Friday Afternoon Rockets Links

by Only_A_Lad on Oct 30, 2009 10:27 AM CDT in Links

This is something that the guys over at The Crawfish Boxes do every morning, and it always struck me as a good way to ~~fake writing anything of content~~ generate discussion. So without further ado, here's some Rockets links.

-- The Rockets have made Chuck Hayes and Shane Battier co-captains, which is apparently news to both of them.

"Every now and then, if the team has to lodge a complaint, the captain has to do it," Battier said. "So if guys are complaining about something, they'd make me go talk to the coach or Daryl (Morey, the general manager) about it. Every now and then, a team meeting. But if I wasn't quote-unquote team captain, I'd speak up."

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Now, when he speaks up, he can do it from the front of the room. He and Battier can ask how they became so honored, though Battier has a theory.

"I think everyone assumed," he said. "The referees just came and said ‘Shane, the meeting.' So I said, ‘Oh, all right. I'm a captain.'"

-- Aaron Brooks' option for next season will be picked up by the Rockets. That's not really surprising. Despite the opinions of more "traditional" analysts, as well as a lot of people in the stats community, Morey is in love with Brooks' game, and at $2 million he's a bargain.

-- Bethlehem Shoals (of Free Darko fame) over at TSN gives us all a reason to appreciate the Warriors.

I know many of us wanted the Rockets to be some sort of Daryl Morey Gone Wild phantasmagoria, coached by that master of intricate ball movement Rick Adelman. It was supposed to be the Dorkiest Show on Earth. Yet games like this, however distorted, do get at what's truly solid on the Rockets, what they can look to going ahead no matter what the fancy calculations and coaching smarts conjure up.

There are talents here, the kind that any NBA team would be glad to have as their nucleus. That it took a trip to the haunted house of Oracle to reveal that is in line with all great Western myths—we return to ordinary life more enlightened when, faced with the extraordinary, we realize that the good and true is all we have to fall back on.

-- This one's a little older, but I think it's still relevant: Kevin Pelton at Basketball Prospectus gives his reactions to the game against Portland.

-- Lastly, courtesy of the fine people over at Clutch Fans, here's Budinger's impressive dunk against the Blazers:

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Hahahha

Oh, only a lad….you’ve learned well.

by Evan Hochschild on Oct 30, 2009 11:28 AM CDT reply actions

i almost resent the fake writing jab

But it’s the truth.

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by Stephen Higdon on Oct 30, 2009 11:51 AM CDT via mobile reply actions

Yes! We have legitimate readers!

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by Tom Martin on Oct 30, 2009 12:18 PM CDT up reply actions

Thanks for the kind words, Tom

Y’all do a helluva job and the Rockets are a great team to follow, esp. this season. I often times wish the Astros had a Daryl Morey clone to be our GM….We’ll trade you: Morey for Ed Wade, straight up. Also, if you want to get rid of Brian Cook, we’ll take him on in exchange for a certain chubby left fielder….

by Evan Hochschild on Oct 30, 2009 3:58 PM CDT up reply actions

ehh

How about Ed Wade for a Best Buy Gift Card? And only if the gift card is spent on sound equipment that is aged and of little value.

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by Tom Martin on Oct 30, 2009 4:09 PM CDT up reply actions

i think best buy is a little too classy

is fry’s the place that sells used electronics? if so, then that’s the place to get equal value for ed.

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by Evan Hochschild on Oct 30, 2009 4:35 PM CDT up reply actions

You're looking for Conn's here. Or maybe Aaron's.

But look, I’ve figured that Ed Wade is worth about $250,000 – IF we can properly harvest his organs.

If the Red Nation apparatchiks start talking about a Five Year Plan, I'm out of here.

by Xiane on Oct 30, 2009 11:38 PM CDT up reply actions

hmmmm

i think Conn’s is more along the lines of home appliances, and Aaron’s is a rent-a-furniture place (which is probably the biggest rip off in the history of rip offs). but regardless….rockets win, rockets win.

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by Evan Hochschild on Oct 31, 2009 10:50 PM CDT up reply actions

Nice one

courtesy of the fine people over at Clutch Fans

Almost fooled me there.

How many Biletnikoffs does he have? NOT TWO!

by ak2themax on Oct 30, 2009 12:05 PM CDT reply actions

as much as I hate the forum environment over there

they have a lot of good contributors. A few posters make sure that games get uploaded to torrents and highlights are posted, and that’s a real asset if you missed/can’t see the game.

Your friendly neighborhood Dream Shake mod.

by Only_A_Lad on Oct 30, 2009 12:48 PM CDT up reply actions