Am I the only one sick of RA. RA coaches like a robot, he does not care if a player is hot or not he just sticks with his rotation. Kmart had 19 points in the third, RA takes him out to start the fourth and then it happens Portland wins the game. This is not the first time this has happened. Anybody who knows anything about basketball understands that you play the hot hand. Wake up RA.
I wish he would be a bit more flexible in the substitution regards. But sometimes our offense and its potency is a testament to his coaching. He does more good than bad.
he took him out because Martin played the entire 3rd quarter and they were up 13. If he had kept him in and he ran out of gas you would be complaining about that.
RA is overrated he has zero rings and that will never change. Coaches who only focus on offense and have no regard for defense never win championships. Rick is an arrogant sob, he is so in love with his substitution pattern that he can't even recognize when a player is on fire. You don't take a guy out when he has 19 in the third. You take the guy out when he cools off. It's just common sense
True, at times he does make rotation mistakes, but Portland loss was not his mistake. 13 point lead with 8 minutes to go.... I think it was okay for him to give him some rest. Rick did not know that it will be 7 on 3. Brad Miller and Hill plus some refs played for Portland...
I don't care if Matin played the entire game. Bottom line you don't take a guy out when he is lighting it up. Using your logic Kobe would of never scored 81 and Wilt Chamberlain never would of scored 100. BTW when has Kmart been known for a lack of stamina, he used to be one the NBA leaders in minutes played
True to an extent, You don't take guy out if he is hot and you need him. He did his job in 3rd and 4th and deserved a breather. Rick might have put him back in the back after couple of minutes or so.. but who knew, that our bench needed only 2 minutes to blew Martin's hard-work.
He's too conservative, whine and bickers incessantly, and seems to lose his focus under pressure. His substitution methods are questionable... it took a 9-minute drought in the 4th quarter of the Portland game for Adelman to realize that the unit on the floor wasn't getting the job done. At that point, it was too little, too late. He's far too loyal to this overpaid, immobile cry baby:
Kevin was absolutely exhausted. He was carrying the whole team offensively for a good 14 minutes. And Rick didn't even turn to Kyle to go in for him until KMart got ripped by Dante Cunningham, which happened because of said fatigue. He had to pull him to get him a little rest before crunch time.
RA is not the problem... a lack of interior defense, size and elite talent at any position is the issue.... in the last 2 years the Rockets have lost 2 of the top 15 players in the league... that is very hard to overcome. Morey has done a very good job of drafting and trading. He got K-Mart for virtually nothing, and has drafted well... but, there is no superstar or lottery picks for him to use.... Just deal with the fact we are not very good....
If a guy is absolutely killing it their is nothing wrong with letting the guy play way more minutes then normal. Kmart only played 39 minutes. Btw i must repeat this if you watch rockets games you will notice that RA sticks to his rotations no matter what. I have seen RA leave players in who are incredibly cold and take out players who are scorching hot. RA doesn't get it and he never will. Playing the HOT HAND is the most obvious thing in coaching
Morey had done a great job really. LOL Morey has found a way to put together a team that features many of the worst defenders in the NBA. RA is not the problem really, RA is a horrible defensive coach. Wake up people understand that defense is the key to winning championships and RA has always been a horrible defensive coach and Morey does not emphasize defense when he evaluates talent. The Rockets have the wrong strategy, they are consistently neglecting defense and everybody knows that defense wins championships
Also, RA didn't miss FTs or turn the ball over after two offensive rebounds. If you need someone to blame for the Portland game you're looking for Mr. Hill.
"Hot hand", more often than not, can be attributed to luck. Not saying it doesn't exist, but extensive studies have shown that hitting a bunch of shots in a row doesn't appear to make your next shot any more likely to go in.
I rather him have some structure in his coaching than on the fly knee-jerk coaching. Just be glad we don't have this guy. After playing almost nothing the last couple of weeks, Hansbrough will start versus the Spurs friday...The guy starts players purely for matchups and he benched Hibert. I'm grateful for RA.
LOL i could care less about those studies. Guys have big games when their hot. Anybody who played basketball at any level understands that being in the zone is definitely real. Your point is whats wrong with the rockets, the rockets don't understand basketball they just focus on stats and fancy computer analysis. That is the reason why Morey is always ignoring defense, their are many great statistics for offense but defense is not as easily measured, that is why Morey is always neglecting defense
What would have had Morey done differently? ...... that is what I thought As for RA being a horrible defensive coach... he has had a number of teams that have been top 10 defense.... so you don't know what you are talking about. The reason the Rockets are as bad as they are defensively is in large part because they do not have a true center. When Yao is in the middle contesting shots the defense in remarkably better. As far as the Rockets neglecting defense.... their best post defender is 6'5" ... their post defense is TERRIBLE, which on magnifies the defensive short comings of the backcourt. If Yao were healthy no one would be complaining about Martin or Scola's defense... Also, Morey has recently made concerted efforts to get defensive players .... Lee and Williams are two examples.... earlier he went after Dorsey and dealt for Battier. You are talking out of your butt.
Really what should have Morey done differently how about not signing a non defender like Brad Miller. RA proved is his days as Kings head coach that he was a horrible defensive coach and the Rockets have got worst every year defensively under RA. Morey should of also understood that a backcourt combination of Kmart and Ab does not mesh you cant have both of your starting guards be horrible defenders. Also Scola is great on offense but he is a horrible defender. You cant win when you start three bad defenders. So ya Morey is making the wrong moves. Another bad move by Morey is keeping Battier, this guy is obviously washed up. Explain to me how a gm puts together a team with so many bad defenders but yet he is doing such a great job
