Tue 26 @ LA Lakers L 110-112----the champs Wed 27 @ Golden State L 128-132-----run and gun with monta Sat 30 vs Denver L 94-107-----a powerhouse team looking for a win Wed 03 vs New Orleans L 99-107-----best record in the NBA Sat 06 @ San Antonio L 121-124-----not even fair Sun 07 vs Minnesota W 120-94------Lucky Wed 10 @ Washington L 91-98-------The wizards with Wall Fri 12 @ Indiana W 102-99-----Barely Sun 14 @ New York W 104-96------18% 3 pointers from the bricks Tue 16 vs Chicago L 92-95-----a better team than us right now Wed 17 @ Oklahoma City L 99-116----Honestly OKC was due for a romp. Look, you guys have to stop the panic. The season is about finding a rhythm, and basically the teams that have been playing the Rockets are presenting challenges to the rockets in which the rockets have had to react more than initiate the action. Next game is at Toronto? What a joke. How awkward is that, don't expect a good game from the Rockets. The 3 days between Toronto and Phoenix is a blessing. It's a blessing of timing. A chance for the Rockets to group. But barely...why?? Because Nash and the Suns style can manipulate the rockets into react mode. Wait until we get back home and finish playing the Phoenix game. Once that game get's experienced then expect the Rockets to play a great revenge game for Golden state. Next step is to thank God there is a small break and no back-to-back before a travel to Charlotte to play the bobcats, who are soft. Unfortunately, the AWKWARD SCHEDULING starts to happen again... OKC @Dal LAL @Mem @Chi Det @Mil 5 games are against top-tier teams who don't have injuries like we do and already have the comfort level of more wins. Plus Memphis has us circled on their schedule, licking they're chops looking for a solid home win. To tell you the truth, the only point in the schedule where I can see a comfortable spot for the Rockets mentally and physically are the home games on the 11th and the 14th of December. Yes they're against weak teams but you got to understand before the Rockets start winning, they have to breathe first. And the schedule for the rest of the December month actually looks more like a "Rocket kind of vibration" For lack of a better way to put it. So let's not jump to conclusions about trades. This is one of the deepest teams in the NBA. And that's not homerism, we really do have some solid names on our roster and I'm sure lots of GMs and Nba analysts respect what we have.
This team is like a shallow lake. It looks really deep but when you dive in you're gonna hurt yourself.
Even if it was all top ten teams (and I don't agree that it was), 3-8 against the best teams in the league is unacceptable. Do I think the Rockets are really this bad? 3-8 bad? No, but But I'm starting to think we may just be a .500 team in true talent level. Not a contender. (Some people are going to say WELL DUH WE'RE NOT A CONTENDER but unlike most here I don't knee-jerk very hard to short-term events.)
the phrase "unacceptable" is off. that's too strict, you sound like a corporate boss with a tight windsor goin on. Sorry but the true talent level of this team is at least 57% win percentage, at least.
Rockets still unable to beat a team over .500 Yeah it's the schedule when more than half the league is better than your team than yes...the schedule looks tougher then.
If the Rockets finished the season with 30-52 is because of the schedule also? To be a contender, the rockets should beat other contender teams like Nuggets, Hornets, Bulls etc. There is simply no excuse!
They aren't just fine. They can turn things around, but they're struggling, they look like a trade is needed to fix things, and they're digging a hole. It's not thanksgiving yet and they already have 8 losses. Need to get 45 wins to even think about the postseason, and now we need to go 42-29 for that to happen. They have to get out of this funk and start playing like a 50-win team immediately for a shot a the bottom seed. If this lasts much longer at all, I'm ready to put everyone but Scola and Martin on the block in a firesale.
We were susposed to have a special season. It looks like it will be. Team shouls be blown up. Even if they sneak into the playoffs it would probably be the 8 seed. You know L.A. would win that series, and we would be stuck with a sucky draft pick again. If big trade cant be made soon tank games and get a star in the draft. It doest look like Morey can pull the trigger on a star player coming here. If team is not blown up you will have seasons like the Texans, 8-8, 8-8, 9-7, ? No playoffs and bad draft picks.
