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2025-26 Houston Rockets Thread - Back to Contention?
I think the Rockets are figuring it out. Amen should take it to the basket more, but he’d probably prefer Alpie to facilitate the offense and catch back door cuts all game. I’d like Ime to explore Amen with the ball in his hands more when Alpie sits. There’s something possibly elite there and Amen needs to flesh it out before he can integrate it with Alpie. I assume KD wants the ball more. Right now he’s the closer and bails out the offense with iso buckets when it stalls out. Given the offensive systems he’s excelled in, he probably wants to see more movement and flow. A win at GSW without Durant would certainly be a good barometer.
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2025-26 Houston Rockets Thread - Back to Contention?
Stockon made 5 All NBA Defense teams, and his steals record is widely regarded as the most untouchable record in pro basketball. So again not making the comparison. One of the hoops head podcasts suggested Reed devour hours of Stockon tape of him just be a dirty son of a bitch. That’s why I thought of it. I don’t think it’s out of the question Reed can lead the league in steals 1 season, and he’s an elite shot blocker for his size. Quick leaper and he times it well.
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2025-26 Houston Rockets Thread - Back to Contention?
Holiday is on a vet minimum deal and he’s doing the Aaron Gordon thing where he’s getting better as he approaches 30.
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2025-26 Houston Rockets Thread - Back to Contention?
Suns can defend and they play hard. They feel like a pain in the ass play in team. Brooks will earn his check if that happens.
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2025-26 Houston Rockets Thread - Back to Contention?
Amen is balling.
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2025-26 Houston Rockets Thread - Back to Contention?
I almost pity Tate. 2 wings out and the Rockets front office says nah we’re good. We’ll play 3 small guards at once and send his ass down to The Valley.
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2025-26 Houston Rockets Thread - Back to Contention?
Brooks picking up his 5th foul on a push in the back off a miss is on brand.
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2025-26 Houston Rockets Thread - Back to Contention?
With so many guys out they can’t hide him on defense. I’d match him up with 3 and D guys. They’re just standing in the corner jacking 3’s. Deny the ball, stay in the passing lanes. Asking him to stay in front Booker or Gillespie isn’t going to work. That said he’s smaller so he can get away with a ton of the grabs and holds. I’m not comparing him to Stockon, but he could learn quite a bit from him especially on defense. Crafty defender with active hands is about all we can hope for.
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2025-26 Houston Rockets Thread - Back to Contention?
Loving Reed’s moxie. Go ahead and hunt him bitches. He’s going to live in your passing lanes and get a hand on everything.
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2025-26 Houston Rockets Thread - Back to Contention?
Brooks is averaging 21 ppg, what in the fuck?!
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Could this be the craziest coaching carousel of all time?
- 2025-26 Houston Rockets Thread - Back to Contention?
What? Durant and Tari are out, who the hell is going to play wing? Surely they’re just going to call him right back up.- Ken Burns: The American Revolution 11/16
Booze perhaps if a rat didn’t fall in the vat or if they didn’t use tobacco spit or something grosser than that for coloring. Granted everything would have been hand made, and without steel. A lot of theories out there that bourbon mash tastes better in a wooden vat because it’s going in and out of the wood. And well everything tastes better when it’s made by hand. I believe you need petroleum fuel to synthesize cocaine. I’d imagine they were chewing on coca leaves like crazy though.- Bourbon
My rankings of the cheap 100 proof bourbons. 1) OF100 2) Tom Moore BiB 3) Benchmark Bonded As Bert outlined in some previous posts, Tom Moore BiB is an outstanding value pick. It’s a handle of 1792 BiB for $22. I think you’d have to work for Barton to tell the difference in a blind tasting.- Bourbon
I think almost any bartender would recommend 100 proof bourbons for cocktails. You might as well buy OF100 it’s only $8-9 more than 86. Jackie Zykan let it slip once that tbeh blend 8 year distillate in OF100. It’s excellent.- Pluribus - Vince Gilligan and Rhea Seehorn
I’m warming on the official podcast. Vince has appeared in every episode and Rhea has been in 2 of the 4. There’s a bonus episode with Helen. It’s an inside baseball look at how they made the show. No theory discussion unfortunately, but still interesting.- Ken Burns: The American Revolution 11/16
Washington was the genuine article. A giant riding in on a white horse to save the day at the last second must have been an incredible sight.- Houston Texans 2025 Season Thread
Chiefs maybe started to figure it out today. Play really good defense, pound the rock with Hunt until the WRs start running open. Need to beat the Colts in the road.- 2026 RB Jett Walker
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Iris de Rode has to be the best looking historian in history.- Mayor of Kingstown: Written and Directed by Taylor Sheridan on Paramount +
Small quibble. The Aryan Brotherhood does not exist outside of the federal prison system. There are wanna be gangs in state prison like the AB of Texas. They’ve been pretty quiet since a 2006 RICO trial. Mike was in Callahn’s gang. To just casually say he’s AB is kind of lazy writing because Kingstown is a state prison. But hey it’s Sheridan. The warden is growing on me. Edie Falco portrays a pilled out antihero well. An interesting podcast on how the streets and prison are very different ecosystems.- Landman
Cooper’s girlfriend just said hold my Modelo.- 2025-26 Houston Rockets Thread - Back to Contention?
Honestly, I’d take a split. Suns are playing well, unfortunately, and GSW on the road is a Rockets black hole. Jazz are also playing well. Playing them in bizarre back to back in SLC on Sunday and Monday.- 2025-26 Houston Rockets Thread - Back to Contention?
Agreed. He’s averaging 36 minutes a game. Need to push that down to around 30.- Could this be the craziest coaching carousel of all time?
Whatever happens with Lane, he should coach his team through their playoff appearance. - 2025-26 Houston Rockets Thread - Back to Contention?
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