Your like to message ratio. People like you are the reason the NBA refs will be the way they are. You don't hold them to account even if they get a shiv and shiv our players like in the Gladiator.
I guess you missed these shots. . . .. When you fouled.. .. . those are suppose to send the player to the line and those are not really counted as 'misses' but I could be wrong . .. Rocket River . . but I don't think so
1 game from beating the best team of all time = not championship ready. It’s a bold strategy cotton. Let’s see if it pays off for them.
The plan before the season was to get 2 stars to go with Harden. 1) trade half the team to bring in CP3 2) Melo wanted to play with CP3....Phil Jackson wanted Melo gone.....Ryan Anderson was suppose to be used to bring in Melo via trade. [Ryno & piecemeal-out/Melo-In]. Knicks did not take the bait. 3) because of timing, Rockets were lucky to get Tucker/Luc MaM when & for the price they did. 4) Morey said Rockets closed the gap on the Warriors. 5) T Black never figured things out, Nene lost a step, Capela developed well. Luc dislocated shoulder issues, CP3 hamstring problem in the WCF’s. Rockets were one game away from making it to the NBA finals and being the favorites. Timing is the main issue. Heavy turnover of the roster with salary cap restrictions hamper a team’s ability to make all the necessary moves in a seasons time period. Morey did well enough to get the Rockets as close as they did. Rockets offseason: 1) re-sign CP3 2) *sign Capela 3) sign Ariza/Luc/Gerald Green......both have flaws but both bleed Houston and could end up with worse. 4) Nene to 3rd string, find back up Center to back up Capela. Maybe Hartenstein or Qi. 5) Continue attempt to find 3rd star. CP3 is not built anymore to be the 2nd Star carrying so much of the burden. Questions: 1) can the Rockets find better shooters than Luc/Ariza/Tucker and still play defense? Trev/Luc/Tuck may have a decent 3-pt shooting percentage, but quantity is important. Each needs to be comfortable shooting about 8 three’s a game in case they shut down one of the others (Luc injury hurt Rockets chances of testing this theory). 2) will LeBron be a Rocket? After watching Melo in the playoffs, his defense is too porous. Can Ryno be traded? 3)*the Suns and Memphis are considering trading the top picks. If the Suns want Capela so bad....I might be willing to do a sign n trade of Capela for the top pick and more. Get Ayton or Bagley III and have a big with the ability to shoot 3’s. I call your bluff Suns.
and this is where you couldnt be more wrong. if you watched this series intently then you should easily realize hou was good enough to beat GS. the better team executing and playing with a ton of energy was winning last night at half time. what happened after that. GS needed a boost of opportunities to get going while at the same time slowing down houston. what looks more believable. just get a couple of no calls while GS is within range of 10 pts or give houston the calls they're supposed to get which is clear in the footage and videos posted all day long to possibly make the lead around 20. its just the perfect storm. anyone who refuses to believe what happened last night is just too naive and sticking to storyline the average person will believe in the end based on a box score. all gimmick excuses to what truly impacted the game and negatively for the rockets reading your post is the epitome of someone who automatically assumes GS is the better team based on 4 big names on their roster without even playing the actual game
I would have loved to see D'Antoni implement a South pawl approach against the Warriors in the second half. Meaning, hit the team hard with driving to the basket, kickouts and 3s in the first half. With the lead- change the approach and to mid range and layups with an occasional 3 once they start piling down the lane in the second half as well as play hard nosed, in your face defense. It was obvious MDA went for scoring in the game with Anderson and Joe. Would have loved to see Mbah in there just to play defense. Maybe next year they will learn from this game, but what a missed opportunity in game #7 where they could have hit the Warriors with something out of left field.
Trades happen all the time. Even if you say I apparently do not understand it. I recalling him doing nothing much at the trade deadline...... It's not like I want to discredit or criticize anyone but under Les we had decades (Yao Ming era...) of what could have been that it has been evident that something was always missing (durability, certain types of player). Maybe if Morey actually could win a championship that feeling would go away, but until then it is alway this sour feeling in the mouth that he could have done a little more when it counted. Spoiler It does not even matter if you think I dun understand it. I see the results and I see the short rotations. And FYI this is exactly the attitude of a defeatist, we took the Champs to 7, should that make me feel better? Are we champions of the hearts again? Nah, it's Win or Go Home. We came up short. Period. One part of me is feeling sorry for the players, sure, but another is saying, this can't be it, we could have done better. If you are repeatedly outplayed in the 3rd quarters, not only was that demoralizing, but for a stats guy like Morey that is absolute brutal. Oh boi, the apologists.
Mainsteam media will never understand or know how important Luc mbah a moute was when he was healthy right before the Lakers game. The Rockets looked so good with him hittin threes and defending. Honestly, with a healthy Luc and Cp3 we could have easily shocked the warriors in 5.
First of all, it's absolutely ridiculous that anyone could call what the Rockets did a miscalculation. The trade and pick-ups turned the Rockets to 2nd round fodder to a near championship team. The Rockets put up the best fight against the best offense in history with a strategy of 3 and D to the max. In terms of fatigue - who could have anticipate that you would lose Luc and CP3? If we had an 8 man rotation we'd have been fine. You just can't play the other guys if they aren't able to contribute. Morey did what no one else could imagine - find a way to have a shot at taking down the Warriors. The Rockets were the only hope to challenge the warriors and they delivered. It's easy to criticize, but let's keep in mind where we were a year ago.
he calculated everything you mentioned, he tried best for the given situation. only one thing he forgot is referees Murray calculated everything, sometimes that's just how much you can do with the situation, it take time and sometimes luck too.
Morey miscalculated the league. He forgot the officiating component that it can influence the outcome of a game.
Totally agreed. No backup PG for an injury prone Paul is the miscalculation. To be fair, it might not be easy to get a serviceable PG that could lighten Harden's load in the event of Paul's almost inevitable injuries. Instead of signing Joe Johnson, if he could find a good backup PG, it would have helped a lot more. The health of Wright is another miscalculation. We were obviously missing a guy who could backup Capela. Nene was as obsolete as Anderson because they could not guard perimeter players.
