ClutchFans Game Thread: Rockets @ Spurs 10/26/2007 (PRESEASON)

that was one year brother.

and how do i know? adelman said b4 the preseason that he wanted to EXPERIMENT with yao in the preseason about the high post to see if he's effective or not (like his passing/shooting from 15 ft). if he is, he's going to incorporate that into the game w/ yao. if not, he'll use yao primarily in the post.

even the interview pruyen posted stated yao saying this. yao has talked to adelman and he said (in yao's words) WHEN THE SEASON STARTS, I WILL PUT YOU IN THE POST.

that's how i know.

preseason is for EXPERIMENTING. repeat after me: EXPERIMENTING.

if it works, u use it. if it doesn't, u don't. that's the purpose of experiments.

now that he knows it doesn't, he won't.

repeat: EXPERIMENTING EXPERIMENTING. say it 20 times

 

His outside shooting wasn't so hot, but there were several times that the guards ignored him when he rolled towards the open basket. If they hit him with a pass then, he would've had several more easy layups.

It's only a preseason game, but I didn't think the guards did that good a job getting the ball to the big men when and where they would want it. Perhaps the reason for the low assist numbers?

 

WE had 9 assists to the spurs 20 They were 10% better at shooting the ball and we were 20% better at the Free Throw Line.We out rebounded them 48 to 39.
Not as exciting as I thought it would be, the team and the coaches have a lot to do within the next few days. The only thing is that possibly we kept our 'A' game secret and will surprize everyone in the season. If not then expect a slow start to the season.

 

new coach and new system = slow start

 

Maybe not slow start but we will still learn how to play that offense in the rs, especially at the begginin'

 

Good effort by the Rockets but you can easily tell that this team needs to develop some chemistry. The Spurs didn't seem to miss any damn shots which I found extremely frustrating.

Obviously, considering the circumstances of tonight's game (Preseason folks!) I'm not too worried or will lose a blink of sleep over tonight's loss.

We missed so many easy baskets and left too many wide open men but one must take into the account the major upheaval this team undertook in the off season.

New Coach, new game plan, new players, all equate to sloppy basketball.

This team needs some time to come together and figure each other out in order to maximize each other's strengths.

I'm optimistic that once the rotation is figured out and players get more familiarized with each other that we will be tougher and definitely less mistake prone.

 

Thanks for your post. I am so glad that Yao didn't make those 20 ft. Otherwise, Yao would have been put outside the paint and playing like his first year in NBA.

 

Only 9 of the Rockets 37 baskets were assisted.

Just when you thought the Rockets were comfortable with the new offense, they come out with this kind of performance.

 

no problem. like a few of you, i thought yao would regain some of that outside game he had when he first came into the L. adelman THOUGHT that too i believe.

yao is talented. he def. can do the things we envision him to do. but he's not great at those things for him to put him out there, esp. since he can't dribble.

adelman now is seeing what we are seeing. so he will adjust.

yao has talked to adelman. adelman is not stupid. he's not stubborn like JVG. he'll ADJUST when something does not work.

 

hopefully

 

That shows you we need time, we need a lot of trainings to improve, learn the offense

 

high low with scola

 

He's wise. He saw it didn't work so he would probably know what to do. That ain't JVG

 

I'm optimistic too, but yeah, didn't look too sharp tonight.
We were running around, but it looked kinda chaotic, and then someone would go one on one, or TMac would pull up, etc. we were getting torched early.
but bonzi was a beast.

 

i blame van gundy for yao's slow start...he should have played him at the high post last year so he would know what he is doing out there...12 shots to mcgrady's 22 and to scola's 14....that is a problem...3 straight games yao is shooting under 50% from the field...

 

I still think Yao will be out there for some time, just to clear the lane. It will always depend on who we are playing against! Yao can hit this outside shot and Yao can pass to the cutter. So he will play some in the high post, but most certainly most of his game will be playing on the low post!

 

i would much rather have yao miss a shot than commit a silly turnover. yao will learn how to adjust. i actually think that when yao is not in the game we become a more complete team.

 

yup JVG knew he was going to lose his job to adelman.

 

The very thing I did not like JVG was that he was too sturban. Adelman is one of the best coaches in NBA. Hope he will adjust to the players.

 

three things I want to say

1. There's a reason spurs were hitting everything. We gave them too many open looks, how many times did u see Bonner shoot from the primeter while no defenders around him in 3 ft? I'm very very worried how fast our once famous D has been degrading.

2. Yao's high post offense. I never thought Yao could learn that in 3 weeks. Yao is a slow-reaction player, it''s actually harder for him to fit the hight post offense initiator role than Miller and Divaci. I hope RA wouldnt just give up on this, I think it will be worth it.

3. When Yao has established his position in high post, he often becomes hesitant, because there is no open cutters, or worse, there is no cutters at all. I also dont understand why our guards will set P&R with Yao when he has ball in the hight post, that would only crowd Yao. P&R needs to happens at the same time, but in the other places, the roller would cut to the basket and hopefully get the pass from high post, or at least draw defenders away from high post, Yao may choose a opened jumper. I'm sure a backdoor-cut master like RA would teach all these, I wonder why I never seen it on the court. Even in ealier preseason games when Yao played efficientlt in the higt post, he was just hitting his mid-range jumpers, the back-door cut hight post offense never happened.