B(er, E)SPN: Rockets not done dealing

basketballholic · Oct 9, 2013

iconoclastic said: ↑

I'm not worried about the Asik/Howard combo in the regular season. What I'm worried about is the good defensive teams, who have the discipline, intelligence, and athleticism we are likely to see in the playoffs who, when one of Asik or Howard gets the ball, will help off the other and have time to recover back if the open man gets the ball, lowering our efficiency to a 50% layup or something like that, or an otherwise tough jumpshot if they pass it out. This scenario plays out even early in the game because good defensive teams, the teams we are likelier to play in the playoffs, don't need to foul.

In addition, the more teams play against our unorthodox frontcourt, the more likely they are to figure out a way to defend against it, whereas Asik and Howard are not more likely to develop skills to counter their adjustments. Other teams I thought last year were just not ready to defend against the dual garbagemen Asik/Smith lineup last year because it was likely their first time playing against it, so our guys were still effective despite the lack of complementary offensive skills. This won't be the case if Asik/Howard is our primary lineup this season, especially in the playoffs, when it actually counts.
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Defensively..teams with 2 bigs, like Memphis, etc. just killed us. Basketball is a 2-sided game. Gotta look at both ends.

xclearscreen · Oct 9, 2013

Amel said: ↑

Praying hard

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Portland would jump all over that

2016Champions · Oct 9, 2013

RollingWave said: ↑

Those guys do know Faried and Koufas played 1200 min together on a 57 win team, and neither can shoot to save their life right?
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And they got knocked out the first round so moot point. Our goal isn't to win 57 games, it's to win in the playoffs.

xclearscreen · Oct 9, 2013

Morey is basically saying to other GMs, "Make any offers we can't refuse"

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