Sources: Dwight doesn't see himself as a Rocket next year

I agree that it's our guards who are either lazy, slow, or boneheads. They're the ones largely responsible for our garbage defense.

You guys just want to blame Dwight because it's the easiest thing to do.

 

thats disgusting. was a horrible pass away from the rim when it should have been towards the rim.

 

Can Howard even sprint any more?

Seriously? He's been doing the old man shuffle all season and lumbers up and down the floor worse than anyone in the NBA.

 

What a load of horsecrap. Do you even have eyes? Dwight was right in front of they guy and for some mysterious reason didn't decide to challenge the shot. Bev lost his man for sure, but what freakin' reason is there for Dwight to just let the guy dunk when he's literally 2 steps away? Do you expect Harden who was guarding his man on the other end of the court to magically transport to the other side in half a second and contest the shot? And what excuse is there for Dwight having been burned during the inbounds play, now 2 times in a row? You've got it exactly upside down, our guards are getting blamed way too much for the failure of Dwight's defense due to his laziness or physical deterioration. The guy is just way too slow, has no motor whatsoever and runs like a 70 year old, any body with clear eyesight can see that.

 

I agree, we've only just started talking about Dwights defense, most people have been trying to blame the guards all season. We've been paying so much attention to Harden we barely notice what anyone else is doing. Why is it sooo easy for any other big to run pick and roll for example with Harden but it's just so hard for Dwight. Dwight had these same problems with the Lakers. People can be in denial if they want to be but's clearly Dwight. We've seen the replay of the video that wasn't bad pass by Harden Dwight has regressed.

 

If Harden said that then he is more delusional, dumber and confident in his passing than I thought.

You do not do that EVER in clutch situations.... EVER, unless you have no choice ......0.5 seconds on the clock to get the shot off

That was not the case

 

"Houston had a chance to win or tie with 11.9 seconds to play, and interim coach J.B. Bickerstaff designed a play for Harden to have options: keep the ball or pass it for an open look."

"It was the right read by both of our guys offensively, but it was a heck of a defensive play by Waiters to deflect the ball," Rockets coach J.B. Bickerstaff said."

Dwight apologists just crack me up, lol. That was a play drawn up by JB and Dwight was clearly open, so Harden HAD to make that pass otherwise he would have been hounded to death for ignoring his teammates and being selfish.

Waiters made a good defensive play deflecting that pass - although it's arguable he committed a foul while doing so - but more importantly, Dwight once again fumbled like an idiot what was entirely catchable pass. Just go look at the replay, it was slightly off target but other big men with good grips would've easily caught that. Can you imagine Tim Duncan losing that ball in that exact moment? No freakin' way. Dwight has one of the worst butterfingers I've ever seen in this league, and that's one of the reasons why he sucks at post-up, 'cause if the pass ain't 100% perfect and if he's not in the exactly right spot, Dwight will almost certainly lose the ball and turn it over. Combined with his deteriorating athleticism and lazy defense, Dwight is practically useless on both sides of the court.

Dwight was -5 in that game; worst among all players on this team besides Terry. Harden, Bev, and Capela were the only ones who recorded positive plus minuses. 'Nuff said.

 

Apologist your nuts.... I do not really care about Howard in Houston any longer

Harden can suck it as well - Both are not leaders and JBB is not a coach in the NBA

Harden at least could say it was a 50-50 situation. If he was smart.

If Howard was fouled on that situation, you know Howard was not a good FT shooter.

Either way, it wasn't a bad game by the Rox.....they are just not there and the season is not worthy talking about anymore

 

The Rockets didn't lose last night as a result of the final play IMO. It was a good enough play design (with the players on the court), it was a good enough one-handed pass, and it was a good enough effort to catch the pass. Just didn't work. But the game was lost before that final play. It was lost when the Rockets allowed Adams an uncontested basket off an inbounds play (an inbounds play that I think the Rockets were robbed, btw). It was lost when the Rockets allowed a quick score after the three. It was lost when they misfired on so many open looks.

But you can't base a game win or loss on a play that would have required a perfect pass to a player that would have need to catch and dunk without getting fouled as it is putting too much on something with too little odds.

 

If Howard leaves, i'd love to see him join the Rockets of the East, the Toronto Raptors. A true PG like Lowry would figure out how to feed the big man and make it work.

 

Bad coaching and the leaders on the court Harden and Dwight are not leaders on the court... low iq, glaring weaknesses in both individual games and neither has a big enough heart to give an 100 percent effort on both ends of the court.

 

You think Harden drew that play in the time-out?

That stupidity has JB all over it.

I'd much rather go with what Harden would've wanted, an iso without Dwight involved

 

They were throwing a pretty hard double team on Harden the moment he touched the ball.

Howard was open. The play made sense. The pass just was a little late and a little off target, combined with a pretty good play on the ball by Waiters. I certainly don't blame Dwight, nor do I really blame Harden.

I'm not as mad at the play as most are, because it's hardly the dumbest thing the Rockets did all night. Just frustrating it happened in a clutch situation.

 

exactly. no reason to throw the blame. watch the replay. that pass didnt do dwight any favors.

 

yeah a hard double on harden absolutely makes sense for him to throw up a shot doesn't it

 

Right, we shot ourselves in the foot too many times before that final play. But yeah I thought that the ball was definitely out on Adams on that play he got the gimme laypup. I'm surprised they didnt change the call after the timeout.

 

Dwights been burned on the inbound play 2 games in a row in clutch 4th quarter moments. If that happened to Harden the board would be up in flames.

Dwights been bad the last few weeks he's gets his numbers but he doesn't hustle he doesn't close out on shooters and refuses to play pick and roll it seems.

I'm sick of hearing ppl blame this season on anyone else but this man. He's the reason for what this season has become. He's the anchor and leader of the defense, he needs to act like it. We pay him the big money to play like a star not only show up for 23 playoff games in 2 years. Thas straight garbage dwights not Tim Duncan and he's also not old he just turned 30.

Play hard or sit Your ass on the bench with your boy Kj and laugh and play around. I'm so tired of this guy, he leaves of bad taste in every team he plays for mouth. The sooner he's gone the sooner this team will ascend back to the top.

Dwight hasn't been good enough 2nd option for 4 years now and that's not magically going to change with more touches as he wants.

 

obviously you haven't read enough threads

 

There is nearly not enough threads blaming Dwert given how he has played this season.

 

There's plenty especially for a player that has taken a backseat in his role for this team. And I see there's still people that still don't fully understand that.