Nobody complained when the Rockets won two championships!!!

zone defenses

thats why you can't compare what won 10 years ago to what wins now

 

Plus players cant shot nowadays. If we made 45% of wide open
jumpers, no one would dare to double-team Yao without ball.

 

Agreed. The zone has killed stong post play, not to mention we had a much better low post player (Hakeem) and Otis was a strong at running the pick and roll which it seems like none of the current team understand.

 

(1) The championship "Inside Out" game worked because it was tailored to Olajuwon and the guards. It was NOT a slow-down, "limit the number of posessions" snooze-fest.

(2) There is nothing wrong with "having a system" (unless it is Van Gundy's , but you have to make allowances for your talent. The Bulls and the Lakers both ran the Triangle, but there were significant differences. One team had no center, the other had Shaq.

 

I think we scored something like 101 points a game (10th in the league I think) with that offense in 1994.

 

one problem with those who want to run

... we can't run if we can't get defense rebounds

 

Hakeem...

Yao is no Dream

 

LMAO, thanks oddson, I needed the laugh.

 

yea. . his whole rant is HYlarious

Rocket River

 

Actually, the Rockets averaged over 100 points per game that season.

 

Yeah, I think they're laughing at the point that JVG wants the exact same thing for our team.

 

Jeff,
who lead that team (93) in assists and three pointers?

 

For the most part, the Rockets troubles shouldn't all be attributed to JVG. He can't go out there and make hustle plays, get rebounds and block shots. We just don't have a athletic team or players that play w/passion. There's no excuse for playing 29 minutes and not getting one rebound. I'm sure if we could get rebounds consistently we'd run a bit more often like those old Rocket teams. I think before we give up on him, we should try and acquire some hard nosed players and see if that turns things around.

 

(1) These are the players Jeff Van Gundy wanted.
(2) This team is a virtual clone of his Knicks team.
(3) Given [1] and [2], what reason is there to expect change?

 

well Mo was already here and Juwan probably had to be included the trade to make it work. Who knows what happens behind the scenes but I would guess the Rox didn't want to part w/Cato.
Jimmy was probably a player JVG wanted. And other than commiting stupid turnovers, he's done a decent job. But bottom line is that he is a 33 year-old shooting guard playing small forward. He would be a great backup. And we still don't have a legit point guard. I wasn't crazy about getting Ward, that's probably on JVG. Our team does have alot of holes. I think a PF who could rebound and block shots would make a big difference in that all those little plays add up and usually add up to more wins.

 

Not to put everything on Mo but he's had at least 4 coaches in his career and has never rebounded. No matter who would be brought in, Mo probably wouldn't rebound. And no matter who would replace JVG, I don't think Yao would all of sudden the dominant defensive presence he should be at his size. Again, I'm not excusing JVG for our problems but we just need more players; more atlheticism and height.

 

Kenny Smith lead them in assists. Vernon Maxwell led them in three's made and attempted, but Smith actually led Maxwell in percentage by a pretty wide margin (45 percent to 33 percent). Techincally, Winston Garland had a higher percentage than Smith for the team, but he only attempted 13.

 

i stopped reading after "exact same offense"