It was the exact same game. We were down big, but our players played hard in the end to almost get the win. The only difference? . . . Rafer's turnovers and his choking at the stripe. He must read this bbs and intentionally played like Lampe in hopes of obtaining approval from the "tanking" population of the board. *Extra Credit Note: I hope Chuck Hayes refines his offensive game in the offseason just a little, because he's a gem. Good things happen everywhere when he's on the floor. It's not just his hustle and heart, it's his basketball IQ and nose for the rock. Of the guys on our current Rockets squad, he's in my top 4 easy.
This has been explained multiple times in this thread.....the higher the draft pick, the better the chance to pick a good player who can contribute next year. Just because they messed up in the past, doesn't mean you just throw away draft position for no reason.
Actually historically the 9th pick has yeilded BETTER results than the 7th pick... not saying I rather have the 7th pick but food for thought!
We didn't have to tell the players to tank, I agree that it would have been pretty impossible. But JVG could have sat Juwan and Deke. With Lampe and Stro on the floor, a loss would have been guaranteed even if everyone played their hearts out.
Terse you are giving JHO and JVG too much credit! lets not be a JVG appeaser NOW! I posted this on page 4 but I'll repost for you! While I know you crazy clutchfans posters are ALWAYS SOOO incline to always credit JVG for the Rockets Winning... I will have to disagree on this one and instead credit the players for the win. And though I'm not part of the small tiny almost unnoticeable group of posters on this site that hates JVG, I have to say... it was the players who should get credit for the win and not anything JVG and his supposed "brillant thinking" did that got us the win. In fact I would argue JVG did nothing! In fact he sucked at crunch time! Again I'm not one of those very very few who likes to blame him but facts are FACTS! What? you say JVG gets credit because he played Juwon 33 minutes! Big deal! I counter that, Howard actually playing well was a fluke! I mean playing Howard alot of minutes all of a sudden equals winning!? What happen to Howard being one of the worst Rockets? Isnt Howard the one with the worst plus/minus numbers? Isnt Howard one of the reason the Rockets are so bad this year? Isnt Swift >>> Howard... isnt even Ballboy >>> Howard Zboy? Durvasa? Jopactmc? Someone help me out here! LoL crazy people here claiming JVG playing Howard helped us win! hahah Lets not stretch the truth just to laud compliments for JVG now! What you say JVG gets credit for the win because he played the other Vets big minutes! Wrong again! I say the team AS USUAL won in spite of JVG! I mean he played alston 42 minutes... true. But alston was horrible! He was 5-17! for god sakes! Wesley and his 29 minutes you say?? Wesley was 1-4 with 4TO and 2 points! I mean I'd think I would've given JVG credit for the Rockets Losing rather than winning. Mutombo and his 4 pts 5 fouls 6 rebounds and 23minutes cmon... now! now your just trying to give JVG undeserved credit and love! What? It was his coaching decisions/thinking that get credit? NO again. Even though I think JVG isnt that evil and am not against gving the man some credit.. but Facts are facts! Rockets were down 13 with 4mins and 20 sec to play... what does JVG do the rest of the way as we make our run? NADA, ZILCH, NOTHING! no timeout no special plays no specail subs NADA! Instead its the players who make all the plays in the incredible and unlikely comeback. Luther Head hits 2 shots in this 4 minutes stretch and hes made only 1 other the entire game! Bogans makes a layup to get us within 3 and feeds Howard to get us within 1. Hayes making the game winning steal with 13 secs left and the game winning basket by Dunking the ball was the hero not JVG. It was the players who deserve credit for the win. Head's 5 pts, Bogan's 2pts 1 assts, Howard's 6 points and Hayes' 2 rbounds and Game winning plays gave the Rockets the WIN AND THEY, NOT JVG are the hero! Despite what all you JVG LOVERS here in this thread are saying!
dude, you are rapidly becoming my favorite poster on this site, and you've only posted 50 times. one of the few posters on here who apply rational thinking. applause to you buddy.
