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[Rahat Huq]

Sir Thursday - thanks for the great breakdown. I posted it on the frontpage.

[Steven]

Searched endlessly on tv but to no avial. I guess I'll have to catch the recap on rockets.com. Anyone know what happened to that Blazers player who got carted off? I caught the last few seconds of the recap after the Suns/Cavs game.

Blazers vs rockets midnight central time on NbA TV channel 216 on directtv.

[Ostrow]

It was Nolan Smith. I'm pretty sure that he got a concussion from hitting his head on the support. I didn't see an actual report but that's what it looked like to me.

[tombrokeoff]

im about to watch this replay.....stoked. but sleep beckons

[tombrokeoff]

is it just me, or does machado look lost a lot of times out there?

[Ostrow]

is it just me, or does machado look lost a lot of times out there?

I actually thought he looked real good tonight when he had the ball in his hands. Dropped some dimes. Has a real nice spin assist late in the game. I watched it live so I don't know if the reshowing has gotten there yet, but he escaped a trap first to do it.

[tombrokeoff]

I actually thought he looked real good tonight when he had the ball in his hands. Dropped some dimes. Has a real nice spin assist late in the game. I watched it live so I don't know if the reshowing has gotten there yet, but he escaped a trap first to do it.

well i wasnt impressed too much with the 1st 1/4. he made some strange passes. picked up his dribble for no reason one time. and also seemed to continually look in one direction even tho that player wasnt open. like "come on please get open." maybe its just me.

[Ostrow]

well i wasnt impressed too much with the 1st 1/4. he made some strange passes. picked up his dribble for no reason one time. and also seemed to continually look in one direction even tho that player wasnt open. like "come on please get open." maybe its just me.

Completely agree, but he showed flashes of being a very good passer and having very good court vision. That being said he is still young and is going to make a ton of mistakes. He looks like he belongs in the league to me. We won't need him for a few years to play significant minutes but I like him. Could easily just be me and he turns out to be terrible though haha.

[tombrokeoff]

Completely agree, but he showed flashes of being a very good passer and having very good court vision. That being said he is still young and is going to make a ton of mistakes. He looks like he belongs in the league to me. We won't need him for a few years to play significant minutes but I like him. Could easily just be me and he turns out to be terrible though haha.

yeah he looked like he settled down a bit after the 1st. im cool with continuing to give him a chance. nothing better than an undrafted guy making it.

[Steven]

yeah he looked like he settled down a bit after the 1st. im cool with continuing to give him a chance. nothing better than an undrafted guy making it.

So we will have linsanity and machadismo.

[tombrokeoff]

So we will have linsanity and machadismo.

hahahahaaa

[Chichos]

Against the Bulls Lamb looked legit. Terrance Jones also looked like he has the potential to be good starting Power forward. White looked like he was thinking the game too much. He also had a chance for a dunk and ended up going with a layup and missing it. I think he needs to play with some passion, he looked passive in the first half.

[Sir Thursday]

Got to say I think Machado has been playing much better over the last couple of games. Much more in control now. There were several times in the 4th quarter where he made good decisions out of the pick and roll that resulted in baskets, and he had some spectacular fast break plays with Harrellson. He's also finding a way to score, which is more than a little handy. Since taking over the starter's job from Fortson he's definitely looked more settled and much more like the sort of player I'd be comfortable seeing in the regular rotation.

I've a couple more thoughts, But they'll have to wait until morning. I've been killing myself staying up to watch all these games so it's time to catch up on some sleep.

ST

[tombrokeoff]

Got to say I think Machado has been playing much better over the last couple of games. Much more in control now. There were several times in the 4th quarter where he made good decisions out of the pick and roll that resulted in baskets, and he had some spectacular fast break plays with Harrellson. He's also finding a way to score, which is more than a little handy. Since taking over the starter's job from Fortson he's definitely looked more settled and much more like the sort of player I'd be comfortable seeing in the regular rotation.

I've a couple more thoughts, But they'll have to wait until morning. I've been killing myself staying up to watch all these games so it's time to catch up on some sleep.

ST

good to hear. it would be nice if morey got lucky with machado and he can put in some quality backup mins

[sircharles]

this and this http://www.nba.com/v...hou_play5.nbaq/

love it

[blakecouey]

I found this link ranking the rookies in summer league earlier and figured it was worth sharing. It gives some kudos to the Rockets guys.

http://mobile.sbnati...-damian-lillard

[blakecouey]

Another link to more rankings of top Summer League performers. Looks like we really turned some heads with our young guys.

http://www.nba.com/rookie-ladder/

[ale11]

we'll be fine even if we don't win many games this year

[blakecouey]

Im excited for the season for sure.