2018-19 Houston Rockets Thread of running it back (mainly)

[perfectchaos007 6757]

51-36 Portland at half time. I heard some boos in the crowd at Toyota 

Edited October 31, 2018 by perfectchaos007

[BigOrange1 6601]

this is just awful fucking basketball.

[perfectchaos007 6757]

The boos were just ghosts because it’s Halloween! 👻 

[Rockethorn1978 6200]

This offense is all about Rhythm and chemistry and we look disinterested and can’t hit shit. 

Not sure how you fix it when harden is out and our philosophy is “keep shooting”. 

Morey is gonna go trade crazy in a few months. Haha 

[perfectchaos007 6757]

Keep Harden and Capela. As for the rest of the players if you can find a good trade that benefits us then green light it

[Rockethorn1978 6200]

I doubt he gets rid of cp3 and adding Butler I would do. Give them Gordon but then we have a new problem of melo being the only bench guy

[BigOrange1 6601]

maybe the master plan is to suck complete ass this year and get the #1 pick?

[perfectchaos007 6757]

It’s concerning to me that when Harden is out, we look like one of the worst teams in the league. In past seasons when Harden was out, we looked like an average western conference team.

[BigOrange1 6601]

down 23 going to the 4th.  can they even score 23 in the 4th?

[perfectchaos007 6757]

We’re making a run in garbage time. Only down by 14

[YChang 3525]

Blech...

[NowThis 931]

kind of makes one muse over how they won 65 last year. Seems every other team has become 3x more athletic while Houston aged 5 years per player and has no depth. Missing Ariza as i thought they would, even though he's old, still has the wingspan and athletic ability to make a difference. 

[Ilovechickfila 0]

Not to mention that offenses now know how to take advantage of how the Rockets switch on D. Big men took advantage of that all night. Gonna be a long season unless they figure something out.

[Jhawk 1075]

One word... Melo.

[Tylerocks 2571]

I don't think you can pin the entire team shooting like shit on Melo.

This has been a perfect storm of bad offense and defense.

29th in FG%

27th in FT%  they're also last in FT attempts, so they're not getting calls or they're settling for shitty jumpers

21st in 3P FG %

When your entire offense is predicated on the 3 and getting to the line...the above is not going to win many games.

 

[ztejas 44095]

Houston is having a championship hangover season sans the championship. 

[BigOrange1 6601]

brandon knight and marqise chriss are eligible to be traded beginning today...

[HtownHorn 15184]

1 hour ago, BigOrange1 said:

brandon knight and marqise chriss are eligible to be traded beginning today...

I'd rather keep Knight and get rid of Williams, though I understand that the salaries work for Butler and those 2.

[Jhawk 1075]

2 hours ago, Tylerocks said:

I don't think you can pin the entire team shooting like shit on Melo.

This has been a perfect storm of bad offense and defense.

29th in FG%

27th in FT%  they're also last in FT attempts, so they're not getting calls or they're settling for shitty jumpers

21st in 3P FG %

When your entire offense is predicated on the 3 and getting to the line...the above is not going to win many games.

 

I know you can’t. But it isn’t about statistics. Melo just does something to a team. He isn’t necessarily a locker room cancer and every player will say they love him. But for some reason he destroys everything he comes into contact with. The stats and the players won’t tell you that. His teams records and successes are what tell the story. He sucks. If harden was still fucking the Kardashian I would give even money on the rockets winning 14 games. 

[Dutchrudder 11212]

They'll figure it out, just gotta get through this World Series hangover...

[Dutchrudder 11212]

Quote

 

Rockets' Marquese Chriss has option declined, will be UFA in July

The Houston Rockets are declining the fourth-year option on forward Marquese Chriss, league sources told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.

Chriss, 21, will become an unrestricted free agent in July.

Taken eighth overall by the Phoenix Suns in the 2016 NBA draft, Chriss was traded to Houston on Aug. 31 along with guard Brandon Knight in exchange for forward Ryan Anderson and guard De'Anthony Melton.

Chriss has made only one appearance this season, scoring four points in eight minutes off the bench in a 104-85 loss to the Portland Trail Blazers on Oct. 30. He has career averages of 8.5 points and 4.8 rebounds.

 

Well, that makes him an expiring deal at 3.2m. Gotta think he'll be used in a trade soon as salary filler. 

[Tommy Nobis 905]

Rockets were favored in this game and already down by double digits before the half. Fuck this team. What a disgrace. Melo really is a cancer. Cursed

[UDontKnow 10557]

It really is unbearable to watch. Anything that can possibly be screwed up, the Rockets are screwing up.

[NowThis 931]

Rockets should get Nick Swaggy P for cheap $. if it doesn't work, low risk one year contract. If works, major energy off the bench and some unexpected point production.

[Rockethorn1978 6200]

Man this team is broke bad and you gotta start seriously wondering if D’ antoni survives this head on collision. I’m sure he does but holy shit what if we keep losing? The head coach is always the scapegoat but morey has some blame too on this shitastic roster.

