I'm markedly less excited than I have been in years past. Not optimistic about the pairing, so there's that.
If WB can abandon that pull-up from 18 ft, sure. I'm super stoked. If he plays some real defense I might poop myself too.
I'm excited to see Westbrook land his first monster dunk and for House to take over the starting spot. It's gonna be a lot more fun than last season.
WTF is this thread. I'm very excited, and I'm going to enjoy this season very much. Sorry for you guys.
Not that excited given Tilman’s selfish mural, look at me book whoring, not seemingly willing to pay up, Green’s injury, China stuff with Harden’s reaction making me care very little about the guy, Westbrook not healthy are all reasons to be a bit uncaring at the moment. Most importantly though: we still play the same way, the all switch defense being the most depressing part that confirms my lack of faith in our coaches. I also don’t see Harden willing to do anything off the ball, still wasting time as Capela tries to get it to him, so you just know everything said about making it work so far was horse **** and MDA is set in his coward ways. Westbrook I cannot judge yet given the injury and I still like the trade as I never liked CP3 here given his childish whiny attitude on the court and inability to be a leader last year’s playoffs. Part is his not his fault but Harden and MDA. Seeing Westbrook in action has me excited a bit, but we have to wait months for him to be 100% and I fear he will show his ugly side before the end of november. I am right now excited about House, Gordon, Thabo and potentially Tyson and Clemons in action.
Excited but the combination of the following has me a little less enthusiastic than in the past few seasons: -The unknown of the Harden/Westbrook pairing. -The situation with China. -The Astros World Series run. We'll get there but it's early.
Cool? Then don't let us bring you down then man. I'm sorry some of us aren't sold on the pairing, see a porous defense as what it is, and aren't jumping for joy to see a team that's banged up a bit head into the regular season. But, you do you man.
Same for me. I have disliked Westbrook as long as he's been in the league. I get that he is a talented guy, and super athletic, but in terms of his impact on wins/losses, I think he is the most overrated player of the past 20 years. I don't think he's good and I think he's a significant downgrade over the current washed version of Chris Paul. I was devastated when he got traded here and I'm still pretty upset about it. I'll still watch every single game and I'll root for them, but I can't say I'm excited or optimistic.
Westbrook has looked like TRASH all pre-season so I really have tempered my expectations for the Rockets this season.
Or Denton. OP hasn't backed up his opinions with graphs and statistics. He's a charlatan who should be flogged and run out of the town square.
I know this is crazy but I truly believe our team will be better, especially in the playoffs if Harden doesn't feel the need to go HAM for 4 quarters. I think he can pick his spots in the 4th quarter and take over but the 1st 3 quarters we should have enough talent on this squad to put up points and run some semblance of an offense and also GET OUT ON THE BREAK FOR EASY BUCKETS! He needs to trust his teammates more than he ever has and allow Westbrook to take over games when Harden doesn't have it that night. I love the guy and see the need for him to score 44 every night last season but this is a new season with more depth and athleticism so he needs to focus on getting people involved and picking his spots on offense. I really hope we have enough depth that we lacked last season. Depth needs to be consistent so we don't lose faith going into the playoffs. Rivers, House, Thabo, Anderson, Chandler, and some extent McLemore were either not on the team last year or played half the season so our depth definitely improved overall. Just think we need to maximize our potential with Russ in order to be a true net plus due to the departure of Chris Paul. The season also hinges on how well we play defense as a team and I am definitely a little worried at if we can be a good enough defensive team to make a lot of noise this season. Hopefully they gel quickly on offense and defense.
