12/26 Rockets @ Grizzlies

Revived · Post #201 » by **Revived** » Sat Dec 27, 2014 9:39 am

[tweet]https://twitter.com/ConradKazNBA/status/548675111059226625[/tweet]

Lorenzomax7 · Post #202 » by **Lorenzomax7** » Sat Dec 27, 2014 10:55 am

Just watched the first half and a lil bit of the 3rd Q...Good start from J-Smith...I think he will be a good fit, not great but not bad at all.

Lorenzomax7 · Post #203 » by **Lorenzomax7** » Sat Dec 27, 2014 10:55 am

SF88 wrote:Anyone know when Josh Smith will begin getting the starts at PF?

Probably next game.

pr0wler · Post #204 » by **pr0wler** » Sat Dec 27, 2014 12:18 pm

How come D-Mo hardly any post ups again? Instead we give the ball to Dwight down low who just turns the ball over or gets blocked. I don't understand why we'd move away from an efficient scoring option to a less efficient one just because Howard returned from injury.

000001 · Post #205 » by **000001** » Sat Dec 27, 2014 12:35 pm

SF88 wrote:[tweet]https://twitter.com/ConradKazNBA/status/548675111059226625[/tweet]

haters are gonna hate no matter what

we needed all those fgs from jsmith this game... dhoward game was off he played so bad/looked scared vs gasol .. we dont win this game without smith taking all those shots

smith had a great game .

000001 · Post #206 » by **000001** » Sat Dec 27, 2014 12:54 pm

TMACFORMVP wrote:he had some ill-advised shots,

this is what i like the most from this game

he did took like 3 very bad shots including the famous airball 3 that is all over youtube -haters are gonna hate . also like 2 very bad passes

and still had a great great game -scoring, rebounding the ball very good ,altering shots

im ok with his mistakes if he does more things well than bad ...

the good from this game

harden,jsmith,ariza,beverly,terry,brewer,papa not playing

the bad

howard,dmo,dorsey,shved,mchale,canaan not playing

mchale needs to play canaan instead of shved or give those minutes to terry or brewer

great win

this was a very entertaining game to watch

next the spurs howard needs to bounce back

moofs · Post #207 » by **moofs** » Sat Dec 27, 2014 2:55 pm

Erg, I forgot Randolph didn't play last night.

Post #208 » by **jwise44** » Sat Dec 27, 2014 3:27 pm

One thing I noticed last night"...bull and bill were force feeding josh smith as a great player down our throats like management told them they had to make sure the fans liked him because they were worried people wouldn't like the move

They heaped praise on him all game for bs reasons

I mean, they praised him when he got out of the way on a james harden drive...

Also, I think some of his dunks like that one off the harden feed will bring some energy to this team

Aaron Brooks · Post #209 » by **Aaron Brooks** » Sat Dec 27, 2014 4:00 pm

pr0wler wrote:How come D-Mo hardly any post ups again? Instead we give the ball to Dwight down low who just turns the ball over or gets blocked. I don't understand why we'd move away from an efficient scoring option to a less efficient one just because Howard returned from injury.

seems like the team is slow to get him touches down low, and when he misses a few; they stop going to him

texasholdem · Post #210 » by **texasholdem** » Sat Dec 27, 2014 4:04 pm

jwise44 wrote:One thing I noticed last night"...bull and bill were force feeding josh smith as a great player down our throats like management told them they had to make sure the fans liked him because they were worried people wouldn't like the move

They heaped praise on him all game for bs reasons

I mean, they praised him when he got out of the way on a james harden drive...

Bill and Bull work for the Rockets so of course it's their job to spin The Morey Truth. Just like they kept tearing down Parsons to praise Ariza earlier this season.

JetLife · Post #211 » by **JetLife** » Sat Dec 27, 2014 9:04 pm

Alexy Shved didn't play in the second half because he sprained his ankle and is probable sunday

pr0wler · Post #212 » by **pr0wler** » Sat Dec 27, 2014 9:55 pm

Aaron Brooks wrote:
pr0wler wrote:How come D-Mo hardly any post ups again? Instead we give the ball to Dwight down low who just turns the ball over or gets blocked. I don't understand why we'd move away from an efficient scoring option to a less efficient one just because Howard returned from injury.

seems like the team is slow to get him touches down low, and when he misses a few; they stop going to him

Yeah he had one turnover, and missed an easy one then suddenly they just stopped giving him looks. I guess McHale doesn't realize there's this thing called variance, where a player isn't going to make every shot in a row and similarly he could go on a streak and make 3-4 consecutively.

Nebula1 · Post #213 » by **Nebula1** » Sat Dec 27, 2014 10:03 pm

Well I caught the second half and OT on the radio and I missed a good one. Sounded like Smith was a factor, so that's great.

Looking forward to watching them go into San Antonio tomorrow.

inquisitive · Post #214 » by **inquisitive** » Sat Dec 27, 2014 10:44 pm

smith missed like 3 layups too , so 9-21 wasn't exactly taking a bunch of long jumpers. i feel bad for tjones. if smith continues to play well, i can see tjones being shipped out.

inquisitive · Post #215 » by **inquisitive** » Sat Dec 27, 2014 10:46 pm

JetLife wrote:Alexy Shved didn't play in the second half because he sprained his ankle and is probable sunday

that allows for papa to get some minutes

MaxRider · Post #216 » by **MaxRider** » Sat Dec 27, 2014 10:48 pm

inquisitive wrote:smith missed like 3 layups too , so 9-21 wasn't exactly taking a bunch of long jumpers. i feel bad for tjones. if smith continues to play well, i can see tjones being shipped out.

i don't see tjones being ship out unless it help us upgrade pg position
between dmo and tjones i rather keep dmo
jsmoove game is very similar to tjones
another thing is ... we don't know if we can re-sign jsmoove next season
remember he was waived so we don't have his birth right
will he accept mle?

MaxRider · Post #217 » by **MaxRider** » Sat Dec 27, 2014 10:49 pm

inquisitive wrote:
JetLife wrote:Alexy Shved didn't play in the second half because he sprained his ankle and is probable sunday

that allows for papa to get some minutes

shved is playing backup pg min
you mean canaan
papa is now at the end of the rotation
i like his game
other than his shooting is really cold

inquisitive · Post #218 » by **inquisitive** » Sat Dec 27, 2014 10:50 pm

MaxRider wrote:
inquisitive wrote:smith missed like 3 layups too , so 9-21 wasn't exactly taking a bunch of long jumpers. i feel bad for tjones. if smith continues to play well, i can see tjones being shipped out.

i don't see tjones being ship out unless it help us upgrade pg position
between dmo and tjones i rather keep dmo
jsmoove game is very similar to tjones
another thing is ... we don't know if we can re-sign jsmoove next season
remember he was waived so we don't have his birth right
will he accept mle?

if they trade tjones , it will be part of dragic package

Nebula1 · Post #219 » by **Nebula1** » Sun Dec 28, 2014 2:25 am

Dragic does seem very realistic as a deadline deal now.

MaxRider · Post #220 » by **MaxRider** » Sun Dec 28, 2014 9:08 pm

[tweet]https://twitter.com/Jonathan_Feigen/status/548936942184697856[/tweet]

that suck