AG@RICE said:
Big game tonight.
If we lose we clinch one of the top 4 lotto seeds.
I trust we rise to the occasion by not playing Wood, Tate or KPJ....maybe even rest Augustin....Kelly O will just play point guard. He is like a homeless man's version of the Joker. You got this Kelly...
Ya, We just clinched the top 4 "lotto" seed. We need to land in the top 3 of the lotto to hold our pick.Aggie09Derek said:AG@RICE said:
Big game tonight.
If we lose we clinch one of the top 4 lotto seeds.
I trust we rise to the occasion by not playing Wood, Tate or KPJ....maybe even rest Augustin....Kelly O will just play point guard. He is like a homeless man's version of the Joker. You got this Kelly...
Don't we still need ping pong balls to go our way? We could drop out of top 4, right?
#Rockets fall to Jazz, 124-116, fall to 16-52. Martin 27p, 10r. Tate 13p, 10a. Thomas 27p, 5 stls. The loss ensures Houston will have a 52.1% chance of a top 4 pick in the lottery(highest odds possible).
— Adam Wexler (@AdamJWexler) May 9, 2021
Top 4 pick odds: 1-14%, 2-13.4%, 3-12.7%, 4-12%
Not top 4 pick odds: 47.9%
🎙 Today, Legendary #Rockets broadcaster Bill Worrell announced he will retire as the Rockets television play-by-play broadcaster following Houston’s final home game of the season vs. the Los Angeles Clippers on Friday, May 14.
— Houston Rockets (@HoustonRockets) May 11, 2021
Details: https://t.co/ipzDEk5NOf pic.twitter.com/6YCAf9jaV8
Flipping LaVert for Oladipo has turned out to be a bad move, especially since LaVert has had a pretty decent season after coming back from that health scare. Tough to blame the front office too much because they thought we had a chance to be competitive and maybe even make the playoffs until injuries made that a bad assumption.AG@RICE said:
Olidipo out for the season officially. Stupid move to trade for him by the Rockets, but smart/lucky move to dump him on Mia without giving him a long term contract.
Report: John Wall contract buyout with Rockets is matter of 'when, not if' https://t.co/u2kDDEItZ6
— The Rockets Wire (@TheRocketsWire) May 14, 2021
That Westbrook trade looks worse and worse every day. If I remember correctly it was Tillman pushing to make that happen. Hopefully he has learned to let the basketball people make basketball decisions.AG@RICE said:
Yay. The Rockets turned CP3, into Westbrook, which we turned into John Wall, which will eventually turn into a buy out.
We basically gave OKC a bunch of picks and a HOF PG for the right to pay John Wall to not play for us.
Good point. We would have never been able to tank with Westbrook. He would have single handedly carried us into the play-in game (or close to it). IF we get a top 4 pick, the trade will have turned out to be a winner; however, if we end up having to swap picks with Mia, one could easily make the argument this was a bad trade.YNWA_AG said:
John wall gave us the best chance to get a top 4 pick this gear. Have to include that
WES2006AG said:That Westbrook trade looks worse and worse every day. If I remember correctly it was Tillman pushing to make that happen. Hopefully he has learned to let the basketball people make basketball decisions.AG@RICE said:
Yay. The Rockets turned CP3, into Westbrook, which we turned into John Wall, which will eventually turn into a buy out.
We basically gave OKC a bunch of picks and a HOF PG for the right to pay John Wall to not play for us.
His voice has been attached to so many pivotal moments in @houstonrockets history. He’s been a consummate professional, a fantastic broadcaster & an amazing man away from the mic. No one will ever utter “cold-blooded!!” on a #Rockets broadcast quite the same ever again! pic.twitter.com/RpM6qgmm5A
— Adam Clanton (@adamclanton) May 15, 2021
The Houston Rockets Twitter beat starting 5:
— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) May 15, 2021
PG - @cayleighgriffin
SG - @clutchfans
SF - @KellyIkoNBA
PF - @Jonathan_Feigen
C - @Rockets_Insider pic.twitter.com/fchqXaQRB0
Quote:
"Stephen Silas says the Rockets would often bring in guys he didn't know and he would have to ask Rafael Stone about them along with watching YouTube videos before games."
And to make matters worse this playoff is the most wide open I can remember....WES2006AG said:
Even though we have known for months that the Rockets were not going to be a playoff team it is still tough to watch opening weekend of the NBA playoffs without the Rockets.
100%. It's been damn near 10 years since the last time the Rockets weren't in the playoffs. Feels bad, man.WES2006AG said:
Even though we have known for months that the Rockets were not going to be a playoff team it is still tough to watch opening weekend of the NBA playoffs without the Rockets.
