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Morey Please Bring back Josh Smith.

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by rockets13champs, Dec 11, 2015.

  1. underrated015

    underrated015 Member

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    Don't know what the heck Morey was thinking letting him go with a hurt dmo and tjones struggling? Doubt clippers will trade with us.
     
  2. A_3PO

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    Josh Smith is in this video at the midway point.

    <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/LAClippers">@LAClippers</a> Be Likeā€¦
    w/ <a href="https://twitter.com/famouslos32">@FamousLos32</a>
    <a href="https://t.co/QKmiHTWpiB">https://t.co/QKmiHTWpiB</a></p>&mdash; B.A. (@BdotAdot5) <a href="https://twitter.com/BdotAdot5/status/673962062855278593">December 7, 2015</a></blockquote>
    <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
     
  3. Raven

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    And what makes everyone think he wants to come back?
     
  4. chenjy9

    chenjy9 Numbers Don't Lie
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    We didn't let him go. He left on his own. We offered him a contract.
     
  5. deshen

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    awful idea. The windows is closed and everything is changed.
     
  6. marky :)

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    Josh Smith isn't coming back. We need a Josh Smith type player.
     
  7. D-rock

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    Does he have a choice in a trade? Don't think he has no trade clause in his vet min contract.
     
  8. Zen Tabak

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    my theory is that Josh Smith IS JB Bickerstaff. dudes look identical
     
  9. forchette49

    forchette49 Contributing Member

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    If DMo was healthy during the playoffs, Josh wouldn't have had the PT to make the impact that he ended up making. TJ will be traded by the ASB and DMo should be rounding into form nicely. Josh is even less relevant as Bickerstaff likes to play Capela at the 4 now as well.
     
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    Smoove would still be tremendously relevant on this team. We're playing Capela because we don't have anybody else. But Capela isn't ready to carry the defensive load. He's simply not ready. Capela needs a Dwight/Smoove defender to play alongside of for him to not be totally exposed and be a positive contributor on the defensive end. When Capela has to play the middle alongside Jones/Harrell or in any small-ball lineup he cannot hold down the middle. He gets exposed.
     
  11. A_3PO

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    Josh Smith didn't even get on the floor vs. OKC last light. His minutes went to Cole Aldrich. Maybe that was punishment for the 7 FGAs in 6 mins against the Rockets.

    He's done in Clipperland, especially if Aldrich somehow continues to play well.
     
  12. J Sizzle

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    "Doc gave me a defined role"
     
  13. spankz141

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    There seems to be a lot people blaming Morey for Smith leaving...didn't the Rockets offer more money for Smith to stay? I thought he left because he was suppose to get a bigger role in LA.
     
  14. RudyTBag

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    Clint is already much better than Josh Smith on defense. Switches, pick and rolls, staying with shooters, changing shots around the rim, etc. It really isn't even relatively close.


    Josh Smith didn't play much against Golden State because he is undiscplined on the defensive end. He was incapable nor did he have the mental capacity to stick with a shooter, nor rotate properly.

    Clint Capela >...
     
  15. A_3PO

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    Smith left because he didn't know what his role would be on the Rockets.

    He thought he knew his role on the Clippers but I said from the beginning there was no way he and Doc would mesh.

    There was a perfect storm of circumstances that happened last year for him that likely won't be repeated.
     
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    <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Doc spoke to Josh Smith before the game and said something along the lines of - We're going in a different direction</p>&mdash; Eric Pincus (@EricPincus) <a href="https://twitter.com/EricPincus/status/679181669438369793">December 22, 2015</a></blockquote>
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  17. mfastx

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    Both Jones and DMo are better IMO. Since they are now both healthy, we don't miss him really.
     
  18. basketballholic

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    No, he's not.
     
  19. DaDakota

    DaDakota If you want to know, just ask!

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    NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

    DD
     
  20. OTMax

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    Hahah Josh is not that good, if you hate Brewer's style, I don't know how you can like Josh's.
     

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