Rondo quits

There are 2 reasons this sucks for the Rockets:

1) It forces the Rockets to actually have to guard all 5 players on the court now.

2) It takes away McHale's go-to move when Dallas starts using the Hack-a-Whoever strategy.

 

5 championships in past 15 years. I wish we had their "foolishness".

 

That's a pretty lame argument, their management is garbage now and pretty much everyone knows it. Unless they stumble upon another Kobe in the draft it's unlikely they rebound to being even decent any time soon.

 

Their ownership is bad, but Mitch Kupchak is a solid GM.

 

Playoff Rondo!

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They got kobe through trade not draft

 

Maxwell at least didn't purposely try to lose us a playoff game

 

Haven't read the whole thread so apologies if point has already been made, but this reminds me of when Rodman quit on the Spurs. Though instead of sitting on the baseline, Rodman took his shoes off.

 

Kobe basically forced his way to the Lakers during the Draft. Similar to "The Franchise"

 

I like what we did. Now to get under Chris Paul craw we need a racist owner or rogue ref.

 

Regarding those concerns:

1) It(along with Parsons' injury) also kills the Mavs' depth. They now have to start Barea which takes away one of their only spark plugs off their already thin bench. If the Mavs get off to a slow start(or the Rockets at least keep pace with them), who's gonna come in and score for them? Raymond Felton?

2) McHale doesn't really resort to the Hack-a strategy very often. In fact, he almost never uses it aside from occasionally against DeAndre Jordan(but who wouldn't with that guy?). He's more of an old school coach who prefers to defend straight up and get stops. And with a dominant Dwight manning the paint, that's probably the best move.

 

You probably wish we had their 61 losses, too

 

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What part of 5 chips in past 15 years do u not understand..lol

 

Rondo would be better serve as a defensive specialists with limited range. All he really need to do is establish a decent 3pt and he can be very valuable.

 

5 chips is great. That 15 is going to grow every year though.

 

Dude can't even hit FTs.. LOL

 

Dude can come down to Houston and have Calvin coach him. Honestly, in McHale's free wheeling offense, Rondo could be effective.

 

The Rockets only have one playoff series win in those same 15 years. I don't like the Lakers but their track record suggests they'll return to prominence soon enough. Honestly, even if it takes another 5 years, 5 titles in 20 years can still only be trumped by the Spurs.