ClutchFans Game Thread: Rockets @ Blazers 1/7/2026

BS. Deni is a NBA equivalent of an M&A lawyer who scours 200 page contracts looking for foot faults to weasel his client ouf of something. Of course it's legitimate. Of course it's there. But man you sure are a freaking jerkface for living life that way. That's Deni. Playing the most toxic brand of basketball one can imagine. It's not skillfull to slam full speed in to another player - it's savvy - it's smart - it's efficient - it's not skillfull.

Tari's defense is Bill Russel-esque relative to Deni.
Tari is a better 3p shooter than Deni.
Deni is probably better at everything else offensively than Tari.

They are super, super, close as overall players with Tari's health as the wild card. But, sure, if you're one of those Jokic GOAT guys then I'm sure Deni's about 3x the player Tari is b/c when only offense counts why not. #TikTokGeneration

 

Watch the game much? At all?

Zebras got manipulated all night by Deni. That's not the equivalent of Deni cooking Tari. It's merely a function of Deni's bastardized version of basketball where the objective is to slam in to another player, convince the referee that you intended to shoot, and then take your 2 FT's.

Deni was hooking Tari on to his hip all game. The initiation of that play is an offensive foul. He did it on 7 plays that I counted against Tari alone...called 0.

GG's

 

watching avdija made me think about the harden years and how tight other fans would get lol

only fair we get to experience that feeling too

 

i also think Deni is being awarded a lot of FT is he's not complaining as much comparing to Luka or SGA. i mean he'll scream toward the refs once then kept playing. Luka and SGA keep yapping to the refs afterwards.

but let's see how it goes this Friday if Deni will get another game of 10+ FT.

 

Ugh! See what you've done Jabari! Your Brickitis has spread to the team!

 

Game has come far, you could fit 2 Earl Boykinses in those relics of jerseys.

Jeff looks exactly the same 20 yrs later, his eyesight just got worse.

 

He did, when he isn't smart enough to go....HEY MAYBE WE SHOULD TRY THAT too since it is working.

DD

 

The Deni whistle highlights I just watched is sickening. Reed played him straight up and got called for a late foul and so did Tari.

 

Last night it was the whole team. Heck even KD was shooting airballs in fourth quarter..

 

I’m of the opinion that Reed has conditioning issues that impact most facets of his game. He’s a good/great athlete, but over the last couple of years he’s gone from AAU circuit on the weekends (blowing out most teams) to 1.5 games a week college as a bench guy to year one NBA riding the pine to year two NBA rotation minutes. He’s worn out. And we can’t afford to sit him.

 

Lol what? I'm sorry but Tari isn't half the player Deni is. Good lord some of these takes.

 

I didn’t see the game, but giving this guy 15 FTs is crazy work

also

the highlights I saw looked like Tari was getting cooked. Trade candidate IMO

Jabari has been a disappointment, games I’ve seen him play and just looking at his stats , just meh .

Reed has fallen off and I don’t know why, Trade candidate for a good vet

Need to get that Defence identity back

 

I accept your apology for your dumbass post.
Here's a formula: Basketball = 50% offense + 50% defense + 0% your feelings
Tari is a figurative GOAT on defense relative to that foulbait trash.

The ironically hilarious part of your post is you literally wrote "half" when Deni is an abomination on defense relative to Tari. It's literally "half" of basketball that Tari dominates your boy. Literally.

 

Oslo

 

lol

 

adams had a free dunk had he just turn toward the basket.

there are often too many times where rockets' big men should be kicking it out instead of going up and vice versa.

 

that's fair but perhaps i should specify "US" major cities.

 

I have been wondering why most of his shots in the last 3 or more games have all been mostly short. Maybe you have some point there.