I like Thornton bringing the ball up cause he can chuck at any moment. Thornton+Harden=Ariza=Smith+Dwight!
Not really. He has been pretty consistent with most major stats. To the extent that he has been inconsistent has been due to changes in GP, GS, MPG, and an Achilles' tendon injury. Good job rockets.
surprising win. surprising to me at least. defense was a little better and made a difference, esp. after the 1st q. harden played well, smith played well. even jones played better. and thornton the chucker brought it tonight.
yeah Looking back at the past couple years when Dwight's been injured it's hard to refute your comment about Rockets playing better without Dwight. If Howard didn't have a huge ego and a big contract I'd have him coming off the bench as crazy as it sounds...or find ways to rotate both Howard and Harden throughout the game where both of them play together less and less. This might actually help the chemistry/flow of the game and they might actually play better this way. Just a thought. They could both have monster games at the same time more often possibly versus one of them getting off and not the other.
Those games were controlled by the refs. We could have still won both of them without Dwight. Especially the Wizards game. The Rockets won that game the refs took it away. Dwight needs to man up. Yes the calls were bad but his push off on the ref was unnecessary and he needs to pull himself together and focus on staying in the game.
Not sure I want him coming off the bench you might as well trade him because I think he would just pout coming off the bench. We should keep him. The coaching staff just needs to be changed and we can see what a different look could do. Dwight and Harden pick and roll should be dominating the league but it's just not working. Dwight seems to hate pick and roll with Harden. He is much better with Thornton and that shouldn't be. Not all great players have automatic chemistry I guess.
Still had a pretty good game after a bad stretch. We needed his 14 and 7. His trade value may have gotten up a bit, as a backup 4.
