ClutchFans Game Thread: Rockets @ Wizards 12/29/2017

Haven’t done a good job developing the bench this year.

 

When is Luc due to come back?

 

I've lost the will to watch basketball..

 

it got him the Presidency

 

In the past, CP3 seemed OK with sometimes being waved off and taking a backseat to Harden, because he trusted Harden back then.

Well, guess not anymore.

 

That's actually a pretty good schedule for us going forward, hope we can fix whatever problem we have right now quickly, overall, what pisses me off most are those two home games against the LA teams, especially that one against the Clippers...

 

Jeez! A little bit of adversity and folks here start freaking out.They weren't going to win 70 games so everyone just take a deep breath and chill. All teams have to face bad times sooner or later - it's just that the Rockets' time is now. How they respond will go a long way to helping them come playoff time. I'm looking to see if MDA can/will adapt his system in order to compensate for what's going wrong. Last year in the playoffs he didn't and we all know how that turned out. I know I keep saying this but it still remains to be seen whether or not MDA's approach can succeed when it counts.

 

if you want an omen....when we won the title in 95, we had a 5 game losing streak during that season also

 

I never understood these posts. What do expect after a 5 game loosing streak when the ****ing GM of this team expects us to beat the best team ever assembled and our superstar guard doesn't even know how to move his feet or be a NBA conditioned level player when a team decides to press .

 

Last few games like. . . .

 

It's like people don't realise that not only is our best perimeter defender out, but our only rim protector is also out.

In addition to the defensive strains placed on us with those injuries, our only legitimate above the rim roller is missing.

People need to realise just how much Clint rolling opens up the perimeter because he is a target each and every roll.

We were downright nasty when healthy. Every single person in the world knew a losing streak was going to rear its ugly head at some point in the season.

You're all like Melo and jumping ship as soon as the pressure gets put on.

Relax.

We've lost to playoff teams and a couple of trash teams we took for granted. AKA the Rockets doing Rocket things.

This is an 82 game season. These 5 games are going to be inconsequential for the most part come the end of the year.

We were never going to get the 1st seed over the Warriors. They have that much talent they can weather injuries.

We will beat the Spurs/any other team challenging for the 2nd seed.

Come playoff time we should be healthy because I have to assume Mike knows he needs everyone healthy when the real season starts, and towards the close of the regular season we'll see players taking games off.

Morey is seeing everything we're seeing, so he'll hopefully do some work behind the scenes before the trade deadline comes to a close.

We cannot go into the playoffs with Weber as our third stringer. We also need another big man who plays like Clint, because we've all seen how this team plays without him.

Chill out, relax, have some drinks, and thank your lucky stars we've lost 5 games in a row, yet look at our record.

 

tired of ref baitin harden. where's the game winning harden?

 

Hey, what about the part where our offensive superstar elite perimeter guard falls apart into a YMCA rec level player when teams decide to press him off and on the ball?

 

Yep. This is concerning. Is harden one of those players that others can’t get along with? D12? Ty Lawson was never the same. If he is we are prison shower fodder as a team.

 

Harden needs to stop doing iso-ball and expecting to be fouled each time. He's been so inefficient lately despite his points. What happened to his play-making abilities? He's also been turning the ball over like crazy.

 

What about the much bigger sample size of him not doing that though?

Or do you just want to choose certain parts to suit your narrative?

Do you have a position at ESPN by any chance?

Or do you just think Harden has only ever seen a press off and on the ball during the past 5 games?

You'll never hear me say Harden is a perfect franchise player who doesn't have flaws. But stop being idiotic

 

He always wilters when teams press him. What are you taking about? More and more teams are figuring it out. He was being pressed like he was the past 4 games during the winning streak. Teams let him get to his spots when he was off the ball. Now they don't especially during crunch time situations .

Harden wilters against press defenses in 2017, 2016, 2015 etc. He was a bit more quick footed his first season with us and wasn't so useless when teams pressed but now pressing Harden completely eliminates him from the game or even worse, makes him a turnover machine .

 

At least OKC lost

 

If it was easy to stop Harden by just pressing him, you'd think every single team would employ this from the get go wouldn't you.