Fvv had a down year coming off surgery, it didn’t take a palm reader to guess that he would get back to his career averages. Dillon Brooks was forced into a bigger role than he was able to handle, due mostly from injuries to the grizzlies stars and also how his coach used him. Houston clearly had a plan on how to use him before giving him all that money. And this is not hindsight talking, I detailed exactly why he would be more efficient this season: https://bbs.clutchfans.net/threads/how-i-learned-to-love-dillon-brooks.320593/ Sengun was misused and misjudged by this organization for two years, and fooled plenty of people in the fan base and around the league. But it did not fool those of us who knew EXACTLY what we had in Sengun from the start: https://bbs.clutchfans.net/threads/getting-to-know-alperen-sengun-your-new.312466/ I had faith that a real basketball mind like Udoka would see through the biases built by this organization the past two years and uncover what we knew Sengun can be, and that’s exactly what happened. It did not take a miracle or some kind of outlier outcome, just someone with a brain to use him the right way. It is funny the word you used last, “reality”. What is reality? Reality is what you see on the court today, not some blind guess by “media commentators, analysts or even betting lines”. I put 5 figures on those betting lines btw, someone had to take the candy from a baby.
Hey I’m also the Marcus Morris guy so I’m not trying to claim something about myself, just that in this instance clearly some of us was right.
Yeah you kind of turned it into a "who was right - ME " thing. So again, gratz My point was / is, that we're currently outdoing expectations - and that it wasn't pessimistic of fans for not expecting this improvement.
We are for sure out doing expectations. My point is, and perhaps this is just semantics, those expectations were wrong (unrealistic).
good call @CXbby … Speaking of prognostications, however, I was just thinking today about the debates here on CF on whether KPJ would be happy to come off the bench when we draft Henderson… The future is uncertain
I heard the schedule gets easier at the end of the year 24 games left. It should kick it at any time now!
It actually does get easier after these Phoenix games. We should still push 35 wins in the end, despite losing Tari for the majority of the year and Jalen turning out to be a bust, and Ime inexplicably sticking with him as the starter the whole season. If you told me that before the season I would have easily believed the Jalen part but Ime’s utter lack of accountability is a shock.
If it happens. It happens. The rockets are going to have to figure out how to get sengun and green playing together And you need to win 41. Not 40. The bet was over 40
