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

[ChickenSandwich 9843]

Wish it didn’t take 61 to beat the freaking Knicks 

[Nice Guy Eddie 13515]

2 minutes ago, ChickenSandwich said:

Wish it didn’t take 61 to beat the freaking Knicks 

Win by 1, 4 or 20.   Its still a W.   

[ChickenSandwich 9843]

True but how will Harden be alive for the playoffs at this pace. 

[Southernthunder 38]

That was entertaining. Yeah I hope Harden sits out off the Allstar game. 

Edited January 24, 2019 by Southernthunder

[perfectchaos007 6677]

6 minutes ago, Southernthunder said:

That was entertaining. Yeah I hope Harden sits out off the Allstar game. 

eh, he never puts much effort in the ASG. Its just a vacation with a pickup game

[TexasMan 10937]

 

[BigOrange1 6442]

simply incredible what he's doing right now:

 

[Southernthunder 38]

40 minutes ago, perfectchaos007 said:

eh, he never puts much effort in the ASG. Its just a vacation with a pickup game

That is true. 

[Dutchrudder 11141]

That Harden guy is pretty good...

 

[BigOrange1 6442]

we're getting closer...

 

[SEC 1174]

I hope watching James Harden go super saiyan has amped up CP3 for his come back.

[huge 3793]

I feel like I missed out on something with the whole dragon ball whatever.

I have zero exposure to anything related, takes away from my ability to appreciate BPT as much as I would like...

[Rockethorn1978 6095]

When do the trade rumors really start heating up? I bet we end up trading Gordon but curious what is even available that would be considered a "upgrade"? Any big names possibly on the trading block that we could realistically get?

[BigOrange1 6442]

seriously doubt eric gordon is getting traded.

[Tommy Nobis 905]

Faried seems like a good pick up.

[Lurch 5931]

Faried seems like a good pick up.

He’s working his ass off out there tonight

[Tommy Nobis 905]

And I disagree with the announcers on that last play. Even though the ball was out of the hand of the offensive player for a while before the foul you still can’t run over a defender holding their ground. Good call IMO

[Kermit 3157]

Makes up for that bullshit elbow. 

 

Fuck Kawhi’s bitchass. I’ll see myself out.

[Tommy Nobis 905]

When do the trade rumors really start heating up? I bet we end up trading Gordon but curious what is even available that would be considered a "upgrade"? Any big names possibly on the trading block that we could realistically get?

Why the fuck would we trade Gordon? Especially given CP3’s health issues.

[GHOSTUSER 361]

Love Faried’s hustle, rebounding and defense tonight. Amazing how bad Morey’s off-season moves were and how good his in-season moves have been.

Edited January 26, 2019 by Iconoclast Texan

[GHOSTUSER 361]

What the fuck are we doing at the end of this game. Eric Gordon has gone full retard. 

[Lurch 5931]

Wut

[Tommy Nobis 905]

JFC. What a melt down

[Tommy Nobis 905]

Lol, thanks KL for playing hero ball

[Dutchrudder 11141]

This team gets real lazy in the last 2 minutes when they have the lead.

[GHOSTUSER 361]

Gordon with 2 of the dumbest end of game decisions that we have seen in a while. Stepping out of bounds and hoisting a shot when we needed to run the clock out. Fuck that was dumb

[NowThis 931]

26 minutes ago, Tommy Nobis said:

Faried seems like a good pick up.

i keep thinking " damn Nene is quick!"

good thing KL isn't the greatest 3 shooter, a make there would have been one of the most painful reg season losses in recent history.

All HOU has to do is get the 3rd seed, avoid GS until the WCF and they're set when CP3 and Cap come back. Probably have to cut someone , which one, sad that has to happen. 

[smwhorn 482]

It seriously looked like we were trying to lose that game.

[HtownHorn 14734]

Gordon was legit shaving points in this game.

Edited January 26, 2019 by HtownHorn

[CurlyDumps 4476]

I walked into the bar when the score was 92-74.  Just in time to see the 13 straight missed threes, leads lost/gained/lost again, and all around pants shitting.  Loved those Faried hustle plays though.

[BigOrange1 6442]

outside of the last couple of minutes, that was a really good game against a very good team.  was great to see the "other" guys play well tonight.  when everyone is healthy, getting big nights from just 2 of the non harden, paul, capela core will make this team very tough to beat.

[BigOrange1 6442]

oh, then there is this:

 

[Auto Driller 2506]

I’m interested to see how the minutes will shake out for Capela and Faried once C is healthy. 

[Dutchrudder 11141]

Faried is definitely a better fit than Nene in some situations, and he can be a good small ball 5. I like his hustle and I hope he works out.

[Rockethorn1978 6095]

14 hours ago, Tommy Nobis said:

Why the fuck would we trade Gordon? Especially given CP3’s health issues.

Gordon was always the most solid piece in any grade for a upgrade. I wasn’t saying trade Gordon for some role player, I’m saying if there was a third star we could acquire with Gordon and first rounders I would do it.

[GHOSTUSER 361]

Am I crazy to think that we might have a better overall team in terms of roster construction for the playoffs than last year? Obviously, we don’t have the record of last year but I think our bench is better than last year’s. Hopefully, we can get Danuel House under contract soon. If we do, our wings compared to last year would be much improved. 

[ChickenSandwich 9843]

I like a healthy Capella,Keith and Nene. Seems like a big upgrade in depth at that position. Still need Knight to come around or sign House as I don’t think we are as good of a shooting team as last. 

[BigOrange1 6442]

2 hours ago, Iconoclast Texan said:

Am I crazy to think that we might have a better overall team in terms of roster construction for the playoffs than last year? Obviously, we don’t have the record of last year but I think our bench is better than last year’s. Hopefully, we can get Danuel House under contract soon. If we do, our wings compared to last year would be much improved. 

i think that, fully healthy, this team is definitely deeper than last year's team.

last year, after paul went down, they basically had 6 playable players against the warriors: harden, gordon, tucker, ariza, capela and green.

this year, if healthy, they can play all of these guys against the warriors: harden, paul, gordon, tucker, capela, rivers, faried, ennis and green.  that is not counting danuel house who they can hopefully get back, or brandon knight/whatever they can turn him into at the deadline.  

[Southernthunder 38]

Faried is only gonna get better for us. Love it. 

[ChickenSandwich 9843]

Shitty start

[BigOrange1 6442]

harden with 15 in the first!

 

oh, the rest of them team only had 3

[BigOrange1 6442]

LOVING kenneth faried.

[BigOrange1 6442]

much better 2nd quarter.  keep that up and they should win this game.

[GHOSTUSER 361]

Got it down to 8 to start the 4th. The effort level has been terrible tonight.

[GHOSTUSER 361]

If it was me, I’d have Austin Rivers running point when CP3 is getting back into the groove the next few games especially since Rivers is shooting like shit. Can’t grab a rebound tonight.

[BigOrange1 6442]

fun watching cp3 shake off the rust.

[BigOrange1 6442]

james fucking harden!

[Southernthunder 38]

That was good D by Harden. Fuck yeah. 

[CurlyDumps 4476]

On 1/25/2019 at 7:22 PM, Tommy Nobis said:

Why the fuck would we trade Gordon? Especially given CP3’s health issues.

Well he was playing like shit, and saying some passive aggressive stuff to the media.  

Hooefully he’s gotten over his slump, and over himself.

[BigOrange1 6442]

decent: