[Calm Down] Rockets Longest Active Winning Streak in the League! Six in a Row!

Michael Jordan was a top three pick.

If you were in charge of the Rockets in 1983, we'd have selected Leon Wood instead of Hakeem

 

I mean I did say you're not winning a championship at 8th...but you also don't win a championship all at the same time either.

If you look at nearly every great team they were once a late seed or barely miss the playoffs. It's rare that a team just goes from bottom of the league to top, you have to work your way up the ladder.

You mention the Wizards, they were 8th last year and now one of the best teams in the East. You mention the Kings their fans have been dying to make the playoffs the last few years. Why? Just to get their team some playoff experience (Which is a thing) get them battle tested and to hopefully build from there. I don't think there is a quick and easy guide to winning rings. At some point through it, you're going to be mediocre.

 

yeah keep trying to save the face...and keep covering all the bases... i bet you have alot of fun with that timid and scared mentality in your life

 

Honestly Gordon is going to be gone sooner or later especially with the way he's been playing this season. He has been carrying this team during this stretch and we will likely start losing games again without him especially against better teams.

I don't have a problem with 25-26 year old players, especially if they are blue collared utility players like Tate and Matthew. You can keep them on the roster until they are 32-33 and they will still deliver wins for you barring injuries.

I think we are going to end up with Chet and Paola no matter what. We had a win streak beating some of the worst teams in the league. Which reflects more on coaching and grit rather than talent level. I am just enjoying it while it lasts.

 

nice try but but its a very weak joke or analogy whatever that was... but keep working on your craft.. you have a lot of potential

 

Big difference between being the 8th seed with a young team led by a 23 year old superstar in the making vs being the 8th seed with a bunch of veterans on expiring contracts while the rookies play 20 min per game tops.

 

So, my question to you is, why do you want the Rockets stuck in mediocrity forever?

They don't currently have a franchise player, and they aren't going to contend for anything until they get one.....you'd have them win just enough to ensure they never pick that up when others would suggest the best course of action would be to do things in order to try and actually contend one day.

 

Y'all have your answers in a couple months, just here to kill some time here and there.

 

Yeah I never felt like Wood was old. Hakeem too didn't start winning until past 26.

My issue with Wood has always been his contract and finding out the right value for it but Wood is in an interesting position.

If the team loses It'll largely be because he didn't play well enough and then the team gets to draft his replacement.
If the team wins then it'll largely be because he did play well enough and instead of drafting his replacement we'll draft later.

The team could also trade him for more assets if the team starts to lose, it'll be interesting to see what they do if at the deadline the Rockets are firmly in the 7-10 race...do they waive the white flag, trade him for a bunch of assets and move forward with Sengun...or do they hold on to him and make him a future piece of this team? I think if that's the scenario it'll be a hard decision to make. Owners really do like selling tickets to playoff games too...

 

Nothing more Tillman would like than to fill up TC with Warriors fans twice while we get swept

 

People keep forgetting about KPJ for some reason. He's missed one game...his play and return was a large reason we started winning.

 

Remember Portland took Sam Bowie ahead of Jordan......at least we took Hakeem over him.

DD

 

The Rockets have always been a long-term thinking team under Tilman Fertitta.

 

Even then, with this owner, he has successfully discarded Harden, CP3, Westbrook and soon Wall in a matter of a 4-5 year time span.

Not to say Capela, Covington .....

You think Wood is safe? Think again.

 

not sure why trade him if hes not a problem in lockeroom or something or before giving a new coach chance to polish his weaknesses...
even as is hes a player on championship team...we can only hope a future pick develops into wood or even if he develops into another wood will he be healthy, will he have a good chemistry like wood etc THAT WOULD BE A DREAM...you dont trade away wood for an uncertain future that may even never come...

i would like for stone to make this a place of great bb culture and chemistry so players like tate and wood give us a bit of discount to sign them ALL... you need DEPTH AND INJURY RESILIENCE

AND I AM A BIG FAN OF CONTINUITY

 

Harden forced CP3 out....then forced himself out when it became obvious that forcing out CP3 for Westbrook was stupid. Dumping Westbrook and soon Wall are good things.

 

It's rare that a team just goes from bottom of the league to top, you have to work your way up the ladder.

That is basically the argument of every pro tanker/rebuilding team. It takes time to accumulate assets to build a championship caliber team. Rome wasn't build in a day, folks that blindly want their team to win at all cost and we will end up like the current day blazers, and spurs. All that playoff experience and u still go nowhere. I haven't even mentioned the Tank commander just sitting on the bench with his huge ass contract. We have folks callin green a bust, silas an incompetent coach yet playoffs is the goal.

Championship teams, went through the sht years there's no avoiding it. It's not at some point through it, you're going to be mediocre, it's at some point u have to b sht b4 u rise to the top.

This is the first tru year of tanking. Get rid of wall's contract, first b4 even thinkin about playoffs cause that thing is handicapping the team overall chances at getting better

 

Well I did say Wood isn't safe.

The question with Wood is how good can he be? Thankfully, we have time to see and figure that out before making a final decision on him. Right now, the option should be that he's not good enough for the contract he might demand...but he can change that perception. If he does, then he's going to force them into making a tough decision.

 

Keep telling about it for the next 20 years, DD.

 

To be fair. Michael Jordan didn't start winning until he got Pippen.

No one can do it alone. Well, no one except Hakeem.