[Rockethorn1978 6200]

Gerald Green also was a great story but he has blown ass so far and I’m seeing why he wasn’t playing until mid season last year

[NowThis 931]

1 minute ago, Rockethorn1978 said:

Man this team is broke bad and you gotta start seriously wondering if D’ antoni survives this head on collision. I’m sure he does but holy shit what if we keep losing? The head coach is always the scapegoat but morey has some blame too on this shitastic roster.

the roster is a matter of circumstance as they had to pay massive $ to Cap and CP3, had to shed Ariza and Moute. Team is overpaid at the core, but had to do it, in 2 years it's going to be worse when they have a 90 yo PG making $40mil/yr.  It will take 8 years to rebuild after that. 

[goatsaag 279]

The Rockets just need Harden back. Once they get everyone relatively healthy, they'll go on a run. 

[CurlyDumps 4599]

1 hour ago, NowThis said:

Rockets should get Nick Swaggy P for cheap $. if it doesn't work, low risk one year contract. If works, major energy off the bench and some unexpected point production.

They need the opposite of a Swaggy P.  They need 3 and D guys, emphasis on D.  

[NowThis 931]

50 minutes ago, CurlyDumps said:

They need the opposite of a Swaggy P.  They need 3 and D guys, emphasis on D.  

this team doesn't have a D identity and 1 guy isn't going to help. Just outscore the opposition. 

[SEC 1174]

Caught the game this morning on my DVR

holy hell, is there any doubt that CP3 is the heart and soul of the Rockets??

[BigOrange1 6601]

cp3, capela, melo and gordon scored 103 of the team's 119 points last night.

[BigOrange1 6601]

also, harden is supposed to be back tonight.

for as bad as this year has been so far, they've still only played 2 games at full strength.  

[Francisco 2.0 32475]

15 hours ago, goatsaag said:

The Rockets just need Harden back. Once they get everyone relatively healthy, they'll go on a run. 

Yeah, that's it.

And learn how to, you know, actually replace the D they lost in the offseason.  

They get those two things back, then they might go on a run.  Might.

 

[goatsaag 279]

1 hour ago, Francisco 2.0 said:

Yeah, that's it.

And learn how to, you know, actually replace the D they lost in the offseason.  

They get those two things back, then they might go on a run.  Might.

 

You realize the Rockets went on a 2-7 stretch during last season as well, right?

[Rockethorn1978 6200]

We should beat the fuck out of the nets and bulls. Glad we won but the nets fucking suck and our defense still blows and harden isn’t a good defender any ways so...

not sure what it will take to get significantly better but i definitely think a guy like butler would help

[Francisco 2.0 32475]

2 hours ago, goatsaag said:

You realize the Rockets went on a 2-7 stretch during last season as well, right?

You realize this Rockets team isn't quite the same as last year's, right?

[BigOrange1 6601]

well here is some good news:

 

[HtownHorn 15184]

2 minutes ago, BigOrange1 said:

well here is some good news:

 

Must have given him a large sum of money. He's worth it.

[ChickenSandwich 9898]

He spent the last two months at home with the wife. Ready to get back to work lol

Edited November 5, 2018 by ChickenSandwich

[BigOrange1 6601]

very interested in this game tonight.  the pacers are a decent team and will be the first good team the rockets have faced with paul and harden both in the lineup since opening night.

[BigOrange1 6601]

ok i'm liking what i'm seeing thus far.

[BigOrange1 6601]

really like the game gary clark is playing tonight.  

[BigOrange1 6601]

knocking down some big 3's late!

[BigOrange1 6601]

nice win.  especially since they had to fight for it.

[AtticusFinch 155]

Starting to play a little better

[UDontKnow 10557]

5 hours ago, ChickenSandwich said:

He spent the last two months at home with the wife. Ready to get back to work lol

Betcha the wife is the one that told him to get off of his ass and get back in the game. Smart woman.

[HtownHorn 15184]

So that is 2 straight strong defensive performances. I think Melo is off the team before the end of the trade deadline. The data is very obvious that he is just an awful player at this point in his career, unless Bzdelik can find a way to hide him on defense. I always liked Clark's game, he's a better shooting Luc.

[NowThis 931]

1 minute ago, HtownHorn said:

So that is 2 straight strong defensive performances. I think Melo is off the team before the end of the trade deadline. The data is very obvious that he is just an awful player at this point in his career, unless Bzdelik can find a way to hide him on defense. I always liked Clark's game, he's a better shooting Luc.

his low pay isn't a liability right? He's good for a burst of 10-12 in a game. Maybe use him as insurance. I doubt he's on the team next year. 

[HtownHorn 15184]

Just now, NowThis said:

his low pay isn't a liability right? He's good for a burst of 10-12 in a game. Maybe use him as insurance. I doubt he's on the team next year. 

Of course, it also isn't helping that Gordon and Green are complete sieves as well. So that is your 3 main bench players, and none can play defense right now.