*Our three stars inconsistent *Can't maintain a lead for [expletive] *Adelman continues to misuse Yao *constant defensive breakdowns *constant scoring droughts *closest thing to a blowout was the 103-91 win against the Wizards *Tracy isn't going to be 100% this season and is so called 'shutting it down' I don't care if its only 16 games into the season, something needs to be done. I know we struggle without Tracy but Battier isn't going to magically turn this team around. From what I've seen out of the Rockets so far, this could be another first round exit. 2nd round if we're lucky but we can not contend for a championship at this state.
We need to get better offensively. The Rockets didn't know how to deal with a fronting defense, even though they've seen it countless times in the past. They had overwhelming postup advantages with Yao and Artest, and couldn't take advantage of either. Just terrible execution.
I like how apparently we can't hold a lead for **** when its only been 2 games that we've lost a lead in the 4th, and we've actually came back from behind in the 4th I wanna say 2-3 times. And IIRC, we've pulled out a lot of close games in the 4th. Off the top of my head Phoenix, Orlando , New Orleans, Dallas, Memphis and Miami come to mind in terms of teams that were within 4-5 but we pulled it out at the end.
Chuck's strength is rebounding and defending the post. He would have no one to defend and we already had out rebounded Indiana this game. I can't see what difference he would've made.
We need to actually use the motion offense..... and run!!!! We have been winning but our "brand" of ball is hella ugly.....i thought we would have more of an emphasis on offense this year, passing along with getting out running...What happpened to that?
Well I know I might be beating a dead horse here but I am so sick of Rafer Alston throwing up bricks and blowing his tear drop layup, we need a passer not a shoot first pass second. We need a general out on that floor and if none of these guys wants to take that roll then its time for a trade. Only guys on the team I would consider trading is Rafer, Head, Dorsey, and Francis. I think we could get a decent point guard out of that and maybe even have some money left over to sign Mutumbo which is very much needed because Yao isn't going to be healthy long at this rate. We need a pointguard that is money on his shots and has a high field goal percentage but mostly gets their teammates into the offense. And honestly Adelman isn't showing any signs of changing anything, why in the hell would he send Head in when you got Wafer on the bench who isn't afraid to throw up a 3 and sink it. Not to mention Wafer actually has the confidence to hit something. I'm not saying this team needs to be totally dismantled but the present line up isn't getting the job done and that is a lot of salary out there on that court, I mean OKC can lose games for half the cost of our overpaid stars.
TRADE TMAC i mean she mac. he is a baby. if i owned the rockets i would make him reconstruct his contract. he wants to be the leader of this team yea right. they need deke back he was a true leader. and once battier gets back into shape i see him being a leader on the court. ITs time it has been time to trade tmac. go ahead call me a hater or whatever other word comes to mine I'm just telling the truth.
We bring in Artest to help put up points but lose McGrady and he looks like he may not be the same, ever... What do we do? At this point, I'm starting to wonder what can we do. As of right now, our offence is scoring less PPG then the team we had last year, we have no one real backup center, and Tmac has disappeared into space. This team needs a big change to even think about winning a title and I think McGrady might have to go. Yeah I do think about the "What If's" like "what if Tmac came back strong in the playoff" or "what if we gelled later in the season" but WHAT IF we actually traded Tmac to Detriot for Billups and another one of their guys like Prince, Rip, or Wallace? I surely don't think we would be playing like we are now... Say what you want. We won't win a championship with this team and most likely will be gone 1st round of the playoffs again.
why in the hell would you blame the coach. he put in his offense and if the guys are to damn stupid to run them then its their fault. Its not the coach on the floor playing its the players.
Tmac is not the problem, he can close out a game and he has proven to be clutch. I'm already willing to part ways with Artest before we consider trading Tmac. Copy and paste this link below and tell me you wouldn't do this trade to change out or point guard and get a good clutch player. http://games.espn.go.com/nba/featur...5~255~2763~510&teams=10~4~14~14~4~10&te=&cash
There isn't a trade to be made that will "fix" our team. You could say, trade Tmac for Billups. But then what happens when Billups can't hit shots or Artest can't hit shots? The response to that would be like "well, of course Billups is going to shoot his average". But how do you know? We thought Artest would shoot his average and he's not. So what makes you think if we bring another player in that that will solve the issue? What "needs to be done" is we need to figure out what is wrong with the offense, and fix it. We know that we can run it because we ran the offense perfectly fine the previous 3 games.
the last person anyone should blame is Adelman. this guy along with Phil Jackson are the two greatest offensive minded coaches in the past decade. our players, especially our STARS, just don't understand how to play fundamental basketball.
A heart transplant. "We're soft" sign should be hanging in the practice court as a reminder of the hefty obstacle they have yet to overcome. I thought Artest would change the mentality of this team but we just don't have that killer instinct or identity. So much for the new catchy "Get Red" slogan. They have yet to show the red-face defensive intensity or the cohesiveness on offense. So far the only thing that make the fans "get red" about is their inconsistency and tendency to fold when it gets tough.
Adelman's system might be good for college basketball or for middle level players he used to coach, but definitely not for talent and super star players. If it can be scored easily and quickly, why should the ball be passed around. The fact speaks itself. If his system was half as good as claimed, you would see many teams in the league adopted it, US Olympic team would adopted it.
I still like Ron, but maybe we need a more consistent scorer like rip Hamilton or Ray Allen. I don't know how the money matched up, but our problem seems to be scoring still.
TAKE THE BALL TO THE BASKET! HAVE MORE CONFIDENCE IN OUR SHOT! PLAY WITH A SENSE OF URGENCY FOR THE ENTIRE GAME. most of all stop turning the ball over.
It takes 2 years to understand how to run a Triangle/Motion offense like Adelman's. Team USA doesn't have time for that. Many colleges use the Princeton offense because their players are fundamentally sound and it becomes a TEAM EFFORT to get the ball in the hoop. Oh but wait, since we have 3 superstars, we don't need them to be fundamentally sound. Just give them the ball and they'll score right? If our players were so talented as you claim, why don't they dominate every game?
