I agree that it is broken. Watching this team is still frustrating even though, I've tried to lower my expectations. Sad stuff and for no real reason.
This season is over. Please just sit Harden with a fluke injury so he can rest up and we don't risk an injury for next season.
Howard doesn't jump for rebounds that aren't right in front of them. He doesn't box out anymore. Even though he was doing his thing on offense his paint protection sucks which is why so many people get easy lay ups on us
Right now you can put any line up that you want out there and it want work.. This team has chemistry issues and with people knowing and understanding there role along with trust issues.... T_Man
This season was over the day we fired McHale. Now the core of the team might be done too. What a year.
I agree on the lack of boxing out... it hasn't been great... I think the dude is tired on being beat on for x amount seconds before the ball even makes it upcourt... and then he rarely gets the ball for enduring the beating... Put the ball in the pgs hands (not harden) - get the ball upcourt fast before the defense sets and give howard some early touches! If you dont have a good opp to exploit the defense or get it to Howard in the first half of the shot clock... hopefully Harden has made it upcourt by now and he can get the ball at the top of the key and do his thing...
Be a "Realist". What's he going to say? "We're fixing to make wholesale changes so if you have a pet dumbass on this team, say good-bye now"? Morey knows ( he must know) the roster sucks big red dog d***s and isn't going to suddenly manufacture magic. It hasn't happened yet. If anything, one problem keeps compounding another.
Come on start running some called plays. Run the pick and roll until the other stops it. I don't care if Howard doesn't like it just make him do it.
it isn't his fault, he isn't the coach or players, he put enough talent on that team to climb high but they haven't been able to get it done
I don't want any coach telling me his team is broken. To me, that means he isn't doing a good enough job because it's on him.
What do you expect him to say? He is a calculated person, what positive comes out of him saying they are going to blow it up? Nothing. If/when changes are made, then he will discuss them.
John Blair says the Rockets are a broken team and he has no answers. John Blair says they're ****in' hyperventilating out there :grin:
The truth is that the Rockets didn't go from winning 70% of their games to 49% because of a single player. Dwight Howard is not doing the little things that are important, but do not show up in the stat line. He isn't boxing out, he isn't hedging off screens, he isn't switching and he isn't communicating....... I am not blaming him, as I suspect it is common when you are in a really negative environment, to not hustle or play smart...... why do it when no one else is doing it? Howard had a monster game last month, and everyone on this board was applauding him; but what no one really discussed was that he never hedged or dealt with screens. He literally only did what would accumulate statistics. Harden's issues are similar. His statistical game has stabilized, and is one of the 2-3 best in the NBA.... however, limited effort on defense, when he does funnel defensively, there is no pick up help, and Harden doesn't help either. It is going to take a new season and a very, very strong coach to turn this around.
One thing is for sure, JB cannot handle the Blazers...... I will never forget him flipping out in the playoffs a few years ago against the Blazers.
a large part of the problem is that most of our role players (especially bev) simply cannot throw a pass into the paint