Just fine for what??? To get it together and then win the title??? To not come in dead last at the end of the year??? Explain "just fine" Enough with the stupid, unreallistically optimistic threads, get real for once, everybody, WE SUCK. We are one of the worst teams in the nba, a bottom feeder, and *NEWSFLASH* when Yao and AB come back, WERE STILL GONNA SUCK. We won 2 of our 3 games w them out. "Just fine" by what standards? Were LAST place in our division and second to LAST in the western conference. How is that just fine? Because you can make an excuse for every loss? ANY LOSING TEAM CAN DO THAT. Watch....... The clippers are just fine guys. Heres why.... We lost to the Kings because they have Tyreke Evans, who burns us every time.... We lost to San Antonio because they have the big 3 whove won TONS of championships... We lost to the nuggets cuz they have Carmelo Freakin Anthony, whos a beast.... We lost to the jazz because cj miles KILLED us off the bench.... Bblah blah blah, excuse excuse excuse.... How bout we LOST cuz we SUCK, and the other teams are just BETTER. SIMPLE AS THAT. And enough is this "Morey the Wizard" crap, guy sucks bawls too, some roster he's assembled. /rant
It's not the schedule, the all NBA teams are improving so fast, there's only a hand full of teams that are a joke these days, but most teams have really great players who can win you a ball game at any given night. If Rockets don't make a trade soon or get there injured players back on the court then this team just ain't going to make the playoffs with there weak defense.
This. As stated, the hole is being dug and we're getting in too deep. It's true we've played many good teams. It's true we've played many road games. But we're 1-3 at home. We lost to Washington! If we can't beat ANY good teams (even GSW) then we have to win all of our games against mediocre teams (Wash) to get close to the playoffs. That's not happening. We're mediocre. I'm trying to be realistic here. I know it's only 11 games, but who are we better than in the race for the playoffs? Early returns show Lakers, N.O., San Antonio, Utah, Dallas are light years ahead of us. There's no way we catch any of them barring a big injury. Denver, Portland, and OKC were at least 8 games better than us last year. They're probably better than us now (unless Melo leaves) which means that's the last 3 playoff spots. Is GS that good? I don't know. Phoenix might not make the playoffs, but I can't count them out yet because they have Nash. That's nine teams ahead of us. Who can we pass this year to get a 7 or 8 seed? It's been said that we're stuck as an average team. This might be true. We're good enough to get 9th or 10th in the conference, thus missing good draft picks in the process. I'm open to making some trades. Maybe we don't have the right kind of players for Adelman's scheme.
The word “unacceptable” is the perfect word to use in this situation. We are currently in last place in our division. We are behind Memphis! Memphis! When was the last time the Rockets were considered one of the top teams in the NBA? You have to go all the way back to the 90’s. Between 1993 and 1997 they made it to, or past, the Conference Semifinals five times. Since 1998 they have been to the Conference Semifinals one time. In a league where more than half the teams make the playoffs and they were only able to pass the first round once since 1998, I find unacceptable. Last year they didn’t make the playoffs. That means they are a bad team. Last year they were a bad team that played with heart. It’s hard not to give them a pass. This year they are a bad team that doesn’t play with heart, and that is totally unacceptable. Anyone that does find this acceptable can become an honorary member of the following site: http://www.clubclippers.com/clippers-discussion/
If we're gonna tank, let's do it this year, since next year the NY swap option makes tanking pointless.
I'm pretty sure the swap applies to this season and is for the 2011 draft. And tanking isn't pointless this year. We'll end up with more balls.
Correct. And regarding the OP, I'm afraid it is not just the schedule. The only team I think we can still catch is Portland. I'll be happy if we make it into the playoffs in the 8th spot with a healthy team, including Yao. Then, everything might be possible if we hit a hot streak. But to even get there will be tough.
3-8 is not fine, no matter whom you are playing. That is 13% of the shedule already played. They need a significant run of games to get into it...like 8 or 10 in a row. And I don't see that happening, do you? At best right now, they need to get healthy, and try to get on a roll. CBud is back tomorrow, Yao a couple of days after that (got to increase his minutes) and then AB in 3ish weeks as well. By Christmas time, if this team is still struggling with it's identity, it might be time to trade players for picks... DD
It's going to be tough, with Yao and probably 4-6 weeks of playing together consistently, yes we can make the playoffs and ideally be a 47-50 win team max i think. But we already have dug a deep hole, it's going to require another crazy winning streak midseason for playoffs. As the team is playing now, even with the injuries, no way in hell. Defense is piss poor and too many offensive mistakes, how many times do we have to see them turn the ball over and try to make a slick pass to have intercepted.
