2023-24 Houston Rockets Thread - Climbing out of the Gutter?

[Rip76 4943]

Free throws man.

[billfromlaketravis 11519]

Warriors not cooperating. 610 calling a Magic win this morning was the kiss of death. No pun intended. 

[Scraps 13565]

How do you miss that lmao

Hottest player on the planet and then that rolls off

[Horns RD Standard 67]

That was their chance. Had to steal it in regulation

[MNLonghornFUKM 8817]

C’mon you fucks. We beat golden state the other day, return the favor

[Scraps 13565]

Na man we are better. Just tell Brooks stop jacking 3s....Amen, Green, Fred pull through

[BigOrange1 6442]

can't believe that rimmed out.

[Scraps 13565]

As Brooks nails a 3 LMAO

LMAOOOOOO

[MNLonghornFUKM 8817]

Na man we are better. Just tell Brooks stop jacking 3s....Amen, Green, Fred pull through

Hubie Brown over here

[Scraps 13565]

Jfc that was the most unintended reverse jinx in the history of reverse jinx

[BigOrange1 6442]

2 minutes ago, Scraps said:

Na man we are better. Just tell Brooks stop jacking 3s....Amen, Green, Fred pull through

lol

[Scraps 13565]

He fucking missed guys...told yall

[BigOrange1 6442]

Jabari!

[Scraps 13565]

Lol giddey you dipshit

Wouldve went in anyway

Bro what is fucking going on

[billfromlaketravis 11519]

Giddey’s teenage girlfriend must be super impressed. 

[Rip76 4943]

Green is playing out of his fucking mind.

[Macklemore 2872]

Incredible game. Jalen has been fucking ridiculous. Playing like a top 5 player in the NBA for a month now 

[BigOrange1 6442]

oh jalen green!

[Scraps 13565]

I love Amen man

[Macklemore 2872]

This playoff intensity 

[Rip76 4943]

Was that a foul?

VF got molested.

[wildcat09 29355]

That foul on Jalen when Giddey steamrolled him earlier was some real nba ref bullshit.

[Rip76 4943]

10 straight baby.

[Scraps 13565]

Winner bitches

[tx 3 putt 77109]

Solid W

[billfromlaketravis 11519]

I mean the Thunder have to challenge to have any chance to win, but that’s a foul in MMA. 

[TonyTexas 10518]

On 3/22/2024 at 8:02 PM, Fastbreak said:

After that it gets kind of tough. But .500 in March would be huge.

There ya go. 

[BigOrange1 6442]

awesome win!

[Ignatius 4017]

No SGA, but we’re doing this shit on the road with no Sengun or Whitmore…huge W right there!

[MNLonghornFUKM 8817]

That was probably the most entertaining OT of the last 5 seasons

[Rip76 4943]

Bad ass.

And Stros start tomorrow.

 

[Rockethorn1978 6093]

Keep it going rockets. Fucking jalen green. Talk about a 180.

[ChickenSandwich 9843]

Wow. What a performance. 
 

Jalen Fucking Green 

and

Edited March 28 by ChickenSandwich

[Rip76 4943]

Honest question.

Do you mess with this lineup?

 

[tx 3 putt 77109]

14 minutes ago, Rockethorn1978 said:

Keep it going rockets. Fucking jalen green. Talk about a 180.

3 new baby mommas has him balling !

Edited March 28 by tx 3 putt

[ChickenSandwich 9843]

25 and 15 for Thompson. Kid hasn’t even scratched the surface. 

[billfromlaketravis 11519]

1 hour ago, ChickenSandwich said:

25 and 15 for Thompson. Kid hasn’t even scratched the surface. 

Pretty, pretty good draft. Wemby, Miller, Scoot, Amen, and Whitmore can all play. 

Edited March 28 by billfromlaketravis

[Fastbreak 3988]

Green has gone from a scrub to an MVP candidate in 6 weeks, lol

[Slacks 6822]

4 hours ago, Rip76 said:

Honest question.

Do you mess with this lineup?

 

This season? No.

Do I bring back Sengun and figure out how to play him with Jalen, Jabari, and Amen? Absolutely. I think Amen and Sengun already play well together, and I think Jalen and Anen play well together. Figure out how to make them a Big 3. Mix in Brooks, Tariq, and Jabari and the 1st six are long, athletic, and unselfish  And that's without FVV (who I really like as a coach on the floor, but his defense never jumps out to me.)

Caveat: I haven't been to or seen a game since Alp went down. I don't quite know how they're playing. I know they're winning and Green seems to be leading the way as a scorer  again.

I know what some of the lineups looked like in games earlier this year, and there is a lineup of death that can get buckets real fast. If seems like that's what is rolling out more now when I look at the box.

 

[billfromlaketravis 11519]

I listened to about 30 minutes of the Bill Simmons podcast with Ryan Russillo from Monday. He spent about 30 minutes talking the Rockets, Green, and Ime. Turned it off when Simmons and Russillo tried to talk themselves into an Alpi trade. 
 

They did make some fair points.

- When Green is on, he looks like late 90’s Kobe. 

- Teams would rather wait out the rookie deal and be wrong than trade away a future all pro.

- With the cap going up there’s really no such thing as a bad free agent contract. Cited FVV and Brooks’ deals. 
 

- With the Nets picks, current young pieces, and their cap situation the Rockets are in outstanding shape. Pointed out that the Harden deal is just starting to pay off. 

 

[Ignatius 4017]

Totally agree on the cap point, especially with all of our young guys being on their rookie deals. If FVV and Brooks end up being core parts of a great bench, fucking fine….

[billfromlaketravis 11519]

Who died? Tate is getting first quarter minutes. 

[billfromlaketravis 11519]

Green is just toying with them on his drives.

Also Collins acting like this is Game 7 of the NBA Finals is great.

[Slacks 6822]

1 hour ago, billfromlaketravis said:

Who died? Tate is getting first quarter minutes. 

Amen Thompson rookie Altitude Oxygen Management, perhaps?

[billfromlaketravis 11519]

I love FVV’s heart. I hope he has a place on the team when the Nets picks + pick swaps make the NBA assimilate into the Red Rocket Collective. 

Edited March 30 by billfromlaketravis

[billfromlaketravis 11519]

Jason Collins is going to fit in spectacularly at 24 Hour Fitness pick up games. 

[billfromlaketravis 11519]

Ime’s constant I’m ready to fight you MF face/posture Is just what the team needed. 

[Rip76 4943]

It is amazing that I still have this much hate for the Utah Jazz.

[Scraps 13565]

Bank is open bitches

[Scraps 13565]

Jalen gotta do better than 6-12 from FT line though