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R&R Offense or Why Set Plays are so Infrequent for the Rockets

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by jtr, Nov 15, 2013.

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  1. jtr

    jtr Member

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    Not a problem at all. I understood that you had probably misinterpreted the intent of those posts.

    IMHO the 82games clutch stats are completely misleading. That is why I do not reference them. I cannot understand them. Maybe I am dense or something.

    And I agree with your analysis of Harden in clutch situations. I have seen him many times wave off players to do a straight iso. I view that as a player failure and not a system failure.

    Anyway good posts!
     
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  2. ComeBack

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    and yes, I am complaining about 1-2 plays a game. I am not complaining about McHale's overall strategy. The string of close games where we were unable to close teams out of they kept the game close was frustrating and where all the recent complaints came from.
     
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  3. ParaSolid

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    Man our half court offense is spectacularly bad. I don't understand why we don't just pick and roll teams to death instead of alternating between posting up Howard and isolating Harden. The offense becomes really stagnant and most of the time nothing shifts the defense until the last action which usually starts with around 10 seconds left on the clock. At that point, Harden, Lin, Parsons, or Howard usually has to come up with a nifty play to get themselves a shot or to create an open shot for a teammate. It works against the Toronto's, New York's, Boston's, and Denver's of the league but what happens when we face Miami or Indiana or San Antonio or Chicago? /rant

    With that being said, I understand that the team is gelling and they are already showing great signs of improvement. Good win!
     
    #83 ParaSolid, Nov 19, 2013
  4. jtr

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    I can't disagree with anything you have said. The season is young and McHale is surrounded by the best assistants Morey can hire. They will work it out. A major problem may be Harden and his hero ball as described in earlier posts.
     
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    I completely agree as almost every Rockets fan does. It is frustrating. Can I speculate? Perhaps end of game last shot situations are like jump balls. 50-50. And so the Rockets will win about half of those. But IMHO the problem was the Rockets organizations single minded attempt to get a handle on the Asik situation. Maybe, just maybe, the Boston game is a harbinger of things to come. The real goal in the NBA is to avoid 50-50 end of game situations. And play like they did in preseason.
     
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  6. ComeBack

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    I agree avoiding 50-50 situations would be ideal. I just wish our players were setup better to succeed at end game situation when we have them and I'm very hopeful we can improve as we get further into the season. I hope the Asik situation will get put behind us asap so the whole organization can move on. It's gotten pretty ridiculous when the announcers spend the last 6-7 min of the game harping on it.
     
    #86 ComeBack, Nov 19, 2013
  7. jtr

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    It is unwise to compare the current Rockets players with the Spurs roster. Manu, Parker and TD have played together for an eternity and probably understand how to run effective offenses and defenses together as well as any three players in the NBA. Give the young Rockets the time needed to gel as a cohesive unit.

    And yes I agree with what you said.
     
    #87 jtr, Nov 19, 2013
  8. Jake Tower

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    I received this 'rep comment' for this post:

    He barely does that you whiny little basketball newb LOF. Stop exaggerating like the rest of Lin's groupies​

    I'm flabbergasted.
     
    #88 Jake Tower, Nov 20, 2013
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    LOL... I 've gotten a rep comment before with somebody calling me a LOF when my join date was before anybody knew who Jeremy Lin was.
     
    #89 bmd, Nov 20, 2013
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    Steve Francis system

    in case you don't know who that is, he was a basketball player on the Rockets before Lin was here
     
    #90 apollo33, Nov 20, 2013
  11. CONAN 888

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    Not part of read and react:grin:
    Part of sg not running the set called or Mch doesn't have any sets.
    Has there ever been that many coaches in the NBA who played in the low post and were successful?
     
    #91 CONAN 888, Nov 20, 2013
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