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Well 40 days ago I thought the OKC-Houston games (and Miami to a lesser extend) would be the only ones I would root for the Thunder to win but I was wrong...Let's go Rockets!

Dadouv47 wrote:Well 40 days ago I thought the OKC-Houston games (and Miami to a lesser extend) would be the only ones I would root for the Thunder to win but I was wrong...Let's go Rockets!

I’m still ok if we win this .Rockets are on a roll but I’m not convinced they are that good. A thunder win tonight could be the difference in them being in the lottery or top eight.

ThunderBolt wrote:

Dadouv47 wrote:Well 40 days ago I thought the OKC-Houston games (and Miami to a lesser extend) would be the only ones I would root for the Thunder to win but I was wrong...Let's go Rockets!

I’m still ok if we win this .Rockets are on a roll but I’m not convinced they are that good. A thunder win tonight could be the difference in them being in the lottery or top eight.

To me each chance that increase our odds to get a top 5 pick is more important/valuable than anything that could make the difference for Houston to end up with an 11-14 pick instead of top 20.

Dadouv47 wrote:

ThunderBolt wrote:

Dadouv47 wrote:Well 40 days ago I thought the OKC-Houston games (and Miami to a lesser extend) would be the only ones I would root for the Thunder to win but I was wrong...Let's go Rockets!

I’m still ok if we win this .Rockets are on a roll but I’m not convinced they are that good. A thunder win tonight could be the difference in them being in the lottery or top eight.

To me each chance that increase our odds to get a top 5 pick is more important/valuable than anything that could make the difference for Houston to end up with an 11-14 pick instead of top 20.

Two years ago the first four picks were the teams at number 7,8,1, and 11. Last year the third and fourth pick were from teams at 8 and 7. I just want houston in it to give is a shot.

ThunderBolt wrote:

Dadouv47 wrote:

ThunderBolt wrote:I’m still ok if we win this .Rockets are on a roll but I’m not convinced they are that good. A thunder win tonight could be the difference in them being in the lottery or top eight.

To me each chance that increase our odds to get a top 5 pick is more important/valuable than anything that could make the difference for Houston to end up with an 11-14 pick instead of top 20.

Two years ago the first four picks were the teams at number 7,8,1, and 11. Last year the third and fourth pick were from teams at 8 and 7. I just want houston in it to give is a shot.

Yeah but u forget that it's top 4 protected then. Only the 5th worst team would have a shot at a pick n°5-7 for example. If Houston is 9-14 worst record in the league, it's a 9-14 pick or top 4. So basically the pick is only really valuable if Houston has a top 5-8 worst record.

Dadouv47 wrote:

ThunderBolt wrote:

Dadouv47 wrote:
To me each chance that increase our odds to get a top 5 pick is more important/valuable than anything that could make the difference for Houston to end up with an 11-14 pick instead of top 20.

Two years ago the first four picks were the teams at number 7,8,1, and 11. Last year the third and fourth pick were from teams at 8 and 7. I just want houston in it to give is a shot.

Yeah but u forget that it's top 4 protected then. Only the 5th worst team would have a shot at a pick n°5-7 for example. If Houston is 9-14 worst record in the league, it's a 9-14 pick or top 4. So basically the pick is only really valuable if Houston has a top 5-8 worst record.

I understand but I’m just not ready to put all of my money on houston for sure being as good as they’ve been the last few games. If they are still rolling in a month, I’ll think differently. After this first quarter, I don’t think it matters. We look like crap. We’re starting to play to our point differential.

Missed first half. Nothing serious for SGA?

Yeah we really need to trade Hill...he makes our team so much better (I know we won games without him)

That was rough.

That was, pretty brutal. Last two games. Pretty much not what I'd hoped for. I want to lose for draft status but I want it to be competitive. This was a complete and utter obliteration.

By the way, Christian Wood, what the hell got into him? I'd heard he was playing really well this year but I hadn't seen him until tonight. He looks like a totally different player. Carries himself with the self assuredness you expect to see in a perennial all star, not a journeyman who's been waived multiple times in his career. And clearly he can back it up. Just wild. You just so seldom see a guy reach his ceiling this (relatively) late in his career.

Old Man Game wrote:That was, pretty brutal. Last two games. Pretty much not what I'd hoped for. I want to lose for draft status but I want it to be competitive. This was a complete and utter obliteration.

We had 16 turnovers. I would have thought shai by himself had close to that. It felt like we couldn’t make a pass or even get a shot at the rim without it getting blocked.

A lot of the advanced stats say we are a bottom three team in the league.I guess we shouldn’t be surprised. If ugly losses make sure we get a good pick, I’ll suffer through it. Hope we didn’t see poku play his last nba game.

Old Man Game wrote:By the way, Christian Wood, what the hell got into him? I'd heard he was playing really well this year but I hadn't seen him until tonight. He looks like a totally different player. Carries himself with the self assuredness you expect to see in a perennial all star, not a journeyman who's been waived multiple times in his career. And clearly he can back it up. Just wild. You just so seldom see a guy reach his ceiling this (relatively) late in his career.

