

Just the right lesson to teach to the young core! Hell no! try your best, and get your playoff experience, whatever it will be.

Besides every matchup is one injury away from being flipped.

 

I wouldn't be proud of our team if they intentionally lost ANY games. I feel like that goes against the spirit of sports and neither Ime or our players are those types of dudes.

Who we get is who we get. Our young guys will be thrown into the fire, and there are no easy opponents out West. Anything and everything will help their growth, and I cannot wait to see them in the playoffs.

 

No, they owned Harden’s Rockets. That era is over. It’s Amen-and-Tari-leading-the-way-with-perimeter-D time now. Bring those mfers so that I as fan can finally get over that bs ‘18 series for good.

Would I bet on the Rox against these Warriors as things present themselves today? Of course not, but most certainly wouldn’t bet against us either. But we must get over it. I hate Curry and Green and Kerr. I want to get over it and save this feeling for SGA, Chet and whoever is worth it in OKC. That should be our focus from now on.

 

Meh, my only expectation for this team coming into year was to make the playoffs. Anything more is a bonus.

Still an ultra young team without a true alpha. Gotta be thrilled so far…

 

That's the Suns' job.

There's little to no chance they tank any games for seeding to avoid anyone. Ime doesn't strike me as someone who's built like that.

 

Everyone seems to be worried about the warriors. The only way they beat us is through skill and experience. We have the better athletes by like a lot. Either the rockets catch on to it before the 4 games are up or they've gained a ton of their own experience for the next season. Honestly I don't think teams are that excited about trying to just trick us in a 7 game series. Maybe okc because they have size on us but hard to say beyond that. I just think Amen is going crack whatever code 3 games in.

 

Stephen Curry - Fred VanVleet, Amen Thompson
Brandin Podziemski - Jalen Green
Jimmy Butler - Dillon Brooks
Draymond Green - Tari Eason, Amen Thompson
Trayce Jackson Davis - Alperen Sengun

Johnathan Kuminga - Jabari Smith
Kevon Looney - Steven Adams
Moses Moody - JaeSean Tate
Gary Payton II - Aaron Holiday

 

We’re only 4 games back from falling to the play-ins and potentially out of the playoffs with 15 games to go, we really don’t have a lot of room to spare. This would likely only come up during the last 2-3 games of the season once things are more solidified.

All that being said, I can’t fathom Ime going to the guys and explaining this, it’s against everything he’s about and is not a good look for such a young team.

 

I think the standings will stay bunched to the end. Probably the only opportunity to make a decision to tank would be the final game.

Let's be real though: If the Rockets have nothing to gain by going all out to win the final game, they won't. It's that simple. If that fits a person's definition of tanking, so be it.

 

If it means avoiding the warriors, do it! or win more. Either one works.

 

We won't play OKC in the first round barring a complete collapse for the rest of the season so I'm not really considering them. I would love to play them in the 2nd round though since it would be house money at this point. I think we won't be favored against most teams we play outside of Memphis so I would love a 2nd round OKC matchup since just going to the 2nd round would be great for us.

 

March would be good as always, the crucial one is early April.......

 

I hope so, definitely not play against lakers or warriors in the playoffs, especially the warriors