We have played this season as if our coaching and management team is paid based on wins. Is there something like that going on? Or perhaps overt tanking sends a bad message to the young guys that they aren’t good enough and we need a top pick? Someone help me understand because playing Gordon, Schroeder, and even Wood at this point of the season seems unforgivably incompetent. I want a top pick badly, but if we go 9-0 with starting lineups of Nix, Green, Tate, Garuba, and Sengun, I will be thrilled. At least we learn something in that scenario and have years to look forward to. I cannot think of a single reason to play EG right now. JC should get all his minutes. Garuba was a 1st who hasn’t played AT ALL. He should get all Woods minutes and Sengun should be getting 35+. Even Nix should start IMO but at least get 20 mpg. Look at the all-time terrible rosters OKC and ORL have put out recently. Or what POR put against us last night. Wtf are we doing?
Agreed, they had no issue benching Wall all season so they could evaluate the youth why hesitate to bench Gordon and the rest of the vets for the last 9 games?
Silas is afraid of having the convo to Wood, Schroeder, and Gordon that he is benching them. Silas is weak and a pushover.
A top 5 pick will have a bigger impact on the Rocket's future than any meaningless wins the Rockets get with so few games left. LOSE OUT and secure a top 5 pick. You can't depend on or expect the Magic, Pistons, and Thunder to win games. The Rockets control their own destiny. Do Stone and/or Fertitta not see it this way?
I don't think anyone understands. This team is built to win. They haven't been tanking at all. Tillboy and Co. are simply so monstrously incompetent that their attempts at winning has them at 19 wins with 9 games to go. Trust me, we will finish with 24 wins and get the 10th pick. We'll do the same thing next year to ensure we give our pick to OKC.
I've been screaming this from the rooftops for two weeks now. Although I would play Schroder. It doesn't feel right to strip the minutes from a rotation-worthy player in a contract year. Besides him, all the other vets should be benched.
My vote was a joke but maybe they reward practice results from PT. Pissing off vets prob doesn't help the free agent side of things. Vets not locked in on a long term contract want to pad their minutes and stats.ofc, Houston's rep is dogshit, so that's prob not it It's political but that's the only way it makes any sense.
I can’t make any sense at all of Garuba getting no minutes last night. Is he a bust? Maybe. But how in the hell can you possibly know if the dude doesn’t get minutes in what was basically a blowout? This team. So ****ing frustrating!
Right. Garuba should be playing 20 plus. Green and Nix should be in the backcourt together for something more than zero minutes. Mix some **** up and see if you can learn something else from the rest of the season. Or just keep sending Green into the corner and have Wood waive off guards to dribble into nothing. The incompetence of the decision makers is maddening.
vets need development too stop questioning the coaching staff all the damn time and let them cook…my goodness
I have no idea other than the Rooks would win too many games off hustle and exhilaration. Vets will reel them in to lose.
There is no way this team can be that clueless. You have already sunk the season, losing out on a top 3 pick is blowing hundreds of millions of value from the team over 9 games. This team has some pieces on it already, and you risk them maturing next year and getting you to a point where you are stuck in 12-15th pick hell. Silas already needs to be removed, but in a scenario you lose out on a top 3, he needs to shunned from the NBA permanently.
Pre-emptive lux tax savings, draft 11th every year so you don't have to pay any top of the line rookies.
I thought Garuba was still injured. Aside from that, I am 100% on your side. Gordon should not see the floor anymore. Wood shouldn't either, unless it is to experiment more with him and Sengun on the floor at the same time. And KPJ should be limited to stretches at the SF position to see how the team fares in that 3 guard lineup (though I would actually prefer to just see more of KJM). If you are going to play them, at least have a purpose behind it other than winning games. When people say "how can you ask for Silas to be fired when the goal is to lose?" this is the type of stuff you look at. If he is your coach going into next year, he is gaining no additional knowledge about what works, what doesn't, and why. He could be killing two birds with one stone by evaluating combinations and matchups while losing inconsequential games in the process. While you want the nice guy to succeed, he comes across as extremely dumb.
