Some observations: 1. Harrell needs to play more minutes. Great energy guy that can finish above the rim. Honestly, once DMO comes back Jones' value will go down the toilet. 2. We need shooters that can hit the 3 ball if McHale is planning on running the same offense as last year. Brewer hustles but his outside shot is sooo inconsistent, and he's never been a good 3-pt shooter. 3. Ariza looks completely lost out there. His play on both ends is highly suspect. Not sure what's going on with him but he is way off the mark with his shot and his defense looks porous. Definitely not playing with much energy. 3. Jones. No progress since his rookie season. I know it's early in the season but considering his contract situation I'd be real surprised if he isn't traded. Hopefully Morey can trade him for a shooter... a 2 or 3, doesn't matter. 4. The team needs more time to gel. Unlike most teams most teams, the Rockets starters barely played during the pre-season. I'm confident Lawson and Harden will improve their play together as the season progresses. 5. Howard is still making the same dumb mistakes. Glad the Rockets are playing Capella and have Harrell at the 4. Howard is still very valuable on the defensive end but he will never be a dominant player.
Think about the thread you just created. "TWO GAME SEASON" and that 2nd game isn't even done yet. Geezus people. How can some create threads.
true. I realize the season is young and these guys haven't had much time to play together but I'm seeing the same things with certain players that were problems last year, and the year before. Howard is still Howard. Same dumb fouls and poor decision-making. Bev is still Bev. Still can't create offensively and has lost a step defensively since his injuries. Jones is still Jones. Still has a slow developing shot with no handles, and can't defend bigs in the paint. the point being, the ceiling is not very high for the Rockets unless Morey makes some moves. DMO could be a difference maker if he regains his old form but I still like the idea of trading Jones and perhaps a bench player or two for a shooter. Morey resigned McDaniels but he has No shot, and he's not even getting minutes. The only player that can shoot is The Jet, but how old is he? Perspective, that's all.
It's fair to panic. We look really bad. A team that is to win a difficult conference like this wouldn't look this bad. It's just two games, but it's clear we are not contending for a title. GS is a lot better than us. OKC have always been better than us when healthy. Spurs with Aldridge who owns us are better than us. Those three teams are without a doubt above us. And it's looking like the list could be a lot longer
I think you need to paste a 20 game analysis sometime in Dec. 2 games means nothing. Absolutely nothing.
Haha - I would like to see the 2 game analysis on the back-to-back blowouts we lost to the Clippers before we came back & won the series. I remember almost writing off the team last year early when we lost an early game to Memphis by 30 or 40 points. It's one of the weaker points about basketball: individual games don't really mean that much. In a quality college football year, you lose one game, and that can ruin all of your dreams for the season.
look at marcus morris today showing out againist the bulls im confident, dekker wont reach his potential with mchale as coach people keep forgetting that last year dmo was glued to the bench until t.jones got hurt, if t.jones never got injured we would have never known about dmo's talent
That said, I think it's great that fans take this stuff seriously. I wouldn't be surprised if the fans take it more seriously than the players. Effort and preparation shouldn't vary so much from game to game. We shouldn't tolerate it. They get paid a lot based on our ticket & merchandise purchases.
I would say that, against Golden State anyway, that Capella did a much better job of protecting the basket that Howard. He may even have rebounded as well as Howard tonight. Capella has progressed and I'm afraid Howard has regressed due to injury. Certainly not pronouncing any judgements after one game, but, if we are doing two game season analysis, I got to say Howard looked bad so far.
Roxs fans should calm down. The season has just begun. Give the team some time to figure it out and gel. As long as they are still in it come the playoffs, I don't see any need for panic.
this isn't a knee jerk. Offense is stagnant and predictable against the elite teams. Also, Harden needs to stop jacking so many 3s and let his shot flow.
The team looks out of sync and not well conditioned. After the 1st period they looked TIRED out of gas
My 3 biggest problems 1) Dwight looks absolutely terrible. At this point I would 100% let him walk and sign a new "#2" player. He is playing like a rookie. He should never get any post ups on offense, there is no excuse for it 2) Jones is also horrible. Montrezl is gonna be taking his minutes as soon as DMO comes back. I think TJ has hit his wall and there is no improving from here. Not enough offensive skill and a total no show on the defensive end 3) Ariza is starting to look old. His defense was pretty bad tonight. he is getting beat of the dribble consistently and he can't reach his spots on offense. He looks like he is finally starting to age
