the artest tmac combo is startin to resemble iverson and carmelo, just like how iverson arrived in denver tryin 2 do to much in his new role, artest is doing the same thing, especially when him and tracy r on the court together, it looks like ron is pressing extra hard to get attempts, why? i dont no
Yeah, But you can't get you hope high in October when the team is put on paper. It takes time for a team to mesh and get going. The yr we got Clyde in February, everybody was pissed bout the rockets saying we gonna go one and out. But as long as those guys in the Rockets locker room, that is all that counts. We all know how good this team can be, but can't expect us to be rolling on all cylinders just as soon as the Big 3 finally get on the court together. Teams that catch fire going into the playoffs are the teams that are dangerous in playoffs. It's a brand new season once the playoffs begin, and we won't be playing memphis. I'll take our chances in a best of 7 against anyone. We have won 30 games thus far for a reason. That ain't no fluke. We have played great against the better teams in this league better then we have in past seasons. We still got a lot of basketball to be played.
Did you even watch the game? Every time he attempts to block a shot he looks like an asian macho in slow motion. Sick of it.
So let's get this straight......Tracy Lamar goes on hiatus and we beat Boston - on their homecourt...spank the Knicks....almost beat the Lakers (doggone refs) beat Miami and the Nuggets....spank Utah NOW..... Tracy Lamar comes back and we beat the Pistons (gotta say that at the least) but get spanked by the Knicks, the 76ers (again)......BEAT GOlden State soundly the game the sprains his ankle and beat the Bulls (with him on the bench in the 4th quarter) and to top it ALL off, we get drove by the Griz................Again! I swear man, some "fans" need to get their heads out of the sand....SCREW his 20-6-6....chemistry, energy, commitment and heart are what makes a team good and often times great and it's pretty apparent that we take a negative on all four when he's playing....and no I don't want to hear anything about him and his surgery from last May.....If I hear "he just needs to get healthy" one more time I'm gonna scream I'm 35 and I've bled Rockets red since Calvin, Elvin, Terry Teagle and Jellybean sucked bad enough to get us a guy by the name of Ralph Sampson...Since then I've either watched or attended every game...I've NEVER felt so much....let's just say that I hated the SF for Tracy trade from the beginning. I'm getting to the point where I HOPE they lose in the 1st round so that hopefully I can see Tracy cry once again and announce that he's walking away from the game. I'll have a front row seat at that press conferance with a bottle of champagne, celebrating like Jordan when he won his 1st championship. legend215
Deke should play all backup center minutes.What he lacks on offense, he cancels it out with rebs,shot blocking and intimidation. Everytime yao goes out, the opp fg% goes up. That's not a accident.
Err, The Rockets were beaten by their perimeter shooters. Mainly a guy name OJ Mayo who keeps hitting 3s. Rockets should not have traded 3s with them, but hey what else is new? They have been doing the same thing in past losses.
No, they wont. They dont have Cp3 and we have Big 3. With Big 3, we are 4loss-1win. It's unbearable but fans have to take. C'mon, the Rockets, get red and get ready for the playoffs. We aint that bad. Make something happen. Beat the mediocre teams... A hard one to swallow......
Rafer was guarding Conley. What game were you watching? Mayo scored on every single player we put on him. He would have done the same to Aaron Brooks. His speed wouldn't have made a bit of difference. Mayo would have shot over him and out muscled him going to the rim. We missed Brooks spark off the bench. It was very evident when Rafer was out of the game we had no direction on offense. I definitely agree on Artest though. He's completely worthless on offense for us.
I have to agree with you on this one. But my biggest worry is how T-mac will be playing in. I am not of that optimism
Core YAO? recently Yao only got 10-12 shots per-game. Our "Core" is still T-Mac or Alston, Yao is just an efficient role player.
I thought Yao played good tonight. The man played sick. Playing basketball with the flu aint a fun thing to do. Mutumbo can play 15 minutes on NBA 2k9, but not here. Mutombo is a good shot blocker but he was getting beat as well. Yao's offense is more important then Mutombo's D. Rockets offense has no flow with Yao out. I thought T-mac said the old T-mac was coming back. Always funny to hear Tracy say how he always tweaks something every game. Thats why I respect Artest a lot more, u can obviously see Ron in much more pain, but plays hard all game, who cares he went 1 for whatever, his shots were there, just rimmed out, but definately can't hate on Yao, the man plays hard, people got a realize he isn't a shot blocker, he isn't a young athletic center like Dream who can spring up and down. The man has tree trunks for legs.
