The way things have been goin recently, I seriously doubt our chance at a playoff spot. I am now starting to wonder if we will EVER win again. These are all the things the Rockets need to become better at to win: Ball Movement Rockets are one of the worst assists teams in the NBA and they dont even try. Time after time Cuttino and Steve isolate and dribble and dribble and dribble, shoot and miss. When they do go into Yao or Mo good things happen, but as we all know, that is a rare occurence. Tonight we watched the Pistons move the ball around creating open shots. The Rockets saw success first hand and STILL did not try to move the ball. Intelligence Every player on the Rockets besides Yao Ming and Glen Rice is flat out stupid when they think. Some of the Rockets players should not think, just do. James Posey is one of the worst shooters on the Rockets and yet he STILL shoots air ball after air ball after air ball. Francis and Mobley continue to run into three players and throw up desperation shots. Eddie Griffin continues to shoot 30 foot shots and not come close. You would think that our players would LEARN, but obviously not. Experience This is one point on which the Rockets cannot improve upon this season. Eddie Griffin is way to inexperienced to play in the NBA. Some of our other players sometimes play like they are too inexperienced. We have one of the youngest teams in the NBA, but in a couple of years this problem will be fixed. Well, thats my two cents
Yes. Everyone knows. Us Rockets fans know we suck. Now everybody knows. They are all saying it on TV. "We are too inexperienced" I don't know how the heck we can become more experienced and how the heck that will help. It doesn't matter if we just play one on one basketball all day. We don't pass at all. NO PASSING. We are just isolation again....either give it to Mobley in the same spot and let him do it...which he did good. Or give it to Yao and hope he scores.......WHILE THE REST OF THE PLAYERS JUST STAND THERE. Yao has no one to pass to. Or if it's not Yao.....then it's MO TAYLOR. And he has been on fire. But he can't do it forever. Now Steve Francis is struggling. I don't knw.........but he needs help. Why can't he be like Chauncey Billups or even Stephon Marbury? Of course.....they both have more than one person on the team that can shoot. SOLUTIONS.... EITHER NEW COACH.....who actually has an offensive system with all the players involved.....and who can prepare us for games. CUZ WE HAVE BEEN STARTING GAMES TERRIBLY. Sure.....we make great comebacks.....but still LOSE cuz no more time. Golly. ALSO.........GET A SHOOTER. Jon Barry doesn't look too bad......even Chauncey Billups can shoot!!!!! Change the starting lineup. We are screwing up in the first half terribly. Sometimes......our defense just sucks. Then when our defense gets all good.....our offense just sucks. So we are screwed. That goes back to.......NEW COACH. DANG IT. We need at least one shooter....and need to replace some players. Keep Francis cuz we have to. No one is willing to trade for Mo Taylor. So he'll be around. Cuttino.......... Posey.....please leave. And then sign a good shooter and good defender to replace him. Yao is of course staying. NOW GET RID OF ALL THE REST OF THE PLAYERS and replace them with just shooters and defenders. Good......not oldies.....but experienced players who know their roles and fit well with us. NOW GO CARROLL DAWSON!!!!!!!!!!!!
When we get it down to Mo or Yao, often times it's just another one on one play that doesn't help to our assist total. Occasionally, there will be some good ball movement with Yao passing to the cutter or passing out b/c of an approaching double team, but most of the time, it's just the post player taking the shot.
At least when we go down to Mo and Yao we have a better shooting percentage. I admit, Mo Taylor hardly every passes when he gets the ball in the low post, but that falls under ball movement. We just flat out need more of it.
Main problem is either coaching or that the players arent listening. ALL of us here on the BBS complained about Yao not getting the ball enough. Now when he is getting the ball, its a freaking ISO play. WTF? When Yao gets the ball in the post, EVERYONE on the Rockets is on the other side of the floor...WHO IS YAO SUPPOSED TO PASS TO? There needs to be movement, there needs to be Rice or someone else on his side ready to nail a three. I just dont understand what they do in practice? We've been seeing the same **** since the All-Star break
We'll have a better shooting percentage, but this is basically the same old DIT offense employed with Hakeem and Charles. The difference is we haven't complimented Yao with an array of shooters like Hakeem had... this makes for very ugly basketball. And at any rate, I don't want another DIT offense; I want something fresh, something new. Yes, we have a better shooting % (for the times where Yao doesn't turn the ball over or get forced to far outside), but just dumping it down low is not going to solve our problems either.
I don't think it's a problem of shooters. If there is no ball movement, nothing would work unless we had Kobe. We need a real point guard and a new coach.
