2018 Houston Rockets Offseason Thread
At this point we might as well just resign Luc, match whatever a team throws at Capela, and just mitigate this L of an offseason. 
Losing Ariza for MCW , not getting that 3rd scorer, and the league collectively failing us by making Cousins feel like a scorned unwanted hoe
Losing Ariza for MCW , not getting that 3rd scorer, and the league collectively failing us by making Cousins feel like a scorned unwanted hoe
Didnt even realize this either:
Sources: Clint Capela unhappy with Rockets over contract negotiations
Rockets considered favorites to sign Carmelo Anthony
Sources: Clint Capela unhappy with Rockets over contract negotiations
Rockets considered favorites to sign Carmelo Anthony
Fuk all these scrubs. Everyone who left is a scrub. Wake me up when harden paul or gordan leave. Fukouttahea
It's over before it began brehs.
If Lakers don't get Kawahi, GSW bought to get a third...
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It's over before it began brehs.
If Lakers don't get Kawahi, GSW bought to get a third...
Instead of trying to get the more likely PG13, they went balls deep for Bron whom everyone knew wasn't coming here. Now they got a 33 yes old.cp3 for years and capela gone next gear
I understand Capela trying to get his money but damn 4 yrs $53 mill is lovely
. Losing Ariza and Mbah a Moute is big but it really doesn't mean much. I'm not one to throw in the towel especially when no games have been played but really the only reason to watch the NBA this season is becuz you love the game which I will. We all know it's only one team holding that trophy at the end of the year just coming to the realization. We had our chance but CP3 injury did us in. Them adding Boogie and LAL about to form like Voltron.
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I don’t wanna outright say Clint is a damn fool if he takes that 53 mil deal but if that’s his option he should play out his deal and be an ufa.
I understand Capela trying to get his money but damn 4 yrs $53 mill is lovely
To be frank, we had an all time team and were about to give them a '11 Mavs on Heat style whooping in game 6. Golden State was defeated. But that hamstring injury ruined everything.
And why it pissed me off outside of just the obvious is because the type of team we had wasn't just rare but they are HARD to maintain. It's easier to keep a front loaded team with 3 or 4 stars and trash/replaceable role players, than it is to keep an elite 9 man roster in which you have 2.5 "superstar" contracts in addition to the other 6-7 guys having or demanding premium pay. '11 Mavs didn't want those problems and they won the title.
With that said, we actually had the money to still make it work... if we still didn't have Ryan Anderson's bytch ass contract as our 9th best player being our 3rd highest paid player. We've said, I've said, since last offseason, that Ryan Anderson would be the end of us if we couldn't get him out of town.
Until I see Boogie play, I still would've rocked with our chances even tho we'd have been heavy underdogs like we were last year. But if MCW is our biggest acquisition and our ownership is now being cheap, and we were too busy focused on Bron to focus on the others.. well now we weren't even giving our own selves a chance to be great, regardless of GSW or LAL.
Hamstring didnt ruin shyt. These nikkas missed every other free throw, layup, and wide open 3 pointer they possibly could have and even then it took Dantoni sitting on his hands for like 5 straight posessions where steph abused ryan anderson for him to call a timeout and after that the damaged was done. Harden was getting fouled on those 3's but why the fukk are you going to keep shooting them if you see it aint getting called. Its time to call it what it was... a choke jobTo be frank, we had an all time team and were about to give them a '11 Mavs on Heat style whooping in game 6. Golden State was defeated. But that hamstring injury ruined everything.
And why it pissed me off outside of just the obvious is because the type of team we had wasn't just rare but they are HARD to maintain. It's easier to keep a front loaded team with 3 or 4 stars and trash/replaceable role players, than it is to keep an elite 9 man roster in which you have 2.5 "superstar" contracts in addition to the other 6-7 guys having or demanding premium pay. '11 Mavs didn't want those problems and they won the title.
With that said, we actually had the money to still make it work... if we still didn't have Ryan Anderson's bytch ass contract as our 9th best player being our 3rd highest paid player. We've said, I've said, since last offseason, that Ryan Anderson would be the end of us if we couldn't get him out of town.
Until I see Boogie play, I still would've rocked with our chances even tho we'd have been heavy underdogs like we were last year. But if MCW is our biggest acquisition and our ownership is now being cheap, and we were too busy focused on Bron to focus on the others.. well now we weren't even giving our own selves a chance to be great, regardless of GSW or LAL.
Charlie Broadway
Greg Ward Jr. SZN
Hamstring didnt ruin shyt. These nikkas missed every other free throw, layup, and wide open 3 pointer they possibly could have and even then it took Dantoni sitting on his hands for like 5 straight posessions where steph abused ryan anderson for him to call a timeout and after that the damaged was done. Harden was getting fouled on those 3's but why the fukk are you going to keep shooting them if you see it aint getting called. Its time to call it what it was... a choke job
Ehh, the defense they were playing along with the short rotation makes me think they were exhausted. That’s an absurd amount of 3s for pros to miss.
If I had to label any part of the series a choke job it’d be game 1. Rockets talked a good game all season but game 1 was the worst game from an effort standpoint. Ppl gonna point to the hamstring situation years from now but for me it’ll always be game 1 where the missed opportunity lied.
I get the thought process, but i'm not going to split hairs about us losing our superstar/1a best player who was also our closer/facilitator/sole person who can dribble and pass.
If the narrative is we choked without the superstar who kept us from choking the previous 2 games... i mean We win the series in 6 with him still playing. IMO
And he likely doesn't get hurt if Harden wasn't so trash in the one thing he was paid to do in big moments (score the basket/make his damn open 3s), and Harden had some of the best looks down the stretch that game 5. THAT pissed me off more than anything the team did in games 6 or 7. Now with that said, Harden still pissed me off in those games, but i've almost come to expect it of him.
But the reality is CP3 got hurt, we couldn't get it done w/o him, and now we ain't getting it done in the offseason.
If the narrative is we choked without the superstar who kept us from choking the previous 2 games... i mean
We win the series in 6 with him still playing. IMOAnd he likely doesn't get hurt if Harden wasn't so trash in the one thing he was paid to do in big moments (score the basket/make his damn open 3s), and Harden had some of the best looks down the stretch that game 5. THAT pissed me off more than anything the team did in games 6 or 7. Now with that said, Harden still pissed me off in those games, but i've almost come to expect it of him.
But the reality is CP3 got hurt, we couldn't get it done w/o him, and now we ain't getting it done in the offseason.