ClutchFans Game Thread: Rockets @ Thunder 12/29/2013

No way in hell is Durant 'humble' like people claim. He's becoming one of the cockiest players in the league.

 

But but but he's very likable! And he signed an extension with OKC and announced it over twitter instead of having a big show! And did I mention he's likable and everyone loves him! He's so humble and quiet, never does anything wrong!



Screw the Thunder. Screw Durant. Have fun finishing second. :grin:

 

The guy gets the weakest foul calls. He pushed Garcia off and its a foul on Garcia. He gets more calls than Lebron. He's so good but damn he's calls make Harden calls look like they are molesting Harden. These calls are super annoying cause it takes away from the competitiveness of the game.

 

Look here great Superstars take things like this personal. That's what make this game so exciting. Harden and Howard have to step their games up in games like this pimpn. Yes they still have to play under control and within the offense. But Superstars shine in moments like this bro. Competitive spirit has to kick in bws.

Yes sir it will be interesting.

 

You are saying this just after Harden had 25 free throws in a game?

 

LOL indeed

 

Has anyone made a .gif of old man Fisher getting flattened by Canaanball yet? I need a pick-me-up.

 

Don't force if your'e Harden and end up turning it over and not trusting team mates. Sure, it's personal, it's against your own team. But, you'll be in your own house, go in there and let your natural game do the talking. If Harden does that and has a big game in him that night, he'll be fine. If he's forcing things, it may be a long night.

 

I used to like him, but last night he intentionally pushed Garcia, and the ref end up callin Garcia! He then pushed Chandler in the 2nd half, the ref let it go, and he pusher again, and harder, that time ref called him! I don't like him anymore. I wish he never gets the ring But I guess he is the next in line picked by....

 

i agree the fans on the site are so blame happy and always wanting to trade this person and that person. if we bring someone in new at pg which is the hardest position to learn and is best to learn the plays we do have (which aren't many) its to do it over summer and come into camp with a new team. lin and bev are our pgs and there is chemistry, they know the plays and system our team is way better than it was last year. OKC is one of 4 teams we are going to have trouble beating consistently until this team has a full year playing together. We bring in some head case and then we'll have more problems than we have now.

but i'm guessing this is a part of the forum process and until this team wins a championship i better get used to it.

 

Old fish is bad too. He tried to follow the tiger to make himself look good, but he still looked bad :grin::grin:

 

Well I pretty much expected OKC to rout us, 4th game in 5th nights and Harden, Howard and Parsons all played 40 mins each the previous game, and OKC is well rested. Which do you think is more important, a win against the lowly Pelicans (who will never threaten the Rox) or being fresh against the best team in the West? With WB out, it was the best chance for the Rox to gain a psychological advantage against OKC, instead we got stomped to the ground TJones style.

This is why I don't expect the Rox to contend for a championship this season, not only is it the first year for the team to gell together, I don't have confidence in Mchale's abilities to juggle PT and strategize. Every team knows the schedule ahead of time, DMo and the reserves should have gotten more PT in the beginning instead you had Harden playing 40 mins almost every night. We just got him back healthy from bruised feet now he's gonna get worn down again. Whatever the team manages to achieve this season will mainly be due to the strength of the roster, not the coaching behind them.

With that said, Mchale is a young coach just like this is a young team, he doesn't have decades of coaching experience just like most coaches, and compared to another rookie coach like Kidd he's already miles ahead. If you look at Mchale's coachign this year it has improved from last year's, and I expect this year to be a learning experience for him as well. Losses like these aren't that bad if they learn from their mistakes, and looking at Mchale's comments it's good that he wants more ball movement instead of one guy going ISO all the time, which was his go-to play last season.

The season's not even half way done, let the team rest and regroup next game.

 

when do play the heat? that will really tell how far we've come as a team

 

But superstars don't go 2-9 in their last 2 out of 3 games.

 

I would be to if I could destroy Houston like he did

 

Mchale blame on the holding the ball to long , but coach that is your offensive system ,

Your system is the pg bring the ball up and hand it to harden and the pg go stand in the corner and let harden iso 1 on 1 or drop it to dwight , or pass the hot potato around look for the 3's . hardly any set pick or screen.

funny how Mchale blame it on holding the ball to long but that is his offense. lol

 

^^ Or it was not his offense but the players didn't listen to him. Which would be just as bad for a coach.

 

I'm not saying force it pimpn , I am saying step your game up because that's what Superstars do. He did it last season after the Thunder embarrassed him twice remember. Both him and Lin balled out of control in our last regular meeting against them. I was at that game, Harden went off for 40+ and Lin I think had 28. I also said Harden and Co. meaning everybody has to step their games up against contending teams like OKC. It is a good chance we might see these jokers in the playoff's. Durant and OKC said last night these cats can't stop us LOL. Make these jokers respect you, even if its a losing effort let them know we are here.

 

One of those games he still scored 20+. And yes Harden IMO is a Superstar.

 

OK then, let's go! If he drops 40 and Lin 28, and then Howard, Parsons and Jones do some damage, we'll be fine and the statement will be made. It's even better if they can frustrate Durant and hold him to like 14 or so.