I’ve watched probably as man rockets games as any other team besides us. He’s the real deal. Getting him on that deal is crazy good for cheap Tillman. If this Houston team stays healthy, they could be interesting. Add in Kevin Porter Jr and it really becomes a group of misfits. It’s kind of a weird feeling because I don’t really hate them like previous rocket teams. I think Silas is a pretty good coach.

As a rocket fan regardless of the draft pick I think you guys won the trade and got the better player in the deal. Thankfully wizards saved us from westbrook contract and we saved y’all from it. And trust me I’m with you guys that I like westbrook the man and his mentality. But that contract and at this stage of their career I take paul then wall then westbrook. Plus y’all were able to flip cp3.

Dadouv47 wrote:Well 40 days ago I thought the OKC-Houston games (and Miami to a lesser extend) would be the only ones I would root for the Thunder to win but I was wrong...Let's go Rockets!

Makaveli2 wrote:As a rocket fan regardless of the draft pick I think you guys won the trade and got the better player in the deal. Thankfully wizards saved us from westbrook contract and we saved y’all from it. And trust me I’m with you guys that I like westbrook the man and his mentality. But that contract and at this stage of their career I take paul then wall then westbrook. Plus y’all were able to flip cp3.

Dadouv47 wrote:Well 40 days ago I thought the OKC-Houston games (and Miami to a lesser extend) would be the only ones I would root for the Thunder to win but I was wrong...Let's go Rockets!

I’ll paraphrase what another okc fan said- I’m grateful for russ’ time in okc and I look forward to watching him finish his career elsewhere.

ThunderBolt wrote:

Makaveli2 wrote:As a rocket fan regardless of the draft pick I think you guys won the trade and got the better player in the deal. Thankfully wizards saved us from westbrook contract and we saved y’all from it. And trust me I’m with you guys that I like westbrook the man and his mentality. But that contract and at this stage of their career I take paul then wall then westbrook. Plus y’all were able to flip cp3.

Dadouv47 wrote:Well 40 days ago I thought the OKC-Houston games (and Miami to a lesser extend) would be the only ones I would root for the Thunder to win but I was wrong...Let's go Rockets!

I’ll paraphrase what another okc fan said- I’m grateful for russ’ time in okc and I look forward to watching him finish his career elsewhere.

Well it's a no brainer that we won the trade because we got 2 FRPS, 2 swaps then a Suns FRP, a Gs pick for Oubre that will likely be a high 2nd from Minny and a couple of 2nds in the Rubio/James Johnson/Ariza trades. Houston got a lotto protected FRP, which is still great considering the disaster it was.
No clue if we will draft or get a good players with all these picks but if we aren't unlucky or really bad at drafting, it should be good.

Regarding Westbrook, I would fine to sign him for the vet min once he finishes his contract to be a bench player (if he's willing to do this, which is pretty unlikely). Who knows if we could be contending by then and his locker room presence is underrated.

Yeah you guys wanting better draft pick from us is just being greedy now, don’t blame ya though lol.

Dadouv47 wrote:

ThunderBolt wrote:

Makaveli2 wrote:As a rocket fan regardless of the draft pick I think you guys won the trade and got the better player in the deal. Thankfully wizards saved us from westbrook contract and we saved y’all from it. And trust me I’m with you guys that I like westbrook the man and his mentality. But that contract and at this stage of their career I take paul then wall then westbrook. Plus y’all were able to flip cp3.

I’ll paraphrase what another okc fan said- I’m grateful for russ’ time in okc and I look forward to watching him finish his career elsewhere.

Well it's a no brainer that we won the trade because we got 2 FRPS, 2 swaps then a Suns FRP, a Gs pick for Oubre that will likely be a high 2nd from Minny and a couple of 2nds in the Rubio/James Johnson/Ariza trades. Houston got a lotto protected FRP, which is still great considering the disaster it was.
No clue if we will draft or get a good players with all these picks but if we aren't unlucky or really bad at drafting, it should be good.

Regarding Westbrook, I would fine to sign him for the vet min once he finishes his contract to be a bench player (if he's willing to do this, which is pretty unlikely). Who knows if we could be contending by then and his locker room presence is underrated.

Makaveli2 wrote:Yeah you guys wanting better draft pick from us is just being greedy now, don’t blame ya though lol.

Dadouv47 wrote:

ThunderBolt wrote:I’ll paraphrase what another okc fan said- I’m grateful for russ’ time in okc and I look forward to watching him finish his career elsewhere.

Well it's a no brainer that we won the trade because we got 2 FRPS, 2 swaps then a Suns FRP, a Gs pick for Oubre that will likely be a high 2nd from Minny and a couple of 2nds in the Rubio/James Johnson/Ariza trades. Houston got a lotto protected FRP, which is still great considering the disaster it was.
No clue if we will draft or get a good players with all these picks but if we aren't unlucky or really bad at drafting, it should be good.

Regarding Westbrook, I would fine to sign him for the vet min once he finishes his contract to be a bench player (if he's willing to do this, which is pretty unlikely). Who knows if we could be contending by then and his locker room presence is underrated.

hehe yeah. Well you guys got a lof of picks and will root against Brooklyn for a while

Gonna be a close game tomorrow without John Wall