Where do the Rockets go from here exactly?

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I dont know bout firing Ime. this only year 2.

end of the day he has made them better. The whole adding Durant thing was not the move. Dude did nothing playing with Booker, how did they assume he would make the Rockets contenders. Just a bad move.

GM adding Durant and losing Dillon Brooks was not the move. They would be better if they were able to keep Dillon and have a healthy Van Vleet.

Has he? They're going to be another first rd exit.

Adding Durant and trading Brooks is lazy stuff to say Durant is overrated blah blah blah.

It will be worse if they keep Ime next year. These young dudes are tuning him out
 

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This is hard to say but I do favor Joe's offense approach more. Joe did have coaching malpractice last year in the Knicks series with leads in those loses in Boston when they died by the 3.
It's crazy too because Brown and Tatum can get to the rim or at least put pressure on the defense. Last night's game, I thought there was some settling for the 3 by Tatum
 

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Was wild watching yesterdays game and him being doubled and commiting turnovers and i'd remember him on his burners talking about, him committing turnovers is not the problem.. but they kept comng. At one point i wanted to look at the box score to see how many he had.

JJ and Bron are on to something. KD never been a play maker if you look at his assist numbers. He's been jump shooting all season and there's no one on that roster you can trust to score or playmake outside Sengin and Amen and they come with their warts. Can't overreact until they lose at home. If anything this playoffs the underdog teams have stolen many wins in the first two game homestand.
 

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It's crazy too because Brown and Tatum can get to the rim or at least put pressure on the defense. Last night's game, I thought there was some settling for the 3 by Tatum
Yeah I agree....but Joe is so hell bent on high 3 point shooting when Brown and Tatum can eat with mid range and in the paint (as long as Brown aint turning over ball too much). Also Joe sometimes have issues making in game adjustments...but Ime just haven't been a good offensive coach...may be one of the worst offensive coaches in playoffs. I may be taking it there too much because missing FVV is huge for them but Lakers more handicapped.
 

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I looked up KD's numbers and hes averaging 4.4 assists and 3.2 turnovers. So high turnovers for assist numbers that are not that high.

I think doubling him is a legit strategy because he's historically not been a big assist guy, he turns the ball over, plus he's not the guy you want taking the shot. Plus he doesn't do long range bombs. Double him out there and he doesn't have a chance to beat his guy off the dribble, has to pass to people he doesn't trust if we going off the tweets. He should play off the ball coming off screens and let Amen and Sengun initiate everything. Try turnover the lakers at point of attack since Bron the only initiator. Bron and Smart the only players with more than two assists the last game with 7 each. Use Tari and Amen to cause havoc, get points in transition, put smart in foul trouble.
 
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