Dwight Howard leaves game injured against the Suns

Lol, Rockets have no chance of a championship without Dwight playing at a high level, winning regular season games is not the same. If you want Dwight off the team, fine, but we need more rebounding and athleticism from the center spot.

 

Spot on. As long as he goes into beast mode in the playoffs like last year- we will be fine.

What we need is to have harden and Dwight in beast mode simultaneously

Having TJ back is going to be, in the words of Bill Worrell " like getting another player back".

Ok, thanks Bill. In fairness, he went on to say "without giving anything up".

I think if our team is devoid of season ending injuries going fwd, we are going to get stronger and peak at the right time.

I can only hope that like veteran players lose weight and improve skills, add a 3 pt shot or play better D and rebound so too will McHale improve as a coach. I don't subscribe to the notion that he is what he is and that's it.

Go Rockets

 

The only way to beat GSW . . I think we need pound the paint

Rocket River

 

No one has answered my question yet...did he roll it on his own? I can't tell from Clutch's picture, but it doesn't look like he was pushed or hit. Nothing on YouTube.

 

Yep he rolled it on his own, jumped for the offensive rebound and landed awkwardly...Didn't

 

^didn't land on another player's foot...My bad mobile posting acts up some time

 

Likely through for the season, maybe his entire contract, doesn't look like he wants to play anymore. Something is going on that we don't know about.

 

Unless you didn't know he has been playing through an injury... umm no.

 

He just looks like he wants out. I may be totally wrong.

 

That is what it looks like to me, that something is really bugging him - it could be the worry on the injury, it could be anything - but he looks like he is really not competing at times.

I think the team will be much more efficient offensively with DMo at center, you gain better post scoring, and a lot less turnovers, and DMo moves his feet to close the lane better.

But, we will lose that rim protector that Dwight has that scares teams...so I think we will be worse on D.

It will be interesting to see how the team does with DMo at center and a bigs rotation of TJo, JSmo, and DMo.

DD

 

Get well Howard. Can't wait to see you back on the court

 

Capela! While we're still waiting on TJ.

I wanna see Capela for spot minutes like end of game or end of quarter situations. Let's see if his blocking ability translates to the big leagues.

 

We should start Capela tomorrow.......

 

I hope you are wrong and if he can win here he won't win anywhere.

 

I think it's more so frustration...I mean he came into the season feeling healthier than he had in years and then got struck with a knee injury in preseason...He was actually averaging just above 20 pts for the season prior to his recent knee injury, but has struggled since and missed more games this season than any season in his career

It's gotta hurt the physce when your body starts to fail you and the things that came so easily for you are now difficult...Tho many see it as a lack of heart I feel that it is the opposite...He feels he has invested a lot into this city and organization and he wants to deliver...We as fans have gotta support the big fella and hope he can get to 100% for the post season

 

I also believe that Dwight is very much hurt and was playing on a knee that is keeping him from playing his game. He looks slow on there and he really needs to take some time off to recoup. Will be interesting to see how the addition to TJones will have on the team. I believe his D will be Key, being able to block shots and get the rebounds in the paint.

 

Calling up Capela just for defenisive purposes would work out. Just tell him to focus on quality screens and protecting the rim plus rebounding. If he dioesn't have to worry about scoring I think he could make an impact

 

Not a bad idea. What's the downside?

 

We could win tomorrow with me at center. Start Capela alongside DMO. DMO can get him an easy pass or two to flush.

 

The downside is Hack-a-Pela. That dude shoots free throws worse than Dorsey.