I agree Rahat that there is not really much at stake right now. What is much more important will be what the front office does in the off season, the coaching staff do in the off season and next season and how the players improve after this playoff experience. We really won't be able to assess the reactions and improvements till next season gets going.
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What is at stake for the Houston Rockets?
Started by Red94, Apr 21 2013 10:35 PM
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Posted 23 April 2013 - 12:57 AM
Not sure why this is posted in this topic but I really like Bledsoe and might be worth taking a chance on.
Arrgghhh, looks like CP3 is pretty certain to reup in LA.
This topic is about what is at stake with this series and to add to what I wrote above I just don't believe there is any pressure hopefully they are in a couple games and they pull one out. Chances are we get one at home after we get beat down again in game 2.
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Posted 23 April 2013 - 01:52 AM
Not sure why this is posted in this topic but I really like Bledsoe and might be worth taking a chance on.
This topic is about what is at stake with this series and to add to what I wrote above I just don't believe there is any pressure hopefully they are in a couple games and they pull one out. Chances are we get one at home after we get beat down again in game 2.
I like him too, but I think he would like to be guaranteed a starting spot and command 10+ a year.
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Posted 23 April 2013 - 01:57 AM
I think Bledsoe winds up in Atlanta with Bynum 
Back to topic, after reading harden's post-game comments I think a sound drubbing is in order. If Harden walks away from this series without eating an appropriate amount of humble pie then I feel a large part of the opportunity and experience will have been wasted.
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Posted 23 April 2013 - 02:07 AM
It seems to me that there is a lot more at stake than most are thinking about if Houston continues to play like they did last night. Future free agents looking at us as a desirable destination won't come to a 'no potential' situation. So, I think that a lot is at stake here... Now, the good news... We only lost one game last night, and it does not matter by how many points. How we respond to this blowout is highly important. The coaches can't go out and play the game, so our players have to step up as Patrick Bev did last nite. If Lin can't show considerable improvement next game, his future in Houston might become a real issue... don't care how much they like him, if he can't produce there are others who can.
I was thinking about this last night too, Bob. The hope going into the playoffs was that the team would look good enough to where a free agent would see them and think "everything there is in place. With me, they can compete for a title." The Rockets looked far from that last night and pretty much looked like a train-wreck.
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Posted 23 April 2013 - 07:00 AM
The thing is, of all the guys we are targeting, we are already better than the teams they are on (except CP3 and there is <5% of him). I don't think losing in the first round to OKC would be a detriment to anyone. 1, the team is REALLY young. They have played 1 year together (with the exception of PF) so they have plenty of room to grow. If you look at our team by position w/ guys who are going to definely going to be here next year it is ridiculous. PG: 2 rookies. We forget this, but this is Lin's first full year. Beverly has played 41 games. SG: Harden is 23 (4th year, 1st as a starter). SF: Parsons is 24 and in his 2nd year. PF: 4 rookies. C: Asik is in his first year playing significant minutes. He played more minutes this year than his previous 2 years combined.
I only write these out to show how much room our guys have to grow. I think most agents (I won't say players) are smart enough to see this and inform their clients about the situation we have in Hou. No one else with cap room has 1/3 as much going for them as we do except Cleveland. And it's Cleveland....
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Posted 23 April 2013 - 02:57 PM
Check all the minute increases basketball-reference Ostrow and its staggering the increase in NBA starter minutes for all the Rockets across the board. I have posted them for the rotation players a handful of times and for me it really puts this year into perspective and begs one to appreciate the job Morey and McHale are doing together.
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Posted 23 April 2013 - 03:07 PM
It's true. As fans we have a different perspective from the players. They know and interact with one another first hand--if anyone is capable of discerning who is good and who is not in this league it is the players themselves. This playoff series has more to do with OKC than us. They are supposed to dominate us. No one expects much different. I think players view Houston as an attractive team moving forward regardless of how bad OKC makes us look.
It all goes back to Harden. If this season is his ceiling and he can't expand his game beyond streaky shooting and hoping for foul calls while playing bad defense then we are screwed. I think most of us doubt that is the case so we should be fine.
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Posted 26 April 2013 - 01:59 PM
So a few days on from some of your comments has anyone changed their mind on the power forwards? Thoughts on what is at stake for Lin? McHale? Are free agents really looking at the Rockets and thinking this is not a team with potential?
How many of you overreacted to Game 1? Or even before this series how many of you thought the Rockets could actually win this series?
How many of you overreacted to Game 1? Or even before this series how many of you thought the Rockets could actually win this series?
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Posted 26 April 2013 - 08:22 PM
In a similar vein as some of y'all, I think that before Westbrook's injury, the main things at stake for the Rockets were to compete hard enough to show big name free agents what we could be in a few years and to have our players' weaknesses exposed. I wanted all of our guys to be acutely aware of and maybe even embarrassed by the holes in their game, in order to spur them on to correct those deficiencies in the off-season.
Post-meniscus, I want more. I think what's at stake now is a chance to make it into a second round series against a formidable but beatable team, be it the Clippers or the Grizzlies. What would it mean to the team to get past OKC in this round? Not as much, due to the injury to Westbrook. But what would it mean if we outlasted an angry Durant, then somehow upset Los Angeles or Memphis? The value of that experience for our young guys combined with the raised profile of our team for free agents tantalizes me.
Is that a long shot? Of course. But that doesn't mean it's impossible.
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