No shit we're not the Spurs. If we got the #1 pick in 2023, WE'D BE "THE SPURS."
Having him on a team makes it 10x easier to rebuild a team. Sad that some of you can't understand that.
Mike Brown exposes James Harden’s weakness from his Houston Rockets days
In the Game 1 postgame conference, Mike Brown explained how the Warriors once tried to drain James Harden’s legs during those playoff battles with Houston.
“When I was in Golden State and we played Houston, we counted James Harden’s dribbles. We told our guys he’s dribbling close to 1000 times a game,” Brown said.
He added, “Keep picking him up full court and making him dribble. At the end of the game, it would wear him down.”
The point was not only about Harden’s old Rockets usage. Brown was explaining why fatigue matters when a high-volume creator has to carry possessions, defend repeated actions and survive late-game pressure.
Golden State’s plan against Houston was built on attrition. Harden could still score, but every possession forced him to spend more energy before he got to his preferred spots. Brown saw the same idea become useful again in Game 1.
Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/mike-brown-admits-exposing-james-100000615.html
If we don’t make any trades with these picks this offseason who would you be trying to draft? Say one of them is 1-10 and the other is 11-20. What two guys would you be trying to get? I don’t see any point guards in these 27’ mock drafts really but a few SGs to revamp the backcourt
At first I was wanting to trade the PHX pick for a upgrade but now kinda don’t want to waste them and just let Stone, Ime, and FVV be all they can be next year and wait to start a soft rebuild with those picks. See where they land and start trading and making moves accordingly. Id hold onto Sengun another year to attach to one of them to move up even further wherever they land
I see offseason rockets reddit has fully taken form so figured I'd give my take on the current hot topic I've seen posted about already like a 100 times.
IMO the overall problem boils down to Ime and his inability to run an actual offense. The other issues beside Stone stem from Ime. Reed Sheppard is not the biggest issue with this team, leaving out the what if's and whatever else regarding Reed, we have drastically underdeveloped him and when we started to play him this year, Ime plays him as a primary on ball PG, which simply is not his game in the NBA. I honestly believe if Reed was drafted to SAS we'd see him just running around the court and shooting like 10+ 3s a game and be a overall more developed player(separate issue overall comparing our player development to SAS or any other team tbh). As for Sengun/Amen lack of shooting and Sengun lack of athleticism, that more falls on Ime/stone for not changing the style of play to match them and not trading for elite 3pt shooters for them to play with, as a fan I can only hope we adjust that this offseason. I saw someone else mention this either in a post or comment, but seeing as the rockets will have to deal with Wemby AND Cooper Flagg for the next 10 plus years, i hope we can build something to actually compete with them in the future, if not we're in for a rough ride for the foreseeable future.
I think we were 16-5 with Sheppard starting this year? This is on the Coach and his short leash and intolerance for Reed. Just stubbornness-but-the-bad-kind. Its literally mental that because of defense the coach decided to start a vet minimum guy that was waived by his former team over our #3 draft pick and let him develop. (And dont get me wrong, Im glad to have Josh). (And if you add 2026 Castle has now started 100+ games to Reeds 24). Discuss.
Dude turned into a lemon in the playoffs after being a rocket.
Every year without fail he wilts man. Idk if it’s psychological or what it has to be at this point
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Lots of heat in this sub about what the problem with the Rockets really is - let’s vote on it.
Left off KD bc he’s gonna make 2nd team all NBA.
After watching the playoffs the Rockets cannot trade Sengun. For the next 3-5 years the team to beat will be the Spurs not the Thunder. In the next couple years the Thunder will begin losing depth because of luxury tax. Plus Spurs will just be better soon.
I think Sengun is the type of center you need to give Wemby problems defensively. You need a guy that can physically bully Wemby in the paint. When Wemby is preoccupied guarding Sengun in the low post he can’t lock down the paint. Wemby is most dangerous when he can’t lock roam the paint.
In the first 2 games Sengun averaged 23/11/9 against Wemby. Wemby was a negative 9 in those 2 games. The Houston offense was running well. 50% FG and 45% 3FG. With Wemby occupied guys like Amen were able to finish at the rim and KD could hit his short jumpers.
Now imagine if the Rockets had a point guard and more shooting.
In isolation Sengun’s offensive profile may seem inefficient. But his ability to score in the low post helps the entire Houston offense. Wemby has to guard him and fight for position the entire possession. This allows Sengun’s teammates to attack the paint without Wemby contesting their shots.
I like them both and they have great chemistry. But one of them definitely has to learn how to shoot basketball. Otherwise we need to trade Sengun and right know there are only 4 centers who are better players than Sengun and who can shoot the ball. Jokic, Victor, Embiid, A.Davis and maybe Adebayo. We need to trade one of them or our future is not bright.
From this latest podcast at 34:25: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6BwRC6XZXRcCeYES6mw2V9?si=X3QNrtnORnyDVUJBhXlgaQ
An underappreciated part of Stone's tenure is that he hasn't just automatically given max deals to young guys who didn't deserve it even when a lot of people were saying he should. People thought Jalen and Sengun were going to get max deals, and Stone played hardball with them - to the team's benefit.
We have at least another decade of this, and probably 15 of Flagg. I am in Hell. See y’all in 2041.
EDIT: Rebuilding won’t even do anything. There’s not a player of this caliber coming up anytime soon. It’s called a “generational prospect” for a reason. We could totally blow up everything and still not even be the best or probably even second best team in the state by the time the rebuild is complete. Fuck.
Clip from the Rockets mock offseason, find the whole video on YouTube using the link below:
Like bro why couldn’t we draft the generational Filipino?!