Who would you rather play in the play in game? Would be cool to see Jalen and Dillon beat Katy and Rafael Stone.
If we fall to the play-in at least there will be a positive - this diabolical season will be over sooner than expected
Good luck getting things to change. I get it, you are frustrated, sad that once again we aren't a championship contender. You rooting for this team failures is not going to change a damn thing next season. Stone will still be the GM, Udoka will still be the coach. Tilman is not going to fire two individuals that are on long-term contracts. You really think he is going to pay them to sit at home? Face it, our owner is not gung-ho on winning a championship. I'm sure he would enjoy winning a championship, but what he has shown since he became the owner is that this team is a business and not a hobby. He cares about the bottom line which is why we have not paid the luxury tax since he arrived. He finally accepted that he has to pay the tax this season since it appeared he may have a championship contender (pre FVV injury), however, since we are likely to flounder in the 1st or 2nd round, I doubt he will be as giddy to pay up next season. You might as well switch teams if you are just hoping for us to get embarrassed in the playoffs. I think Tilman is perfectly happy with a decent team that has a winning record and makes the playoffs. Everything is else is just gravy on top for him. He is still selling plenty of tickets (even if the lower bowl appears empty).
Lol, we all have the same or similar joining dates, if we survived Silas, telling people to flat out get lost to follow another team, is an affront and insult for the time they have wasted. You are right that they likely going with the Status Quo for the foreseeable future unless the Rockets are getting blown out left and right and Fertitta is forced to do something. They are also only helping Philly and Morey with a late tanking/sucking effort. Yule C.
We survived Silas because we had an end goal, be as bad as possible and hope for some high draft picks that could rescue our franchise. Unfortunately cruel faith would have it that we would not receive any franchise player, but instead we did get to draft some very good players that are borderline stars but have some flaw that makes it impossible for them to be a true franchise player. The OP is losing his mind over the team not improving this season. I get it, he has a legitimate complain. Most of us were pissed by the DFS acquisition when we all knew we badly needed another PG since we didn't want FVV playing 35+ mpg again this season and we also know that Udoka did not trust Reed. Unfortunately we are stuck with a GM that is more focused on winning negotiations rather than actually building up a front office that helps him make better decisions in the draft. We are also stuck with a coach that wants to insist on an 8 man rotation with a loyalty to veteran players (he also sucks at offense). Is not that I've chosen to be complacent and be content with a playoff contending team, but I guess after following this team for 30 years (I became a die-hard after the championship years) and seeing all the ups and down of every season, I think I've just learned to happy that we have a team that at least tries to win and tries to have competent staff (no matter how incompetent we think they are). We compete. We make the playoffs. Every year is a letdown. Some years are harder letdowns (i.e. 2017 - 2018 season) than others, but I guess at least we aren't the Kings, or the Wizards, or the Pelicans.
It is a Don Quixote against the Windmills again, Rox winning a chip or becoming a real contender is like going against Windmills. You telling people to follow another team is having the same effect, posters starting threads show they still care.....if you don't hear from them, then they left. Simple as that. I am one of the most pragmatic guys here, and I probably won't leave until the end of CF.
People that say this don't watch the other teams that have been just as inconsistent as we have been...which is why they are all in the same spot. Minny just lost to the Clippers. Math wise, Rockets had a 60% shot at being 3 seed, my guess is that will remain, its the most likely because yall seem to forget these teams still have to play each other too. They are not playing the Nuggets on the end of a B2B on the road (and travel) after playing another playoff team the previous night every night. No, I'm not saying they will be contenders, but this is the wrong game to overreact to.
Also agree, you are a fake ass fan if you're rooting for the team to lose in the playoffs. I get it if its for draft picks, but once you're in the playoffs, you are in. A real fan would root for them to upset their way to the championship, not root for some first round disaster, that's some odd behavior not gonna lie. Yall think Pacers fans were upset about their unlikely trip to the finals last season? There is a difference in saying "I THINK they will lose" and "I HOPE they will lose." Even if you hate Stone and Ime, wouldn't you rather they prove you wrong than right in the end??
You know what’s really f’d up? …besides anyone that would root against their team if draft picks aren’t on the line: Morey traded this yr’s rockets pick to okc in the cp3-Westbrook trade several yrs ago. And he just traded for that pick back from OKC for McCain at the deadline. Watch that pick end up pretty decent in this great draft. I know. It’s a sick thought. Maybe it’s just not our year
Look at whats happened to Dallas, after they said "We don't do weak soft Luka junk around here", then dealt Luka for a "harder culture". Even with craziest lottery luck, they might have taken themselves out the next decade Just last year, #4 seed Pacers were 3 quarters and Haliburton injury away from winning the Finals. Against a top 5 ever statistically dominant team. The Heat have 2 recent Finals teams from 40 win teams. Certainly sure their fans weren't happy with their regular season performance Dirk infamously lost in first round to a #8 seed as a 67 win team. After being known as a playoffs choker, he finally broke through against the greatest super team ever at that time. Same GM both times I won't lie and act like I'm ok with the GM declaring "It's not our year" midway in. Cuz my point is to actually play all the way through, no matter how hard the path is along the way. And "Its not our year" is opposite of that But it's not always bad to just let things play out without the need for catastrophic meltdown to bring "accountability"
Right, if the team gets swept and embarassed in the first round, we'll have a whole off season to meme and mock them...but this was a team that was ALWAYS going to be judged by playoff performance. Even if we had the Spurs record, many would still have last season in their mind where the 2 seed meant nothing when you out of there round 1. I've said since before the break, this is a 2nd round team AT BEST, but I'm going to sit and watch and root for them come playoff time and hope they prove me wrong.
I had a LOT MORE typed out here, but the new security check on the forum refreshed the site and wiped the message away before posting lol. So shorter more boring post I CAN AGREE with the OP, if - The team is full of criminals & terrible toxic people. I'm not rooting for a team full of KPJ's that hard - Rockets are truly on a prolonged 'mediocrity treadmill' Like the Lex Alexander "win, but never luxury tax, never tanking" directive. So it's a bunch of #9 seeds and #15 picks. Where we never got to see the complete Morey as a better Hinkie tanking strategist. The blatant Mark Cuban tanks But I don't think this Rockets team is at mediocre treadmill and red flags in management (yet) to blow it up. But maybe the OP does sense that
