You mean the one-dimensional player that scores (sometimes) and nothing else? The guy that's supposed to RUN the offense but has a shoot-first mentality? The guy that when not hitting shots offers ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ELSE to the team? OK...just wanted to make sure we were talking about the same guy. YAY FOR ONE-DIMENSIONAL PGs!!! EVERY SUCCESSFUL TEAM HAS ONE!
Yep the guy that provides spacing for the guys in the paint because he can shoot the 3ball. The guy that hits clutch shot after clutch shot when needed. The guy that has the swagger and the stones to take a 28 ft shot and nail it to stop runs of the other team. The most important player on the entire team...bar none, because his skillset is unique and no one else on the team has it. He is our alpha dog....not a superstar player by any stretch, but the most important player to the Rockets this year as constructed. And he is out for at least 3 more weeks.. Dang it. Oh, and he is not one dimensional, he is good at scoring, and assisting.....not so good on D, but that can be covered up by length at the rim.... DD
Raptors: 4-9 Rockets: 3-9 Sixers: 3-10 We are in striking distance of the second worst record in the NBA. Time to tank, this team is clearly going nowhere.
Brad Miller is obviously exhausted by game's end, Chuck is undersized and offensively weak. Hill needs to be on the court. Yeah, he misses his defensive assignments and is constantly in foul trouble, but with more minutes he'll learn. Record isn't going to get any better playing Miller 30 minutes a game.
Yeah and tanking doesnt guarantee anything either. You play to win the game. ***** we can go on a win 5 in a row and we'll be back in business. It is way to early in the season to be thinking about losing games on purpose.
I never thought this team was constructed properly since this summer. Matching lowry and trading trevor were not good moves. Losing brooks and yao didnt help.
DD...don't get me wrong. I really like AB. Just not like you do. I agree with Morey that he COULD be a starting PG on a championship team, I honestly do. I just don't think the Rockets are anywhere near being that team. This team just isn't constructed well and you know this. AB is just another complimentary piece on a team full of complimentary pieces. It's not as simple as needing a "star" player...it goes beyond that. You HAVE to know what I'm getting at, my man.
This is the worst year to tank, we have the right to swap picks with the Knicks for crying out loud....lol. However, one caveat, that right to switch picks is tradeable, so it becomes valuable to teams in the playoff hunt, who might be willing to jettison young talent to get it.....and a veteran too. DD
We would have won tonight's game with your boy Brooks no doubt. It's a reality check for Lowry that he is not a starter in the league (as much as I hate to say it because he is one of my favorite Rockets). If we manage to win 3 out of the next 5 we will be ok.
I like him too, and he played pretty well tonight, he had 12 assists, but when the 4th quarter came and the defense tightened up, we needed Brooks ability to score the ball and provide playmaking. Brooks is the player this team could NOT afford to go down with injury, while he is not perfect, he is the on court swagger or leader of this team. DD
I have seen this happen many times: a player who is coming back from a major injury overcompensates to protect the body part that was injured and winds up injuring himself somewhere else. That's why to me it never was a matter of "if" Yao would get injured but "when". It just happened faster than I expected. And I'm not optimistic at all that getting Brooks and Yao back is the one thing that will make all that much of a difference because if memory serves, the Rockets' record with the both of them wasn't exactly "stellar". I am not surprised at what I'm seeing out there from this team because I entered the season with zero expectations for their success. I basically left the bandwagon when Morey made that dumb ass Artest trade because that was the same type of move that CD would have made and we all can see how many playoff victories that way of thinking brought to this organization. Their strategy for this year was to resign a group of guys who helped this team get into the NBA lotto last year; Add an aging Brad Miller and hope for the best from Yao returning from yet another injury. The fact that it's not working out should come as no surprise but apparently it has surprised quite a few of the Rocketsheep who now turn their wrath toward Houston's favorite scapegoat: the head coach. It's now Adelman's turn under the bus. He should be able to find some good companionship with the two guys who Uncle Les has shoved under there.
I was a bit surprised but in reality, I have said all along that it is all about next year and not really this year. Yao is under contract so it made sense for them to try one more time with him, they have to pay him anyway, why not? I think they go in an entirely new direction next season, and they want as many options open as possible, thus the trading of Trevor's contract, etc.... Lots of turnover next year, this year is pretty much toast I think, unless we have a big run (yeah, right, like that is gonna happen) then by the time Brooks gets back, it will be too late. Notice I did not say Yao, because I think Brooks is the key to this team.... DD
The Rockets should not give up but keep fighting instead. There is no way around where they are now so it is up to them turn this season around. I wish them success in their next games. Don't give up guys.
Right, but my position on Hill has been from day one has been that as the 8th pick in the draft, if he could play the game - if he actually knew HOW to play the game, the Knicks would not have dumped him like a bad bean pie. Morey and Adelman have said on more than one occasion that he hasn't grasped what to do out there yet this is the guy that folks here are clamoring for like he's the answer. To me, he's not even in the discussion. And you are spot on about Miller but that was the guy they targeted to backup Yao so what you are seeing is what you get.
Hill has only played ball for like 7 years or so.....he is only going to learn by playing. If not in Houston, then send him to Rio Grande.......but he has to play. But his athleticism is something we need desperately, I say you put him in there, let him learn on the job and deal with his mistakes. Hell, the rest of the team is making a CRAP load of mistakes too and they still get to play. DD
He said that almost half the league can't be traded until December 15. So, a trade COULD happen sooner. Although you usually don't see trades around Christmas.
Maybe so, maybe not but this is not a learning situation. They need right now (and have needed for some time) a guy who can play the 4 or 5 with skill and authority. That ain't Hill. If he's down in the DL, how does that help them NOW? They desperately need this alright but Hill's physical ability does them no good if he doesn't know WTF he's doing out there. As such, he cannot be counted upon to do the right thing at critical times or at any time. This door swings both ways: if RA plays Hill and he F's up then everyone here will be b****ing RA out for playing him. Talk about your classic no win situations...
