So Far, Your 2003/3304 Houston Rockets are Unwatchable...Here's Why

if they are that difficult to watch, then the 5 teams they beat must of came from hell!

 

You bring up some good points.

In defending Steve and Cuttino, however, Yao isn't demanding the ball. I think if Hakeem, in his prime, were in this Rockets lineup today, he would definately be asking for the ball. In basketball, if you don't demand the ball, the other players will assume you don't want it. That is one thing Yao's got to improve on. The Steve-Cuttino ballhog thing is really overrated...I feel they want to play as a team, that they are willing, but perhaps when it's in the arena, and the game gets to you and your teammates aren't doing it, you tend to want to do thing by yourself. So it's not selfishness you're seeing...it's a misplaced desire to win. In time, Van Gundy will get them to control it.

I agree with the pick and roll comment. Yao and Steve could do the ol' Stock-Karl thing and get easy points that way.

As for getting Yao the ball, Yao isn't doing a good job setting position. Ewing needs to teach him this. Again, I do see the Rockets trying to get Yao the ball, but the defenders usually push him and it makes it difficult to give a clean pass to him.

Good comment on Jim Jackson. I feel the same way. I can say the same about Cato. For all the criticism Cato gets, sometimes he seems to be the smartest player out there in terms of knowing what to do and reacting.

Lastly, about the Rockets being difficult to watch. Actually, they're very nice to watch from a defensive standpoint. Yao blocking 7 shots in the Orlando game was pretty

 

No refrence to Moochie Norris the worst damn player in the whole league!!

 

keep those, "im pissed off about the loss tonight so im going to let loose with all the ammunition ive been keeping from last year and say the team sucks until we win again where i will then pull a 180 and say we will beat the lakers" threads going. It was a loss over a better team, i wouldnt go so far as to turn the mistakes from one game into a prediction for the entire season, where were you when we were winning?

 

Yeah, they are a twosome team. Of all the Rockets, only the couple demanding the ball. They are actually perfect doing that.

 

then don't watch.

My god, the meltdowns that happen around here each time that people realize we are not going to go 81-1 or 82-0.....

 

Im sure Amaechi takes offense to that comment

 

Were the haircutting and the weightloss two parts of the one event

As far as getting the ball to Ming - I would think that deeper post position might make a difference, along with a desire to catch the ball when they (esp Mobley) throw it to him!

I agree that Yao has to hit the boards a LOT harder - what's with a guy who's well over 7' and averages under 9 boards a game?? Gheorghe Muresan avergaed 10 boards a game... come on Yao!

 

Does anyone remember the 1982-1983 Houston Rockets???

Now THAT team was unwatchable.

If this year's team went 13-69, then Clutch would have to check himself into a funny farm.

 

I agree with most of your previous points. Just too exasperated to elaborate. As for the above points, just like to add:

1) Watch to see if Yao is establishing good position......he should always be fighting for postion, rather than waiting on the wings or near the top of the key before he shifts into gear. And yeah, I'll definetly be watching for Cat passing the ball to Yao, cause although I never really paid attention to that, I can't for the life of me remember one time that he did.

2) Again, Yao needs to establish good postiion for rebounds. It seems like he's always trying to go over the back of other players when fighting for a rebound. And he's got to have slipperiest hands of any big man ever. His hands are huge, why can't he hold on to the ball?!? For gods sake, get some chalk on the mans hands!!! Make him do hard labor and give him callouses!!! His hands are like at least 6 inches above everyone else, why can't he get a rebound in traffic!!?!? And he needs to use more lower body strength to get position and go for the boards. Needs to work on his vert......get him some strength shoes for the sake of mankind!

3) Are these turnovers coming on the fast break, half-court, or are they due to careless fancy dribbling? Also, some of these TO's are coming from poor careless passing, I saw a lot of those tonight. Well, I'd rather have them from passing than over-dribbling/1on5, cause it shows that they're at least trying to move the ball. But sheet, it ain't advanced calculus.....keep the dribble-mania down to a minimum, and you'll probably keep TO's down.

4) There is no argument that Yao isn't being agressive in the paint. Of course, this depends on his position (point 1). But for crying out loud, you're 7-6 300+ pounds! Fade aways are not neccessary. Attack the basket. I think he's too afraid of getting a foul. He might benefit from learning a few more moves and utilizing the shanghai shake more, instead of his usual fade away or spin around and akwardly dribble the baseline with his head down looking at the floor. Some up and unders might be good. A few power hops to split the defenders would be nice too.


Damn. I wasn't going to elaborate. But frustration has its way of getting you to vent.

 

Oh yeah, and I forgot to add to point 1)

DEMAND THE DAMN BALL YAO!!! STOP PUSSYFOOTING!!! IF YOU DON'T WANT, YOU WON'T GET IT!!!


.......could someone please post this (and other relevant/useful/insightful posts) on Yao's website?!?

 

Amazing what losing to a good team on their home court will do...

 

Tran, great post and my thoughts exactly. The Rockets are going to win alot of games but lose in the first round without a quality Point man. You comments about Mobley not passing is so true, Yao in a pick 'n roll will always be open. Mobley knows how to run a picknroll, he and Cato are great together. In the second quarter, Mobley even try to pass to Braggs in a picknroll on the left baseline, unfortunately Braggs didn't roll to the basket. I don't know what Mobley's problems is *^%^%$$. Ehhhhhhh. The scary thing is despite such a bad performance by the Rocket team, they could of won this game if they had converted all those 2-1 breaks in the third quarter. Stevie doesn't know how to run a break. This is a talented team lacking one obvious piece, an unselfish veteran point guard.

 

I didn't read any of the posts in this thread. After a depressing (but hardly surprising) loss, the last thing I want to do is read the ninety new threads about how our overacheiving team sucks. Did anyone here actually think we were already BETTER than the Mavericks? Cause if so, they must be new to NBA basketball. Even if we've only been beating teams we're supposed to beat, that's a hell of a lot more than we've been doing over the last few years. We're overacheiving and I'm damn happy about it.

But I'm not here to talk about that. I'm just here to respond to the title of the thread.

You, my friend, have reached a new level in negativity -- a hell of a feat on this board lately. According to your premise, the Rockets are so bad that they will be unwatchable for 1,301 years. That's just over the line.

 

It is very obvious why the 3304 Houston Rockets are unwatchable.....I am not 1330 years old!

 

LMAO! I was about to post about that. I was checking to make sure noone else did.

 

When Tweak's the calm voice of reason in the GARM, you just know things have changed.

 

People blaming Yao for not getting rebounds. WHen you watch the game you have to understand he's out there trying to block shots and alter shots too...so he's almost always out of position. That's one reason he didn't get much rebounding.