ClutchFans Game Thread: Rockets @ Blazers 1/9/2026

Ime still not taking blame and Tari looking lost as he couldn’t stop anyone after “zebras” are the top moments of why I cannot take these guys seriously. Even watching highlights you could tell which team was hustling, playing harder and getting the wide open shots.

Btw Ime, it’s on you that we rely on KD so much so stop acting like it’s a team problem, it’s yours!

 

missed the game, did the blazers boring win?

 

It was a fun blazers win. 4th quarter on this thread was epic.

 

JaBlekBerry had the most fun .....shooting.

 

I fell asleep so IDK - but just looking at the board it looks like JaBarley Malt Liquor locked down the MIP conversation for 27.

 

Go Texans

 

I missed last night.

Glad I did.

WE WERE UP 13 GOING INTO THE 4TH AND LOST?????

LOL my god.

 

"We're relying too much on Durant."

I wonder if that isn't a veiled way to tell Stone we need to make a move.

 

Look at the bright side. We had 22 offensive rebounds.

 

However you imagine it, it looked worse.

 

This is where coach and GM incentives collide. Stone wants to stand Pat and let the team grow but I think we are starting to see the dystopian future of building a team without prioritizing shooting - the single basketball imperative. And people wanted to give Stone a key to the city during the offseason, and even 15 games in...

FVV facilitates, Sengun scores and facilitates, Durant scores. Everyone else... roll a dice for what you'll get on a given night. They are all scared of having the ball.

And Ime, like most NBA coaches, is stubborn and not willing to try new things on the fly when the squad is falling on its face. Jabari should've been benched about 4 separate times. No reason not to throw in Jeff Green for 5 minutes after what we were witnessing.

 

I need the highlight of Jabari bricking his three to the side of the backboard.

 

All your air balls are belong to us

 

“Live with the open shot.”

Well, sometimes you know you just don’t have it, so you don’t take the open shot.

 

The Rockets brass said that Reed was the best player in this draft, some said he was a generational shooter....COCAINE CURRY?

Additionally, he has never given the persona of being a PG, a combo guard, yes but PG, no way!

Also, you can not compare him to Amen. Amen does everything and then some. His work load is ridiculous! All they are asking of Reed is to make shots and don't turn the ball over....thats it!

Don't get me wrong, Im not attacking you or Reed. I blame the Rockets Organization! They had options with that #3 pick; trade down, trade out or draft another player.

And its not just Reed. Stone has messed up on several avenues; DFS has a 3yrs contract w/a player option, he gave away Cam Whitmore, and I still think he gave up too much for KD.

 

idk what is happening with this team...

In the last 3 games our 3pt shooting has been 23%, 22% and 24%....
If we shot our average of 38% we win all 3 games by 20+ points....

Its easy to blame Ime and his system (or lack thereof)... but for the most part these have been wide open looks... but our guys just cant make a shot. Our guys are in the position to win these games... but they just cant make a shot... smh

 

After a good nights sleep, It is because they are 22 or so years old, they aren’t fully developed yet.

DD

 

I said the exact same things when they drafted him and if I saw that, why couldn't the Rocket's organization see that?

In college, he was an undersized player, coming off the bench, who was inconsistent and who could not get his own shot. Sound familiar! Because its the same thing he is doing now.

 

DD

What do you foresee Reed's ceiling as being? Im curious.