These aren't real games; They're intense scrimmages.

As long as they keep having losses like the one against the Celtics and Mavs, then I'll be perfectly happy. They were exciting to watch and competitive enough to where guys could envision what it's like to play winning basketball. I just hope game like the season opener against the T-Wolves are few and far between.

But yeah, being competitive/exciting while still getting another high draft pick in a season we have complete control of our picks? Sounds like a win-win.

 

nobody cares about the wins or losses

Idc if they lose, I know this team is sorry, and so do most Rockets fans…it’s only a problem when they’re having games like the one against the Wolves where they’re down by damn near 40 looking completely incompetent…as long as they are at least somewhat competitive and keep the game entertaining in the inevitable L, it’s all good

 

Would be cool if KPJ wakes up one day feeling and playing like a real PG.

 

You can dispatch them to the Squid or Hunger games for all I care.

 

Yep. I can deal with losses like our last two. It’s losses like the TWolves that can’t accept.The turnovers drive me nuts but we’re beating ourselves.
Eric Gordon said it best, we’re playing hard so we’ll always be j. The games, we’re jsut not playing smart and a team that plays not smart(don’t want to call the team dumb) is indicative of their pg play. Not asking for him but if we had Rondo or CP3 we’re probably a playoff team.


The more I watch kpj, I’m patient. And going give him the season but I question this learn as you go method. I wish he had a real mentor like CP3 or Iggy(basically guys who don’t mind mentoring and teaching the youth) playing on the team to help him along the way. Do We even have a pg on the coaching staff ?

 

This team has way better fight and effort compared to last year.

We fought really hard in both Mavs and Celtics game and fought to keep it really close.

With 3 young guys playing major minutes there's a lot of figuring out to do

 

I really don't mind losing. My concern still chiefly lies with Fertitta. Once these players are developed and capable of a playoff run, fans, management and owners alike will be able to assess whether the core is capable of a championship or not. However in order to retain that core, they're going to be expected to be paid. Fertitta was willing to dismantle a 65 win team on the cusp of a championship. That doesn't give me confidence he wouldn't do the same once these players are developed and are expecting to get paid.

 

I really only care to see this squad remaining competitive amidst all the losing, developing our young talent/on court chemistry and staying healthy as we march towards another top five pick. My heart can't handle many more swan dives from Sengun. An ideal game for me would be Jalen and Sengun showing out in a close loss along with finding more mins for Garuba, KMJ and eventually JayGup. My dream season would be JG and Al-P taking home Co-ROY and the Rockets landing a top two pick in the 2022 draft.

 

Agreed except there is no way we have "a lot of halftime leads." Even though teams will take us lightly and go in cruise control, they'll still be in control for most of the game.

 

Rebuilding is rebuilding, just give those uncut gems some time, or wait next batches

 

Best Post of the day. I agree 1000000%

 

The season is really early, the team last year tried hard early last year too. Let’s see how they are in a month. I don’t doubt they will play hard but losses add up and it impacts effort.

 

They have been more competitive than I expected, especially playing without a point guard.

 

Mavs were opening night equivalent imo. But most teams are still making mistakes
normally a week into the season. Unfortunately the Rockets have more inexperienced
players than other teams:
Player-- Exper
1) Armoni Brooks- 1
2) Garuba-- Rookie
3) Kenyon-- 1
4) Tate-- 1
5) Sengun-- Rookie
6) Jale Green-- Rookie
7) Kevin Porter-- 2
8) Josh Christopher-- Rookie
_______________
Nix-- Rookie
Garrison Matthews-- 2

Theis-- 4
Wood-- 5
House-- 5
Nwaba-- 5


Wall, Gordon and Augustin make our team appear older than it is.

 

I.D.I.O.T.

You have uttered the unutterable name!

 

That's true but also this is a different squad. I don't really see players like Sengun, Tate, Nwaba not give 100 percent effort.

Even though KPJ and Wood are sloppy, they seem to give a lot of effort on every ball/possession.

Green seems to be the most non chalant of the group, but it's also because he can't really get physical without being bumped half way across the court

 

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lol people in d&d claim they hate billionaires but wish our billionaire has a couple more billion so he won’t be so cheap

 

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We need assembly workers to buy the Rockets

 

If Caligula was our GM, lol



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