Luis Landry to the res..... oh, dammit!!!

by grungedave on Nov 27, 2008 9:40 AM CST in Random Commentary Comment 16 comments

You suck, Rafer.

You just got de-pantsed by TJ Ford. Repeatedly. And then you continued to make mind-boggling and stupid decisions with the basketball.

(And Ron Artest? I am sure you wanted to show off for the guys in the "Indiana" jerseys, but those were 21 very ugly shots you took.)

34.8% shooting for the game? At home. Disgusting.

There is no way the Rockets should have lost last night. Blowing a double-digit lead with just a few minutes left? (Hey, has anyone realized that Troy Murphy is wide-the-fuck-open at the top of the key... still?). That is some sloppy defense played tonight. We get outscored 27-16 in the fourth quarter? I can live with only scoring 16 points, but giving up 27 in the money period? Shameful.

Worst part?

10 guys ruined what was an awesome game by Luis Landry. Scola finishes with 15 points and 18 bullish rebounds. Landry finishes with 15 points and 10 rebounds. Everyone else except maybe Yao forgot to show up. Including the referees. Yao gets elbowed and kneed right in the face/chest... no foul. Ever.

I guess I should be thankful considering today is Thanksgiving. Well, I'm thankful that there is another game soon and I'll never have to think about this debacle ever again. This is almost as bad as last year's Philly Debacle. Blowing games like this at home is inexcusable. Maybe Yao will come out and call his teammates "stupid" this year (to follow up last year's "we are soft" declaration).

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They cominbed for 30 points

But I wonder how many points they cost us on defense? I’m sorry, but the lack of playing time for Chuck Hayes especially once we established a lead in the 4th quarter is just inexcusable. Still can’t believe Landry was guarding Granger at the end when Batter and Artest were on the court. Adelman deserves plenty of criticism for this.

by goingforthecorner on Nov 27, 2008 2:01 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Yeah

Landry was -10 at one point in spite of all those points and rebounds. I’d have liked to see Hayes on Granger or Murphy or someone. Really, it’s our supposedly deep bench that cost us this game in the 2nd and 4th quarters.

Oh well, moving on…

by Jeffrey on Nov 27, 2008 3:29 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

refs

the refs did not help us at all…with a good crew we win…but still that game reminded me of that philly game…just terrible…we did not deseve to win that game (Correction: the whole team minues Landry and Scola did not deserve to win that game)

by EveryHoustonTeamRox! on Nov 28, 2008 10:52 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

We’ve now played, what, a bit less than 20% of the season? No despair while we’re still running right with our division, but I keep waiting for that game when all the cylinders fire and it hasn’t happened yet.

We thought we’d pick up from where we were last season and continue winning a large share of the tough ones and simply mowing down weaker teams like so much St. Augustine. It hasn’t happened. But we’ve basically got our roster (though Adelman refuses to use Dorsey in situations that are ideal for him) in place at last. And we’re trying to integrate a big new piece into the finely tuned machine that is an Adelman offense.

I say sometime around mid month everything starts clicking (especially with Battier around) and we commence to mowing teams down.

by Xiane on Nov 28, 2008 1:19 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

what worries me...

We’ve played 16 games… many of them against clearly inferior teams. And yet, we have not ONE single “blowout” or dominating performance to speak of. That’s sad and bothersome all at once. Meanwhile, the Lakers keep winning by double-figures — in every game.

by grungedave on Nov 28, 2008 2:29 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

It worries me too

But I say don’t despair yet, we’ve got 80% of the season yet to play, and we are limiting the minutes of our stars and playing a 10-11 man rotation (so is LA…). An 8 game winning streak would fix a lot of our problems. But, yeah, I’d like to see a dominant performance, and I’d like to see us find a way around what most people consider to be Adelman’s big weakness as a coach – not closing games out.

by Xiane on Nov 28, 2008 2:33 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Remember

The Lakers have been playing together since last year, and I remember that they had some teething problems of their own. Plenty of games left to go.

by Jeffrey on Nov 28, 2008 3:59 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

One other thing

Here’s a question – what sort of trade would you like to see?

For me I’d say PG – but I don’t think there are any better options than our combo out there.

Dorsey was supposed to be Yao’s backup against more mobile frontcourts, right? But if he never plays he can’t do that. What about a trade for Camby? ESPN trade machine approved a Luther Head, Steve Francis for Marcus Camby deal, and Houston has space. Camby has one year beyond this one on his deal. Now that Zach Randolph is a Clipper, saving $6 million net might appeal to the Clips. How are they planning to use Randolph, Camby and Kaman?

Between Yao and Camby one of them should be available at any time, and if both are, great, you have a lot of flexibility.

by Xiane on Nov 28, 2008 2:44 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

I'd do that deal in a heartbeat

But I’m not sure Mike Dunleavy would go for it… the contracts he’d be taking back aren’t bad enough or long enough.

by grungedave on Nov 28, 2008 2:57 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Hmmm

Francis is really our only pure albatross – maybe we can trade for another bad contract somewhere and then flip it to Dunleavy to make it work.

Seriously though, I think we should be trying to land Camby, who’s redundant in LA, and unhappy. His skills aren’t that of a primary star, but he’d be a great fit in Houston.

Yeah, what am I saying, it makes to much sense to work with the Clompers. Never mind.

by Xiane on Nov 28, 2008 4:08 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

As much as I think Camby the starter is overrated, I equally think Camby the Yao backup is phenomenal

by UofTOrange on Nov 28, 2008 7:30 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

But for 10 mil a year?

That’s pretty steep Lee.

No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. It's simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get tangled, you tango on

by pookeyguru on Nov 29, 2008 7:32 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

He only makes 8MM and 7.65 next year

http://hoopshype.com/salaries/la_clippers.htm

And while that still is a chunk of change, how could you not want that if you could
1. Get the best possible backup in the league for Yao, someone that is a change of pace and can finish at least on the offensive end
2. You get rid of some other contracts you really don’t want in the meantime
3. Free even more money off in 2010

by UofTOrange on Nov 29, 2008 8:00 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

you know...

If Morey does make a trade like this… we are so taking credit for the “idea”… or rather, Xiane should!

by grungedave on Nov 29, 2008 9:55 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Thanks for the kind words.

I know a lot of teams will have interest in Camby, but he’d be a perfect fit in Houston. As for the money, this is one of probably 2-3 more years where this version of the Rockets is a title contender. Spend up. Everything changes in 2010 anyway, and Camby’s deal is up by then.

Camby has his weaknesses, but he’s also capable of defending mobile PFs or Cs, and would make the Rocket’s frontcourt bigger and more explosive as he could also take a lot of Hayes minutes just as effectively on D and not leave you with an offensive zero.

by Xiane on Dec 3, 2008 1:06 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs