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Re: Houston Rockets Vs Oklahoma City Thunder 

Post#81 » by Joseph17 » Thu Nov 18, 2010 4:53 am

Off the top of my head:
Drew Gooden, Brooks, Jamal Crawford, Eddy Curry, JR Smith, Maggette, Peja, Nash
You guys just think he's worse than he is because of his reputation. He's no Scottie Pippen, but he's not the worst either.
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Re: Houston Rockets Vs Oklahoma City Thunder 

Post#82 » by Guy986 » Thu Nov 18, 2010 5:00 am

joeyyowee wrote:Off the top of my head:
Drew Gooden, Brooks, Jamal Crawford, Eddy Curry, JR Smith, Maggette, Peja, Nash
You guys just think he's worse than he is because of his reputation. He's no Scottie Pippen, but he's not the worst either.


If he's not a terrible defense then how come you always want him to defend the opposing PG? I'll tell you why. Because he can't defend any half decent shooting guards.
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Re: Houston Rockets Vs Oklahoma City Thunder 

Post#83 » by Joseph17 » Thu Nov 18, 2010 5:04 am

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joeyyowee wrote:Off the top of my head:
Drew Gooden, Brooks, Jamal Crawford, Eddy Curry, JR Smith, Maggette, Peja, Nash
You guys just think he's worse than he is because of his reputation. He's no Scottie Pippen, but he's not the worst either.


If he's not a terrible defense then how come you always want him to defend the opposing PG? I'll tell you why. Because he can't defend any half decent shooting guards.

Because he matches up better with some point guards. He'll have difficulty guarding stronger sgs that like to post up because he's only 185 pounds. I wouldn't mind seeing him guard smaller shooting guards like Jamal Crawford though. He struggled guarding Evans because he was getting out-muscled by him. Battier is better off guarding the stronger and bigger players.
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Post#84 » by RocketFan » Thu Nov 18, 2010 5:30 am

And you guys thought this team had it bad when they had Vangundy, Thibedoe
Bring back landry also. This team is a damn joke, with or without yao ming
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Re: Houston Rockets Vs Oklahoma City Thunder 

Post#85 » by Joseph17 » Thu Nov 18, 2010 5:38 am

RocketFan wrote:And you guys thought this team had it bad when they had Vangundy, Thibedoe
Bring back landry also. This team is a damn joke, with or without yao ming

You do realize that the Rockets had an above .500 record w/o Landry last year right? I believe that their record was better without him than with him.
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Post#86 » by RocketFan » Thu Nov 18, 2010 5:50 am

joeyyowee wrote:
RocketFan wrote:And you guys thought this team had it bad when they had Vangundy, Thibedoe
Bring back landry also. This team is a damn joke, with or without yao ming

You do realize that the Rockets had an above .500 record w/o Landry last year right? I believe that their record was better without him than with him.



yea but that's cause everything was clicking, people were making shots. But take out Jordan hill and plug in Landry and we are +2 games right now at least. +2 games in the win column not +2 games above .500
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Re: Houston Rockets Vs Oklahoma City Thunder 

Post#87 » by tisbee » Thu Nov 18, 2010 5:54 am

Rockets were 12-12 in games Martin played last season.
So far this season 3-8.
Overall 15-20,@ 43% wins.
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Post#88 » by inquisitive » Thu Nov 18, 2010 5:56 am

I think Van Gundy has been waiting in the wings for several years now...if you know what i mean
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Re: Houston Rockets Vs Oklahoma City Thunder 

Post#89 » by Joseph17 » Thu Nov 18, 2010 6:25 am

tisbee wrote:Rockets were 12-12 in games Martin played last season.
So far this season 3-8.
Overall 15-20,@ 43% wins.

This team is different than they were last year. It doesn't have anything to do with Martin because Martin is playing the same. Battier is playing worse and Ariza is gone this year. Injuries have also been a problem. Those are the biggest differences.
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Re: Houston Rockets Vs Oklahoma City Thunder 

Post#90 » by M4P » Thu Nov 18, 2010 12:57 pm

joeyyowee wrote:Off the top of my head:
Drew Gooden, Brooks, Jamal Crawford, Eddy Curry, JR Smith, Maggette, Peja, Nash
You guys just think he's worse than he is because of his reputation. He's no Scottie Pippen, but he's not the worst either.

You can make a fair argument for a majority of the people on that list against Martin. Martin sucks on D and every guard that he's been assigned has gone off on him.
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Re: Houston Rockets Vs Oklahoma City Thunder 

Post#91 » by kam_soluusar » Fri Nov 19, 2010 6:21 am

My perfect record, ruined. I contemplated slashing my wrists, but like a little emo kid, I enjoy self harm too much. Instead I will continue to watch Rockets basketball as much as possible.

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