We’re in the dog days of the season so I don’t judge too harshly on any one game… but I’ve accepted that while HOU “can” win the title this year, I know we’re not a “special” team. The ‘18 and ‘09 Rockets were special, could tell right away and both proceeded to go gm 7 WCFs despite major injuries.
This team feels more like the ‘15 Rockets where if we do get to the conference finals we may need some generational fukkery, like 3-1 comeback vs Lob City type ish.
Nah that 2015 team seemed morequalified than this one. They had more structure, solidified roles, and a hierarchy on offense. I’m not sure if it was you or
@chkmeout that took a light jab at me earlier thos season when I responded to one of yall saying the rockets were the 2a team out of them Denver and San Antonio and said how when Houston has lost to both of them and got punked by San Antonio.
This team limitations are sever and get exposed more than any other good Houston squad I’ve seen over the last 15 years. Even when we the2 seed earlier this year it didn’t seem legit to me. Kd is legit. But everything else about this squad is really suspect. I’m probably the homerific rockets fan on this board but it’s hard for me to really get really optimistic about this team until they show some growth. Andi was saying that back. When we were healthy. Kd can’t cover up for this teams shortcomings like prime harden used to do. Hes an assassin, not a master organizer.
The real issue(outside of Ime) is our core. We need them to do better. Specifically Reed and Amen. I don’t care about the numbers Amen putting up. He has to be better. I said last season. The perimeter shot isn’t his biggest issue. It’s his halfcourt game. His one on one skill anka iso game. Amen doesn’t get doubled team. He doesn’t even see the team’s primary defender or second best defender. They throw bigs on him if they can. He gets favorable matchup in the halfcourt and doesn’t take advantage or go after it. He can’t expose bad matchups. He doesn’t get out and run in transition. Sengun went down and nobody is stepping up to fulfill some of his production loss. In previous seasons when Sengun missed games we just player faster and feature Jalen more. Now we jsut player slower and more predictable on offense. Worse spacing . Worse shooting. More dribbling.
Stone and Ime were stupid this summer. All the rockets fan kept saying go out there and get another creator. They said no. We’re good with Durant FVv and Sengun and hopefully amen and Reed. Become better pg’s. One of the stupidest plans ever and now we’re seeing the result of it. This offense looks jsut as terrible as the Silas offense. We jsut have KD to bail us out some possessions.
This nikka ain’t winning shyt
