Oh~ Rockets, with your player dramatics.. Feels like a soap-opera, or maybe a hard-headed girlfriend. Step by step, we'll get there
Embedded in any success this season is Lowery's play. Which I personally doubt can be maintained for the balance of his career. He's like a career .270 hitter running into a string of games where he's batting over .400. Lowery aside, if the current low-talent roster makes the playoffs, it'll be really interesting to see how all the huge fans of Hayes and Battier spin it.
If the current low-talent roster makes the playoffs, it'll be really interesting to see how all the huge $Ball non-believers spin it.
I remember that game they were hitting everything. I actually thought they were pretty good, then in their next game they got blown out
Or the huge $-Ball fans who'll wonder why Morris was such a non-factor. Then again, a moot point because they aren't making the playoffs.
1. I doubt Lowry is just on a hot streak. His 3 pt shooting, currently over 40%, is a career high, but not all that big a jump from the 37.6% he shot last season (on over 300 attempts). Not sure he'll stay above 40% all year, but the data suggests that he has simply improved his 3 pt stroke sometime before the beginning of the 2010 season. It's not uncommon for a guy to improve his J at age 24 or so. His 2 pt shooting %, 45.8% this season, the rate at which he goes to the FT line, his rebound rate and most other number are also more or less in line with what he did in years past. The main difference between Lowry this season and last seem to be the # of minutes and touches he gets. Not a shocking result given that Adelman's offense tends to be more "equal opportunity" with high post passers taking the ball (and assists) out of the PG's hands (compare Mike Bibby's assist # during his last years as a Grizzlie and his first years as a King). This is really not one of those cases where a guy is simply hitting everything he throws up. Instead, what we have is a guy who has simply improved his overall skills and is carrying a bigger burden. 2.As for views on Battier and Hayes if the current Rockets team performs better than before, it really doesn't change the fact that these guys were net positives on previous teams, and would be contributors on the current teams if they were on the roster. It's not like the current team is the same as the prior teams other than losing Battier and Hayes. The 09/10 roster started the backcourt of Ariza and Brooks, which is not as good as the Lowry/Martin combo-- in fact, the Lowry-led 2nd unit often out-performed the 1st unit in 09/10. The 10/11 roster is more similar to the present one, but was largely doomed by too many minutes given to the horribly-lost Jordan Hill and Aaron Brooks (not to mention the rehabbing Yao during the 0-5 start).
low-talent? how come a God-like GM only bring in low-talent roster? I heard that Morris is a ROY and future MVP. Lowry is currently better than Chris Paul and Durant.
Making the playoffs is not the goal, being a championship contender is, when half the teams make the playoffs it is not that great of an accomplishment. DD
Kyle is not only playing well but completely DOMINATING the competition. If we were the Knicks, Lakers, or Heat he would be in the MVP conversations already. I love the way he plays and hope he stays a Rocket forever. Parsons is a huge surprise, I thought he would be in the D-League at this point rather than Morris.
Probably something to the tune of, "A team that just lost its 2 all nba franchise players less than two years removed doesn't deserve to be anywhere near a winning record much less even sniffing the playoffs. The fact that they even had a legitimate shot demonstrates the runaway success of $Ball and its ability to build value."
