Last year we had a designated closer and could not play defense. This year we have no closer and cannot play defense. Hence the decline.
I like Battier, but watching him try to jump to score against an opponent, you realize how grounded his and really our entire starting lineup's game is.
this is the first game this year i've had to turn the tv off, i was about to break something, i've had it with this ****, done, **** this crap, adelman doesn't know hwo to light a fire under these guys asses, i'm so tired of watching this sick weak, soft **** every ****ing day. Run the same god damn play, watch chuck hayes try to score every ****ing day and get the ball slapped out of his hands, watching the other team score with ease and look like championship contenders, i've had it. Now i know how texans fans feel.
I am sorry to say this, but.... Hill Scola Lee Martin Dish Should play the majority of the minutes today, but unfortunately Adelman will continue to play nonathletic guys against a team with great athletes plus Nash, doesn´t make sense if you ask me... PeAcE
If the Rockets are just going to mail it in, I'd rather watch JT, Ish, Budinger, Hill and Patterson play most of the minutes with Martin and Scola. At least I can then think about the future. Watching Battier, Lowry, and Hayes out there is just painful.
no they're zoning it out. when martin does drive, they rotate over and take away his driving lanes forcing him to pass it back out on the perimeter to either battier and lowry. on that side, they zone it off and force lowry/battier to shoot from the outside. the perfect plan.
These guys are workhorses. 8 mins (with breaks due to fouls and timeouts in between) is nothing to them. And please don't use the "energy management" excuse when it comes to Adelman. The one game Kyle Lowry played great he played him 39 minutes straight...during the first game of a back-to-back
yep. as much as he scores and rebounds, he gives up just as much if not more. the defensive rotations in the paint have been non existent this season. heck last year we were playing better defense in the paint and it wasn't even all that great.
I'm not saying they were tired... All I'm saying is that they played 8 minutes of the 2nd quarter and then Adelman brought in the starters to close the quarter out. It's what every coach in the NBA tries to do.
I turn on the game 39-41, YAYZ we STILL CANZ WIN DIS I turn off Chuck and start watching this instead, and boom, I go back to Chuck. Hopefully Chuck can start to flash again, because the Rockets aren't finding their shot anytime soon....
Thank you Clutch, this is the horn I have been blowing for some time now. We just don't have any real athleticism in our starting lineup (or even our bench for that matter). Ariza/Brooks aren't missed as much as their athleticism is. Scola, Battier, Chuck, and still recovering Lowry (not the same as years past) and even Martin will never be mistaken for above average athletically. You can get away with 2 maybe 3 unathletic players, but a roster full of them spells disaster, esp. when they are also limited offensively.
